The 30-min Barricade
Even some of the most basic and crude DIY skills can yield some interesting training opportunities
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After the IFAK: Part III
Thank you for coming back for the final article in the After the IFAK series. The subject for today is wound care; with a goal of solving the mystery of “what now?” So far...
5×5 | Skills and Drills
The 5×5 is another “beginner” level drill, similar to The Test, that can be deceptively challenging. Shooters won’t need to change magazines, move, or even have access to double digit distance ranges to start...
The Test | Skills and Drills
“The Test” is one of the most popular handgun drills around. A quick search will turn up targets from nearly every major and minor figure in the shooting world. The Test balances accuracy and...
Tactical First Aid with Andy Snyder
People spend more time than they think around dangerous things. Although this might be more apparent to those involved in the shooting sports the reality is that even the most mundane of activities has...
Parsing Reliable Info on Self Defense
Continuing the series on the basics for TKB, something that is often up for debate is how to spot a “fake expert” or conversely, how to find reliable information. As I’ve gone over, it’s...
Military Fitness: Getting Your First Pull-Up
The pull-up is one of the oldest exercises in the book. Since man has had a tree to climb, man has had the ability to vertically pull his own bodyweight, and that ability has...
MilSim West – The Caspian Breakout
MilSim West is a veteran owned and operated company, and is the United State’s premier war-gaming company. MilSim West presents THE CASPIAN BREAKOUT, October 20-22 at THE GOVERNMENT TRAINING INSTITUTE in Barnwell, SC. Address: 1321 Technology...
D-FENS: A Guide to Field Static Security
As a “companion piece” for my previous articles, I decided to take a different approach at what tactics I write about in a semi simplistic way. Whereas there is a plethora of information on...
Military Fitness: How to Be Weak
As we all know, military Physical Fitness Tests (PFTs) standards are something that is supposed to gauge the general physical fitness and combat readiness of the individual. For those of you who don’t know,...
