I'd like to start off this week by congratulating my good friend Henry Akins on getting his black belt from Rickson Gracie

Before you start this column, run out and buy yourself a copy of the latest (March 2004) issue of Grappling Magazine.

Figured I'd hype this column up by dropping the biggest (and latest) news I've heard on the grappling front.

We're back, did you miss us?

From the desk of laziest columnist on the net:.

John Rain is Back!

Enthusiastic publishers around the world have become enthralled by John Rain, a strikingly fresh new thriller hero and a character destined to be one of the most talked-about of the season

Who are the A.R.E.Weapons? A.R.E.Weapons is a NYC trio consisting of Matthew McAuley, Brain F McPeck and manager/musician Paul Sevigny. The Weapons have been making tracks and playing incendiary live shows in and around the downtown NYC slum set.