It’s important to keep your money, credit cards, and passport safe while traveling. Not only are there pickpockets that will physically steal these items, the new thief can steal the information electronically. The Shacke RFID Pocket Vault Hybrid – Hidden Safety Travel Belt Wallet and Neck Stash helps you protect your items from both kinds…
In my live presentations, I’m always reminding people to watch their belongings. “Watch your belongings,” I say. Watch your purse! Watch your bags at the airport and when traveling! Watch your stuff! It seems simple, and it is, but I’m always seeing people who don’t watch their belongings. Targets of opportunity are everywhere for the opportunistic…
Here is your self-defense tip: Get In Shape! Pretty simple, pretty basic, but very true. The better you take care of yourself, and the more fit you are, the better you will be able to defend yourself if you have to. Not only that, you will be better prepared to run away, move something heavy,…
Watch the Hands! That’s an important point when it comes to threat recognition and self-defense. The hands of your attacker will be the most likely to hit you or to be holding a weapon he wants to use against you. Or it may be that you see his hand going for a weapon and that…
I was sitting front row at the Muay Thai fights in Bangkok when the two fighters clashed in a clinch and the one threw a fast elbow to the other’s jaw. He hit fighter’s head snapped to the side and he dropped straight down to the canvas of the ring. He wasn’t just dazed, he…
I have a lot of flashlights from various price ranges, but admit that most are in the lower scale. This particular light, while expensive, is an outstanding light. While made for diving, it is an incredibly bright light that can serve many purposes. I received this Phantom Aquatics Impulse 1500 through the Vine Program to…
“The Art of Fighting Without Fighting: Techniques In Personal Threat Evasion” by Geoff Thompson is a good little book on how to deal with conflict without becoming physical. It’s written by a man, Thompson, who’s had a fair amount of fighting and violence in his life, and then some. Through the years of sweat and…
Individual’s Guide for Understanding and Surviving Terrorism is a Paladin Press edition of the U.S. Marine Corps Reference Publication (MCRP) 3-02E. Its purpose for the Marine Corps is to inform individual Marines (private through general officer), civilian employees, and family members on how terrorism affects them. And while it is aimed at Marines, especially those…
Sadly, RFID blocking sleeves are needed. There are people out there who will use technology to rip you off, and with the new RFID (Radio-frequency identification) readers, they can steal your credit card number, information on your passport, etc. without you even knowing it. While you may have never heard of RFID before, chances are…
This is an awesome little LED Camping Lantern. I was sent one from LYNEC to review, and I am very impressed with this little collapsible light. It is small, lightweight, and a unique little multi-function lantern/light. It is powered by three AAA batteries which are not included with the purchase. I will also point out…