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…
Category: Combative Mentality
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…
Weapons Check: Personal Readiness with a Running Gun (Parts 1 and 2)
A definite Eye Opener. It pays to routinely test fire and train with the gun you carry. After all you ARE betting your life that it works. -SF By John Farnam Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- Personal Readiness: From a friend and colleague “At our monthly pistol match last weekend, our courageous (and now unpopular) match…
8 Best War Cries of All Time
By Blake Stilwell When fighting in close quarters combat, the posture which gives a warrior the best advantage is a necessary advantage. What better way to intimidate an enemy than throwing him off balance with an aggressive auditory clash to make him quake in his boots? Yelling as foreplay to a physical altercation is as old as War itself….
Practice Makes Permanent
From the Archives, 2015 I first heard this from a Military Drill Instructor while on the firing line a long time ago and it stuck with me. I apply it to just about every area of my life now, but especially FIREARMS TRAINING HABITS. To me, it is the essence of WHY we should…