Martial Arts blogs and forums are full of tough "cage fighters" telling us lowly traditionalist & self-defense trained types how superior they are because they train for the real thing. The sad truth is they aren't training for the real thing... They aren't training anywhere close to the real thing. Why? Because wear gloves, a mouth guard and thai shorts isn't logical.
Here is part of why:
1. You work at McDonald's you have black pants, non-slip shoes (slip more then my hiking boots, combat boots, sneakers or running shoes) and a very cheap thin shirt. You get attacked in the parking lot leaving work by a someone who sneaks up on you and hits over the head with an empty beer bottle, steals your wallet and kicks you a few times before running off (they might make it 100ft before they stop to catch their breath but you ain't running after them).
2. You work in an office, wearing dress shoes and suit. You get held up at a Go-Mart on your way home because you stayed late to work on a project and now are being robbed as part of an armed gas station robbery.
3. You work as an assistant and are wearing a uniform that includes a shirt, short dress and high heels. Now two young men are cornering you at your car in a parking lot.
The cage is as far removed from "the street" as is a bunch a kids bowing and yelling kiai every time they punch the air with a classical reverse punch, bring one arm to the hip palms up and the other shoots out at shoulder level palms down. The clothing is different...
In the Cage you are fighting for pride, experience and several other reasons. A lot of your training is about developing physical and technical prowess. In the Street you can also fight for pride (number one reason most people get into fights) but there are other reasons. However, no one ever gets to be a rich and famous "street fighter" except in Van Damm movies. Believe me I tried my share of "street fighting tournaments" as a dumb kid (15 & 16 years old) and I never got rich off the things. I got to experience pain & carry bruises, scrapes & cats as trophies.
The thing is you have to understand martial arts, 1. Martial Arts is a Business and Businesses exist to make money and 2. Martial Arts are about selling you something you want. I can give you the lessons on how to fix a car and the tools to fix a car but you will never fix the car unless you get up and use it, to fix the car. That car is a metaphor for yourself... I can give you to tools to better yourself but you have to get up and use them. This is why martial arts or even parents can't teach Self-Discipline, they can teach discipline and child must choose to exercise that discipline on their own and then (and only then) does it become Self-Discipline.
In the Cage you know your opponent is there, right in front of you and you know that they are trained. You may have even watched them, in pervious videos of the previous fights. While I agree to some extent that as sport fighters have certain advantages, I don't think it is the all round proof of skill the sportsman want to make it out to be. Look I was trained for combat, US Army Infantry School and comparing my training to that of a range marksman, paint baller or airsofter is a laugh. I'm not even talking about the job, I'm talking about the training... Why?
Because when you train for combat, you are training for a situation without rules &, there are no rules in the street. Well even an MMA fighters can eye gouge and "kick people in the cherries." Yes, I agree however, that isn't what it means to say there are no rules. No rules means anything goes, weapons, ambush tactics, burning your house down or shooting you in the face. It can also mean planting drugs in you car through a slightly open window to let out some of the summer heat and calling the police on you to get you arrested. It can mean attacking your spouse or children, elderly parents or even killing you pet to make you worry about protecting your loved ones. Literally, it means ANYTHING GOES.
So when a cage fighter once challenged me over a forum and invited me to come to his gym to engage him. I made a realistic offer, to have him sign and send me a waiver saying he wasn't goin bring charges or "in anyway find me criminally or civilly responsible for an injuries or death, and that he understood that allowing me to attack him without rules or restrictions meant that I could use whatever method or tools, weapons or items I deemed necessary to create a realistic life threatening self-defense situation." That ended up with him, crying foul and saying I was threatening him... Why? Because most people online are mentally weaklings trying to look tough.
The reality is that a Street Fight is not the same as a Cage Fight, not even close. In Street Focus Jujitsu I broke down altercations into three types: A Fight, A Self-Defense Situation & a Street Fight. To get students to understand that situations are different but can turn in different situations by means of escalation or de-escalation of events. These three types of events are simple to understand;
A Fight: Is a mutual intention to fight another person without the intent to seriously harm or kill said opponent. This can range from a fist fight with a bully trying to gain social dominance to a Cage Fight. It is a mutually agreed on contest via altercation.
A Self-Defense Situation: Is a situation in which violence or the threat of violence is used to gain something, this can be money, jewelry or even one's own physical body. A person who doesn't want to fight has to do so for self-defense. Many of the solutions for such a situation are verbal de-escalation and breaking contact more then "kill the enemy."
