INDEX 161

National Hockey League, 89 Rosa, Emily, 131

National Operating Committee on roundhouse kick, 127
Standards for Athletic Equipment rugby, 100
(NOCSAE), 90
Newton’s third law of motion, 29 sambo, 10
nociceptors, 22, 100 scalar description, 31
noodle legs, 11 sensationalism, 26, 143
no-touch knockout, 120 sham acupuncture, 133
SIMon, 94, 100
Outliers: The Story of Success skepticism, xi, 144
(Gladwell), 140 sparring book, xiii
spinal cord, 22
palm strike, 67, 70 spring, 57
peak force, 26, 30, 68 sticks, 25, 42, 51, 129
physics Sullivan, John L., 76
defined, vii sweep, 9
pi, 33, 34 sword, 43, 51, 125
placebo effect, 133
power, 10, 26, 31, 119, 134 taekwondo, 18, 22, 28
pressure points, 135 takedown, 9
pseudoscience, 10, 121, 147, 148, 150, tau proteins, 62
151, 152 throw, 9, 11, 12, 37, 55
punch, 14, 16, 17, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, ippon, 37
27, 28, 30, 34, 66, 67, 68, 70, 78, traditional Chinese medicine, 133,
85, 114 134
brawler, 85 tug-of-war, 54, 55, 56
chain, 84
haymaker, 34, 38, 127 Ultimate Fighting Championship, x, 77,
punch drunk syndrome, 61 82, 120
push strike, 17 unfair advantages, xii

qi, 10, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 125, vale tudo, x
130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135 velocity, xiv, 15, 19, 20, 21, 23, 41, 44,
qigong, 132, 134, 135 49, 50, 51, 57, 91, 92
quantum mechanics, vii, ix, 137
Queensberry, Marquess of, 75 walking on hot coals, 129
Queensbury rules, 76 Weapon Use and Violent Crime, 111
Quest Training AllStrike, 70 wedge, 52
wing chun, 23, 52, 55, 67, 84
Rama VII, 76 wristlock, xi, 35
ramp, 39, 40, 41, 42 wushu, 24, 42
Reiki, 131, 132
Riddell, 89 Yanagi Ryuken, 121, 122
About the Author

JA S O N T H A L K E N has a PhD in computational condensed mat-

ter physics from the University of Southern California, and bachelor’s
degrees in physics, mathematics, and philosophy from the University of
Texas. He is the inventor on eight patent applications for data science and
modeling in the financial services indus-
try, and one patent application for pro-
tecting the brain from trauma in such
sports as boxing, MMA, and football.
Jason has studied and competed in
numerous martial arts styles since 1995
and has a black belt in hapkido under
Grandmaster Ho Jin Song.
Jason grew up deep in the woods of
Massachusetts, where he cultivated an
early love of the natural world and had
already decided to become a scientist by
the time he was seven. After moving to the suburbs of Dallas, he started
taking taekwondo, and he fell in love with the complex chaos of fight-
ing when he broke his foot at his very first competition.
Once, when Jason was still an undergraduate competing on the Uni-
versity of Texas judo team, he ended up a half pound too heavy at the
weigh-ins, and was instructed to try again in one hour. The entire UT
judo team immediately stripped down to their underwear, gave Jason
their clothes, and cheered him on as he ran laps around the parking lot,
did jumping jacks, chewed gum, and spat, all while stuffed inside a hot,
restrictive cocoon of layered shirts and pants. At the end of the hour, he
had lost a half pound of spit and sweat, thanks to the support of his
mostly naked cheerleaders.
Jason Thalken has spent the last fifteen years in Austin, Los Angeles,
and New York City, and currently resides in Seattle, Washington, with
his family.
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