While roaming the isles of SHOT 2008 I stumbled across a little both with a massive amount of great gear from several different categories. Once inside I began to recognize the brand, BCB International. BCB is headquartered in the UK and makes all types of survival equipment and also provides training abroad.
For about an hour [...]
When I meet the Raven crew they had an appendix carry holster in the skunk works and were calling it the Duece (2 o’clock) But the only problem was that nobody at Raven used appendix as a primary carry postion. That is where I came in.
If you are carrying a pistol as part of an [...]
Keith Edick owner of Universal Outfitters has decided to do another run of the mercstick and is now accepting pre-orders. It has been about 18 months since these were available. The mercstick was designed to be the ultimate combative stick and features the following-
Solid black G-10
28 inches long and 3/4 inch wide
3 sections of “earth [...]
While attending Bowies on the Beach I was told by Mike Sastre of River City Sheaths and Datu Kelly Worden that there was a guy named Henk Iverson that I just had to meet. They also said that I needed to listen to Kelly’s interview with Henk on his site. When I got home I [...]
While attending the Indy 1500 Gun Show with Raven Concealment Systems I had the pleasure of being introduced to Nick Vigiliucci the Glock Doc. Mike from RCS shares my affection of the Glock family of pistols specifically the Glock 19 and knew Nick and I would hit it off. Not only does Nick offer just about everything that [...]
This past weekend I accepted an invitation by Raven Concealment Systems to hang out with them at the Indy 1500 Gun Show. I am glad I accepted.
RCS gets about 10 tables and sets up a mobile kydex shop where they make gun holsters and knife sheaths to order while you wait. I have never seen [...]
If you live in the area please stop by and visit Modern Combative Systems and Raven Concealment at the Indy 1500 Gun/Knife Show 14-16 MAR 08. We look forward to seeing you.
I am happy to announce that we have released the new Street Stick DVD. It covers the selection, carry, deployment and use of use of pens/stylus/kubatons and straight stick and expandable baton. These techniques are based on the human response to stress and body mechanics. Take a look at the trailer-
http://www.mercop.com/docs/video3.htm
The DVD is $29.95 plus $5 shipping [...]
While most people would agree that the majority of spontaneous attacks are going to require you to defend yourself open handed, at least initially, I would like to add that you should not over look using whatever you happen to have in your hand to enhance your counter attack. You don’t have to stick with [...]