One of my training goal’s for 2015 was to develop a practical, no-nonsense training course for armed civilians involving “Active Shooter” scenarios. Most of the “scripts’ I have laid out for this course are very basic: A man and his family out and about somewhere, like a restaurant or a Mall, and then BOOM!…
Category: Tactics
Recent Home Invasion Vid
This vid was originally shared with me from Concealed Nation, so please click on their link, as the original article is worth a look, although I would argue the quandary over “how much ammo is enough” when it comes to a handgun is kind of an asinine argument..the short answer is you can NEVER have…
WYATT EARP ON SHOOTING VS. GUNFIGHTING
Lessons from a legend….
Reinforcing Combat Truths
There is nothing like real world video for use as a combat training tool. We get to see how people really behave in a life and death struggle. There is no better tool to help cut through “fantasy gunfight” training, or worse yet, convince those that believe only minimal training is needed to survive the…
Awareness and Aggression Rule the Day!
As you watch this video there are a dozen things in hindsight we could cover, but there are just 3 things I want to talk about in this one. First: If you are walking home from school or wherever and you become aware somebody is following or stalking you, your first instinct may be to…
The Garland Attack: Re-Evaluating the CO’s Training Focus
The CO must constantly re-evaluate his training to see that it is RELEVANT and REALISTIC to the current threat. Right now, the most pressing CURRENT threat to the Civilian Operator is without a doubt, MULTIPLE ACTIVE SHOOTERS as was seen in Garland, TX this past Sunday. First of all, before I get too deep into this subject,…
“FIGHT” not “GUN” is the Key Word in “GUNFIGHT”
“If you can’t stop the average dude from raping you in the shower, the last thing you need is a Carbine Class.” (Southnarc) In Civilian self-defense training courses you often have certain trainers that require a “pre-requisite or “pre-req”” of certain courses before you take a certain class. For example, before you take an ADVANCED…
Combative Corollaries
The following is taken directly from the Afterword in Kelly Mccann’s Outstanding book Combatives for Street Survival. In this afterword, Kelly draws corollaries between what is taught in the USMC Field Manual (FM 1) Warfighting and what is experienced in personal combat using Combatives for self-defense. Kelly divides these corollaries into Several distinct sections: War,…
The Combat Realities of Trigger Reset
Trigger reset is one of those skills, that if you were like me, when you learned it, it pretty much changed your level of accuracy instantly, especially with a pistol. I remember one of my trainers summarizing it for me: “Unlike a rifle, where the barrel is 16 to 20 inches or greater, most pistol…
Keeping Concealed Carry CONCEALED
[youtube=http://youtu.be/rUzyy2CBx4I] First off, there is no way to frame this in which the so called “vigilante” (aka MORON who tackled the guy) is in the right here. If you feel so strongly as to go and tackle a perfect stranger (without any provocation), you could have just as easily called 911 and done your “duty”…