I wear Teva Arrowwood mid tops pretty much daily about 5 months of the year. Fantastic jack of all trades shoe for colder weather. I haven’t found a go-to warm weather shoe yet.
@46and2 I’m glad I saw your post man, I just checked and it looks like the particular model of the shoe I posted has been discontinued. I’m going to swing by the EMS outlet I got them at and see if they have any in my size left in stock for when these eventually wear out.
Aiken County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Eric Abdullah, a department spokesman, said residents should call 911 immediately if they suspect their home is being broken into.
“Of course, folks have the right to defend themselves if their lives are in danger, but the best thing to do is to call for help,”
^^^^ Seriously?
Train your attitude and your skills, it’s on you.
This is dressy enough for business casual, which most of us are wearing in these days of working at home and Zoom meetings, and also comfortable and versatile.
Agreed. It’s your duty to be ready.
Brands that I wear for work and off-duty are basically the same. I notice a large amount of people wearing “tactical shoes” in public places, so, I don’t think I stand out wearing mine.
Merrell’s are my go to, followed by Lowa’s (expensive, but, worth it) HI-Tec’s, and Muck boots for hunting and fishing. For indoor workouts, I usually wear wrestling shoes.
Thought for the day:
“Survivability is directly related to situational awareness. Once the shooting starts, it’s about tactics and improving your position”.
Thought for the day:
BJJ just makes life better. I would like to see programs like this adopted nation wide. Well worth the read.
Grappling Report: Georgia police show statistical improvements after BJJ training - Bloody Elbow
Idaho,
I agree 100%.
For sometime, I’ve thought the combined 104 hours of Lifetime Fitness and Arrest & Control Tactics in the CA Basic Academies could be better parsed out in a BJJ and Crossfit based section. For example, ~2 hours/wk for each across 20 of the 26 weeks of an academy. That still gives you 24 hours to put in LEO specific skills. This graduates new officers and deputies that have been exposed to the equivalent of 6 months of BJJ and a better strength and conditioning program.
The trick is to keep the momentum going at their individual agencies. A possible solution would be to use a fitness incentive program that some places already use but encourage BJJ. These programs typically have a PT test that if you pass you get $ (or time off). So change the program to: pass the PT test and get 1/2 a year worth of BJJ fees. Or put a “skill pay” for each belt level blue and above.
Good thoughts, I hope an agency will follow your plan. We sure need it.
Thought for the day:
The next time you train, remember this quote. Wise words.
My sincere condolences on your loss. Hope to see you posting on here in the future.
Thanks @idaho. Luckily we had a spectacular addition on the other side of the ledger when my sister gave birth to my stud nephew. Uncle twojar can’t wait to teach him a thing or two about badass guy stuff.
Unrelated, but I’m super-excited for the new Dune movie, even if I’m not super-excited with a hulking, muscle-bound Jason Momoa playing the role of your namesake. I always imagined him as a wiry-strong fighting machine, and Herbert described his movements as “feline”.
Momoa played a great Khal Drogo, but he doesn’t exactly move like a cat.
Damn, that is some good news. Best of health to the mother and baby.
Yes, I am really looking forward to Dune. I have read accounts that it will be available either in October or December of this year. I have watched the trailers and I agree with you, I hope Jason Momoa can pull off Idaho, since, he will be pivotal character throughout the rest of Herbert’s work. I think Josh Brolin will do ok as Gurney Halleck. I just hope that whomever is behind this project knows you cannot tell the story of Dune in a 2 hour movie.
No one in Hollywood is going to ask my opinion, but, if they did, I would suggest breaking down Dune into three movies, like the Lord of the Rings. The first movie explains the hatred between House Atreides and House Harkonnen, the three political systems between the Great Houses, the Guild, and the Emperor, Yueh’s betrayal, ending with Idaho’s fight buying Paul and Jessica time to escape.
The second movie would deal with Paul’s acceptance into the Fremen culture, his rise to power, and the growing guerrilla war ending with Gurney Halleck entering the picture again after he finds out Paul is still alive. The third one would deal with Paul’s war against the Emperor, ending with the battle of the Shield Wall, as Paul’s sand worms destroy the Saudakar and take Dune.
Thought for the day:
Your perception of reality, and what reality really is, can be the difference between you getting home to your family, or bleeding out in shopping mall.
Your greatest, foremost enemy is not the badguy. It’s your sheltered perception of reality.
Badguys don’t wear a uniform, and they don’t let you know they’re badguys. So if you think for a second that bad shit is only what happens to other people, guess what? You ARE other people to other people.
Thought for the day:
*“What you think you will do may be the complete opposite of what you can actually do”.
I have been thinking a lot about this statement over the past couple of days and have decided to do a honest assessment of my training, combatives, weapons skills, and basic life saving medial skills. Plus, time to assess your water and food supplies for the next major snow storm, flood, or hurricane. You should do the same.
Thought for the day:
"Good tactics never fix bad strategy".
Thought for the day:
Currently we see trends that are very disturbing. As a country we have normalized interpersonal violence without provocation, we have normalized swarm attacks on vehicles and people in built up areas, we have normalized guns in public to include rifles and we have normalized violence against law enforcement.
*Thought for the day:
What your prepare for today, is all you will be ready for tomorrow.
That is why each and every single day we must do something today, to prepare us for the battle that may come tomorrow.
No matter your craft, out in the work, get ready, be ready, stay ready, live ready.
Thought for the day:
“Before all else, be armed.”
Niccolo Machiavelli
On January 30, 2021, I posted an article written by a member of the Korean community living in Minneapolis during the riots. With the current legal circus about to take shape, I see no peaceful outcome to the situation. If you live in Minneapolis or the surrounding suburbs, start arming yourself now with the knowledge of others. Read the article, start making your own plan, don’t wait to the last minute to “beef up” whatever security you feel is necessary. Take heed one of the golden rules of life: Failure to plan is planning to fail.
I would tell people to consider going on vacation the day before the verdict is read and seeing what the aftermath is before coming back. Sadly, we’ve already seen that the police won’t protect you (for political reasons mainly) and that you risk your freedom if you defend your home with violence or even the perception of violence.
Depends what’s at stake. Armed Koreans on the rooftops showed us all how it is done back in the 90s, successfully defending their lives and businesses during the LA riots.
If I lived alone in a 1 bedroom apartment and didn’t know or care about my neighbors I’d strongly consider getting out of dodge too.
