There's a concept about human confrontation that I learned many years ago from a book by Marc 'Animal' McYoung. He talked about something called 'woofing', and understanding this has kept me out of quite a few fights (including one that I'll tell you about later in this email). The idea of woofing goes like this... If two dogs are having a dispute then they don't … [Read more...]
The Pre-Emptive Strike in Self Defense
Let’s say you’re in a situation where some big dude is in your face, yelling, screaming, and getting angrier by the second. If things keep on going the way that they’re going then it looks like you’re going to be in a serious fight any second… Here’s the question: should you launch a pre-emptive Pearl Harbor style attack on this guy, taking him out before he actually … [Read more...]
Face Your Fears
My mom grew up in the German speaking part of Switzerland in the 1950s, and occasionally she would reminisce about her high school and college teachers. I was always intrigued by her stories about the old teachers - the regal "Herr Professor Doktors" - who proudly sported big scars on their faces, tokens of a time when they themselves had engaged in a strange custom known as … [Read more...]
Review of “The Gift of Fear” by Gavin De Becker
This book has remained one of the most widely read books on violence since it was published more than two decades ago. So why should you read it? Gavin De Becker is one of the leading experts in security and violence prevention in America. No, not just because he has a website that says so. He designed the threat identification system that is currently used in America to … [Read more...]
Lt Colonel Dave Grossman on Killing
Lt Colonel Dave Grossman talks with Alan Gregg about the act of killing another human being. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_r5UB55Ch0&t=23s “On Killing”- the real deal from Lt. Col Dave Grossman In this fascinating interview Lt. Colonel Dave Grossman talks about the reality of killing another human being. Through years of research in the armed … [Read more...]