East Texas Krav Maga: Self Defense in Tyler Texas
Proven Self Defense for the Real World
nlundstrom 
Article 5 of 7 in the Psychology of Combatives Series A woman walks through a parking garage. Head up. Stride deliberate. Eyes moving. She scans the space the way someone scans it when they’re paying attention. She looks like she knows where she is and where she’s going. Another woman walks the same garage five … Read more
Article 4 of 7 in the Psychology of Combatives Series Before Blue Angels pilots ever climb into the cockpit, they fly the entire routine in their heads. Every formation change, every barrel roll, every emergency response. They sit together, eyes closed, and walk through it maneuver by maneuver. By the time they’re in the air … Read more
Article 3 of 7 in the Psychology of Combatives Series You see the guy at the gas station before he sees you. He’s pacing near the air pump. Hands in and out of his pockets. Looking around more than someone filling tires would. You notice all of it. Now what? Most people think situational awareness … Read more
Article 1 of 7 in the Psychology of Combatives Series You’ve been there. Maybe it was a sparring drill where someone came at you harder than you expected and your brain went blank. Maybe it was a confrontation outside a store where someone got in your face and you couldn’t think of a single thing … Read more
Most people walk into their first Krav Maga class looking for a self-defense skill. Something practical. Something that works if the worst day of their life shows up without warning. That’s a good reason to start. But it’s not what keeps people training. What keeps people training is what happens to them. Not the techniques … Read more
In military language, the “bang” is the event. The explosion. The ambush. The moment violence starts. Everything before that moment is “left of bang.” Everything after it is “right of bang.” Patrick Van Horne and Jason Riley wrote an entire book about this concept, and the title says it all: Left of Bang. Their argument … Read more
This is the final article in the Tier 1 Civilian series. Part 1 asked whether you were training honestly. Part 2 covered what stress does to your body. Part 3 covered whether your preparation has kept pace with your life. This article is about what happens when preparedness stops being something you do and becomes … Read more
This is Part 3 of the Tier 1 Civilian series. Part 1 covered honest self-assessment. Part 2 covered what stress does to your body. This article asks whether your preparation has kept up with the life you are actually living. Morrison’s third question is the one most people skip past too quickly. Could dedicated study … Read more
This is Part 2 of the Tier 1 Civilian series. Part 1 asked whether you were training like it mattered. This article asks a harder question: if you are training, would that training survive what your body does under threat? Morrison’s second question cuts deeper than the first. How much more effectively than the average … Read more
This is Part 1 of the Tier 1 Civilian series. The series is built around four questions from Lee Morrison that challenge you to honestly assess your readiness. Here is a question worth sitting with. If you had the motivation to become as effective as possible at protecting yourself and the people you love, how … Read more