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Blunt Objects: What’s the Real Danger, How Do We Approach the Fight?

Blunt Objects: What’s the Real Danger, How Do We Approach the Fight? By Nathan Lundstrom, Self Protection Specialist The last weapon in this series is the one you have already stood next to today. A bat in the garage. A pipe on a job site. A flashlight, a hammer, a board. Nobody carries them as … Read more

Edged Weapons: The Truth, The Differences, How to Win the Fight!

Edged Weapons: The Truth, The Differences, How to Win the Fight! By Nathan Lundstrom, Self Protection Specialist You have heard the old line. Everyone who trains has: get in a knife fight and you will be cut. Instructors repeat it like it is wisdom. It is not wisdom. It is an absolute, and absolutes have … Read more

Long Guns: What is the difference, How do I Win?

Long Guns: What is the difference, How do I Win? By Nathan Lundstrom, Self Protection Specialist A rifle in his hands looks like the worst version of the problem. Bigger weapon, bigger fear. Training tells you something different. The long gun hands you more to fight with than any weapon in this series, and knowing … Read more

The Handgun Threat: The problems and the solutions

The Handgun Threat: The problems and the solutions By Nathan Lundstrom, Self Protection Specialist Handguns are used in more murders in this country than every other weapon combined. Not most. Combined. And the same thing that makes it the most used weapon makes it the hardest one to control. It is small. Small moves fast, … Read more

Take Away: Do You Even Have to Take the Weapon Away?

Take Away: Do You Even Have to Take the Weapon Away? By Nathan Lundstrom, Self Protection Specialist The last article ended with a promise: the take away rewards patience, and you may not need it at all. Both halves of that sentence run against everything the sequence has taught you so far, because three letters … Read more

ATTACK: See It, Break It, Change the Odds in Your Favor

ATTACK: See It, Break It, Change the Odds in Your Favor By Nathan Lundstrom, Self Protection Specialist You know the order cold. Redirect, Control, Attack, Take Away. But put a training gun in the drill and watch what happens: the third letter disappears. Students redirect, control, and reach for the take away like the fight … Read more

Control: What is it really and How to get it quickly

Control: What is it really and How to get it quickly By Nathan Lundstrom, Self Protection Specialist You got the gun off the line. Both hands are on it now, you are squeezing with everything you have, and it is still moving. Here is the hard truth about that moment: squeezing is not control. You … Read more

Weapon Defense Isn’t a Technique. It’s an Algorithm

Weapon Defense Isn’t a Technique. It’s an Algorithm By Nathan Lundstrom, Self Protection Specialist You know the letters. Redirect, Control, Attack, Take Away. The order never changes. What changes is everything else. The man holding that weapon is fighting for his life too, and he will not stand still while you work through your steps. … Read more