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Defeating Opponents Who DON’T Feel Pain In A Real-Life Street Fight (Podcast 461)

The “secret” strikes to help you defeat an opponent no matter how high his pain threshold is in a real-life street fight!

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“Trigger Control” B.S.! Here’s The Scientific TRUTH About How To Be Deadly Accurate With Your Handgun…

A stronger grip will make for more accuracy, particularly in a real-life gunfight where you WILL be gripping at 100%.

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A Gun Trainer’s Gripping Showdown With A “Jacked” Road Rager (Podcast 458)

Florida gun instructor Ryan Thomas tells the gripping story of his encounter with a “jacked” road rager while walking with his young son.

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Why Even A UFC Superstar Will Get His Ass Kicked In A Real-Life Street Fight

All those fancy moves are a good way to catch a beating outside of “the octagon” in a real-life street fight!

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Why The FBI’s “Active Shooter” Data Is A Big Fat Lie – And The TRUTH About The “Good Guy With A Gun”

What the TRUTH about armed citizens stopping active shooters dead in their tracks means for your training.

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Make Sure You Have At Least ONE Of These Weapons In Your Vehicle (At ALL Times!)

3 “equalizers” that everyone should have in their car or truck for personal defense… none of which are a gun or a knife!

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Podcast 454: 7 “Less Lethal” Personal Defense Weapons

Carrying a gun is NOT enough. Maybe you can’t carry some places or maybe you just can’t get to your gun. You need a “less lethal” backup!

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Collapse Q&A: The Biggest Mistakes Every Prepper Makes

Most of the conventional wisdom about survival is TOTALLY WRONG and won’t work in a real-life survival situation. Here’s what to do instead.

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Staying Alive When Shooting From “Awkward” Positions In A Real Gunfight

Why you need to start training to shoot from “awkward” positions… and how you can start today!

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10 “NO B.S.” Reasons Why You “Need” An AR-15

10 solid answers to the question “what do you need an AR-15 for anyway?”

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The Combat-Tested “Street Fighting Matrix” (That Can Save Your Life!)

When MMA-based techniques came up short in real-life street fights, expert combatives instructor, Matt Numrich helped federal agencies figure out why… and what to do instead.

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Long-Range Pistol Shooting Tactics To SAVE LIVES

Can you hit a target with a PISTOL at 500 yards? This former LAPD officer with over 30 years of experience on the force thinks you can!

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“Girly” Fight Moves That Will SAVE YOUR LIFE

Hey guys! Turns out women may have known better all along… and it’s time for a little “reprogramming”!

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How To Punch Fear In The Face When Confronted By An Aggressive Bully Or Attacker

Never fear another man again… EVER! This 3-part strategy is all you need to turn “fear” into your best friend in a hostile confrontation!

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7 “No B.S.” Reasons Why You Should NOT Punch Your Attacker In A Real Street Fight!

Punching in a real fight is NOT a winning tactic! These 7 reasons should convince EVERYONE to change the way you fight and train!

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10 SHTF Urban Survival Weapons Hacks – DIY Projects From Your Garage [#428]

Armed for the apocalypse? These 10 urban survival weapons tips will help get you there!

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8 Scary Ways To “REMF” Your Tactical Training! [WL 427]

Add these cheap, realistic training tools to your training for more fun… and more effective skill-development!

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This One “Dirty Trick” Completely Changed How I Think About Targeting The Human Body In A Real Attack…

Dirty, nasty, rotten ways to use a pen to defeat a violent attacker – even in non-permissive environments!

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Dirty, Nasty Tactical Pen Tricks For Self-Defense! [WL 425]

Dirty, nasty, rotten ways to use a pen to defeat a violent attacker – even in non-permissive environments!

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WL 422 – Pressure Point Fighting Secrets For Self-Defense

Discover the body’s secret “destruction points” for taking a grown man to his knees with the least effort ever!

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WL 414 – 3 Uvalde TX Shooting Lessons You Missed

There are some hard lessons we have to learn from the Uvalde shooting… and you’re not going to like some of them.

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WL 413 – How To Hit Like A Sledgehammer

A lot of people say that “size doesn’t matter” in a fight. But it does… so how do you take down even the BIGGEST bad guy by hitting like a human sledgehammer?

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WL 412 – Tactics Of The Family Bodyguard

Are you essentially your family’s bodyguard? Well, something happened to me at a concert recently that got me to thinking… and there are some things you’ll want to do (and NOT to do) if this happens to you!

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WL 410 – Actions On Contact: Extreme Active Shooter Response

Active shootings aren’t things that just happen to “someone else.” They could happen to YOU and YOUR family no matter where you are. Here are 10 tips that could help you save your loved one’s lives, and your own life, in a shooting.

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Are ‘lethal’ self-defense moves legal in a fight?

Is it ever okay to completely and totally “take someone out” in a moment of desperate need?

