Hello to all. I'm a new member and wanted to introduce myself.

I'm Jonathan Maberry, 8th dan shinowara-ryu jujutsu; and I've been an
active martial arts practitioner for 43 year.

I'm a professional writer and am the author of Ultimate Jujutsu:
Principles and Practices (Strider Nolan Publishing, 2002); Ultimate
Sparring: Principles and Practices (2003); The Martial Arts Student
Logbook (2002); Judo and You: A Handbook for the Serious Student
(1991); etc. My magazine articles have been featured in Black Belt,
Karate Illustrated, Official Karate, American Karate, Inside Kung-fu,
Kick Illustrated, and other publications over the last thirty years.
I'm an inductee of the Action Karate Magazine Martial Arts Hall of
Fame as well as the World Head of Family Sokeship Council Hall of
Fame.

I taught Martial Arts History at Temple University from 1982 through
1996. I work as an Expert Witness for the Philadelphia DA's office
for murder cases involving martial arts; and I just recently stepped
down as Chief Instructor of COPSafe, a martial arts-based risk
management company for law enforcement.

Currently I'm retired from active teaching as a result of injuries
sustained while working as a bodyguard (the knees are just not what
they used to be!)

At the moment I'm writing thriller novels and nonfiction books on
folklore; though I have two martial arts books under contract to
Citadel Press for 2009.

My current project is a bit strange, even for me. Just for the heck
of it I decided to do a nonfiction pop culture book on forensic
science and how it might be applied to the supernatural (if any of
that actually existed). The book is Zombie CSU: The Forensic Science
of the Living Dead, and is scheduled for release in August 2008 by
Citadel Press.

One chapter in the book deals with theories on how humans could use
martial arts (armed and unarmed) against the kind of zombies seen in
films like Night of the Living Dead and/or 28 Days Later. It's all
in fun, but I'm getting a lot of support from experts in law
enforcement, SWAT, the military, the sciences, etc.

So…all that said, if anyone would like to share some theories on
specific skills (kicks to cripple a zombie; techniques for keeping
zombies from biting; etc.) post them here, or email me at zombiecsu
at yahoo dot com. If I use your comment I'll include your name and
thank you in the acknowledgments page. And of course I'll thank and
mention this Yahoo group as well. If you are an
owner/instructor/representative of a school I'll be happy to include
that in a footnote.

So…what do you think? Anyone game?

Regards
Jonathan Maberry
www.jonathanmaberry.com