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An Introduction to Lock Picking: How to Pick Pin Tumbler Locks
Some of you might be thinking, “Brett, why should I learn how to pick a lock if I don’t plan on ...
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The military shower, also known as the “Navy” or “combat” shower, is a method of showering that ...
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An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world — ...
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Skill of the Week: Make a Marine Corps Fighting Hole
An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world — ...
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A Field Guide to Military Hand Signals
Soldiers often need to operate in complete silence to maintain the element of surprise and avoid detection ...
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Skill of the Week: James Bond’s Tactics for Figuring Out If Someone’s Been Snooping in Your Room
An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world — ...
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Skill of the Week: Jump From a Building Into a Dumpster
An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world — ...
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Podcast #960: A Guide to Protecting Yourself Against Unexpected Violence
When Sam Rosenberg was 20 years old and working as a bouncer in a bar, a disgruntled patron pointed a ...
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Skill of the Week: Throw a Devastating Left Hook Punch
An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world — ...
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Pistol Marksmanship: How to Fix 4 Common Trigger Mistakes
If you're just getting started honing your pistol marksmanship, you may have noticed that your shots are ...
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Skill of the Week: Throw a Dynamite Straight Punch
An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world — ...
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Skill of the Week: How to Climb a Rope
An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world — ...
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An Intro to the Military Phonetic Alphabet
If you’ve got a military buddy, you may have heard him spell something out using whole words that begin ...
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The 9 P.M. Security Routine
In The Safety Trap by security expert Spencer Coursen, he mentions that a surprising number of burglaries ...
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Podcast #820: Escape the Safety Trap
We like to think that our personal safety and the safety of our loved ones is ...
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How to Ram Through a Vehicular Roadblock
With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Sunday to ...
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Podcast #781: Beyond OODA — Developing the Orientation for Conflict and Violence
The OODA Loop — the OODA stands for Observe, Orient, Decide, Act — is a strategic tool designed to ...
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How to See Better in the Dark
Whether you’re hunting wild boar at night, taking a moonlit walk through the woods, running some kind of ...
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How to Look Behind You (Without Looking Behind You)
Editor’s note: The text and illustrations of this piece were adapted from Krav Maga: Fundamental ...
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How to Take a Punch (To Minimize Its Damage)
Typically when we imagine ourselves in a fight, we visualize ourselves pummeling our opponent, while ...
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