Category: Self-Defense

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We always say that we will fight like we train, but there’s a reasonable amount of evidence out there showing that some elements are really just too difficult to conquer the limited amount of training that most of us are willing to do. One of those elements is the fact that under the extreme stress of a deadly force incident, revolver shooters will very probably grip the firearm and start firing in the double-action mode.

If you carry a revolver and you”practice” with it by shooting very smallish groups at 25 yards while thumb-cocking the hammer … you’re doing it wrong. And I very rarely say”you are doing it wrong.”

Even if you have trained enough and now quickly thumb-cock the revolver when the fight starts, you have still made a mistake because thumb-cocking that hammer changes your grip and slows down your followup shots. If you decide to stop shooting, having that hammer cocked greatly increases your chances of committing a negligent discharge if you are not able to keep trigger-finger discipline at the end of the fight.
Once you get in the habit of running the trigger correctly, you may begin focusing on how smoothly you can finish the double-action activate press. You never need to pull the sights off target, so do the”Wall Drill” in double-action mode till you have built up your strength and ability so that your double-action pull is silky smooth. You can achieve this.

Never Quit Training With Your Firearm

Using double-action mode offers you a consistent trigger pull — it feels exactly the same every time — and presents very little prospect of producing a negligent discharge. So grab your revolver, empty the cylinder, remove all ammo in the room and get busy practicing your double-action trigger press as part of your everyday dry-fire regimen.
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Executive Editor of Concealed Carry Magazine Kevin Michalowski is a USCCA and NRA Certified Trainer. He has attended training as both teacher and student in multiple areas, such as pistol, rifle, shotgun, empty-hand defense and rapid response to the active shooter. Kevin is also a certified part-time law enforcement officer in rural Wisconsin.
Please understand how serious I am about this. There are many elements of self-defense where personal taste is okay, but sometimes you just have to put your foot down. Firing the fighting revolver in the single-action mode is one of those times. Gunfights are up close and personal. They are lively, and everyone who has been in one can’t believe how quickly they are over. Double-action shooting a revolver is faster, and in a fight, faster is better.

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A lot of women ask me my opinions on weapons in self love. 

“Should I take a switchblade?” “Should I take a knife?” “Is it lawful to have mace?” 

*The below answers are for Canadians, and there may also be differences province-to-province. Always check before you buy or carry a weapon. 

Firstly, and above all, many weapons which people think are legal to carry are, in actuality, prohibited:

• Mace/Pepper Spray –  Illegal – In Canada, any product with a label containing the words’pepper spray’,’mace’ etc. or are otherwise originally produced for use on individuals are classified as a prohibited weapon. Only law enforcement officers may lawfully carry or possess pepper spray.

• Dog Spray/Bear Spray – Illegal – these chemicals are regulated under the Pest Control Products Act. Although it is legal to be carried by anyone, it is against the law if its use causes”a risk of imminent death or serious bodily injury to another person” or damaging the environment. It carries a penalty of up to a $500 000 fine, in addition to a max. Jail time of 3 decades.

• Switchblades – Illegal – In Canada, switchblades are illegal to sell, buy, trade, transport or otherwise possess. The Canadian Criminal Code defines the switchblade as,”A knife that has a blade that opens automatically by gravity or centrifugal force or by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in or attached to the handle of this knife.”  Different subsections of the code describe possession offenses and penalties. Belt-buckle daggers, push-daggers, finger-ring blades, and innocuously concealed blades will also be Prohibited Weapons in Canada under SOR/98-462 Part 3. If you are found to be in possession of a switchblade, you can get up to 5 years in jail, and your weapon captured.

• Knives – Legal – There is no length restriction on carrying knives inside the Criminal Code of Canada; the only restriction is for concealed carry.  Every person commits an offence that carries a weapon, a prohibited device or any prohibited ammunition concealed, unless the man has been authorised under the Firearms Act to carry it concealed. The general rule is that if your knife is seen as a tool (i.e. Swiss Army knife), police are usually ok with ithowever, if they believe the knife is for self-defense or for fighting, they will take it from you and charge you with possessing a dangerous weapon.
• Nunchaku (home made or store-bought), shuriken, brass knuckles – Illegal

Shuriken

Brass Knuckles

• Fixed blades – machetes, khukuris, swords, bayonets – Legal

Taser

• Tasers and stun guns – Illegal  

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Self-hate!

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I subcribe to this vision.

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– Confucius
Sometimes it’s important to take a step back and simplify. As Confucius said so long ago, we insist on making life complicated. Sometimes we do so with our martial arts also. We insist on making things more complicated than they have to be.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
But take this lesson in the training hall to life, and recognize why you’re doing things, and don’t complicate life . Because as the simplest self-defense techniques are often the best for defending yourself from real violence, the simplest things in life, and maintaining our life free of unnecessary complications produces happier, healthy and fulfilling lives.
Simple methods, done properly, are often the best for actual self-defense. However, this doesn’t mean we could ’t practice things more complex to improve other traits and develop ourselves in different areas. We simply have to recognize the purpose for what we’re doing things.

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Not a great situation to find yourself in. 

People consistently ask me,”What do I do if someone has a knife and they want my purse?” 
GIVE IT TO THEM. 
“You? With all of your training? You’d give him your handbag?” I value my life and my health, and I don’t feel that wrestling somebody over my phone is worth perhaps being injured or disfigured for the rest of my life span. 

Avoid any chance to participate or fight off someone with a weapon; it is not really worth it: 

• Everything could be substituted – your phone, wallet, credit cards, car, etc.. None of this
  

  stuff matters in the long term. It might be inconvenient to replace, and it could cost you money; nevertheless this is still a small price to pay in comparison to the long term effects of bodily injuries and disfigurements. 

• You will most likely get hurt – this is the very fact of attempting to fight someone wielding a weapon, especially once you have minimum training. Stab wounds are really serious and cause a frightening number of deaths; their wounds can be tough to treat, and the rate of disease is high. 
• Run away if you can, and comply with your attacker if it’s reasonable for you to do so 

If you’re forced to fight off an attacker with a weapon, there are a couple of things to remember: 

• You are probably going to get hurt if you do fight. The goal though is to minimize your injuries, and to attempt to have non-vital regions suffer the harms (i.e. out of the arms vs. inside of the arms, where there are all kinds of important arteries that could cause you to die if they were to be cut). Fortunately, the adrenaline that will be coursing through your body can enable you to avoid feeling some of the pain if it is not a vital cut, and permit you to keep holding your floor or to run away to safety. 
• Always cover your head and neck 
• Shield your body with the outside of their arms, not the interior  
• Do what you can to run away and get to a safe area where you can call for medical attention (run towards individuals!) 
• Keep moving, don’t stand still and make yourself an easy target 
• Be as vocal as possible to attract attention from passersby 
• Use improvised weapons to inflict damage to your attacker, and to also create space between you and your attacker (knock over chairs, garbage bins, use pieces of stone or sticks – anything around you that you can use to protect yourself or cause damage) – more on this next week. 

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But that’s great to hear. Both sets were fun.
They went on a midnight. There was no chance after playing one I’d make it through the set.