Author Archives: Handler
Don’t Wait To Learn It On The Fly
The thought of being able to spontaneously know how to react well in a crisis situation is an amazingly comfortable, disarming and dangerous lie we tell ourselves. The old “momma bear” myth or the “testosterone tale”. Think forward and look forward, if you think you might find yourself in a dangerous situation that you’re not… Continue Reading
Everything is Your Weapon
Immediate Improvisation of field expedient weapons. You are the weapon, everything around you is a tool. Continue Reading
It’s that time of year again when the weather isn’t completely miserable and we’re firing up our spring classes and getting the training areas back up to speed. We’ll be adding new courses to our training page and advertising events on our calendar coming soon. Continue Reading
Hope For The Best, Prepare and Train For The Worst.
In any dangerous situation, there are “optimal” and “asymmetric” conditions. Example 1: You are driving your kids to an ice cream social and stop at a red light. A person approaches your window, skins a handgun and says “Get out of the car”. You calmly look left and right and then accelerate through the stop… Continue Reading
S.A.O.Y.S
Stare Away Of Your Surroundings. Maintain situational awareness…Observe Orient Decide Act. Prepare, Train, Succeed Continue Reading
It’s That Time of Year
Ticks. Mosquitoes and those damned Buffalo gnats. It might take some experimentation but it behooves everyone to figure out a concoction that will repel all three. Most of us use a combination of deet or deet substituted repellant for ticks and mosquitoes and a good spray or two of lemon eucalyptus stuff to keep the… Continue Reading
Emergency Food
This is an M.R.E., Meal Ready to Eat or as we like to call it “Three lies in one”. It’s a prepackaged food that’s easy to carry, has a fairly long shelf life and comes in a wide variety of “flavors”. If you don’t have an emergency food source stashed away already, these will keep… Continue Reading
People Are People Until They’re Not
Anyone who has been in an intense crisis situation with other Humans can tell you that people, while for the most part are or want to be inherently good, can become a critical liability when things go “squirrely”. Fear, Confusion, Mob Mentality and Despair can all combine and make normally decent folk behave in despicable… Continue Reading
Don’t Go Rigid
Survival situations are by nature asymmetrical. They can be static, meaning you stay in one place. They can be dynamic, meaning it involves a whole lot of rapid movements. They can be a combination of both. Get training and learn the tools of the trade but don’t get rigid with one way of doing anything.… Continue Reading
