The Tactical Life

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How long have you been on the street now? I remember when you started the academy. Payouts for dog bites are common here, just part of the game. I posted last week about shooting a hostage taker in the chest with a non lethal shotgun round, he sued and the admin gave him 75 thousand to go away.

Here is a good war story about lawsuits. SWAT was called in to serve a felony warrant for murder on a MS-13 member. Entry was made, two guys got hung up on the small door, which gave the gang banger time to grab a handgun and fire, the bullet striking my guy on the side of his helmet, glancing off into my vest. I fired a 3 round burst falling back and hit him in the left shoulder and arm. He had multiple surgeries at tax payer expense and then received a quarter million dollars on the same day he was convicted of two murders. Talk about irony.

Be safe, brother.

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Thought for the day:

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Coming up on two years and loving it my friend.

Irony indeed

The game may be rigged in their favour, but we’ll never stop coming for them

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@idaho , if that slice of cake next to your username means that it’s your birthday, then happy birthday!

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Thank you. It is my anniversary date on T-nation.

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Thought for the day:

If you can get past the silly pictures, there is some decent information in this article.

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There is something about a fight between girls that makes it very hard to break up. They may do less damage to each other than two men fighting, but the level of anger and mutual animosity goes off the charts. A lot of guys will be kind of relieved when their fight gets broken up, because they didn’t really want to fight to begin with and ended up doing so to “save face.” Girls just plain want to kill each other.

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Thought for the day:

Here is the truth, plain and simple: In a real fight, when lives are at stake, we must be able to transform ourselves into highly efficient, accurate cold-blooded killers. There is no way around this. Please, understand: What we are talking about, facing the beast within and letting it do what it has to do, is not only what warriors do as a profession, it is what warriors are.

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Thought for the day:

Sometimes people will hate you and wish you death, even when you help them and want the best for them.

It matters not where this is , it’s a regional/religious/tribal point to be made and understood.

Eyes wide open people … kindness isn’t always returned with kindness.

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Thought for the day:

No matter what art you train, no matter your skill with weapons, never , ever underestimate the speed of a determined knife attack.

*Authorities in New Zealand say they shot and killed an Islamic terrorist on Friday afternoon, within 60 seconds of when he started stabbing people at a supermarket.

Of the six people stabbed, three were in critical condition, one was serious and two were in moderate condition, according to outlet Stuff New Zealand.

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Excuse this derail, his profile is private
@s_afsoc l remember seeing you were looking to work through some permanent injuries and get back into a modicum of fitness.

You popped into my mind as l have been doing a lot of pool exercises (herniated discs acting up lately) in a 25yd 4’ subdivision pool. The water takes quite a load off, while you can increase the resistance several levels. From merely walking front,back, side step, to actively pushing/pulling both for and against your direction. I swam competitively thru 1 year of college, but this gives a decent exercise too.

You can even do squating from bodyweight down to virtually no resistance if you can find a walk out bottom.

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Thought for the day:

The magic is that there is no magic … just component skills executed on demand.

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*Thought for the day:

"I can get fancy here and talk about “resilience” training, and movement skills blah blah blah all day to make things seem complicated.
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The truth is you will develop things like resiliency and everything else do you need through all facets of your training, by simply showing up and doing the work."

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Thought for the day:

As a life long student of the martial arts, I always pay attention to fights that occur in the public realm. Studying violent untrained behavior is good mental preparation for having a reference in case it ever happens to you. In the Waffle House fight, the employee was focused, no words or arguing, pumping himself up for a fight, just a straight attack. Note the multiple right hands, wide stance and small space to fight in. Learn to fight in small areas, you rarely have much space, even in alley ways or streets.

In the second fight, again the straight right dominates among the populace, however, fighting over stadium seats is a major disadvantage in trying to obtain distance from your attacker. Put yourself in the restaurant and the stadium seating, mentally rehearse your fight tactics. Watching these two fights reminds me of something Toney Blauer said, “ there is no art in street fights” (paraphrased)

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Thought for the day:

The time chooses you.

This is an important concept for the tactical athlete, especially first responders.

Sport athletes have the advantage of knowing their competition schedule well in advance. First responders don’t have that luxury. Every shift has the potential to be “The One” for cops and firefighters. The same goes for you, John Q. Public. That trip to Home Depot could be the moment you step up or step out.

We should think about this constantly. Every time a first responder is hurt or killed should give you a sense of urgency. The time chooses you. The best time to start training was 10 years ago. The second-best time is NOW.

Stoics called it Memento Mori. Remember, you will die. The phrase is meant as a kick in the pants. Get going, you’re going to die one day. Better start living now.

In an older interview Jocko Willink explained that he gets up to train at 0430 every morning to train because he’s thinking about The Enemy. Training that early is a psychological win because he’s doing the things his potential enemy isn’t to prepare for their eventual meeting.

In a sense we are all on a collision course with our destiny, that meeting with “The Enemy”. You can’t control when you will arrive. But you can control HOW will you arrive.

Get ready, stay ready.

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This. No one ever expects this shit, and then it happens. A guy followed my mother into a restroom at a bowling alley one time and punched her and took her purse. That was the last thing she was expecting that evening. It’s always like that. Scumbags know that; in fact, they count on it.

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Thought for the day:

A simple truth from PatMac:

Muscular development is simple. It just ain’t easy. Hard work sucks and not everyone is cut out for it.

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A sad day in Omaha. :frowning_face:

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All my respect and condolences to the family.

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*Thought for the day:

The 20th Anniversary of 9/11. Never forget, never forgive.

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The first tower was struck at 8:46 a.m. on September 11, 2001.

**Five attackers, armed with box cutters, crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the north face of the north tower of the World Trade Center complex in lower Manhattan. **

Minutes later, the south tower was hit by a second hijacked plane, United Airlines Flight 175.

2,973 people were killed in the combined attacks that day, according to The 9/11 Commission Report.

On the day of the attacks, 343 New York City firefighters died in the twin towers. At least 200 more have since died from illnesses related to their work at the site.

Also killed that day were 37 officers from the Port Authority Police Department and 23 members of the NYPD.

Today is the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It is a day that has profound meaning for me since the attack set off a chain of events in my personal and professional life . I am worried. Our country is being torn apart by partisan politics, leaving us ripe for another massive attack. Ironic isn’t it? The very terrorists we went in to kill are now fully back in power.

Since a full generation has been born since the attack and with the age of wokeism and cancel culture dominating the fabric of life, I would wager that teens between the ages of 15 and 19 don’t know crap about the attack.

I am listing several articles that are well done, informative, and paint a vivid picture of what happened that day. Maybe one young person in 10,000 will actually read them.

https://soldiersystems.net/2021/09/08/20-years-later-search-and-rescue-soldiers-reflect-on-9-11/