Archive for August, 2009

Precision glass cutting with RMJ Shrike

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Imagine as a first responder you need to gain access to a vehicle, the doors are jammed, the occupants are badly hurt but conscious. What they don’t need broken glass in their wounds. This was done in about 30 -40 seconds without exaggeration with the RMJ Tactical Shrike tomahawk. I used [...]

Ideas for solo training

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Mindset- you can start with the articles in American Rifleman about people using a gun to defend themselves. Put yourself in their shoes and work your way through the situation. Visit the www.odmp.org. Read the stories and imagine you were the officer or just a citizen passing by, maybe even the person [...]

Advanced Edged Weapon Courses planned for Indy and Quakertown PA in 2010

Friday, August 21st, 2009

We will be announcing the dates soon but there will be advanced edged weapon courses offered in Indianapolis and Quakertown PA in spring 2010. MCS Edged Weapons Survival Course is a pre-requisite. There are two more chances to the Edged Weapons course this year. You can attend in VA Beach at the 4th [...]

Working with a gun in your hand

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Recently I was working with a SWAT team that had just added two new guys that had not yet been to a SWAT school. We were just getting them accustomed to clearing rooms and then eventually entire houses with a pistol in their hand. Sounds pretty simple doesn’t it?
The problem is that these [...]

Non-Ballistic Combative Pistol AAR and general thoughts

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Even though this is the fourth class we have done using airsofts for force on force it is the first on that had no live fire at all. Here are some of the benefits of this course and training with airsoft over live ammo, paintball, or Simmunition.
If you train with MCS we supply KWS Glock [...]