“Citizen Number One with a Bullet” by Robert Mitchell

Collage is a French word that means glue or stick down. A collage is generally done by taking snippets of magazines, posters, newspapers, etc. and pasting them all together to make art. There's also a lesser known art form called décollage, which is kind of the opposite. It's French for un-glue or maybe lift-off. See right for an example.

In this week's T.I. we're not going to do anything that has to do with paper. But it is striking month here at Cabal Fang headquarters. So we are going to practice our décollage from a striking perspective. That is, we're going to practice the décollage from Savate.

Lift-Off: Martial Arts Training Involution #192

Warm-up thoroughly for at at least 8 minutes. I do 2 minutes each of jump rope, light calisthenics, shadowboxing, and dynamic stretching -- or I just do 8 minutes of MBF.
Do the monthly constitutional. You can find it by clicking here.
15 minutes of décollage. Do 10-rep sets of the following combos until the timer beeps. If you don't have a partner, just practice them vs. your heavy bag. Reverse them if you fight southpaw. (1) Offense only combo: Left Jab, Right Cross, Décollage Left, Right Roundhouse Kick. (2) Counter combo vs. lead hand Jab-Hook combo: Slip Right, Bob, Décollage Right, Left Roundhouse Kick. (3) Exchange combo: Left Jab, Right Cross, Left Foot Piston Check (vs. opponent's Roundhouse), drop step into Left Décollage, Right Roundhouse Kick.
10 minutes of meditation. In Cabal Fang we use various symbols to access universal truths about ourselves the world we live in. Pick one of the Cabal Fang's twelve symbols -- Quill, Hourglass, Hand of Mysteries, Bell, Candle, Rose, the Luminaries, Chalice, Book, Cross, Star or Staff. Set a timer for 10 minutes, have a seat in your meditative posture of choice, and regulate your breathing. Visualize the symbol and meditate on it until the timer beeps. Do not think in words -- you want to experience the symbol outside the linguistic/logical spectrum.