From the Archives, 2016 This short story reinforces the USMC Training mantra: “One Mind, Any Weapon” Don’t get hung up on the Tool. Always Train to WIN THE FIGHT, REGARDLESS OF THE TOOL! “Favorite” Weapons! “Warriors should not have ‘favorite’ weapons.” Miyamoto Musashi, from his “Book of Five Rings,” written in 1645AD, near the end…
Category: Combatives
The Three “S” Test for Training
The “Three S” Test There is a shit load of FANTASY firearms and tactics training out there. Apply the Three S “Sniff Test” to seperate the Bullshit: Is it SIMPLE? Does it make SENSE? Is it STREET PROVEN? If the training does not meet these three criteria, DUMP IT, and find something that does….
Non-Permissive (Non-Metallic) Weapons
POCKET PREPS: NONMETALLIC WEAPONS SEVEN STEALTHY TOOLS FOR SELF-DEFENSE IN NON-PERMISSIVE ENVIRONMENTS We live in a hyper-security conscious world for the most part. Metal detectors and body scanners are popping up everywhere now, even in the most unlikely of places. Combine this with traveling overseas to countries where personal weapons are strictly forbidden and…
Combative Strikes
These are some very old Kelly McCann clips but are still IMO some of the best out there regarding realistic Combative strikes that work. *Use these strikes in your CQ empty-hand/stick/knife/gun training as a way to quickly “create distance” between you and the BG so you can draw your weapon. Always stay open to…
GRAPHIC! Crazed Man Attacking Deputy Soaks Up 12 Rounds Before He’s Stopped
Crazed Man Attacking Deputy Soaks Up 12 Rounds Before He’s Stopped A hardcore, close up video of a police shooting of a crazy dude with a stick. This video dispenses with the urban myth that people fall down on the first shot even at close range with a decent defensive caliber as shown here. There…
Improvised Weapons
Improvised Weapons Collecting and training with Improvised Weapons has always been a keen interest of mine mainly because it keeps my mentality more “fight” focused versus “tool” focused and it also helps me stay armed to some degree in “Non-Permissive” Environments when travelling abroad. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Self-Defense Behind the Wheel of Your Car
Self-Defense Behind the Wheel of Your Car Decent primer on a subject I hope you are devoting some live fire/force-on-force training to every month since besides your home and workplace, your vehicle is where you spend a large majority of your time. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Know Your Knives: The Wharncliffe Blade
Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Knife “Dueling?”
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…
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!