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Today’s Knot of the Week is a bit of a departure from our usual knots and is more of a... View Article
On today’s Knot of the Week, we’re going to go over instructions for creating your own Bola or Boleadora from... View Article
On this week’s Knot of the Week, we’re going to look at an interesting knot called the Poldo Tackle. Using... View Article
In this week’s Knot of the Week we’ll teach you how to tie the Frost Knot and form a length... View Article
A bottle sling? What, you’ve never heard of a bottle sling before? We’ll admit we’ve seen them before but never... View Article
This isn’t a bracelet to relive the 80s, simply a different take on the standard Solomon Bar Paracord Bracelet that... View Article
3 of 3 in the series Make a Fast RopeMaking a Fast Rope for Climbing has certainly been a fun... View Article
Today we continue our KOTW Lashing series with the Diagonal Lashing. The Diagonal Lashing is “diagonal” because it’s used to... View Article
Continuing with our Lashings on the Knot of the Week, today we’ll be looking at the Round Lashing and discussing... View Article
In today’s Knot of the Week, we’ll be showing you how to use common seizing to join two parallel pieces... View Article
I’d like to introduce a small mini-series on our Knot of the Week, where I’ll be running through the steps... View Article
After today’s Knot of the Week, you’ll officially have no excuse not to always have paracord on you. Yes, everyone... View Article
For this week’s Knot of the Week, we’ll be looking at a very important knot called the One Handed Bowline.... View Article
Today’s Knot of the Week is going to be a little different this week, and instead of a hands-on presentation,... View Article
This week’s Knot of the Week is a reader requested knot that we’ve had quite a few emails asking us... View Article
Our Knot of the Week series continues today with an interesting binding knot called the Miller’s Knot. There are quite... View Article
For this week’s Knot of the Week we’ll be going back to our fishing knots with the Palomar Knot. The... View Article
After a brief hiatus due to our Plank Owner Membership Launch, our Knot of the Week series continues today with... View Article
Our Knot of the Week series continues today with the Turk’s Head. The Turk’s Head is a Decorative Knot that... View Article
Our Knot of the Week series picks up today with the Knute Hitch. The Knute Hitch is a simple knot... View Article
We’re kicking off our 2010 Knot of the Week series today with the Lanyard Knot. The Lanyard Knot, also known... View Article
The Knot of the Week picks back up today after a short hiatus due to our Camouflage Comparison. This week... View Article
We’re going to deviate from our Fishing Knots this week to bring you one of our favorite knots, the Eye... View Article
Our Knot of the Week series continues this week with a fishing knot known as the Snell Knot. Snelling a... View Article
Our Knot of the Week series resumes this week with another fishing knot known as the Blood Knot. The Blood... View Article
Our Knot of the Week series continues this week with a new twist. For the next few weeks we’ll be... View Article
We return to our regularly scheduled Knot of the Week today with the Swiss Seat. The Swiss Seat is also... View Article
We’ve put together a video showing all the knots from the “How to Tie Knots Like a Navy SEAL” series... View Article
Our final Underwater Knot Tying Test “Knot of the Week” continues with the fifth of five knots taught to Navy... View Article
This week’s “Knot of the Week” continues with the fourth of five knots taught to Navy SEAL candidates at BUD/s... View Article
This week’s “Knot of the Week” continues with the third of five knots taught to Navy SEAL candidates at BUD/s... View Article
This weeks “Knot of the Week” continues with the second of five knots taught to Navy SEAL candidates at BUD/s... View Article
CBS Sunday Morning ran an excellent segment today titled “Knot So Simple.” Correspondent Serena Altschul took a look at the... View Article
For the next few weeks, we’ll depart from our usual “Knot of the Week” to bring you a series on... View Article
We continue our look into decorative knots this week with another popular pattern called the Crown Knot. You’ve probably seen... View Article
For this week’s Knot of the Week, we’d like to introduce the Monkey’s Fist. The last two weeks we’ve been... View Article
Our Knot of the Week series continues this week with the Clove Hitch. The Clove Hitch is a fairly easy... View Article
Our Knot of the Week series continues this week with a new twist. We’ve decided to shoot video to accompany... View Article
The Knot of the Week climbing mini-series ends this week with the Bachmann Knot. Yes, another relative of the Prusik... View Article
The Knot of the Week mini-series on climbing knots is coming to a close with only one more week remaining.... View Article
The Knot of the Week continues with our climbing knots mini-series, and the French Prusik Knot. This variation of the... View Article
This week we’d like to continue where we left off with our Knot of the Week, by introducing the Prusik... View Article
When we left off with the Rope Coil on our Knot of the Week climbing mini-series last week, we mentioned... View Article
Next up on our Knot of the Week climbing mini-series is learning how to coil a rope for storage or... View Article
Continuing on our Knot of the Week climbing mini-series, we introduce the Threaded Figure-Eight. Rather than just simply teach the... View Article
We’d like to introduce our first Knot of the Week mini-series, climbing knots. We’ll be reviewing some of the most... View Article
Before we start delving any further into our “Knot of the Week” series, we wanted to go over some terminology... View Article
Continuing with our “Knot of the Week” series, we present the Highwayman’s Hitch. This knot is another interesting one to... View Article
This week’s knot, the Thief Knot, is one of the most interesting knots to teach people about. The Thief Knot... View Article
Continuing with our weekly series on knots we wanted to first pass along some information. Knot tying is an invaluable... View Article
So honestly, how many times have you been in a situation where you’ve had a rope in your hands trying... View Article
3 of 3 in the series U.S. SpiesThe world can be an ugly place, even in the relative safety of... View Article
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I’m excited to announce a new partnership here on ITS Tactical, with Jeff Gonzales of Trident Concepts as a contributor.... View Article
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Rigging to rappel is an often undervalued skill. It is certainly a necessary part of rappelling, but most people I... View Article
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Go ahead and poke around, kick the tires, see what’s different. We’re very proud of the newly redesigned ITS and... View Article
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We’ve got a pretty big announcement to share with you today and one that’s been hard to keep quiet about.... View Article
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Peephole security is a real thing, especially when it comes to situations out of your control, like hotel rooms. It’s... View Article
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Odds are you’ve seen a lot of Velcro hook and loop on a variety of things from garments, bags, hats,... View Article
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I recently had the unique opportunity to visit Cooper, TX and interview Mike Ritland, a former Navy SEAL and founder... View Article
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I'm excited to announce a new partnership here on ITS Tactical, with Jeff Gonzales of Trident Concepts as a contributor. I co...
