Pistol Whip: When You Should Use a Handgun as an Impact Weapon Mike Janich gives a very practical, down and dirty walk thru on one of the most basic of CQ combative strikes when the chips are down: The Pistol Whip. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Category: Training Tips
Armed Citizen Corner: Single-Handed Shooting, Why Practice It?
Single-Handed Shooting: Why Practice It? This is a skill I always sharpen when at the range because you never know when Mr. Murphy is gonna kick you in the nuts when out on the street among the savages. The old adage “Better to have it and not need than need it and not have…
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!
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…
Training Tips: Moving Off-Line While Drawing and Shooting
MOVING OFF WHILE DRAWING AND SHOOTING Good stuff to re-enforce the fact that gunfights do not happen in a static vacuum. When bullets start flying, people tend to start moving. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Practical/Tactical Medicine: Understanding Blood Types
Quick question: Do you know your blood type? How about your spouse and your kids blood type? Do you know if you could donate blood to them if it was an emergency? Knowing how to stop traumatic bleeding along with understanding blood types and donor compatibility is one of the most important medical skill sets…
Trauma Medicine: Estimating Blood Loss
Great vid from TACMED Australia on Estimating Casualty Blood Loss by Amount of blood on the ground. 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!
Armed Citizen Corner: Recognizing and Reacting To Gunfire
Are Those Really Gunshots? (click on above link to be re-directed to source page) Another top notch article by Greg Ellefritz. Really hone in on that “normalcy bias” thing…that stuff is real, I have seen it, and it will kill you faster than a bullet to the head! Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Examining Guerilla Warfare Tactics: Assaulting a Fixed Position
Small Unit Tactics: Assault on a Fixed Fortified Position Another basic primer on SUT. I will warn you though, this is a tactic that unless dire circumstances call for or your numbers are superior, I would avoid if possible. Remember the strength of a small guerilla force is to harass and wear down by attrition,…