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

Public ranges scare me. You just never know about the other shooters on the firing line. The fundamentals of safety as I learned them...

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...

Here is some wisdom from Scott Babb, creator of the Libre Knife Fighting System (the primary knife system we train in at Guard Well). ...

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

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...

Why should a sane, civilized person learn how to injure another human being? The answer is simply because knowing how to injure is a...

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...

This happened a couple of days ago to a woman in Vancouver, Canada. She basically did everything right and was able to publicly share...

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

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...

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...

Violence against women in societies across the globe is too common. This video teaches some good lessons about situational awareness. ...

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

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...

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

This short clip teaches a couple of good lessons. The first is situational awareness. You can see two muggers involved in the crime. ...

On this site, we learn about how to impart lasting injury to an antagonist. This is very different than engaging in chest-thumping,...

If you have been on the site for more than five minutes, you know that Guard Well Defense largely follows the teachings of Chris...

The below video is not meant to sharpshoot at the participants about what they could have or should have done. Rather, if offers a...