The world can be an ugly place, even in the relative safety of the United States. It doesn't take long for major media outlet...
Rigging to rappel is an often undervalued skill. It is certainly a necessary part of rappelling, but most people I know rig q...
Go ahead and poke around, kick the tires, see what's different. We're very proud of the newly redesigned ITS and have worked ...
I am a sovereign man, responsible for my own actions and their consequences. I am the supreme authority of my life, and I may...
4/2/13 Update: As most of you have figured out, this was an April Fools goof that we thought you'd enjoy. It also looks like ...
First off, this isn't a post about what the cause of the explosions were yesterday that rocked Boston, or a "here's what shou...
We've got a pretty big announcement to share with you today and one that's been hard to keep quiet about. For the past few mo...
Ask any accomplished runner, hiker, backpacker, or outdoorsman how they prevent blisters and you'll more than likely get diff...
Peephole security is a real thing, especially when it comes to situations out of your control, like hotel rooms. It's often n...
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When I first considered entering the intelligence community (“IC”), the notion of classic Cold War-style cloak and dagger esp...
In our How To Escape and Evade in an Urban Environment article, we briefly discussed escaping from zip ties. There are qui...
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Sugru is an interesting product that I've known about for a few years now, but it wasn't until recently that I picked some up...
We're proud to support our good friend and ITS Plank Owner, Karl, from OscarDelta by carrying their Go-Tubes in the ITS Store...
Lock Bumping is quickly becoming a popular way of bypassing a lock without the need for picking. The method uses a key blank ...
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We've often talked about certain aspects of disappearing here at ITS, such as an untraceable cell phone and how to escape and...
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I'm often asked what I do and I feel obligated to respond, “I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.” When people men...
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One of the things that's sometimes hard to understand in Lock Picking is which pick to use. Many picks look similar and can...
Today we'll be looking at the 2nd part of our Inside Red Team Operations series, which takes us through the process of planni...
It's with disappointment that I write this post today, but with a strong stance on what ITS Tactical will tolerate from who w...
We wound up with some extra Carry The Load Morale Patches that we had made up for this year's event and we're giving you one ...
We just completed adding some awesomeness to the ITS Tactical Store a few minutes ago and are super excited to be offering ou...
There's just five more days to get your video response in on YouTube to win one of the three tremendous prize packages from R...
Today in part four of our DIY AR-15 Build you'll learn how to install the Pivot Pin on your Lower Receiver and hopefully take...
We'd like for all our readers to check out the new additions we've made to the ITS Forum, especially the newly created sponso...
There's a couple of things you should be doing today if you haven't already... Sending in your YouTube Video Response for ...
Today in part five of our DIY AR-15 Build you'll learn how to install the Trigger Group in your Lower Receiver. The trigge...
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We have some very exciting news to share with you guys today! To mark our recent milestone of 2,500 YouTube subscribers, we'v...
Today in part three of our DIY AR-15 Build you'll learn how to install the Bolt Catch on your Lower Receiver. This step is...
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Today in part two of our DIY AR-15 Build you'll learn how to install the Magazine Catch on your Lower Receiver. While fair...
Continuing our DIY AR-15 Build, today we'll be installing our Bravo Company 14.5" Barrel and Daniel Defense 9" Lite Rail onto...
Welcome back to our DIY AR-15 Build and the start of our tutorials on assembling your Upper Receiver and finishing the build!...
One of my personal goals for 2012 was to learn tubular lock picking and become proficient enough to share my knowledge with e...
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Today in part eight of our DIY AR-15 Build we'll be showing you how to install the final part onto your Lower Receiver, the B...
I am a sovereign man, responsible for my own actions and their consequences. I am the supreme authority of my... View Article
4/2/13 Update: As most of you have figured out, this was an April Fools goof that we thought you’d enjoy.... View Article
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In light of recent events, I’d like to go over my suggestions for the medical response to an improvised explosive... View Article
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The Drone got an ITS makeover :)
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