by Mike | Feb 15, 2018 | Podcast
EPISODE 11 GET OFF THE X! Ambush is a term that we tend to overuse to mean any attack that catches us off guard. We are going to define the term ambush and, more importantly, define the counter-tactics to apply if you are ambushed. The important thing to realize is...
by Mike | Feb 1, 2018 | Podcast
EPISODE 10 SLOW IS SMOOTH, SMOOTH IS WEIRD, FAST IS TACTICAL…rIGHT? Like many good ideas in the tactical community, “Slow is smooth, Smooth is Fast,” is one of those that started out with strong roots and grew into something barely recognizable. We lose IQ...
by Mike | Jan 15, 2018 | Podcast
EPISODE 9 fEDEX flIGHT 705 What do aviation and self defense have in common? In the mid-nineties a Fedex employee facing termination attempted to hijack Fedex Flight 705 from Memphis to San Jose. His plan was to take over the plane and crash it into the Fedex...
by Mike | Jan 1, 2018 | Podcast
EPISODE 8 Good shoots, bad shoots, and snowmobIles Boyd used to walk people through a thought experiment in which he wanted people to use their imagination to “create a new reality,” to illustate the creative nature of our minds. In a tactical sense, we can take...
by Mike | Dec 15, 2017 | Podcast
EPISODE 7 Boyd, ooda, and our mISSION John Boyd was the guy behind the OODA loop, the F-15, the F-16. He and his group of reformers were also largely responsible for the A-10, the Warfighting manual for the USMC, and some of the planning of Desert Storm. Boyd said,...
by Mike | Dec 1, 2017 | Podcast
EPISODE 6 Road rage Get out of the way A-Hole! In episode 6 we discuss a couple of road rage incidents that escalated to the point someone got hurt or killed, and one that was handled pretty well by a guy in Indiana. These stories are important because most of us tend...
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