If you’ve spent any time on the Internet in the last two decades, chances are actually pretty good that you’ve encountered something Phil Elmore has written. The author of the books “Flashlight Fighting” and “Street Sword”, Phil was active in countless discussion groups back in the late 90s and early 2000s. If you’ve been wondering…
The Badass Girl’s Guide: Uncommon Strategies To Outwit Predators by CJ Scarlet is an excellent book on personal safety and self-defense aimed at young women, but good for women of all ages and men too. Men? Yes. Even though I’m not in the target audience for this book, I enjoyed it and found it useful…
Self-Defense against a knife attack while unarmed is always a worst-case scenario, and one you really should do everything in your power to avoid. I talk and write so much about awareness and avoidance because it really is extremely important and your best bet at keeping yourself safe and unharmed. What makes self-defense against a…
I’ve been asking groups of people, “What is self-defense?’ for 25 years now. I’ve heard many replies over the years, and many have included knowing how to punch, kick, and a whole slew of other ways to injure and maim an attacker. I’ve always agreed that learning physical principles, strategies, and tactics to physically stop…
Warnings Unheeded: Twin Tragedies at Fairchild Air Force Base by Andy Brown is a well-researched and revealing look at two separate events that occurred at Fairchild AFB just outside of Spokane, WA, in June of 1994. The first was an active shooter incident at the Fairchild hospital, and the second was the crash of a…
Watching the eclipse safely is important for the health of your eyes. The Solar Eclipse will occur next Monday, August 21, and I’m looking forward to watching it with my family. If you are going to watch it too, be sure that you have the proper protection for your eyes. Remember, You should never look directly…
Practice safe habits today, it may be too late tomorrow. Too many times we know something is a good idea, and that we should do it, but we put it off until it is too late. This is often true when it comes to my advice to practice safe habits. We know we should. After…
I am always saying in my live programs, “Get your head out of your apps.” People have to quit being so distracted by their phones and devices that they are oblivious to everything else around them. I don’t preach being hyper-vigilant at all times. People can’t stay at that state of awareness. But we must…
Active Shooter Tip – Be aware! We must keep our heads out of our apps and be aware of what is going on around us. Know what is “normal” for the area and situation to recognize behaviors that aren’t normal. Too many of us go through the day oblivious of our surroundings until something happens…
A Bowie Knife is a type of fixed-blade fighting knife named after Jim Bowie, who became famous for his use of a large knife during a duel. Usually they are a type of large sheath knife. So what is a Disposable Pocket Bowie? In a nutshell, it’s an inexpensive wicked little sheath knife that is…