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Defensive Knife Trainig • With the Pros. - Tactical Knives
I had been working on my knife skills in the back yard for some time. On this particular day I was going through some drills, and my father couldn't stand it anymore.
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In the Line of Fire - by Mike Conti " Close Encounters of the Cutting Knd"
All types of combat can be divided into two phases, offensive and defensive.
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Don't Snub that Snubby by Roger Lanny - Women & Guns Magazine
Revolvers are dead. Everyone uses semi-automatics. Carry a wheelgun? Never. Well, don't believe everything you read or hear. Revolvers are very alive and well, thank you, and thriving in all the best places. They are used for both back-up guns and primary guns, with snubbies - those cute, little, short-barreled guns - making up a goodly percentage of those being carried in harm's way.
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Armed Senior Citizen - Reasonable Accommodations
by Bruce N. Eimer, PH.D.
Getting ill is no picnic. Over the past year, I have been burdened with increasing shoulder pain associated with bursitis and a bi-lateral shoulder impingement syndrome. Recently, I had to have surgery on my right (strong arm) shoulder to shave off a spur, relieve the inflammation, and release the impingement on my rotator cuff. Complications after general anesthesia necessitated my having to wear a urinary catheter for a couple of days. Too much information? Not really. I am leading to the point of this article.
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Mastering the Reloading with Michael de Bethencourt' Snubby - Guns & Weapons for Law Enforcement
We recently attended Michael de Bethencourt's class, Mastering the Defensive Snub Revolver. For those who do not yet know Michael, he is a nationally known knife and firearms instructor with over 20 years of teaching experience. Michael teaches both police and armed citizens alike through his Massachusette-based Northeastern Tactical Schools.
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Why Revolvers Beat Autos - Combat Handguns
Michael deBethencourt is a contrary man. A well-known knife instructor, he holds his knife “upside down” (tip forward, edge up). He prefers a stream or foam OC spray, while most instructors incline towards a fog pattern. And even during his tenure as a staff instructor at the SIGARMS Academy, he preferred the revolver as a defensive sidearm (and offered a course to that effect there). Now as the Director of Northeast Tactical Schools (a university-modeled school with 12 of the Northeast’s best- known instructors on staff), he continues to offer his popular Defensive Revolver classes.
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