Written by Kurt Busiek!

The coconut bit was something Kurt allowed me to squeeze in.
During my early days of martial arts training in Kali, we used to break 2
by fours or four one inch pines with no spacers in a similar manner.
You have to keep your fingertips touching the boards at all times and then you
blast through them.
It's all about body mechanics and teaching that the power begins from the base
of the body not the arms.

A fellow Sayoc Kali instructor named Thomas Kier, shatters coconuts with his
palm strike.
I combined that to the fingertip "no spacing" method above - the no inch punch...

Of course, Conan can pull that off and not even miss a beat.

JKD Full Instructor Nick Sacoulas and student Peter (who owns a shirt printing company), both of Greek ancestry have a shirt that displays the Spartan helm
as depicted from the statue "Leonidas" found in the Museum of Sparta.
The original Greek letters with the phrase "Molon Lave" means, "Come and Get Them."

This was Spartan King Leonidas' answer to the Persian King Xerxes when he demanded
the 300 Spartans give up their weapons.

The model for the shirt is MMA fighter and Sayoc Full Instructor Neil Mendez.

ORDER SHIRT HERE

--Rafael--

boo-yah!!!

I've begun work on the 30th Anniversary STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE sketch cards for TOPPS.

In the meantime, here's a new interview with Lee Atchison on the upcoming CONAN:

SEQUENTIAL TART INTERVIEW

More dialogue from one of the panels in #39 on stands April 18th.