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Your Car - Getting In & Out and Increasing your Situational Awareness

Apr 8, 20211 min read

Your Car - Getting In & Out and Increasing your Situational Awareness

You are vulnerable to attack in the moments you get in and out of your car. Most of us lose our situational awareness in those few...

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Causing Injury - No Different than Learning to Swim?

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Mar 29, 20211 min read

Causing Injury - No Different than Learning to Swim?

Why should a sane, civilized person learn how to injure another human being? The answer is simply because knowing how to injure is a...

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Gear Review-- Ban Tang 2.0 Knife by Shivworks

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Mar 24, 20211 min read

Gear Review-- Ban Tang 2.0 Knife by Shivworks

This review is on the Ban Tang 2.0, Single Edge Knife by Shivworks. I like the sheath design which allows for the handle to be readily...

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You think you are being followed...what do you do?

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Mar 22, 20211 min read

You think you are being followed...what do you do?

This happened a couple of days ago to a woman in Vancouver, Canada. She basically did everything right and was able to publicly share...

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What can be more onerous than cleaning your weapon?

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Mar 19, 20211 min read

What can be more onerous than cleaning your weapon?

What can be more onerous than cleaning your weapon? Almost nothing. I think my Marine Corps years left me permanently scarred. We...

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Mar 13, 20211 min read

The Groin Target

Tim Larkin is the creator of Target Focus Training. For almost 18 years, Chis Ranck-Buhr was a partner with Tim and broke off a couple...

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Mar 12, 20211 min read

Fight or Flee?

A lot of self-defense schools emphasize getting away from the threat. Often times, that is good advice (unless you are in a teen slasher...

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Mar 9, 20211 min read

Lessons-learned: Woman Attacked

Violence against women in societies across the globe is too common. This video teaches some good lessons about situational awareness. ...

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Feb 27, 20212 min read

Combat Mindset

I first came across the term "combat mindset" during firearms training when a former Delta Force member addressed the class. Jim...

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Feb 23, 20211 min read

Kidnapping: Indicators and Options

In the video below we will see a man force a woman into a car. Without knowing any of the background of the video we can learn some good...

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Violence, Morality, German Generals and Training.

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Feb 20, 20214 min read

Violence, Morality, German Generals and Training.

On 6 February, Danielle Hopton was beaten to death by ex-boyfriend Steven McNiel in a parking lot. He was charged with first-degree...

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Situational Awareness + a concealed weapon = a beautiful thing...

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Feb 13, 20211 min read

Situational Awareness + a concealed weapon = a beautiful thing...

This short clip teaches a couple of good lessons. The first is situational awareness. You can see two muggers involved in the crime. ...

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Feeling Macho at the Bar? Save it for another time...

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Feb 13, 20211 min read

Feeling Macho at the Bar? Save it for another time...

On this site, we learn about how to impart lasting injury to an antagonist. This is very different than engaging in chest-thumping,...

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"Nice Ideas that Get People Killed" by Chris Ranck-Buhr.

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Feb 5, 20211 min read

"Nice Ideas that Get People Killed" by Chris Ranck-Buhr.

If you have been on the site for more than five minutes, you know that Guard Well Defense largely follows the teachings of Chris...

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Feb 5, 20211 min read

What would you do?

The below video is not meant to sharpshoot at the participants about what they could have or should have done. Rather, if offers a...

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When you need a weapon, you need it now!

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Jan 23, 20211 min read

When you need a weapon, you need it now!

If you carry a concealed weapon (in this case, a firearm), it stands to reason that you need to maintain your proficiency. This includes...

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Happen to have a Wing Chun Dummy and want to practice your Injury Dynamic strikes???

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Jan 2, 20211 min read

Happen to have a Wing Chun Dummy and want to practice your Injury Dynamic strikes???

Having a background in Wing Chun I really enjoy training on the Wing Chun Dummy. It just so happens that striking in Injury Dynamics...

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2020 showed us that it is better to be prepared...

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Jan 1, 20211 min read

2020 showed us that it is better to be prepared...

News Letter from Guard Well. Happy New Year

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Gear Review: The "Rat Training Package" by Headhunter Blades.

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Dec 29, 20200 min read

Gear Review: The "Rat Training Package" by Headhunter Blades.

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Shirt Grabs. He grabs you with one hand to clock you with the other...

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Dec 26, 20201 min read

Shirt Grabs. He grabs you with one hand to clock you with the other...

He grabs your shirt with the intent to hit you with the other hand; you break his elbow.

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