A Street Fight: Is a Mutual intention to Kill, Cripple or Maim the opponent. It is best described as Combat. This is an example of gang violence where drive by shootings, home invasion, arson with the intent to murder and so on are common examples of a true "no rules" scenario.
So when I say the Ring doesn't prepare you for the Street. I literally mean, nothing in your ability to submit, choke out or knock out an opponent in a cage prepares you for a home invasion, someone to firebomb your house, shoot you or attack your family. I'm sorry, but it means you are not qualified to Street Fight because you are trained in the cage. Sure, being a better fighter might give you an advantage in a bar room brawl, at least until someone stabs you in the neck with a broken beer bottle or just stabs you with their knife.
So it doesn't matter what you study for fighting, you need to know what tools are needed for what jobs. I'm not bashing on Sport Martial Arts they all have their place and have certain advantages and disadvantages. Better physical conditioning and being able to apply techniques against someone trained to resist those techniques is a huge boost that is very much needed as part of realistic training. However, to be a complete martial artists you need more then just that...
The reality is most of the people online talking about martial arts either are trying to sell you a martial arts course, book or class and are trying to argue their bias against it. Or they are trying to bash on other arts or systems. Or, they are trying to paint unrealistic scenarios. Where every altercation is between two people with the intent to engage each other and don't get dirtier then eye gouges and nut shots.
In reality you need much more then most or any martial arts will provide for you. The skills of fighting in the Cage or on the Mats are honestly a safer bet then the "kill or be killed" techniques of traditional systems, for legal self-defense.
For example the Juji Gatame (cross arm bar) of Judo, Sport Jujitsu or its ugly step child Brazilian Jujitsu is basically the same as one would see in Japanese Jujitsu. The difference in intentions means a Japanese Jujitsu practicer might just as well break the arm outright, where as a Submission Sports Grappler may only hold an attacker in place with the same technique. This is a huge bonus on court if one finds one's self in court because of civil suit or criminal proceedings. After all you will apply a technique with the intent it is taught... so by training in both "kill or be killed" combat applications and in less then lethal intended competition applications a martial artist can be well rounded.
Neither is going to help you against the next DC Sniper, a gunman in club, a punk gang banger with a gun in a stolen car or being ambushed by a hatchet wielding terrorist. To train for the street means to go beyond martial arts as an unarmed style of competition, apply fundamental weapons, first-aid, survival training and some form of firearms training. To study elements of psychology and sociology to de-escalate and control situations in a social setting. The Ring is a great place to train and offers many more virtues then I've mentioned here but, it is no where near as close to the Street as a kid's Tae Kwon Do class.
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Saturday, August 20, 2016
Shoot, Move, Communicate & Kill: The US Army Mantra for Gun fighting...
Gun
fighting makes us think of Westerns & War Movies, it is the
foundation of the U.S. Army because whether you are a Cook, Clerk or
Infantryman you get to go through BCT or Basic Combat Training. This
means learning to operate as an individual marksmen & as part of
team of soldiers in combat scenario. One Mantra we are taught during
this time is Shoot, Move, Communicate & Kill...
Applying
this to teaching firearms training, either as part of the Patriot
Movement or as part of my own Black Dragon Ninjitsu course of
training is two fold. First off, anyone who has ever read Shadow
Hunter or Army of Shadows knows I stress individual tactics.
Secondly, anyone who has ever served in the Military, particularly
the U.S. Army or trained with me knows why. I stress these tactics as
guide posts and not hard set rules. There are no rules in a fight,
that includes tactically.
Allow
me to explain, I teach the individual tactics of Closing Fire &
Retreating Fire. This the element of shooting while on the move,
anyone who has every been in a shoot house knows you don't stop to
aim when shooting at the targets as you enter the room, this is
because if you stop the guy behind you crashes into you and you both
become “sitting ducks” for the enemy. So what do you do when, you
have to engage an enemy at 100 yards? You drop prone or run for
cover. What do you do in a hallway with no cover and an enemy at 50
feet or less? You shoot the enemy and close with to ensure you killed
the enemy or to disarm an injured enemy. The tactic of Closing Fire
exists to teach the principle of shooting while moving at close range
because the enemy may not be alone.
