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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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RAM
- Apr 21, 2021
- 2 min
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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RAM
- Apr 17, 2021
- 1 min
Folding Pocket Knife: How to use Offensively
Here is some wisdom from Scott Babb, creator of the Libre Knife Fighting System (the primary knife system we train in at Guard Well). ...
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RAM
- Apr 17, 2021
- 1 min
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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RAM
- Apr 8, 2021
- 1 min
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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RAM
- Mar 29, 2021
- 1 min
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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RAM
- Mar 24, 2021
- 1 min
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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RAM
- Mar 22, 2021
- 1 min
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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RAM
- Mar 19, 2021
- 1 min
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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RAM
- Mar 13, 2021
- 1 min
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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RAM
- Mar 12, 2021
- 1 min
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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RAM
- Mar 9, 2021
- 1 min
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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RAM
- Feb 27, 2021
- 2 min
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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RAM
- Feb 23, 2021
- 1 min
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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RAM
- Feb 20, 2021
- 4 min
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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RAM
- Feb 13, 2021
- 1 min
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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RAM
- Feb 13, 2021
- 1 min
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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RAM
- Feb 5, 2021
- 1 min
"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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RAM
- Feb 5, 2021
- 1 min
What would you do?
The below video is not meant to sharpshoot at the participants about what they could have or should have done. Rather, if offers a...
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RAM
- Feb 4, 2021
- 1 min
Why the hell would anyone consider an appendix carry? What about an accidental discharge...
Whenever I carried a firearm in my professional career, it was almost always on the right hip. There were a few variations like on the...
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