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The Most Effective Martial Art for Self-Defense
I’m going to repost the three 500 word essays that I was hired to write for Taurus’ online newsletter since they didn’t pay me for all three articles as we agreed upon, and no one reads the newsletter. Here’s the second one: Martial Arts vs Combat Sports Finding the perfect martial art for self-defense can…
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Defending Against A Bigger Attacker
I’m going to repost the three 500 word essays that I was hired to write for Taurus’ online newsletter since they didn’t pay me for all three articles as we agreed upon, and no one reads the newsletter. Here’s the first one: A common line of questions in the personal-protection space revolve around defending yourself…
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TacCon 2025
I wanted to do a recap of my Tac Con and give an AAR of the classes I took with my main takeaways. This was my 5th or 6th Tac Con, the first of which was in 2010. For me it’s as much a family reunion as it is a training event. Forgive any typos…
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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…