Retreating
Fire is used to teach the marksmen to fire while moving away. It
works at close range but outside of 75 yards isn't practical. The
idea of these tactics is to know the environment & conditions in
which certain concepts or tactics can be employed. Retreating Fire is
and has been used while pulling injured men behind cover while
attempting to Suppress an Enemy with Suppressive Fire, another tactic
I teach. Suppressive fire isn't shooting to kill or even injure the
target but, to keep the enemy's head down and behind cover allowing
you room to maneuver to gain a better advantage in a gun fight.
The
idea of shoot, move, communicate & kill is essential to how the
individual shooter needs to think and act in a combat scenario. Those
Individual Tactics are just a basic frame work for how one shoots &
moves. The Communicate part is what gets most civilian shooters,
including Law Enforcement. The Basic idea is pretty simple, Soldiers
don't always “talk to each other” they communicate through hand
and arm signals and through various prepared signals. For example,
does an Infantry Fire Team say they are going to shift & lift
fire as part of a React-to-Contact Drill? No... They use a Grenade or
Flash Bang Concussion Grenade to Signal the Flanking Teams movement
to Sweep the Objective. Why? Because we communicated before the
Battle, know the Signals, Trained the Signals and are Communicating
with our Actions.
This
means if you have a family or friends, and will be carrying a gun as
a soldier, law enforcement or even just an armed civilian you need
training to go with the shooting part and you need to Communicate
your intent via your actions. A reader of this blog Jake Roberts
posted a link to Kid's Tactical Vests in a comment on another blog
post. These vests are awesome, if your nine or, even if you just want
to teach your kids basic tactics and firearms safety (safety first).
Why is this such an awesome thing? Because it gives a parent who is
carrying their firearm an opportunity to “play” with their kids
and teach what to do if Mommy or Daddy has to use their Weapon to
defend themselves or their family (communication before the fight).
Kid's will know if the parent has to draw the gun to get behind them.
They will be drilled on what to do and this should be true of a
spouse, friends and so on.
So
you have to engage a threat, say knife wielding post apocalyptic
muggers in a parking lot of the local Grocery Store (it's my straw
man argument and I have SEAL Team 6 from 3016 be the bad guys OK). So
in Response to an Obvious threat, Daddy draws his Concealed Carry
Weapon, Mommy makes sure the kids are between her and her husband &
draws Concealed Carry Weapon, watching the kids and her husband's
“Six” and the Kids know to get between Mommy and Daddy, hold each
others hands and hold on to Mommy's belt. Mommy gets the kids to the
Car and Daddy takes a position behind cover to engage the post
apocalyptic muggers. This is all a made up scenario, a story, to
illustrate a point...
The
Point being that Communication took place before the Fight. That
Daddy doesn't need to tell the kids to get behind me, they already
know when Daddy draws his gun get behind Daddy & hold on to each
other's hands. Mommy already knows to Draw her gun and cover her
Husband's tail & make sure the kid's have hold of her. So
shooting and moving are fine but Communication is also a key
point.
Another straw man example, is a Concealed Carrier shooting a person trying to rob a Convenience Store he or she is in. The key issue of Communication is that the lawful shooter, needs to drop his or weapon and lay face down on the ground when law enforcement arrive. Why? Because this action, Communicates that the Lawful Shooter is not resisting detainment and disarmament, i.e. is not a Threat to Law Enforcement & probably won't result in the Lawful Shooter being shot.
Another straw man example, is a Concealed Carrier shooting a person trying to rob a Convenience Store he or she is in. The key issue of Communication is that the lawful shooter, needs to drop his or weapon and lay face down on the ground when law enforcement arrive. Why? Because this action, Communicates that the Lawful Shooter is not resisting detainment and disarmament, i.e. is not a Threat to Law Enforcement & probably won't result in the Lawful Shooter being shot.
The
last part kill really doesn't apply unless one is in a combat
situation. The basic idea of Shoot, Move, Communicate, Kill as a
Mantra is basically teaching the foundation of U.S. Military Battle
Drills, the React-to-Contact Drill. Shoot means to establish
Suppressive Fire and pin the Enemy in Place. Move means to Flank the
Enemy that is pinned in place, moving behind available cover and
concealment. Communicate means to perform a pre-planned action that
will reveal one's intent to Sweep the Objective. Kill means to sweep
the objective and kill the enemy using Closing Fire at Close
Range.
