Training: A Family Affair
We all both enjoy and take seriously our efforts in improving our abilities. We endeavor to build ourselves into as capable and lethal an individual as we can become. There…
A Manifesto on Exceptionalism, or “The Shoe is on the Wrong Foot.”
Since the earliest days of humanity, the adventurers, the entrepreneurs, and the risk-takers have enjoyed the benefits of a more interesting existence, coupled with the rewards that come from taking…
Down, But Not Out: 5 Rules for a Productive Recovery from Injury
Life has a way of throwing the unexpected at you. We are not always able to carry out our plans and continue on in our daily routines and habits unimpeded…
Rites of Passage: Coming of Age in Cinema, Role Models and the need for boys to partake of them
Background My father took me to many movies when I was growing up. Thankfully I was able to watch thought-provoking stuff when I was a child. Mostly westerns and war…
Punishers and Spartans
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…
I did a thing today…
I have thought about this for a long time, the longest of times. I have perhaps a tendency to overthink things though. I generally don’t broadcast that I hunt, maybe…
What is Your Purpose?
When you get up in the morning, what is the first thing you do? What’s the first thing you think? What’s your mental state? What drives you, puts fire in…
The Unsuspecting Get Home Bag
by Frank Moss The get home bag, holding the gear to get you home and not mark you as a crazy person or target, should also be functional during daily…
Embrace the Suck
Most of us have heard the phrase, “Embrace the suck”, but few of us have ever been in a situation and taken the time to actually follow that advice. What…
The Importance of Stock Piling Food
by Alec Yandy Plans to acquire food: If you’re hit by a major disaster are you going to be sufficiently stocked with food to outlast the event? This is something…