AAR: Point Driven Training – Saps and Jacks 2018 Great AAR of a Class I would like to take soon. Most violent “social” encounters take place at close distances. Regardless if you carry a handgun for self-defense or not, you ALWAYS need to have this type of skill-set in your software toolbox because creating…
Category: Combative Mentality
Contact Distance Shooting…Rescuing a Friend or Family Member
Contact Distance Shooting…Rescuing a Friend or Family Member Great realistic training scenario every armed citizen needs to mentally and physically prepare for from Greg Ellifritz over at Active Response Training. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Fight Like A Girl and Other Lessons From a Stabbing
Fight Like A Girl And Other Lessons From A Stabbing Really great read for not only Women but also Men; sometimes it pays to analyze and critique an attack like this in terms of what you were taught; what worked, what did not not and what you can do to IMPROVE your odds next…
Civilian Operator 101: Managing a Stranger’s Approach
I have always liked Craig Douglas and Shivworks…some of the first training DVD’s I got were from him. I still regard his Fighting Handgun DVD right up there with Kelly McCann’s Combative Pistol DVD. The guy is solid, has BTDT and knows his stuff. What I liked about this short lesson is it clarifies…
Self-Defense Skills: Mastering the Shoulder Stop
Self-Defense Skills: Mastering the Shoulder Stop for a Quick Counterattack Mike Janich goes over a simple and effective Counter-attack method to keep you vertical when the shit hits the fan. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Civilian Operator 101: The Collective Mood and You
The Collective Mood and You (click on above link to be re-directed to source page) Very practical and civilian applicable article on situational awareness. Learning the different pre-cursor’s to violence earnings for crowd/mobs/flash-mob’s etc. is an important skill-set we all need to keep sharp. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Going Grey: Alternatives to Folding Knives with Pocket Clips
Authors Note “Going Grey” will be an ongoing series that deals with How the average civilian joe can be more “Grey Man” in both his mentality, his wardrobe and his weapons load out. Sorry, but it will not be a series of articles on how you old farts can hide your grey hair more effectively,…
Combatives: How To Head-Butt The Sh_t Out of Somebody
HEAD BUTTIN TIME! HOW TO HEAD-BUTT A BAD GUY REAL GOOD Head Butts are a much under-used and under-estimated Combatives “technique”. They are the authentic “OODA Loop Interrupter!” in a fight. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Mindset: A Time for Wolves
A Time For Wolves (click on link title above to be re-directed to article) I think this has tremendous civilian operator applications as well. From a purely philosophical point of view, a man can be just at utterly vicious and brutal as his enemy without surrendering his moral code or inadvertently becoming a “grasseater” himself….
Armed Citizen Corner: Understanding “Proportional Response” in Self-Defense Law
Proportional Response: Understanding Self-Defense Statutes (click on title link above to be re-directed to source page) This goes right along with that article from this morning about being prepared for the “Second” most important fight for your life: The Legal Battle after a Self-Defense Shooting or Confrontation. Know the Law, especially Self-Defense Law in…