KNIFE DUELING? I have never been a fan of the term “Knife Fight” or “Knife Duel” simply because in all my years I have never seen one, except in Hollyweird. Anything involving a knife in the real world has always been Fast, Bloody and most of the time DEADLY, which is why I have been…
Category: Combative Mentality
Badlands Fieldcraft: No Matter What Happens
This appeared on 5 NOV at Badlands Fieldcraft. Man Up. -NCS It’s the morning after the election and there’s not a clear cut winner, and it looks like things will no doubt get messy as the results get ironed out. Whichever way the winds blow over the next week or so, I’m unaffected. Of course… Badlands…
Real World Shit: Surviving Inside the Kill Zone
ED CALDERON AND ERNEST EMERSON TEAM UP TO TEACH SURVIVING INSIDE THE KILLZONE Solid teaching from two instructors who have BTDT. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Mechanism of a Solar Plexus Attack
H/T to Active Response Training Good info on understanding and how to counter one of the more common street attacks. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Beating the “Knockout Game”
From the Archives, 2014 I originally wrote this to address a rash of violent attacks back in 2013-2014 where innocent people were being senselessly attacked and “knocked out” on the street by groups of young thugs. Seeing that mob street violence has made a HUGE comeback in 2020, I thought it might be smart to…
Balancing Safety and Realism in Civilian Firearms Training
From the Archives, 2014 The following video was sent to be by a good friend who routinely trains with a former Spetsnaz member. At first glance, most people’s reactions are the same “This is CRAZY!!”but not until the end where Larry “arfcom” Vickers explains these are extremely advanced RUSSIAN FSB MILITARY…
The Reality of Extreme Close Contact Shooting
From the Archives, 2016 When you are talking about Close Quarters Shooting, there are always varying degrees of “close.” We have all heard the terms “Reach out and touch someone close”, “Bad Breath Distance close” (Listerine Close) but this video shows a whole different kind of close: EXTREME CLOSE CONTACT CLOSE, which is basically around…
Stickfighting Angles
I have been a fan and student of Kelly Mccann’s methods for years and years. The guy is the real deal and has IMO some of the best all around Combatives training out there. His Combative Pistol DVD (which I don’t even think you can get anymore?) is still one of my go-to training tools….
Are You Adding more “Suck” or “Skate” to Your Training?
I got asked this question the other day by a very close friend of mine and it got me to thinking seriously about my current combative training routine. (and understand when I say “Combative” training routine I am referring to my ENTIRE martial training: Empty Hand, Stick, Knife, Gun.) Now before I jump into this…
The Budget Shank
The Budget Shank Looking for a weapon with no metallic signature? A Perfect choice for those pesky Non-Permissive environments. (Thanks to Active Response Training for the Heads Up!)