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August 15, 2016<August 15, 2016

Our Own Worst Enemy? (Podcast – Season 4, Ballistic Radio Episode 173, August 7th, 2016)

“Emotional control is one of the hardest things to learn if you’ve never done any [intensive training or have experience] and you’re not going…

August 3, 2016<August 3, 2016

“Nobody [says], “I don’t carry a firearm because when the fight happens I’ll just pick up a brick or a rock or something and…

July 28, 2016<July 28, 2016

“Most of the guns we see turn out to be obese, to put it mildly. Guys will show up with all sorts of paraphernalia…

July 14, 2016<July 14, 2016

If you can’t recognize the types of… pre-assault indicators, what a criminal might be doing… just before his assault you’re really no better off…

July 7, 2016<July 7, 2016

“On more than one occasion I’ve been driving to a class… and I’ve seen a vehicle on the side of the road in distress,…

June 30, 2016<July 2, 2016

“The standard take on people taking an interest in their own self-defense is that we are obsessed with violence. Well, we’re not; not anymore…

June 22, 2016<June 22, 2016

“If your de-escalation and avoidance skills are really good you never need any of the other skills.” — John Johnston John and JackJack…

June 8, 2016<June 8, 2016

“All I have is this time that’s in front of me and an [unknown] expiration date looming out there. So, let’s start, right now,…

May 23, 2016<May 23, 2016

“For me, I enjoy the process of getting better a lot more than I enjoy the competitions themselves.” — Ben Stoeger Five-time national USPSA…

April 29, 2016<April 29, 2016

“If I can’t convince [my co-instructor] that something is valid then I probably shouldn’t be teaching that [technique] anyway.” — Melody Lauer John…