The Importance of Pre-Conflict Skills for Knife Defense – Part 1
Reaction times in knife defense will differ with distance, but good news is many individuals can improve their reaction times with practice.
The Case For Defensive Knife Training Part 2
In Part I we discussed the alarming upsurge of knife violence in First World countries — and the necessity for defensive knife training for...
Know Your Weapons Know Yourself
Following my military career, I served for many years as a law enforcement professional in the southeast part of the United States. I started...
Gunsafe
The purpose of GUNSAFE is to provide enough basic information about guns and how they work so that the average adult can recognize the...
Folding Knives Are A Lethal Force Option
Recently, I spent two days in a fantastic class learning the less than sophisticated art of using a “tactical” folding knife in a potentially...
Boundary Tips for Knife Attacks
QUICK TIPS CHART
I notice that most students do not clearly understand distance when they practice defense against simulated knife attacks and many practitioners of...
History of the Nunchaku
To explaining the origin of the nunchaku, we must look at different historical paths including ancient history and old stories and tales. With the...
Tussey Custom .45ACPs
Two beauties flaunt top pistolsmith's craftmanship. These 1911's are sound tactical weapons and they're gorgeous!
Anyone who even casually looked at the shelf of gun...
Custom Kimber Compacts
The virtues of the Government Model .45 have been endlessly chronicled. But as much as we all love the big gun, it remains just...
How To Buy A Sword Part 1
The number one question you need to decide is, "What do you want the sword for?" Do you want to use it for a...
Full-Contact Weapon Sparring with the Staff
There is now a venue open to martial artists and combatants from around the world. Competing with no restrictions, at full speed and power,...
How to Properly Hold a Knife for Self-Defense and Military Applications – Part 1
Of the innumerable knife concepts and maneuvers that I consider unsound, the most egregious of these are the unsafe knife grips that abound.
How To Use And Control Two Weapons Simultaneously
In the long history of humankind, weapons had one of the most significant roles in the development of man. From the very beginning of...
Nunchaku
Since Bruce Lee exposed the wider world to the humble nunchaku, a whole industry has developed around this much misrepresented weapon. Unfortunately this industry,...
Accuracy Capabilities of a Modern Sniper System 3
This is the final chapter dealing with the evaluation of L.O.D. Training Associates: a total sniper, equipment, and training system, developed by Mr. Billy...
Croatian Soldiers and the Invention of the Necktie
Old history books share that it was a cravat that became the symbol of a small European nation and its beauty soon won over...
