The fantasy: A gun solves every self defense situation. The reality: You can only use a gun if there is "justified use of deadly force...

One of the greatest values of martial arts training is learning other people’s physical capabilities when “mixing it up.” Being taken off y...

Day One Morning Before Guardian Defensive Tactics (GDT) Shoot Over the years I have had the opportunity to train members of law enforcement ...

Weapon retention begins with your ability to protect yourself. It's not clean, pretty or neat. On the street, it happens fast! You won...

The following is just one method to get a subject down on the ground. In this scenario the subject has been resistant but compliant. The pur...

The application of force is a topic covered throughout a police officer’s career. Training begins academically at the academy, followed by p...

No sane person wants to hurt another human being. We learn to repsect life, not destroy it. Because of my work, people have the perception o...