Martial Arts

We pick the mind of John Hearne, a man with a long career in law enforcement, academic training, and a lifetime in public service.

We attended Protector Symposium 5.0 in Tucson, Arizona, with the goal of absorbing knowledge from renowned experts in the protection industry.

You may know them as T-back knives, push daggers, punch knives, gimlet knives, or even palm knives. They all do the same thing.

The Full Spectrum Warrior course taught us a better appreciation for how the human body moves and new variations on shooting techniques.

We spoke to Victor Lopez to see how he’s combining military and law enforcement experience into his training curriculum at Sierra Element.

The Crane TEC Tempest is made from Nitro-V steel, which offers higher corrosion resistance and increased hardness over similar metals.

The Book of Two Guns is a journal written in the early 2000s that documented lessons learned while training with a 1911 pistol and AR-15.

College campuses are target-rich environments for criminals and predators. What would you do if you were assaulted as you returned to your car at night?

We learned the "way of the shank" during the Ed Calderon Weaponology class. This article explores a few key tactics.

Former OFFGRID editor Patrick Vuong recently interviewed Wihongi regarding his experience as a martial arts instructor and how it applies to real-world combatives.

During the "Surviving Inside the Kill Zone" class, Ed Calderon told us to construct a deadly improvised weapon from scavenged materials in 5 minutes.