Special Episode: “The Suicide Bomber Beat Down” When Spc. Joe Gibson found himself face to face with an al Qaeda suicide bomber in Iraq, he didn’t back down. On the night of April 26, 2008, UH-60 Black Hawks delivered U.S. Army Rangers to a grassy field in rural Iraq. As the soldiers took up their…
Category: Combative Mentality
Israeli Woman Uses Krav-Maga to Defend Herself Against 3 Men Harassing Her
Gili Ganani, 19, a black belt in Krav Maga, appears to be striking powerful blows for female self-defense; in fact, it’s all staged ‘to raise awareness’ A female Krav Maga instructor on Tuesday posted what appeared to be security footage from a bar, which showed her beating up three guys who harassed her. The footage…
Profiles in Courage: Unarmed Civilian Saves Cop’s Life
This video is over 8 years old, but the lessons it teaches bears repeating: In life and death situations, seconds matter, NEVER HESITATE TO ACT! Every civilian, regardless if he has a CCW or not, should have a simple set of empty-hand skills to call upon. Basic strikes to gain DISTANCE and TIME.
Another Reason to be Armed: Man Fights off Armed Robbers Outside his Home
Somewhere, everyday in the USA, 2100+ people use a gun for self defense, to stop a crime or save the lives of themselves or their family. “We believe that the American public deserve to understand that on the average, guns save 2,191 lives and are used to thwart crimes every day,” says Alan Gottlieb of…
Another Reason to Be Armed: CCW Holder Saves Police Officer’s Life
On February 5th 2016, an armed citizen saved an Upper Darby police officer who was under assault and encircled by a mob of onlookers. Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said “there is no doubt they would have attacked” the officer without the armed citizen’s intervention. According to Philly.com, the officer was breaking up a…
Profiles in Courage: Military Veteran Disarms Armed Robber
Guys like this make me Proud to be A Veteran. He exemplifies the “Combative Mentality” you have to have in today’s world if you expect to survive. Sheep, Wolves and Sheep Dogs folks…which one are you? In the mords of Chris Kyle’s Dad in American Sniper: “We did not raise any Sheep’s in this family…
Health and Fitness: Control What You Can Control and Enjoy the Benefits
This article was a breath of fresh air for me. I think it will be to some of you out there too. It goes a long way (at least for me) in helping to dispel the Uber popular paradigm of “Being Overweight = ALWAYS Being Unhealthy”. These two sentences summed it up for me: “When…
6 Lessons Being a Military Pilot Taught Me For Life
These are all tried and true Principles that every Armed Civilian can use..think about them and how they are all Applicable to you personally. -SF Lessons from being a military aviator can make your life better, Carl Forsling, a former MV-22B Osprey pilot, writes. Being a military pilot has some skills that cross over to…
Active Shooter Scenarios should Drive your Firearms Training
By Hammerhead I am a big believer in having your firearms and self-defense training reflect the real-world threats that wait outside your comfort zone. When you look at the events in Paris, (Charlie Hebdo in January and the most recent attack in November) combined with the attack on the Police Officer in Philadelphia last week…
Where Has All The Hatred Gone?
By Mark Stout Carl von Clausewitz offered his “paradoxical trinity” as a tool for thinking about wars and their various manifestations. His trinity was: Composed of primordial violence, hatred, and enmity, which are to be regarded as a blind natural force; of the play of chance and probability within which the creative spirit is free…