So while I got your attention talking about guns and Army tactics, allow me to explain how this applies to Martial Arts and Self-Defense. Training should be done in phases,
So while I got your attention talking about guns and Army tactics, allow me to explain how this applies to Martial Arts and Self-Defense. Training should be done in phases,
1.
A learning phase of basic techniques...
2.
A basic training phase of practice conditioning those techniques...
3.
A advanced training phase of applying that conditioning and
techniques, usually through sparring & simulated Self-Defense
scenario drills to prepare a student to use those techniques in a
real world scenario.
Training
with prepared responses is only part of the drill, its the
conditioning element of the basic training phase. Because when you
“take training wheels off” you need to explore the world of
dynamic kinetic action & reaction. It is one thing to perform a
jujitsu kata of applying a technique against a non-resistant opponent
but, its very different to apply a technique against a resisting
opponent. That is the difference in how you train, knowing that
training is about phases and that it doesn't matter if you are
talking about training to use a firearm or your body as a weapon.
Training has to be dynamic and mimic the real world where the air
isn't air conditioned, the floor isn't covered in mats and the
injuries can stop your progress or end your life. There is no hard
rule of do or don't do this... There is a loose guide of do this and
adapt and adjust as needed once you understand the “finger pointing
to the Moon” isn't the goal, you need to set your sights higher.
Monday, August 15, 2016
Kung-Fu: Throws, Locks & Anti-Locking now available at Shadow Warrior Publishing
Amid the chaos of trying to deal with floods, closed businesses and being cut off from many resources and connections I made to help build my business (now lost in the floods). Amid trying to get the Black Dragon Ninjitsu Home Study Course available to the public &, getting behind on projected goals but still trying to move forward. I have the distinct pleasure of publishing Chris Friedman's book Kung-Fu: Throws, Locks & Anti-Locking. Now available for sale at Shadow Warrior Publishing.
This book was a pleasure to read, not only has Chris been living in China and studying at the Shaolin Temple for nearly a decade but, he has starred in documentaries and even went so far as to written articles for Kung-Fu/Tai Chi Magazine. Chris does an excellent job comparing grappling methods of previously styles of martial arts he has studied such Brazilian Jujitsu, Judo, Tand Soo Do and Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu to the Chinese arts of Bagua Zhang, Shuai Jiao and Shaolin Kung Fu. As well as, demonstrating the throws and grappling techniques hidden in Kung-fu forms. Something learned by very few training in The Skill, today.
More so, Chris having lived and trained in China has lived to truth that the Shaolin, and other Chinese martial artists do not focus on a single style (this is often a claim used by "traditionalists" to keep money coming back to them as they do not want students cross-training and spending their money elsewhere) but, instead cross train in different systems to be more complete martial artists. As well as, various stories about the author's own experiences using martial arts for self-defense in America and abroad.
I suggest this book not only to Kung-fu stylists but anyone interested in martial arts and self-defense. Training with Chris Friedman and in China can be achieved by visiting Shaolinwithchris.com to study the real thing in China, as well...
This book was a pleasure to read, not only has Chris been living in China and studying at the Shaolin Temple for nearly a decade but, he has starred in documentaries and even went so far as to written articles for Kung-Fu/Tai Chi Magazine. Chris does an excellent job comparing grappling methods of previously styles of martial arts he has studied such Brazilian Jujitsu, Judo, Tand Soo Do and Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu to the Chinese arts of Bagua Zhang, Shuai Jiao and Shaolin Kung Fu. As well as, demonstrating the throws and grappling techniques hidden in Kung-fu forms. Something learned by very few training in The Skill, today.
More so, Chris having lived and trained in China has lived to truth that the Shaolin, and other Chinese martial artists do not focus on a single style (this is often a claim used by "traditionalists" to keep money coming back to them as they do not want students cross-training and spending their money elsewhere) but, instead cross train in different systems to be more complete martial artists. As well as, various stories about the author's own experiences using martial arts for self-defense in America and abroad.
I suggest this book not only to Kung-fu stylists but anyone interested in martial arts and self-defense. Training with Chris Friedman and in China can be achieved by visiting Shaolinwithchris.com to study the real thing in China, as well...
Thursday, August 11, 2016
Legacy of the Kokuryukai: The American Kokuryukai and what it means...
