by Grant Cunningham | Oct 10, 2018 | Accessories, CCW, Concealed carry, Current Events, Defensive Training, Emergency Management, Firearms Industry, flashlights, Greg Ellifritz, gun safety, Handguns, Holster & Carry Methods, Home Security, Incident Analysis, Other Defensive Tools, Personal Safety, Prepping, reading list, Reviews, Rob Pincus, security, teaching, Training, Unarmed Defense
I’ve got another great selection of articles for you this week! This happens too often, and I’m tired of it This one happened last July; yesterday I read of a 3-year-old who died when he got hold of an unsecured firearm. Too many kids are dying from... by Grant Cunningham | Aug 22, 2018 | carbines, Cecil Burch, Class Announcements, Defensive Training, Emergency Management, Firearms Industry, Greg Ellifritz, Home Security, medical, Other Defensive Tools, Personal Safety, Prepping, reading list, Rifles & Shotguns, security, teaching, Training, Unarmed Defense, What's New?
In addition to this week’s great articles, I have an announcement! I’ve scheduled another revolver class! I’ll be in Phoenix, AZ on December 1 & 2 teaching my Threat-Centered Revolver course at the beautiful Ben Avery Shooting Center. The weather... by Grant Cunningham | Aug 1, 2018 | Accessories, attacks, Cecil Burch, Current Events, Defensive Shooting, Defensive Training, Emergency Management, Greg Ellifritz, Home Security, Incident Analysis, instructors, Legal Issues, medical, mythbusting, Other Defensive Tools, Personal Defense Network, Personal Safety, Prepping, reading list, Rob Pincus, security, Street Smarts, teaching, Training, Training Talk
I found more interesting articles for this week’s List, some of them guaranteed to make you think twice! Whatever happened to positively identifying your target? I’m not sure where to start with this article, but I’ll boil it down to this: Just... by Grant Cunningham | Mar 26, 2018 | attacks, awareness, confidence, Defensive Shooting, Defensive Training, Emergency Management, mythbusting, realistic, teaching, Training, Training Talk
For at least a decade I’ve subscribed to the idea that a teacher needs to be open to change, and that in fact one of the best ways to gauge the quality of a teacher is to ask what he (or she) has changed their mind about. If they’re learning, if... by Grant Cunningham | Mar 19, 2018 | CCW, Cecil Burch, Concealed carry, Defensive Shooting, Defensive Training, Emergency Management, instructors, Other Defensive Tools, Personal Defense Network, Personal Safety, realistic, Street Smarts, teaching, Training, Training Talk, Unarmed Defense
Last week I talked about the mistaken notion of seeing self defense and personal safety as a battle to be won, because such a mindset can lead to bad decisions. Today let’s look at a related topic: your view of the place for your concealed carry gun might be affected... by Grant Cunningham | Feb 19, 2018 | CCW, Cecil Burch, Class Announcements, Defensive Shooting, Defensive Training, Emergency Management, Home Security, Other Defensive Tools, Personal Defense Network, Personal Safety, realistic, Revolvers, Street Smarts, teaching, Training, Training Talk, What's New?
A few quick notes of interest: — On last Thursday’s Training Talk, martial arts and combatives expert Cecil Burch and I talked about defensive use of the knife. Cecil may be known as “the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Guy”, but he also has multi-decade experience in...