I pray you never meet him. Chances are, however, that suicide/homicide attacks will be taking place in the United States in the near future. This column is too short for me to dwell into the history of suicide/homicide bombers, and to reference the many documented suicide bomber incidents that took place worldwide. The reality is that the United States [...]
This column will be a tad different than previous ones. I will get back to introducing skills and tactics next time. I do feel that this is an important topic to discuss, especially from a DT Instructor’s standpoint. I work with various LE agencies and officers in many different assignments, from patrol, to investigations, to [...]
Ground fighting is the latest rage. Every grappler, Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, and wrestler thinks that if he can take the fight to the ground, he will win. There are, however, a few inherent problems with this approach:
Defending against an edged weapon is one skill which, no matter how proficient you are in executing, you will choose to avoid. No matter how good of a fighter you are, dealing with an edged weapon will most likely result in cuts, lacerations, and possibly stabs. Of those, the stabs are the most risky due [...]
One of the most dangerous tasks law enforcement personnel faces is disarming a suspect armed with a handgun; in my last post I offered my approach to disarming a suspect threatening with a handgun to the front of the body. In this column I would discuss an alternative when movement is limited due to space and environmental [...]
Since in my last post I used the defense against a threat with a handgun as an example, it only makes sense I will post on how I would address this situation. It seems today as though each instructor has his own take on how a defense against the presence of a handgun should be executed. [...]
Let me introduce myself: my name is BK Blankchtein. I am originally from Israel where I served in the Israeli Defense Forces, and among the various positions I held I was also a hand-to-hand combat instructor. I own a training company in MD, and spend most of my time as the Lead DT Instructor for [...]
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