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Poker Defense

September 26, 2016 By Aaron Israel & filed under All Articles, Defensive Issues.

A poker game is a good metaphor for personal defense. Some of the same basic elements are in play, from the cards you are dealt to the bets you must make. Sometimes your strategy works out and you walk away with a big stack of chips, and sometimes you fail miserably despite your best efforts.

Conflict Avoidance: Practicing What I Preach

September 7, 2016 By Rob Pincus & filed under All Articles, Defensive Issues.

Avoiding conflict should be everyone’s preference … but if you carry a gun, it also becomes your responsibility.

The Future of Self-Defense Training

September 6, 2016 By Joshua Gideon & filed under All Articles, Defensive Training Concepts.

As a student of self-defense, I have taken literally hundreds of hours of self-defense training courses spanning the broad spectrum of self-defense learning. Unarmed courses, armed courses, different types of weapon courses, decision-making courses, driving courses, instructor-level courses, and many more have been part of my quest, if I can borrow a phrase from my…

Less-Lethal Defensive Tools – Exploring Non-Lethal Weapons

August 16, 2016 By Jarrod Needs & filed under All Articles, Non-Firearm Defensive Tools.

From time to time, I get a student who openly admits they would have a problem shooting someone.

DON’T LOOK AT YOUR GUN WHILE RELOADING!

August 1, 2016 By Evan Carson & filed under All Articles, Defensive Training Concepts.

This article covers the reasons you shouldn’t look at your gun while working on it, period. This includes loading, unloading, and clearing malfunctions.

Hearing Protection for Shooting

July 18, 2016 By Ken Crawford & filed under All Articles, Personal Defense Equipment.

As a community, we tend to obsess over the latest and greatest gun, bullet, holster, or other item that we believe may give us some advantage.

The Defensive Mindset

July 5, 2016 By Joshua Gideon & filed under All Articles, Defensive Issues.

In the spring of 2008, I had the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. with a couple members of the F.B.I. Cyber Division.

Citizen’s First Responder Infrastructure

June 20, 2016 By Klint Macro & filed under All Articles, Family Self Defense.

You are a responsible, law-abiding citizen. You have decided to take on the responsibility of becoming your family’s first responder.

Disabled Shooting

June 6, 2016 By Joshua Gideon & filed under All Articles, Personal Defense.

A family friend recently asked if I could help him with a shooting issue he was having.

Emotional Components of Knife Defense, Part 3

May 23, 2016 By Alessandro Padovani & filed under All Articles, Non-Firearm Defensive Tools.

Now we are going to discuss some psychological concepts and principles that can help students diminish their innate reluctance to use violence.