Category: Discussion
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Continuums, Matrices, and Other Use of Force Models: Limitations and Civilian Applications

Welcome, friends. As self-defenders, we have a variety of options—primarily in the form of tools and techniques—available to us to stop violence directed against us or head it off. One person may have greater or fewer options than another based on their knowledge, skills, physical attributes, and what tools they…
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Peer Pressure, Pandering, and Placebos: Why Women’s Self-Defense Products Suck Part I

Welcome, friends. This blog post is the first installment in a two-part series on a topic I touched upon briefly in my review of Calling The Shots by Jenna Meek: the fact that women’s self-defense products suck. Part 1 will go over the inherent problems with the way that these…