Category: Security

Remember to always complete a COFREP!

The next time you find your blood pressure rising over some government or corporate decision, take a second and figure out what circle it belongs in.

How are you supposed to decide what ammo is best for you with so many options and opinions out there, and without having to spend loads of money in the process?

Today’s active shooter is evolving, becoming more sophisticated and tactically proficient, often coming equipped with combat training and experience.

Former Navy SEAL and JSOC operator Clinton Emerson reveals key tips that can improve your odds of surviving a terrorist attack.

A quick search on Google yields plenty of varying methods of ranking the world’s airlines. You can easily sort airlines (at least those in the US) out by their on-time performance, complaints, baggage handling, and which magazine you’re carrying. Expand your horizons a bit to look at the worldwide airline industry, and it can be […]

You’re in a bar, on the street, or in a situation where some guy gets all riled up and aggressive, confronts you and pushes you. Maybe they don’t want to start hitting immediately, maybe they’re just trying to escalate things, but the intent is obvious. In the words of Bill Murray, “It’s go time.”

Jim West provides some basic, reliable moves for women to defend against an abuser – husband, boyfriend, drunk in a bar – who attempts to angrily grab the woman’s wrist to control her. Jim starts by showing how to react when the abuser grabs the wrist, the stance to take, the moves to make, and […]

When you’re first attacked you may not be able to run away immediately, you may not have a plan of response, so you need to train your mind to hit immediately to give yourself some room. Jim West takes us through a partner exercise where the partner ‘attacks’ with a push or shove, and the […]

What do you do if someone approaches you up close and starts throwing punches? How do you handle wild punches and haymakers? Jim West provides an effect defense to an immediate attack with a stance, counter-attack and finish that is intended to leave your attacker on the ground in short order.

Choking seems to be, unfortunately, a popular method used by abusive men to attack and control women, and even other men. The choke can be defended by attacking the eyes of the assailant. Jim West demonstrates how most people do the choke, talks about the reasons why attacking the eyes is so effective, then demonstrates […]

There are a lot of ways for a man or a woman to get cornered and trapped by an aggressor who uses a two-handed choke. Jim West demonstrates how to escape the two-handed choke by using a simple technique involving the eyes, then escaping the clutches of the aggressor.