Oldie, but goodie

Archive Video:
Here is an old vid from the vaults circa early 1990s. Outside of the “disarms” and that it is completely geared towards SPECOPs profs, pretty solid stuff from a fundamental standpoint. What do you think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4aZ2x8P-rI&feature=youtu.be

LEO Poem

In lieu of the horrific week that LE has seen, I wanted to re-post this:

 

"I’ve driven these City streets ten thousand times. I know every street, alley, nook and cranny. The hot-spots, low-spots, the upside and the underside.

I roam the streets and prowl the shadows. Upholder of the peace; protector of the sheep. Highly tuned to sense danger; yet fearless in the face of my enemies.

I am a hard charging, hairy chested, scootin-shootin, flashbang tossin, double-tappin sheepdog warrior. When I vow to do a thing, there is not a thing in the world I cannot do.

No door too tough for kick’n, no car too fast for pit’n.

I’ve learned many lessons in my journey towards impeccability, some the hard-way:

Luck favors the prepared; so prepare for the worst.

Keep one in the chamber and there is no such thing as too much ammo.

Its not the size of the bullet, but its placement that counts.

Life is for the bold, pain fades, and glory lives forever.

Courage-Honor-and Compassion usually travel together and the "Right" thing is never the easy thing.

While others run from danger, I hunt it down and stand on its throat. I am a Man, a husband, a father, a lover and a fighter. I fight for life, what is good, family and tribe. Anything worth doing is worth doing 110%. Procrastination and moderation are for the weak."

Pain? Which type do you choose?

Pain:

 

 



Why take a knife to a gun fight?

I am a veteran firearms instructor and HUGE proponent of firearms and CCWs.  I get asked the above question a lot when people find out I teach the Tactical Knife Options course. If you know me, then you know I am all about being prepared and that the correct mindset drives preparation.  You also know that I am all about stacking the deck in your favor. So with that said, here is a short video about training with knives… 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7RNQ2SkJE4

 

 

2 park rangers stabbed

 

2 park rangers stabbed on Boston Common:

A homeless man was arrested Tuesday in what police say was the unprovoked stabbing of two park rangers on Boston Common

“…a 46-year-old sergeant, suffered life-threatening injuries and was in surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital.”

Read full story here:

http://www.policeone.com/edged-weapons/articles/7674496-Police-2-park-rangers-stabbed-on-Boston-Common/

New North location

New north location!!

I am very excited to announce that the Tactical Knife Options –civilian course has a new North-of-Denver location: 

Tac*One Consulting (http://www.taconeconsulting.com), located at 5770 Clarkson St. #E

 Denver, CO 80216; just east of the I-25 / 58^th Ave. exit, will host the civilian TKO class on :

·         November 15^th (15:00-19:00)

·         December 12^th (17:30-21:30) AND

·         A level II class on January 10 (10:00-14:00)

 Come check out this centrally located, state of the art training facility. To register or for more information, message me here or call 720-364-4278. And remember “Luck favors the prepared…”

Comfort Zone - Growth Zone - Panic Zone

The Comfort Zone: 

Prior to the Panic-Zone and the Growth-Zone is the “Comfort-Zone”. This is where most people choose to exist. 

The Comfort-Zone is for safe-feelings, planning, re-groping and complacency.  What the Comfort-Zone is NOT for is: Growth; being a BadAss, Winning, Being a champ or exhibiting  courage, overcoming adversity…

The above only takes place when you step/jump out of your Comfort-Zone; when you embrace fear; hit the pain barrier full-tilt-boogie. This is where greatness takes form; where courage is demonstrated; where winning happens….

 

 

Tactical Knife Options civilian class

There are still slots open for the Level II class (TKO-civilian) class on 17 October from 17:00-21:00 hours. Hosted by the Centennial Gun Club. Visit the link below to register:

http://centennialgunclub.com/training/edgedweapons/tactical-knife-options-civilian-concepts-level-ii/

Goals...

Saw this earlier and wanted to re-post.

There is nothing in Nature that is static. Everything is either growing or dissolving. The same is true for us. If we are not getting better – developing, then we are slowly eroding. Our brains and bodies were intended to be used, pushed, to grow. We have to make a conscious effort daily to grow and get better. The alternative is that we slowly crumble. Complacency and procrastination are the natural assassin of progress and success. That is why it is so critical to have goals….

Slots still open for the Greeley class

Weapon Retention in close quarters....

Weapon Retention and Secondary Deadly Force Options:

 

In class we discuss that a weapon-retention situation is the most likely scenario that warrants deadly force as the appropriate level of response to a deadly-threat. This story exemplifies several things:

1.    The victim-officer faced an sudden immanent deadly threat and in fact suffered serious bodily injuries.

2.    The victim-officer did not have (or was not trained in) a secondary deadly-force option(s) to neutralize the threat/attack. (Had another LEO not been present and armed; how many people might have been injured and or died?)

3.    Re-action time: This attack occurred in a confined/close-quarter area with other LEOs present. Yet a restrained suspect was able to attack – disarm – and shoot the victim-officer before anyone else could process and respond to the dynamic and evolving threat. (I would be interested in knowing how much time elapsed between initial active aggression and neutralization of the threat).

 

Inmate killed, officer wounded in Ga. court shooting

The cuffed inmate managed to grab the detective's gun and open fire, and a second officer returned fire

“…suspect managed to get a DeKalb County police detective's gun and shoot him before another officer (shot and) killed the prisoner/suspect..”

http://www.policeone.com/Officer-Safety/articles/7631123-Inmate-killed-officer-wounded-in-Ga-court-shooting/

Funny guy - good message

Matt is normally a very funny guy and I enjoy his vids.. He sends out a solid message today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLqgrQ3hNxY