Spar Set

Lynn C. Thompson not only the president of Cold Steel, Inc., Engaged in production of knives, he is also a big fan of the various methods of close combat with melee weapons. This system of knife fighting is positioned as the result of 10 years of occupation knife fight with the leading trainers in the first place with Felix Valencia and Ron Balicki. The main planted goal - a victory over an opponent armed with a knife while minimizing the risk to get injured yourself. The system has a distinct character of fencing, is focused on long range and is based on the principles of western fencing, Filipino martial arts (including LAMECO Escrima), as well as some techniques borrowed from Japanese kenjutsu and English boxing.

2012 five CD box set from the British Ska/New Wave band. The Complete Beat contains the band's three studio albums (1980's I Just Can't Stop It, '81's Wha'ppen and Special Beat Service from 1982), each featuring bonus tracks. The set also includes a bonus two CD set made up of a disc of extended remixes plus a disc of Peel and BBC Radio sessions. Contemporaries of the Specials, Bad Manners and Madness, The English Beat (AKA the Beat outside of the U.S.) were part of the Ska revival scene that swept the UK in the late '70s. By the time they released the album Special Beat Service, they had matured into an MTV-ready Pop/New Wave band before splitting shortly thereafter. This box set contains all the hits, every album track, non album a and B-sides, unreleased live performances and much more.

In his later years often described as the grand old man of Finnish modernism, Erik Bergman (1911-2006) was among the first in Finland to use compositional methods such as twelve-tone technique, serial music, choral Sprechgesang and aleatory counterpoint. His specialty was choral music, and a large part of his huge production involves a choir in some form. This recording focuses primarily on his works for mixed choir that have not appeared on disc before, and gives a broad picture of his production for the medium over a period of more than 60 years.

A crucial guide to life before—and after—Tinder, IVF, and robots.