Hamas Calls for Global ‘Day of Jihad’ on Friday the 13th With the current state of the FUSA invasion down here in Texas, I am more concerned with well armed cartel grunts, not muzzah camel rapist shooting up the local mall, still, stay armed and vigilant this weekend, there is always the likelihood of…
Category: Self-Defense Issues
Blade Drills: Perfecting the Snap Cut & Thrust
Lately I have been working on some drills with my small “hideout” waist-carried fixed blades: Benchmade CBK and SOG Snarl. Training Notes: Since both of these shivs have an unconventional grip (CBK is a syringe type, the Snarl a single-finger loop, raptor-claw design), striking is a bit more unorthodox than if I were…
Now is the Time to Prioritize, not Panic
H/T WRSA DTG’s 2021 Updated 10 Week (If You’re Lucky) Plan to Prepare for the Worst-Case Scenario This is an excellent Get Your Shit Together article! To reiterate the most important point: TIME is of the essence and everything mentioned is going to be harder to obtain and more expensive as time goes by,…
The Guns of the Rooftop Koreans
The Guns of the Roof Koreans The Roof Koreans, or Rooftop Koreans, have become a steady part of gun culture. They live on as an example of why the Second Amendment is so important. The origin of the Roof Koreans comes from the 1992 LA riots. These riots left first responders and law enforcement too…
FYI: You are a “First Responder!”
Via: Defense Training International Multiple militants from Gaza have entered Israeli territory, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Saturday, shortly after a barrage of rockets left one person dead and at least three injured. 7 Oct 23 “The present moment is all you ever have. There is never a time when…
Every Man a Rifleman
“Make good scouts of yourselves. Become good rifle shots so that, when it becomes necessary that you defend your families and your country, you can actually do it!”- Baden-Powell, founder of Boy Scouts “The Rifle is a weapon. Let there be no mistake about that. It is a tool of power and thus dependent completely…
Vigilantism as the Rule and Not the Exception
I have been chewing on this matter for a very long time. Before Marvin Heemayer or Cliven Bundy or LaVoy Finicum. Before Ashli Babbitt. Before Kyle Rittenhouse or Travis and Greg McMichael and William Bryan. Before Jake Gardner. Hell, even before George Zimmerman and the Trayvon Martin Case way back in 2012. As an…
Fairbairn and Sykes: Shooting to Live
Fairbairn and Sykes: Shooting to Live Travis Pike provides a practical review of the classic book “Shooting to Live” by Fairbairn and Sykes. Considered by many to be a forerunner to modern defensive firearms training, the book focused on the use of handguns in self-defense scenarios. The authors, with their extensive experience in law…
Home Protection 101: Angles, Lighting, and Retention, A Primer
Angles, Lighting, and Retention: A Primer If you’re reading this article hoping to find the magic formula to safely clearing a residence or building by yourself, you’re about to be disappointed. Here’s the reality: our vision is not 360 degrees and our brains cannot multi-task enough. There are too many angles of exposure for…
“Listerine Pistol”: Extreme Close-Quarter Combative Realities
When we talk about “Listerine” Combat we are referring to that nasty “bad breath” distance fighting that takes place within 2- 3 feet of your nose. This can be empty hand, knife, stick or firearm. We will see that all of the Combative principles of each of these platforms intersect or duplicate each other…