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…
Category: Self-Defense Issues
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…
Knife Attack Defense Basics
People that intend to do you harm typically try to stack the odds in their favor to be successful. A mass knife attack is a prime example. Get a large number of clueless sheeple in a confined area and go on a slashing and stabbing spree. This just happened in Japan. Three people were…
Fighting
Via Mark Andreessen At a private conference this week, I was asked what I think of Mark Zuckerberg’s recent Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) training, Elon Musk’s challenge to a cage fight, and public reports that a Zuckerberg/Musk MMA fight may well happen later this year, perhaps in the actual Roman Colosseum. I said, “I think that’s all great.” And in…
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(Another) PSA for Staying Armed 24/7
Mental Illness is RAMPANT in FUSA. Prepare Accordingly.