Using anything in your environment for self-protection means that even a simple pencil can be used as a temporary equalizer for self-protection in a pinch.

One of the most polarizing perspectives in self-protection, self-defense and combatives training: “knife defense”. (It’s in quotes on purpose.)

You find yourself empty-handed and in just a pickle of a situation with a bad guy that has an edge/impact weapon—use your environment…

The performance of speed, power, timing and precision are vital and a standard in which it should be held.

It’s more than simply being alert.

Do you have it? How do you get it? Can you use it to your advantage?

Never should training be fanciful or superfluous. It should always strive to be practical and applicable.

One aspect of training martial arts is making it useful not only for the obvious purpose, but useful in all things as it relates to how we live our lives today.

Don’t mouth off while driving (even if you’re right).

Is he just some fancy pants artist, an Ethnographer on a commercial project... orrrrrr someone less obvious using a clever ploy to gather intelligence for nefarious reasons?

When a shady fella walks in the opposing direction on the other side of hall/trail, never put your head down and look at your phone or feet (especially within contact distance)…