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Car Jacking and Situational Awareness
Sometimes just a few seconds of situational awareness can obviate a huge problem. In this clip we can see how not paying attention can...

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Jun 4, 20211 min read


3rd Party Interventions
It can happen to you. You are on your commute and unexpectedly witness a violent act before your eyes. Do you intervene? What if the...

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May 30, 20212 min read


Car Jackings and Situational Awareness
The number of car jackings occurring throughout American cities has skyrocketed compared to last year. Situational awareness while...

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May 16, 20211 min read


Don't be "that guy" at the Range...
Public ranges scare me. You just never know about the other shooters on the firing line. The fundamentals of safety as I learned them...

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May 2, 20211 min read


Medical Emergency...Are You Ready?
Chances are that sometime in your life you will run across a medical emergency. It could be a vehicle accident, a violent crime, or a...

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Apr 21, 20212 min read


Going after the Knee.
This clip is from Target Focus Training. As you know, at Guard Well we follow the teaching of Chris Ranck-Buhr, creator of Injury...

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Apr 17, 20211 min read


Your Car - Getting In & Out and Increasing your Situational Awareness
You are vulnerable to attack in the moments you get in and out of your car. Most of us lose our situational awareness in those few...

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Apr 8, 20211 min read


Causing Injury - No Different than Learning to Swim?
Why should a sane, civilized person learn how to injure another human being? The answer is simply because knowing how to injure is a...

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Mar 29, 20211 min read


Gear Review-- Ban Tang 2.0 Knife by Shivworks
This review is on the Ban Tang 2.0, Single Edge Knife by Shivworks. I like the sheath design which allows for the handle to be readily...

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Mar 24, 20211 min read


You think you are being followed...what do you do?
This happened a couple of days ago to a woman in Vancouver, Canada. She basically did everything right and was able to publicly share...

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Mar 22, 20211 min read


What can be more onerous than cleaning your weapon?
What can be more onerous than cleaning your weapon? Almost nothing. I think my Marine Corps years left me permanently scarred. We...

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Mar 19, 20211 min read


The Groin Target
Tim Larkin is the creator of Target Focus Training. For almost 18 years, Chis Ranck-Buhr was a partner with Tim and broke off a couple...

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Mar 13, 20211 min read


Fight or Flee?
A lot of self-defense schools emphasize getting away from the threat. Often times, that is good advice (unless you are in a teen slasher...

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Mar 12, 20211 min read


Lessons-learned: Woman Attacked
Violence against women in societies across the globe is too common. This video teaches some good lessons about situational awareness. ...

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Mar 9, 20211 min read


Combat Mindset
I first came across the term "combat mindset" during firearms training when a former Delta Force member addressed the class. Jim...

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Feb 27, 20212 min read


Kidnapping: Indicators and Options
In the video below we will see a man force a woman into a car. Without knowing any of the background of the video we can learn some good...

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Feb 23, 20211 min read


Violence, Morality, German Generals and Training.
On 6 February, Danielle Hopton was beaten to death by ex-boyfriend Steven McNiel in a parking lot. He was charged with first-degree...

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Feb 20, 20214 min read


Situational Awareness + a concealed weapon = a beautiful thing...
This short clip teaches a couple of good lessons. The first is situational awareness. You can see two muggers involved in the crime. ...

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Feb 13, 20211 min read


Feeling Macho at the Bar? Save it for another time...
On this site, we learn about how to impart lasting injury to an antagonist. This is very different than engaging in chest-thumping,...

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Feb 13, 20211 min read


"Nice Ideas that Get People Killed" by Chris Ranck-Buhr.
If you have been on the site for more than five minutes, you know that Guard Well Defense largely follows the teachings of Chris...

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Feb 5, 20211 min read
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