Tag Archives: personal protection

The Right Habits: Your Personal Defense Depends on It

Posted on 18 September 2023

As most of you know, I do not use the term muscle memory. Muscles don’t have memories, and what we are really talking about are habits, good ones and bad ones. And, if we pay attention and think about what we … Continue reading →

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Verbal Deescalation: The Best Defensive Tool Isn’t Always in Your Holster

Posted on 27 March 2023

If you think about it, we spend our entire lives using our voices to get what we want and to avoid what we don’t. It is interesting how some folks develop this into quite an art, while others don’t have … Continue reading →

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Crisis Situations and Staying Alert

Posted on 5 April 2021

Photo by Andrey Zvyagintsev on Unsplash The various distractions of life are what keep us from being as alert as we should be. So, as if work, family, and just getting through a busy day aren’t enough, let’s add a pandemic to the whole thing. … Continue reading →

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What Does the 21-Foot Rule Really Mean?

Posted on 26 October 2020

Above: A popular drill in defensive-training classes is to have instructors run perpendicular to the shooter in a measured space of 21′. The goal is for the shooter on the line to draw and engage a paper target before the … Continue reading →

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