OnPoint Tactical has teamed up with The Survival Training Center to offer a live, streaming presentation of the next Urban E&E class in Los Angeles, CA February 25th – 27th 2010.
While we truly believe there’s much that will get lost in translation from the live course, it’s a great way to get the overall concepts and save money, time and the hassle of airports.
The online course will enable you to “raise your virtual hand” and ask the instructor questions “real time.” [Read More…]
Ratliff, a contributing editor for Wired, had previously written an article about people who fake death back in August, and started asking himself questions about whether someone can really vanish in the digital age. [Read More…]
There are quite a few hasty methods of illegal restraint, and zip ties are a method that’s available to any would-be kidnapper.
A few of the other methods seen are duct tape, rope and phone cord, but with a little education you’ll see that all of these methods can easily be defeated.
There are two things you’ll need in any escape situation, and without these two things, nothing we’ll show you will work.
Those two things are time and opportunity. You’ll have to first have the time to be able to put one of these escape methods into action and the opportunity to do so.
Your captors are most likely not going to have the resources or the patience to keep eyes on you constantly, and when they don’t, it’s time to make your move. [Read More…]
An interesting video on home invasion was brought to our attention by a reader, and we’d like to share the information, and get your comments and reactions.
The video is from Spike TV’s show Surviving Disaster, hosted by a former Navy SEAL Cade Courtley.
None of us had actually seen the show before it was suggested we check it out, but this episode fits right in what what we’ve been discussing lately. [Read More…]
Close your eyes for a minute and join me on a little adventure… You’re walking down the sidewalk and pass two shady figures talking amongst themselves.
As you pass them, you see the side door of a van open up just in front of you and two more suspicious characters emerge.
Within seconds, you’re restrained and struggling against four people trying to overpower you and throw you into the van.
Now, based on our readers vs. the general population, your response right now is to say “I’d shoot them before they had the chance,” OK Dirty Harry, but now your in a foreign country where your concealed handgun license doesn’t protect you.
Or, you’re in that same foreign country and gunmen jump into your rental car and tell you to drive… [Read More…]
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