I need that last one for work, haha.
Motivational Monday:
Train because your life depends on it. Train because the lives of your loved ones depend on it. Train because you want to, because it is your passion, because it is your job. Just find a way to train and do it often. Train hard. Train purposefully. Train to survive. Train to win.
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Thought for the day: Learn from those who died before you.
My comments concerning this heinous crime is in no way a criticism of the parents, who were brutally murdered by this psychotic predator. I am sure they would have done anything to protect their child from being kidnapped. I believe lessons can be learned from this tragedy. Just like all after action reports, something is learned from each and every situation. Once again, no criticism is directed toward the parents.
"On his drive to the cheese factory on one of the two mornings he worked there, he had stopped behind a school bus on U.S. Hwy. 8 where he watched [Jayme] get on a school bus" near her home, the complaint reads. "The defendant stated he had no idea who she was nor did he know who lived at the house or how many people lived at the house. The defendant stated when he saw [Jayme] he knew that was the girl he was going to take."
This is the great unknown variable in predators. What triggers them? I don’t know and getting inside the mind of a psychotic is beyond my education level and frankly, I don’t care, I just want them dead. Saying that, this is a clear warning to all parents, your children are and always will be targets. Train them in situational awareness the best you can. Make them aware of every environment they are in on a daily basis. I know this would not have done any good here, but, it may make a difference in another situation.
Patterson claimed that James Closs apparently mistook him for a police officer because he asked him to "show me your badge," according to the complaint. He said he fired through a small decorative glass window James Closs was looking out of, hitting the man, the complaint reads.
where is the phone? 911? Being able to think clearly in a stressful situation was the key here. I understand that average citizens do not respond the way a trained professional will, but, with the mass deluge of media, no one should be under a rock when it comes to home invasions, active shooters and killers. Have a plan of some type to protect your family. Learn a little basic tactics, you don’t have to be a Tier-1 to learn to save yourself if you know there is danger.
Jayme told investigators that when Patterson began to pound on the front door of their home and yell at her father when he refused to open the door, she and her mother, Denise Closs, barricaded themselves in the bathroom and hid in the bathtub, according to the complaint.
If you feel threaten to the point of barricading yourself in the bathroom, that takes time, call 911 immediately, you can do that while you are running, you don’t have to say anything, just leave the line open. Were there no means of self protection in the house? Weapons, dogs?
Patterson told investigators he searched the house for Jayme and broke down the bathroom door when he found it locked and barricaded from the inside, according to the complaint. He ripped down the bathroom curtain and found Jayme and her mother hiding in the bathtub
Patterson claimed that when Denise Closs struggled to tape her daughter’s mouth, he put down his shotgun, took the roll of black Gorilla brand duct tape from her and completed the task himself, wrapping the tape over Jayme’s mouth and completely around her head, according to the complaint.
Read that again, “he put down the shotgun”. I know true terror can render the most mature person catatonic for several seconds, but, you should know that in moments such as these, you must take any opportunity to attack. The shotgun was the most immediate threat, once it was out of his hands, you must react, you must fight with everything you have. Have no training? No excuse. You have fear, fury, and your child by your side, die fighting.
Patterson then picked up the shotgun, aimed it at Denise Closs’ head and pulled the trigger, according to the complaint.
“Picked up the shotgun”, This woman was brutally murdered by a fucking coward, never once realizing that her life and her child’s life depended on some type of response. Each and every one of us could face this situation, we must have a plan somewhere in our subconscious to allow us to respond. Remember self-defense is a human right, but only we have the preparation to act. You must fully embrace the reality of the world, this is the first step to direct action.
Patterson told investigators he was at the Closs home for about four minutes.
Read that again, think about that statement. “In the house for four minutes”. For the trained CQB, 4 minutes is a long time to clear a house, but, to a civilian? 4 minutes is nothing, no time to mentally or physically prepare, no time to respond at all. The average response time for most city PD’s is 3 to 5 minutes, and that’s it everything goes right.
Here is another example, three years ago, I went in debt for some property in a very rural county, in a very rural state. I went to the county sheriff’s office and met with the sheriff, since, I would be doing some training on the property, I wanted to check in and let him know, that when I was there, shooting would occur. He was honest about his agency, stating he was severely undermanned and the average response time outside their county seat, was around 20 to 30 minutes. So, when I am there, I consider myself on my own and plan for it. Do not allow 911 to be your dominant response to any threat.
Summation:
1. Have a plan for of lethal violence. Even if you are vehemently opposed to guns and will never have one in your home, there are other means to at least mount some type of attack. Even the strictest gun control cities or states still allow you to have a baseball bat in your home. I would suggest an aluminum bat, they are light, easy to find, and generate serious velocity. As Patterson came through the bathroom door, he should have met a bat to the head. Anything to break his intent: firing a fire extinguisher into his eyes, pepper spray, a framing hammer, hell, go to a sporting goods store and buy yourself a decent hatchet, one of the greatest close quarter weapons designed. Have something to defend yourself with. Anything.
