Category Archives: Self Defense

Active Shooter Scenario

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Thor

Over the years there has been a lot of news around every active shooter incident.  It has gotten to the point that we have a special term for this active of terrorism “active shooter”.  The reality of the situation, is … Continue reading →

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Victim or Victor, Your Call

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Thor

This is an outstanding post about self defense.  It covers a lot of ground and has some great pointers.  Certainly somethings that I knew, and some others that I had overlooked.  Go read it, it s good.  Here is a … Continue reading →

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Self Defense In The Home

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Thor

Brigid has pulled together a nice piece discussing self defense options in the home.  Set some time aside and go read the whole thing.  She has woven in some great advice with a level of humor that makes for an … Continue reading →

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Complimentary Skills

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Thor

An interesting post up at Paul Merkel that discusses a complimentary skill set.  In this case the set is pretty run of the mill to me but, evidently it is not for other folks. For every single review written that … Continue reading →

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Awareness

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Thor

Whenever you are talking about your own safety the first thing discussed is situational awareness.  The bottom line here, is that the majority of bad situations can be avoided in the first place.  Whether that is merely avoiding an area, … Continue reading →

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Self Defense Visualization

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Thor

Visualization is an important tool in training, and in competition.  Whether you are focusing on executing the perfect hip check, taking a back hand shot top shelf over the goalies blocker hand, or executing a shooting stage.  It also is … Continue reading →

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Straight Forward in a Crooked World: Dark Arts for Good Guys: The Right to Knife pt II

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Thor

                            Another article about blades from the “Dark Arts”.  It’s a good read.  Make sure to go back and read some of his previous work as well. … Continue reading →

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Be Aware

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Thor

How many times have you walked down the street and then suddenly had to stop and look around to figure out where you were, as your mind worked on the problems of the day and your feet just kept going?  … Continue reading →

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Firearm Ownership

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Thor

The folks over at Cheaper Than Dirt have a blog that they use to drive business.  Hey, it is a commercial world out there, and we are still an economy that is based on capitalism, good for them. Every once … Continue reading →

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Common Sense

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Thor

Maybe I am more sensitive than most people to issues of security.  I’m not real sure why that is, maybe it was all the counter terrorism stuff that we did in the 80’s.  Maybe it is because I travel so … Continue reading →

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