Old Toolboxes and the Smashing Machine, Veterans Need New Tools
“It’s amazing how much emotion a little mental concept like ‘my’ can generate.” – Eckhart Tolle I still recall the evening I walked into a bar with my best friend…
Defensive Pistol Shopping Process
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Maps: Understanding Map Colors
Explorers If you get a moment take a look at the movie called Mountains of the Moon. This 1990 movie recreates the exploratory journeys of Sir Richard Francis Burton (Patrick…
Monday morning police quarterback
I was watching a sporting event the other day, and noticed how quickly some in the audience were criticizing the players. It was probably the bloody Mary which made me…
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Basic Tactics: A Few More Thoughts
Tranquillo wearing our Old School Spotter Up patch Tactics, tactics, the Holy Grail of high speed shooting, moving, assaults, driving, walking in the bathroom, opening doors, entry/exiting vehicles, eating, etc.,…
Chess and Mental Butt Kicking
Chess as a sport requires a lot of mental stamina, and this is what makes it different from a physical sport. Chess players have a unique ability of taking in…
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The Unarmed Suspect MYTH
“One Mind Any Weapon” the Motto of the United States Marine Corps Martial Arts Program. This means using your mind to imagine that you can find weapons everywhere. MEDIA: Unarmed…
Warning shots? BAD Idea!
“Warning Shots”, is a technique most often mentioned as part of an escalation of force routine for our troops overseas. More often in reality they are disabling shots to a…
Stolen Valor Fratricide
Stolen Valor has long been a problem but it isn’t a new one. Somewhere a long time ago a Roman soldier probably exaggerated who he was with or what he…
Driving the wedge…
This isn’t meant to be a controversial post, on the contrary, it is meant to be just the opposite, but we will see how that works. Over the past few…