If you want to be prepared to defend yourself realistically on the street, you are going to have to prepare RIGHT NOW in a controlled training environment, how you can both GUARD against getting knocked out and at the same time, take a PUNCH and keep fighting. Regardless, if you are talking about knife, stick or gun,…
Category: Training
How are your Reflexes?
Here is a good question: How much time do you spend during your combat training working on your reflexes? I am guessing if I polled this question, I would get a number somewhere between 0 and 5 minutes. Now I am sure a lot of you are saying “But during my training I am constantly…
Going the Distance
“Wade through the Wounded and Vault over the Dead” -Master Chief Petty Officer Hershel Davis (USN) In my good friend and mentor Paul Howe’s Outstanding Book Leadership and Training for the Fight Paul gives this quote to open up a short paragraph on Aggressiveness and how it can keep you alive when you are fighting for your…
Combative Knife Simplicity
In the quest for the CO to become a “Complete Warrior” where the skill sets they learn dovetail seamlessly into any weapon system they pick up, being comfortable killing with the knife has to be a priority. I want you to notice the wording I used there…”Killing with the Knife”, now for some of you…
How Realistic are your Rifle Drills?
“The rifle is a weapon. Let there be no mistake about that. It is a tool of power, and thus dependent completely upon the moral stature of its user. It is equally useful in securing meat for the table, destroying group enemies on the battlefield, and resisting tyranny. In fact, it is the only means…
Training Stressors
“Take time to Deliberate, but when the TIME for ACTION has arrived, stop thinking and GO IN.” -Napoleon Bonaparte Most firearms/combat training today lacks realism; Those “primal elements” that the student needs to experience when they are TRULY fighting for their lives. One of these primal elements that we can replicate with some degree of…
Practice Makes Permanent
From the Archives, 2015 I first heard this from a Military Drill Instructor while on the firing line a long time ago and it stuck with me. I apply it to just about every area of my life now, but especially FIREARMS TRAINING HABITS. To me, it is the essence of WHY we should…
Drilling for the Changing Times
From the Archives, 2013 The armed civilian, like the LEO, needs to evaluate his Course of Fire and Firearm Drills frequently to make sure they stay current with the times. The best example of this is the increased use of Body Armor by thugs. Looking at history, one could expect your “higher…