2. Location: from my experience and especially my years belonging to the NTOA, and studying their after action reports, there is no “safe place”. I once went to a sniping school in Iowa, it was my first time in the state, and, I was amazed at the vast amount of rural farmland. The problem? You live on those farms, you are isolated. Just because you live in a rural area means nothing now, in fact, it makes you a more inviting target. We once traced a domestic terrorist to a rural area of Utah, population about 150 and he had been living in the area for several years.
3. When I was assigned to diplomatic security we had four areas that had to be covered on each and every run:
a. Communications. Comms save your life and they are just as important in your home.
b. Weapons: self-explanatory. Have something if you choose not to train with firearms.
c. Transportation: You may need to evacuate your family. Have a kit in your vehicle, I have written about it before. Always keep the maintenance up on your vehicle and for fuck’s sake, never get into a vehicle in an emergency situation and be low on fuel. Keep at least a half a tank in all vehicles. I used to know this person that would only get gas when the “fuel light” came on. Stupid.
d. Backup: On diplomatic missions we had a military QRF for backup, in LEO work , an army of cops to call. In your home you have yourself and your family members. Talk to each one, outline a plan, both offensive and defensive. Yes, 911 is a backup, but, remember the word ”backup” , because when you call the shit is either going down or has already happened. Become your on backup.
Just some thoughts. What say you?
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All great stuff, man. It’s hard to get people to remove the paranoia from preparedness sometimes, because it’s easy to think, “Well, that kind of stuff could never happen to me.” Stories like this help illustrate that it can happen to anyone.
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Great read Idaho! Just read it aloud to my wife and son. We live in a rural area and I preach it to my family, friends, and neighbors. I have in-service training all week and plan to share with my colleagues. Appreciate your insight.
kdjohn is spot on, people do think, “Well, that kind of stuff could never happen to me.”
Now I have to go fuel my wife’s SUV, per her request! Sometimes it takes someone else to say it, but that’s ok, as long as it sinks in.
About 3 days ago in the UK there were 3 stabbings - all of them fatal. Knife crime here is ridiculous at the moment and I want some of your guys perspective on how to best handle knives.
I know being aware is a good first step, assessing people as you go by, who should be here, who shouldn’t etc., and not being in the wrong place is a problem solver.
I guess some of it comes down to their intent, like someone was saying earlier. If they want to look tough and mouth off, let them, but if they want to kill you then that’s a totally different game. In that scenario I guess it’s about grabbing the weapon hand and just smash/gouge/rip/bite whatever I can get a hold of? I train a bit of krav and we’ve been doing knife stuff and in training it seems to work, but training is training and life is life.
Anyway, appreciate everyone’s thoughts and time
Thank you.
Thank you and I hope you and your family found something useful.
I have trained in Kali on and off for years. IMHO, 95% of all defensive knife techniques are pure bullshit. They are complicated and do not work in a dynamic attack, everything works in the training hall and virtually nothing does on the street.
- Distance is your greatest asset in a knife fight, hopefully, gaining enough space to run away. If forced in a situation where you cannot create distance:
2.Know that you will get cut, period. Know that direct action is always faster than reaction, so, don’t think you are going to take a knife away from someone by"catching their hand"
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Try to “blade the chest” , you must not have your heart and lungs in a direct line of thrust. Most trained knife fighters will do a"fake slash" and then close the distance for a direct thrust.
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Serious students of the blade will kill you quick, that is why distance is so important. Even if you “trap” the knife hand or arm, you still have to indict damage to stop the attack and that will be a bitch if they are carrying another blade in their other hand.
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From my limited experience with RMA,( reality martial arts) I consider it to have the "best ": defensive training, however, finding an instructor is rare.
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If you are unable to escape, you must close the distance and attack the fighter or he will just cut you up from his position. Try to scan for any thing that can be used as a weapon in your immediate environment. Use you forearms to take the slashes and with attack elbows, fists, or whatever you can pick up: rocks, wood, tools, bar chair, anything to buy you some striking power. Look, there are no absolute ways of surviving a knife fight without superior weapons. Use whatever you can to survive.
I know this is not much, but, being aware is your best weapon. Here is another opinion:
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Thought for the day: To follow up on what I posted last week about one handed shooting. Once again, if you are neglecting this part of your training, you will pay a serious price in a real gunfight. Most individuals cannot shoot one handed worth a crap, drop you ego and train.
From Lead Faucet Tactical:
Gunfighting is also about contingencies not just how fast you can draw and shoot !!!
