John Valentine promoted to Black Belt by Combative’s Matt Larsen
John Valentine promoted to Black Belt by Matt Larsen from Spotterup on Vimeo.John is an active duty combat veteran with over 10 years of active duty service. He has provided…
When Boys Are Bred to Be Sheep The Warrior Priest Podcast
022: Midweek Debrief – When Boys Are Bred to Be Sheep We breed boys to be sheep and allow wolves to be shepherds, and if we don’t right that wrong,…
The Warrior Priest Podcast 53: Michael Kurcina – Hated
Men will find themselves judged, cursed, and crushed for their intelligence and honesty in a world of declining values, declining manliness, and declining desires for achieving a worthy place in…
The Finest Hour
There’s been a lot of talk about one’s “finest hour”. When a person is at the top of their game, or does something incredible/heroic/etc. I’ve spent time reflecting on what…
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Combatives Instructor on Police reform: “Bad Cops are NOT the problem.”
Bad training creates bad tactics and is the cause of most of the national backlashes. The good news is we can fix that. Backlash: The United States of America is…
The Price for Awareness
The ancient Greek philosophers argued among themselves over the idea of nature versus nurture. Meaning, are we born with a clean slate and what happens to us changes us in…
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Up Armored WARRIOR- WRITER- LEADER speaks to the founder of Spotterup
Kurt interviews friend and former Marine, Mike Kurcina. Mike is the founder and CEO of Spotterup Tactical. They discuss training, beliefs, concepts, gear, yoga, electric cars as well as Mike’s…
Tacticool: Don’t Let Your Desire For Awesome Outweigh Your Skill
Are you letting your desire for awesome outweigh your skill? In case you haven’t figured it out yet, we have a tendency around here to kinda not hold back. Such…
Why we are Killing Ourselves
Veteran suicide, 22 a day, PTSD, etc., aside from being blanket terms thrown out to cover anyone with a hint of struggle after their enlistment, these words don’t truly tell…
Loss
This subject has entire books written on it, but given some recent events I feel compelled to add my own thoughts to the already extensive work written on loss. Loss…