I few people have asked about the newest book Legacy of the Kokuryukai and my American Kokuryukai Organization. While the "instructors" handbook is available to everyone via Shadow Warrior Publishing, memberships are not for sell nor are they offered online.
Why start a martial arts organization and hold the membership to being invitation only?
The reason is very simple, I want to keep out the trash. Keep the politics to a minimum and the goals on point.
Why announce the Existence of the Organization?
To draw interested people into associating with our members and allowing them a chance to try to get involved. Like many Private Social Clubs, we (I) want you (the outsider) to see us and wonder about us. Such clubs from Motorcycle Clubs (especially 1%s) to the Free Masons have their secrets, their unpublished members and their by-laws to live by. We are no different but, the American Kokuryukai is not for sale and neither are memberships they are earned by hard work. So you know we are out there but, you don't were, why or who is a member.
Is the American Kokuryukai restricted to Black Dragon Ninjitsu students and members?
No... It includes other systems of ninjutsu and some other non-ninjutsu martial arts. Currently, a Shaolin Kung-fu artist has been invited, a ninjutsu expert or three and, others are sure to follow. The historical Kokuryukai of World War II fame, used proxy groups and various methods of training from any place that gave them an advantage. The American Kokuryukai uses the strategic and tactical elements of Black Dragon Ninjitsu but, is focused on making Ninjutsu a Strategic-Survival-Combat System & using any martial art, self-defense or combative system to further that goal.
To do this, we have to drop the "Ninja-Warrior Sales Pitch" and focus on Ninjutsu as the Invisible Art, the art of things done in secret as if you were never there... So we will honor the Spirit and truth of the Samurai, that they were warriors first and ninja second. We seek to develop personal systems of combat (not based on someone else's style or tradition but what works for you the individual), based on cross training and develop of personal understanding of principles, lifestyle and development goals. This is a starting point where we address elements like strategy (a individual study thereof), tactics and philosophy to work on things like psychological manipulation and controls, goal setting and developing a plan of action, core life styles taught through a "cloak & dagger" style Adventure Camp & Social Club. From here, we develop a network a instructors in multiple systems and styles, cross training, learning and developing a Fraternal Order of Strategists and Leaders. We seek to use martial arts and ninjutsu (modern and historical) to develop the Leaders of the Martial Arts world...
How is this done through a "martial arts" fraternity & what qualifies it as an "acceptable martial art?"
Its not done through the fraternity it is done through personal development. What qualifies as an acceptable martial art is any system with physical requirement to take action against another living human being & has a focus (it does not need to be the central focus) on Self-Defense. This means a "too deadly to spar" Self-Defense School were you never apply what you learn against another person is not qualified for membership but, an MMA school that teaches a Karate-based Self-defense system and trains fighters to enter MMA using Muay Thai and/or Brazilian Jujitsu is... A Hapkido Dojang that doesn't spar and is focused on Self-Defense techniques for comat doesn't qualify but a Tae Kwon Do school that includes light sparring and self-defense training along with breaking and forms does qualify. Because the acceptable system needs to allow you to test your limits and explore your strengths and weakness but also needs a practical base outside of looking good, winning trophies or patting egos.
We don't need to provide all the answers we want to expand your knowledge, open your mind and your eyes and help you start asking the right questions... It's about how you develop yourself and not how you justify your expanse of time and money. As long as you are improving yourself a human being and doing so with a practical goal of self-defense and self-improvement. We want you to help us better ourselves and will offer the chance help us better ourselves in return. The Fraternity doesn't give you anything, that's not already within you. We are just trying to help you find "it" within you and help ourselves find "it" within ourselves. The individual acts and in individual benefits, we just do so as a team of individuals following their own paths to summit.
If the Book Legacy of the Kokuryukai is a manual for Private Fraternal Order then Why sell it on Shadow Warrior Press?
Because Secrets are dangerous and making the information publically available means that people can see what the organization is about & what our goals are. I want the American Kokuryukai to not be limited to a text or written philosophy that is unmoving. I want a fluid and adaptable institution that brings people together to learn from each other & don't much care how people view that idea. The Book covers some of the Real History of the Real Kokuryukai, it addresses the Omoto Family connection and addresses some basic doctrine of Espionage & Clandestine Warfare so that all members regardless of Martial Arts can study and learn, even if it only is through the book. A place were any martial artists from any style or tradition can come together and focus on strategy and cross training with the many different variations of martial arts that exist in the world.