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WL 404 – Kill-Or-Be-Killed Combatives

Sometimes you’ve got to be prepared to use DEADLY force in self-defense. Damian Ross tells us how and why in this week’s podcast.

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Powerful Groin Strike Secret Makes It Even MORE Effective

Everybody knows how to throw a kick to the groin, right? Well, no, it turns out they don’t…

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WL 402 – Martial Arts “Weaknesses” (That Are Really Strengths)

There are lot of people who say that martial arts “simply don’t work.” They’re right… which is why you SHOULD train in martial arts. Wait, what? We explain in this week’s podcast.

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WL 399 – Should You Get Involved?

In our podcast this week, Buck Greene sits in for Jeff Anderson to explain 5 things you should consider before you choose to get involved when you see an emergency, an attack, or some other incident.

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WL 398 – Avoid A Mugging By “Managing Unknown Contacts” (A True Story)

In our podcast this week, Buck Greene sits in for Jeff Anderson to tell the story of how he almost got mugged Saturday night… and the simple steps he took to avoid becoming a victim (that you can use, easily and quickly, if you end up in a similar situation).

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WL 390 – The Dirtiest Ground-Fighting Move (EVER!)

I’ve got to warn you, this fight move is BRUTAL… and I’m even going to show you how to test it on YOURSELF!

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If You Carry A Folding Knife, Make Sure It Has THIS Feature. . .

Do you carry a folding knife, either as a backup or as your primary weapon? Then you better make sure it has THIS…

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Classic “Lady’s Weapon” Makes A 2022 Comeback (As A “Pothead Accessory”)

If everything old is new again, and there’s nothing new under the sun, you can write your own cliché while reading about how this “lady’s weapon” for decades ago is making a modern-day tactical comeback.

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3 Reasons You DON’T Want A “Home Defense Bat”

I have a funny storey about civil rest in the United Kingdom… and a certain sporting item that isn’t the best home-defense weapon.

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WL 381 – 5 “Knife Fighting” Myths (That Need To DIE)

Warrior Life’s Buck Greene explains 5 “knife fighting” myths that go all the way back to the mail-order catalog, knife-fighting-book days.

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How To Be A Bad@ss (in 1 Sitting)

What if I told you that you could become a bad@ss in just 1 sitting? Well, it’s a leeeetle more complicated than that, amigo… but not much. Read on to learn more.

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WL 374 – Combat Knife Throwing (Yeah, It’s A Thing!)

Why would you EVER throwing your knife in a fight? I don’t just have one good reason… I have TEN!

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WL 373 – Old School “Tacti-Cool” Advice Fails That Need To DIE

We’ve all said them before (even me), but there are some pieces of old school tactical (or tacti-cool) wisdom that simply FAIL when put to the real-life test.

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WL 372 – Self-Defense For Older Warriors

We get this question all the time: How can an older person defend themselves? Here are five techniques as described by our fill-in podcast host, Buck Greene.

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Stranger Caught With A Blade: What Would YOU Do?

You know this guy is armed. He knows he’s armed… but he doesn’t know YOU know he’s armed. What do you do?

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“Trick” Your Way Out Of Bloody Violence (Throwback Video)

I’ve been reading a BRUTAL book recently that got me to thinking about one of our most viral videos.

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Why I HATE these “multiple attacker” myths (& you should too)

I hate when myth and misinformation are passed on as self-defense advice… so ELEVEN YEARS AGO, I made this video! Join us in the Wayback Machine for a “throwback Thursday.”

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WL 366 – How To Join A “Knife Cult”

More people than you realize have “joined a cult” — but it’s not what you think!

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(Wayback Machine Video) 1 simple, easy fix for streetfight knockouts

You probably aren’t making this common streetfighting mistake, but if you are, it’s an easy fix!

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WL 365 – How To Spot Fake “Tactical Gurus”

There are a lot of people out there teaching who probably should not be. In this week’s podcast, we look at 5 tests that can reveal an instructor’s “red flags.”

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Taco Toolsday 2min Video Review: SPOON of DOOM

If you don’t have this spoon of doom in your self-defense arsenal for everyday carry, you really should.

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WL 364 – OODA Loop Secrets (Part 2 Of 2)

In this second of a two-part series following a fight I saw at Disney World, we look at some simple, easy tricks to use your attacker’s OODA decision loop against him.

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WL 363 – Tactical Lessons From A Fight At Disney World

When I was in the Happiest Place On Earth last week, I saw a fight in line that got me to thinking about how we look at the OODA loop. Let me tell you, the woman involved in this fight? She got what she deserved!

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What To Do If A “Fake Cop” Pulls You Over

People impersonating officers is nothing new… but it’s a bigger problem than you might realize. Here’s what to do if a suspicious “police officer” pulls you over.

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My Top 3 Dollar Store Weapons (Improvised Tools For NPEs)

We all deal with non-permissive environments, which means we might need to get creative and improvise weapons (especially when traveling). Here are 3 weapons you can find at a Dollar Store and make for just 6 bucks!

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