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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...

The video below purports to be from Brazil and shows an off duty police officer intervening against 4 robbers at a bank. Studies suggest...

If you carry a concealed weapon (in this case, a firearm), it stands to reason that you need to maintain your proficiency. This includes...

In reloading ammunition, case prep is all about taking that used brass and making it shiny and nice again. It's really not as bad as I...

Next to my new reloader (I am a novice), I have the "shelf of shame" for bullets I made that failed to pass inspection. I was getting...

Having a background in Wing Chun I really enjoy training on the Wing Chun Dummy. It just so happens that striking in Injury Dynamics...

News Letter from Guard Well. Happy New Year

He grabs your shirt with the intent to hit you with the other hand; you break his elbow.

Situational awareness obviates most dangerous situations before they can materialize. It works great-until it doesn't. And then you...

If you have tried to buy ammo in the past six months you have no doubt been alternatively flabbergasted and exasperated at the lack of...

Striking the front or back of the neck full force is potentially lethal. Striking the side of the neck gives a high probability of a...

People at ATMs are prime targets. It is precisely because their situational awareness is at a low: they are focused on getting their...

When the sociopath strikes, there can be little warning-but there is almost always some kind of pre-attack indicator. In this clip, a...

At Guard Well, we study Libre Knife Fighting as taught by founder Scott Babb and sprinkle in some Sayoc Kali from the Philippines. If...

Interesting video out of Kenya offers some good lessons-learned in situational awareness and using your car as a defensive tool. The...

It's easy for us to sit back in the comfort of home and discuss what someone could have or should have done under whatever circumstance. ...

Nothing is more dangerous than the human mind. As long as an antagonist can think, he can be lethal. In Injury Dynamics we focus on...

Why train? What are your perceptions of violence? Are you capable of welding the tool of violence should the situation call for it?...

People tend to be distracted getting into and out of their cars. We are all guilty of it, even those of us who should know better. But...