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What to DO?

I was asked to speak to a group of realtors recently. The topic was firearm laws, safety, and training. There were about 35 in...

Self-Defense/Personal Protection Training; What’s the value?

As a traditional martial arts (TMA) instructor for many years, I have always been intrigued why people start training in the martial...

Safety is a Priority

June is National Safety Month. Are you prepared? Actually, every month should be ‘safety month’. Rather, every day. There are so many...

Who Cares?

I saw an e-mail today with the headline: “Criminals do NOT care who you are, how much money you have in the bank, or whether or not you...

Self-Defense: What Do You Really Need?

There are dozens of martial arts systems, and all, in part, can be used for self-defense. There have been endless discussions as to the...

Real Life

Got a big wake-up call the other night. Over the weekend, I found out that one of our students was involved in an incident at her home....

Naomi Irion – Don’t Forget Her Name

Naomi Irion. Remember her name. On the morning of March 12, Naomi parked her car in a Walmart parking lot in Fernley, Nevada and was...

The Shotgun: Old Technology Still Viable

Historically, the shotgun goes back many years, as the blunderbuss, arquebus and musket could all fire shot as well as solid balls. In...

Pulling the Pin

I’m going to take a minute to tell a quick story. I mustered out of the Marine Corps in late 1975 and got a job as an aircraft...

Guns are Stupid

I have to rant for a minute. Again, I heard talk about enacting even more laws in an attempt to curb ‘gun violence’. To use a phrase from...

Guns Are Not The Answer …

According to the 2021 National Firearms Survey(1): There is, “… an overall rate of adult firearm ownership of 31.9%, suggesting that in...

Here We Are

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Here we are almost a quarter of the way into a new century. It seems we are constantly inundated with natural disasters...