self-defense training

Brad Parker

Sep 144 min read

Naked and Unafraid for Self-Defense?

You're in the shower and a home invader armed with a knife breaks in. Is your self-defense training up to par?

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Mastering Defensive Handgun Shooting: Progressing Beyond Intermediate Levels

Brad Parker

Mar 143 min read

Mastering Defensive Handgun Shooting: Progressing Beyond Intermediate Levels

Progress in defensive handgun shooting comes in incremental steps. Initially, we may struggle to add these basic skills.

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Start Here: Determine Your Self-Defense Mission

Brad Parker

Oct 2, 20234 min read

Start Here: Determine Your Self-Defense Mission

Think about what you are trying to do in your self-defense and personal security plan.

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Brad Parker

Jul 14, 20233 min read

Wyatt Earp's Teachings on Gunfighting

Behind the Wyatt Earp legend is the real man who trained diligently to master the craft of gunfighting.

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Brad Parker

Jun 2, 20236 min read

NY Man Shoots Robber; Goes to Jail

Should we be outraged or is there more to this self-defense story? What can we learn from this attack?

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Brad Parker

May 8, 20234 min read

Self-Defense in a Collapsing Society

We are on our own for self-defense and personal protection. Police can't protect us. What can we do?

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Brad Parker

Apr 21, 20232 min read

It's Always Been A Right-Handed World

We continually preach being able to wield any weapon with any hand and to fight from any stance.

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UPDATE: Suspect Arrested in Stabbed Executive Case Knew the Victim

Brad Parker

Apr 7, 20233 min read

UPDATE: Suspect Arrested in Stabbed Executive Case Knew the Victim

Tech executive Bob Lee walked up an empty San Francisco street in the early hours of Tuesday after being mortally stabbed.

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Brad Parker

Apr 7, 20231 min read

3 Brand New Marines Disarm Juvenile During Fight

Three Marines received awards on Thursday for disarming a juvenile who pulled a knife on another kid during a dispute at a Chick-fil-A.

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Brad Parker

Apr 4, 20232 min read

The Only Fight We Can Win

It's a catch phrase in the defensive tactics community, "The only fight we can win is the one we avoid."

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Brad Parker

Mar 26, 20236 min read

"What Are YOU Lookin' At?"

It's the challenge that pretty much starts every fight in every bar you've been in. When the challenge is directed at you it can be tricky.

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Left of Bang: How the Marine Corps' Combat Hunter Program Can Save Your Life

Brad Parker

Feb 11, 20232 min read

Left of Bang: How the Marine Corps' Combat Hunter Program Can Save Your Life

Left of Bang is a book co-authored by Patrick Van Horne and Jason A. Riley that explores the concept of situational awareness.

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How to Become a Better Shooter with the 5x5x5x5 Drill

Brad Parker

Dec 29, 20222 min read

How to Become a Better Shooter with the 5x5x5x5 Drill

Let's take a look at a simple drill in the video on this page which can help set us up on the path for pistol skills success.

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Chicago More Dangerous Than The Ukraine?

Brad Parker

Aug 8, 20222 min read

Chicago More Dangerous Than The Ukraine?

Are we as civilians more at risk of being killed in Chicago than as a civilian in the Ukraine? What can we do to stay safe?

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Brad Parker

Jun 14, 20223 min read

Self-Defense Against Knife on a Train

Joseph Lozito stopped a murderer armed with a knife while on a NYC subway. Here's what Lozito did for his self-defense.

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Brad Parker

Jun 8, 20221 min read

You Are Your Own First Responder

We've been taught to rely on the police to protect us. But they can't and they are not legally responsible for our safety. What do we do?

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Robbery and Murder in Atlanta: Have We Come to This Now?

Brad Parker

Apr 20, 20222 min read

Robbery and Murder in Atlanta: Have We Come to This Now?

Our latest video on YouTube shows an armed robbery and a point- blank murder in Atlanta.

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Brad Parker

Apr 6, 20222 min read

Don't Look So Rich Says LAPD

Skyrocketing armed robberies have prompted LAPD to warn citizens not to drive expensive cars or wear jewelry.

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What Sort of Self-Defense Should We Be Training For?

Brad Parker

Feb 3, 20223 min read

What Sort of Self-Defense Should We Be Training For?

We study and deploy the tactics, techniques, and procedures that are more consistent with the type of self-defense mission needed.

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Self-Defense: Skateboards as Deadly Weapons

Brad Parker

Nov 19, 20214 min read

Self-Defense: Skateboards as Deadly Weapons

Don't dismiss the dangerous of common objects like skateboards. The reality is people are killed with skateboards.

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