The Instinctive Edge™

Jake

So most of the readers here know that my son Jacob VanCise passed away in 2022. Our hearts have been broken ever since. Jacob was exceptional in every way and is dearly missed by his family!

Nick and Speedy

One of the things that helped me get through this tough time was my oldest son Nick’s dog Speedy! Speedy was our therapy pup and took us under his care. Speedy passed away this morning doing one of the things he loved most going for his morning walk!

Speedy was the best!

You will be missed buddy!!!

One of the most important aspects of Personal Protection is to be well rounded! Have skill sets across the wide diverse world of Personal Protection. This will ensure that you can operate in a wide variety of different situations that could arise. Way to many people just specialize in one area and they have a narrow opportunity to apply those skills. Do not be a one trick pony. Wherever a Personal Protection situation goes you want to be able to dominate!

Taknife Equalizer best training blades in the world!

See You On The Mats!!!

Quick but efficient range day! Made it to the range today. Went through a bunch of Personal Protection drills with my primary EDC. Then switched over to a competition gun to fine tune some shooting at high speed.

See You At The Range!!!

This author trains every day rain or shine, indoors and outdoors perpetually in motion…

If you want to have functional Martial Science skills you need to have distinct very specific things in your training!

Cardio

Strength

Technique

A. Weapons (Firearm, Blade, Blunt, Man Made, Every Day objects, Natural Objects, etc.)

B. Kicking

C. Hand Strikes

D. Trapping and Joint Manipulation

E. Takedowns and Throws

F. Grapplling

Alive Training

Scenario Based Training

Legal knowledge and Understanding

Threat Indicator Training

Street Smarts

If you dont have this in your system is it functional?

See You On The Streets!!!

This author trains every day rain or shine, indoors and outdoors perpetually in motion…

This is a good drill. Drawing from concealment plus minor movement on a flat range.  There’s nothing wrong with that.

Does it really mimick real life? Absolutely not!

So one thing about all drills is they are just a drill in the end and are not quite representative of real life. Imagine someone wants to stab you. Are they going to show you the blade? Maybe or maybe not. Maybe your not ready to draw and they charge at you. This adds a lot to your reaction time and lets face it, your getting stabbed.

Are you adrenalized at the moment? Did you experience an adrenaline dump? This effects your ability to draw from your holster.

Its important to understand that a drill is not real life. If you do this your training can move forward!

See You On The Range!!!

I am a really peaceful person. Love, peace and harmony are at the front of what I feel is important in life.  However,  unfortunately I have seen a lot of lifes other side.  The side, you really do to want to see. So, I also believe in being prepared for any situation. If you are a true martial practioner then you need to be prepared for any situation to protect your loved ones and their peace, love and harmony.

You need to have skills in:

Weapons
Kicking
Trapping Hands And Joint Manipulation
Takedowns
Grappling

Your training has to consist of Personal Protection skills, Threat Indicator instruction, Scenario Based Training, Understanding of vioence, predators, etc.  De-escalation skills and more…

Love, peace and harmony can only be sustained by effort.  My job is being a protector and my focus is geared around that.  If I do my job right, then love, peace and harmony hopefully will be the end result for me and my loved ones!

See You At The Beach!!!