“That horrible incident underlined something I’d learned in SEAL training and that I believe even more strongly today: You can’t anticipate al the challenges that are going to be thrown your way. All you can do is prepare yourself to the best of your abilities.” Don Mann, Inside SEAL Team 6, p. 100 Mann [...] Read more »
In the news story which features the video of the woman being attacked in Brooklyn, a person identified as the self-defense expert at the end of the story continues to promulgate the theory that yelling ‘fire’ is more effective than yelling ‘help’. This theory holds that you are more likely to attract people’s attention by [...] Read more »
Here is a rare video of a woman being attacked by a rapist in New York taken by a homeowner’s surveillance camera. It offers the opportunity to discuss some elements of the attack: The attack happened on a sidewalk in a public place, the very kind of transition area like parking lots and parking [...] Read more »
I had heard rumors and stories about things like this post Hurricane Katrina, however I had only a fairly limited amount of hard evidence. This is an old article, but here’s a real-life example of how you might be forced to defend yourself in a catastrophic event where there is no law enforcement around. [...] Read more »
The traditional rules for gun safety are generally expressed as: Treat all firearms as if they are loaded Never point the muzzle at anything you do not wish to destroy Keep your finger off the trigger until on target and ready to engage Be aware of what’s behind your target and beyond There [...] Read more »
The photo in the story linked to below at the L.A. Times is horrific — lifeless bodies strewn on the rocks at the edge of an Norwegian lake amidst a green backdrop of pines. Today’s attack at an Oslo-area youth camp has killed at least 80 people. Apparently a single 32-year-old Norwegian man is the [...] Read more »
Just because the kids who are giving you the hard stare are only 14, it doesn’t mean you should be any less wary of them as potential threats to your safety. Over the years, I’ve documented many shocking examples of young kids engaging in seriously violent attacks (remember the New York City “Wilding” attack in [...] Read more »
I remember discussing the “sheepdog” metaphor with loads of others on forums and in conversations for the last decade. The Sheepdog metaphor essentially asserts that there are three kinds of people in the U.S.: Sheep (the mass of unprepared, untrained and unaware prey); Wolves (the group of criminal, deranged, and evil-doers who prey on [...] Read more »
Every slimeball’s biggest fear is the fear of getting caught. Why do you think criminals commit crimes? I used to think that it was because the punishment wasn’t great enough. But you know what? Most criminals do it because they think they can get away with it. No one ever thinks they will be facing [...] Read more »
We’ve talked about the need to train in a number of ranges of combat. For hand-to-hand encounters, we are normally talking about striking distance, clinching distance and grappling distance. You need to experience all three of these ranges so you are not overwhelmed by the adversary who changes the distance on you and takes you [...] Read more »