Hostage Survival — Maximize Your Chances of Coming Back Alive
We live in an age of increasing terrorism and criminal activity. Hostage taking and kidnapping have dramatically increased as a preferred tactic. Hostage US, a 501c3 non-profit organization that provides…
“Patton’s Way” a Review
George S. Patton is one of America’s most famous generals. His legacy is broad and deep greatly impacting military and popular American culture. That said, common understanding of the man…
Lessons to survive the Apocalypse; Don’t be a retard
Post apocalyptic survival movies are usually pretty interesting to watch. And there’s something in them we can all relate to. We wonder how we’d fare if we were in the…
Reconciling with Traditional Martial Arts
What happened to traditional martial arts? When I first came into the gun world it was fascinating the number of people who would smack talk the idea of mixing fighting…
Jumping Into USPSA
I’m writing this because while my shooting friends are well-established competitors in both USPSA and other shooting disciplines and I’ve realized with that experience they don’t share the same questions…
Streamlight TLR-9 Flex Weapon Mounted Light for Full Size Pistols
Several months ago, I had the opportunity to test and review the new Streamlight TLR-7A weapon mounted light. It was everything that I had hoped it would be and more!…
Dark Angel Medical Direct Action Response Training
When survival is measured in seconds, will you know what to do? Just as we train for worst-case scenarios in shooting, we must also have the medical training for worst-case…
A completely biased look at training with Green Ops
I recently attended an 8-hour training class with Green Ops, specifically their Practical Pistol/Competition Skills class. There were three instructors for only eight students, which made for plenty of personal…
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…