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Family Safety: Protecting Your Family Training for Mutual Defense

March 6, 2012 By Claude Werner & filed under All Articles, Defensive Issues, Family Self Defense.

To most people our family’s safety is a top priority. What do you do to ensure your family is safe during a threat? Defensive training and practice typically involve one person alone against single or multiple assailants. But most of our lives, we are with other people. The difference between training/practicing alone and working with…

How to Not Get Shot: The Ten Secrets of Shot Avoidance

February 23, 2012 By Lt. David L. Williams & filed under All Articles, Defensive Issues, Home Defense.

Getting shot is a bad thing. We can all agree on that. The trick is how not to get shot. Here are the ten secrets of not getting shot. 1. Don’t Get Into a Situation Where You May Be Shot. This is not always possible, but it is possible for many situations. There are three…

Self-Defense Checklist

February 3, 2012 By Mike Seeklander & filed under All Articles, Defensive Issues, Personal Defense.

I recently took a step back and asked myself in what areas my self-defense plan was lacking. What could I do to improve my overall ability to defend myself and my family? After giving it some thought, I created a self-defense to-do list that might surprise you. If you’ve read my articles here on PDN,…

Krav Maga Handgun Disarms

October 13, 2011 By Mark Slane & filed under All Articles, Defensive Issues, Unarmed Defense.

Krav Maga has been developed over the past 60 years by and for the Israeli military. Krav Maga is not a martial art. It does not do anything for the sake of tradition or because “that’s how the founder did it.” Krav Maga is an open and evolving system and, in my opinion, there is…

Martial Artists and Firearms – Best Self Defense Martial Art

August 10, 2011 By Mark Slane & filed under All Articles, Defensive Issues, Unarmed Defense.

Tradition I believe that there are two basic reasons for this. The first is that martial artists are studying arts that are hundreds if not thousands of years old. They pride themselves on the tradition and the fact that they are still doing it the same in 2011 as the Masters were doing eons ago.…

Light Up The Night: Handgun Solutions in Low Light

July 27, 2011 By Mike Seeklander & filed under All Articles, Defensive Issues.

In the article Training Solutions in Low Light Environments, I addressed equipping and using a rifle in low-light environments. However, the vast majority of us will probably be armed with a handgun in situations where we need to defend ourselves. This article will address some of the things I have learned over the last several…

Multiple Person Response Training Drills

February 17, 2011 By Rob Pincus & filed under All Articles, Defensive Issues, Personal Defense.

When you are in a public environment with another armed and trusted person, you may end up dividing your responsibilities in regard to checking certain areas for danger. You also need to be very aware of each other’s location and be especially sure that you are positively identifying threats and communicating what you see or…

Responding to a Threat as a Passenger in a Vehicle

February 16, 2011 By Rob Pincus & filed under All Articles, Defensive Issues, Personal Defense.

Most of the time when we look at using a firearm from inside a vehicle, we are thinking about ourselves as being in the driver’s seat. Of course, that may not be the case. While responding to the front of the vehicle is pretty straightforward and responding to the right or the rear are simply…

Safe At Home

January 21, 2011 By Chris Fry & filed under All Articles, Defensive Issues, Home Defense.

When most people think about personal protection, they mainly think about how to stay safe outside their homes. While the vast majority of crime against citizens occurs outside the home, home invasion robberies and worse DO occur. Crime statistics are difficult to track down specific to “home invasion,” but “property-related crimes” (robbery or burglary) have…

Defensive Firearms Priorities: How To Choose a Personal Defense Handgun

March 23, 2010 By Rob Pincus & filed under All Articles, Defensive Issues, Personal Defense.

One of the things I do most frequently as a defensive firearms instructor is give advice on which gun a person should choose to own for personal or home defense. Over the years, I have even made video clips and written several essays and articles on that topic. Appropriately, my opinion on which types of…