Author: mark luell

  • Kelly McCann plays with a Midget Sap

    Kelly McCann plays with a Midget Sap

    The legendary Kelly McCann, famed combatives and firearms instructor, wanted to buy a sap. I told him that since I pirated his combative pistol dvds in the 00’s, I’d feel better if I just sent him one. He laughed, I laughed. Good times. The 25 year old me still can’t believe that Jim Grover has…

  • Rangemaster Newsletter – Crooked Midget Sap

    For reasons beyond my comprehension, Tom and Lynn Givens of Rangemaster asked me to write about saps in this month’s newsletter. It just went live. I’m forever indebted to their kindness to me over the years. Here’s the link to the newsletter.

  • Primary And Secondary – Saps and Jacks

    Guy Schnitzler and Matt Landfair were kind enough to have me on a recent episode of Primary and Secondary Modcast. They wanted to talk about saps and jacks, so Dominic of https://sapsandblackjacks.com/ , Cecil of https://www.iacombatives.com/, and I got together and chatted. Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY4gwMFTkJc

  • Backyard Meat Production: Rabbits

    Backyard Meat Production: Rabbits

    Seeing the meat shortages and supply chain issues we had last year (just-in-time delivery), I glanced over my pantry and food storage and realized I had only really accounted for my small family’s needs for about 3 months. And adding more rice and beans just didn’t make sense. I wanted to be resilient against future…