Category: After-Action Reviews
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Vulgar Display of Power: Shivworks EWO AAR
Welcome, friends. Today I’ll be doing another AAR-as-note-review that’s been in the works for a while. Let’s get to it. Synopsis Shivworks Edged Weapon Overview (EWO) is a two-day, sixteen-hour course covering defensive knife techniques and the framework of wrestling and grappling necessary to employ them. The class took place…
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No Stress, No Change: Carry Trainer S12 2024 AAR
Welcome, friends. Synopsis S12 is a multidisciplinary 4-day training event hosted by Mickey Schuch of Carry Trainer. It’s billed as a wholistic experience incorporating instruction in defensive pistolcraft, tactical combat casualty care (TCCC), and combatives, as well as guided breathwork and mindfulness exercises. The event was held at the Five…
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Contents Under Pressure: Shivworks ECQC AAR Part 2
Welcome back, friends. For the sake of clarity: this blog post has nothing to do with the Contents Under Pressure course that Judd of Know H.O.W. Dynamics puts on every year—I just stole borrowed that title because it was catchy and convenient. Go train with Judd. While you’re at it,…
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The Man (and Woman) in the Arena: Shivworks ECQC AAR
Welcome, friends. This blog post is the first installment in a two-part series about my inaugural ECQC experience. Part 1 will cover the curriculum and my takeaways from the course; in part 2, I’ll take a hard critical look at how I performed in the evolutions, provide a breakdown of…
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