Bushcraft or BS: Waterproofing Matches

Have you ever heard about people waterproofing matches with wax? It sounds like it’d make a mess of your backpack, so I thought we’d try a few alternative methods of waterproofing matches instead. Dorothy is our resident amateur survivalist, so we thought we’d let her take a crack at this one: Read More

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One Strike Knockout…For Real!

The Brachial Stun While an agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) I went through a defensive tactics instructor course that taught me a devastating blow that totally changed my perspective on one punch knockouts. The strike I am speaking of is called a “Brachial Stun” which is without a doubt the Read More

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Bushcraft or BS: Making Your Own Grommets

Yes, it’s ANOTHER trash bag survival tip. You can’t go wrong packing a few of these babies in your bug-out bag. This tip is all about making grommets on the fly and it’s especially useful if you are using a trash bag as a make-shift tarp, WITHOUT RIPPING HOLES.

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How To Be A Good Kidnap Victim By Mark Hatmaker

George “Machine Gun” Kelly, was a Depression-era gangster with one of the most colorful names going. Let’s face it, it beats the hell out of Baby Face or Pretty Boy, or Creepy. Despite the formidable name Kelly was a little less deadly than the moniker belies, associates in Alcatraz where he spent 21-years of his Read More

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8 Phases to Effective Self-defense By Derek Smith

In my special agent combative system, I attempted to include what I felt was the greatest thing missing from most martial arts and self-defense programs. That is a structured and systemized outline designed to help you easily learn a tried, true, and simple to learn, system of self-defense. Special agent combatives are not to be Read More

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A Warrior Awareness Drill: The Top Down Inventory – By Mark Hatmaker

American Indians, scouts, and indigenous trackers the world over have been observed to survey terrain/territory in the following manner. A scan of the sky overhead, then towards the horizon, and then finally moving slowly towards the ground. The reason being that outdoors, what is overhead – the clouds, flying birds, monkeys in trees, the perched Read More

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