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Fire in the Combatives Community

June 12, 2018

Combatives, Escape and Evasion, Fitness Movements, Mission Critical, Opinion, Prepping & Survival

In 1919 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. wrote in a United States Supreme Court decision, “The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic... Read More...

Are Our Active Shooting Response Models Viable?

Guest Writer

May 28, 2018

Combatives, Home Security, Mission Security, Opinion, Prepping & Survival, PSYCHE, Tactics, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

With active shootings seemingly reoccurring on a weekly basis, we need an analytical approach that removes certain emotional factors from the encounter to determine the effectiveness of the training that is bei... Read More...

Modern Scheduling for the Modern Man: Fitness, Fighting, and Firearms (Prelude)

John Valentine

May 8, 2018

Combatives, Firearms, Mission Fitness, Planning, Prepping & Survival, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

It’s amazing the amount time available to us these days due to modern conveniences created by technology. These days most of our nuanced task of living come be automated. Whether it’s dish washing, laundry,... Read More...

Say Hick’s Law One More Time:

Guest Writer

May 3, 2018

Combatives, Opinion, PSYCHE, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

Say Hick’s Law One More Time: The shooting community is riddled with emotionally charged terms and catch phrases like; tactical, dynamic, operator, tier 1, and the like. But the shooting community is not the... Read More...

C4 Combatives: Extreme Close-Range Gun-Fighting w/ Matt Larsen

Joshua Shaw

April 4, 2018

American Spark, Combatives, CQB, Escape and Evasion, Firearms, Home Security, Industry News, Mission Security, NETWORKS, Prepping & Survival, Tactics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9BK1Vy8Nh4 Why Should I learn from C4 Combatives? You'd first have to ask yourself how does any martial art come to exist? We like to make the argument that mart... Read More...

Speed, Surprise And Violence Of Action. Thoughts On Action–Intelligence by Arminius Tribe

Mark van Riele

January 29, 2018

Combatives, Mission Fitness, Opinion, PSYCHE, Tactics, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

Speed, Surprise And Violence Of Action. Thoughts On Action–Intelligence Article written by Onno Pouw. Thanks Onno, great article. The subject is action–intelligence, a subject tha... Read More...

AKU Strike Mimic T-16 Review

John Valentine

January 24, 2018

Accessories, Bladed, Combatives, Gadgets, Mission Critical, MISSION GEAR, Product Reviews, Tactics, Tech/Science

Of all the training tools I use at C4 Combatives the AKU Strike Mimic T16 is by far my favorite. I have to admit however when I first got it my general attitude was skepticism. I remember my initial thought... Read More...

Punishers and Spartans

John Valentine

January 23, 2018

Combatives, Mission Fitness, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

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Spend more than a day in the "tactical" industry and you will easily be consumed by an over-saturation of hyper-masculinity in all the wrong ways. Nothing displays this point further than the use of puni... Read More...

3 REAL Reasons why Law Enforcement and Military should train Jiu Jitsu

John Valentine

December 13, 2017

Combatives, Fitness Movements, Mission Critical, Tactics

Skip to the last sentence if you need a summary. I recently came across an article on the Jiu Jitsu Times publication called "3 reasons why Law Enforcement should learn Jiu Jitsu" and it is hard to really quant... Read More...

Where to start Combatives part 2: We know what works and what to look for in a teacher

John Valentine

November 20, 2017

Combatives, CQB, Mission Fitness, Prepping & Survival, Tactics

Many people would argue that the most important event in martial arts history was when a largely unknown slender Brazilian by the name of Royce Gracie entered a no-holds-barred competition and defeated all ... Read More...