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Old Man Strength
My son Richard always tells me I have Old Man Strength — what is that exactly? More than anything, it is experience over many years, many street fights , lots of...
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Awareness and Self Defense
With all of the “knock out games” being played out on the nightly news, I have been asked to write about street and surrounding awareness and self-defense. Every day I travel...
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One Small Step at a time. PTSD Doesn’t Define You.
When you are stuck in one place you will never move forward. A small step, even 1 inch is still a step forward. Any motion is moving. PTSD doesn’t define you....
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Round table discussion with Ian Scotto, Jack Murphy, Jim West: MMA and Special Ops with call-ins
Click here to listen to this episode featuring James “Smokey” West! “Back on the show is a guy who’s known as a SOFREP favorite. We call him “The Legend,” others call him...
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Modern American Gun Slinger
I am Smokey, an American Modern Gun Slinger and awhile back I was in a discussion with Dean Horine and Jimmy Curly of FightFast.com, talking about fighting, when I made the...
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Imminent Threat
I was asked about an imminent threat and other than creating distance which I have talked about before, what else is an option to protect yourself. While I answered this via...
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Never Quit, Mind, Body and Spirit
NEVER QUIT Lately I have been asked questions about getting in shape to make it to the next level and the short answer is never quit, mind, body and spirit. Specifically...
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Creating Critical Distance
Wikipedia, the critical distance for an animal is the distance a human or an aggressor animal has to approach in order to trigger a defensive attack of the first animal. The...
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Surprise Attacks, Assaults, Getting Caught Off-Guard
Not paying attention while walking may open you up to surprise attacks, assaults while being caught off-guard. 1. Create a Shield: If you are walking with your guard down and not...
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Rapid Response
Sometimes I am inspired to write about things that happen in my life and how they relate to my past events, training and circumstances getting me to this point of where...