What would you do if you where ever down to one arm, and behind half ass cover ?
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I’ll basically echo what @idaho said regarding knife defence: most of the “techniques” are bullshit and overly complicated.
My hapkido and BJJ training gave me a false sense of security when it came to weapons defence. It wasn’t until I started training with my Silat coach that I realized how fucking dangerous and scary knives are — especially in the hands of a trained user.
He instilled in me some important lessons regarding weapons: Firstly, if you can’t go “all out”, then go “all in”. Basically, your first and only option should be to get the fuck out of the situation, no matter how trained you are. It’s just not worth it. If that isn’t an option, then go “all in” and fight like a wild beast to get out with as little harm as possible; there’s no fair play in knife fighting, so do what you have to do.
Secondly, if someone wants to harm you with a knife, you won’t see it. If someone pulls a knife and is waiving it around, it’s being used as an intimidation tactic. Doesn’t mean they won’t use it if they feel threatened enough, but your best bet when you can see the weapon is verbal deescalation and using your eyes to plan an escape. Don’t try to be a hero and engage. I have people pulling blades or needles regularly at my job, and even with my training and stab vest, I never try to take them down.
Lastly, remember that knives are a short ranged weapon. This is very crucial to remember, because it means with proper distance you can literally save your life. This distance is ideally created simply through your positioning, ie escaping (going “all out”). It can also be created through improvised weapons that have a longer reach than a blade (wooden plank, stick, pipe, chair, umbrella, etc etc).
I could go on, but I think that’s good for now.
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Thanks. That’s basically what I thought - RUN! Although hill sprints don’t feel like your friend at the time, they are most certainly your friend.
I don’t believe in a lot of those, alright any, knife disarms I’ve seen. They all look very dangerous and there’s no way I (or anyone) could ever pull them off. This video really opened my eyes as to how knives work, and have trained this scenario since. Catch the arm (after getting stabbed once or twice…) and then try to control it and smash it, smash the face/throat etc. The logic makes sense to me, but if I’m in this situation then I have royally messed up somewhere.
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Pepper spray is illegal here. You can get a spray that goes in people’s eyes and blinds them with paint, but I don’t plan on having a spray holster as it’d just look ridiculous and create way too much attention. Having it in your bag is also useless, I think.
I have worked with the British numerous times over the last several years. It doesn’t matter how many badges I have, background or security clearances, they go absolutely bat shit about me being armed. Even on a military base for joint training, you are always jumping through the arcane British administration.
Never ceases to amaze how the British government cares more about their precious weapons laws and so little about their citizens right to defend themselves. Anyway , enough said.
I was there last July and as far as I know umbrellas and wooden canes are still legal. I bought the sturdiest umbrella I could find and carried that everywhere I walked. Good for creating distance from a knife and if applied with Kali techniques, better than nothing for a counter attack.
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Thought for the day: Even two of the of the greatest thinkers in the world knew the importance of being trained. So, being lazy and accepting being a sheep was rampart in their time also.
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What types of packs do you all feel are important to have? For example emergency packs, EDC…etc.
McHenry County Deputy Jacob Keltner assigned to U.S. Marshal Violent FugitiveTask Force was fatally shot Thursday while attempting to serve an arrest warrant on a suspect wanted by two police agencies for burglary and Illinois Department of Corrections for a parole violation.
Thoughts and Prayers to his Wife, and two young children.
Godspeed Brother
Would you expand on the question? Not sure if you mean EDC that you carry with you everywhere or what you have in your vehicle emergency kit. Also, in the states the EDC carried in my vehicle is actually geared toward an active shooter. Listed is a partial list for vehicle carry:
Pistol, carbine.
8 full magazines.
Bright orange or green security vest.
An expandable baton.
Pepper spray.
A good, and sharp, folding knife.
A multi-tool.
$100.00 dollars in cash.
4 tourniquets.
An N95 mask, or a mask that, at a minimum, will effectively filter dust and other particulates (a particulate respirator).
Combat gauze. This is a trauma dressing impregnated with a hemostatic agent, meaning it will help stop uncontrolled bleeding more effectively than normal gauze.
A chest seal. This is an occlusive dressing used for penetrating chest wounds (also called “sucking chest wounds”). You simply place it over the hole in your chest to treat the resulting open pneumothorax being caused by said hole.
A high-quality flashlight
Water and food to last 48 to 72 hours. This may include a freeze-dried camping meal, iodine tablets for treating water, a camping stove and fuel, or a LifeStraw-type of device for water purification.
A small roll of duct tape.
A package of large zip ties.
At least 20 feet of parachute cord.
Batteries
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Thank you for posting, Rest well, brother.
Thought for the day:
Men who feel injured by the world need to spend more time fighting back instead of wasting time wondering what the hell hit them.”~Michael Kurcina
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