So because I know rumors and lies will spread about the Organization Across the Web like Wild-Fire, just as they have about myself. I also know that giving anyone the opportunity to see what we honor and what teach in the Art of Strategy is only the tip of the Ice Burg... The Book does not contain everything one needs to know & no one knows it all. The best we can do is always seek to keep expanding, growing, learning & developing yourself as an individual. Strong individuals make strong groups, weak individuals weaken the group... We just want to help you realize your potential and your strength.
Have a Good Day & God Bless,
Ron Collins
Why start a martial arts organization and hold the membership to being invitation only?
The reason is very simple, I want to keep out the trash. Keep the politics to a minimum and the goals on point.
Why announce the Existence of the Organization?
To draw interested people into associating with our members and allowing them a chance to try to get involved. Like many Private Social Clubs, we (I) want you (the outsider) to see us and wonder about us. Such clubs from Motorcycle Clubs (especially 1%s) to the Free Masons have their secrets, their unpublished members and their by-laws to live by. We are no different but, the American Kokuryukai is not for sale and neither are memberships they are earned by hard work. So you know we are out there but, you don't were, why or who is a member.
Is the American Kokuryukai restricted to Black Dragon Ninjitsu students and members?
No... It includes other systems of ninjutsu and some other non-ninjutsu martial arts. Currently, a Shaolin Kung-fu artist has been invited, a ninjutsu expert or three and, others are sure to follow. The historical Kokuryukai of World War II fame, used proxy groups and various methods of training from any place that gave them an advantage. The American Kokuryukai uses the strategic and tactical elements of Black Dragon Ninjitsu but, is focused on making Ninjutsu a Strategic-Survival-Combat System & using any martial art, self-defense or combative system to further that goal.
To do this, we have to drop the "Ninja-Warrior Sales Pitch" and focus on Ninjutsu as the Invisible Art, the art of things done in secret as if you were never there... So we will honor the Spirit and truth of the Samurai, that they were warriors first and ninja second. We seek to develop personal systems of combat (not based on someone else's style or tradition but what works for you the individual), based on cross training and develop of personal understanding of principles, lifestyle and development goals. This is a starting point where we address elements like strategy (a individual study thereof), tactics and philosophy to work on things like psychological manipulation and controls, goal setting and developing a plan of action, core life styles taught through a "cloak & dagger" style Adventure Camp & Social Club. From here, we develop a network a instructors in multiple systems and styles, cross training, learning and developing a Fraternal Order of Strategists and Leaders. We seek to use martial arts and ninjutsu (modern and historical) to develop the Leaders of the Martial Arts world...
How is this done through a "martial arts" fraternity & what qualifies it as an "acceptable martial art?"
Its not done through the fraternity it is done through personal development. What qualifies as an acceptable martial art is any system with physical requirement to take action against another living human being & has a focus (it does not need to be the central focus) on Self-Defense. This means a "too deadly to spar" Self-Defense School were you never apply what you learn against another person is not qualified for membership but, an MMA school that teaches a Karate-based Self-defense system and trains fighters to enter MMA using Muay Thai and/or Brazilian Jujitsu is... A Hapkido Dojang that doesn't spar and is focused on Self-Defense techniques for comat doesn't qualify but a Tae Kwon Do school that includes light sparring and self-defense training along with breaking and forms does qualify. Because the acceptable system needs to allow you to test your limits and explore your strengths and weakness but also needs a practical base outside of looking good, winning trophies or patting egos.
We don't need to provide all the answers we want to expand your knowledge, open your mind and your eyes and help you start asking the right questions... It's about how you develop yourself and not how you justify your expanse of time and money. As long as you are improving yourself a human being and doing so with a practical goal of self-defense and self-improvement. We want you to help us better ourselves and will offer the chance help us better ourselves in return. The Fraternity doesn't give you anything, that's not already within you. We are just trying to help you find "it" within you and help ourselves find "it" within ourselves. The individual acts and in individual benefits, we just do so as a team of individuals following their own paths to summit.
If the Book Legacy of the Kokuryukai is a manual for Private Fraternal Order then Why sell it on Shadow Warrior Press?
Because Secrets are dangerous and making the information publically available means that people can see what the organization is about & what our goals are. I want the American Kokuryukai to not be limited to a text or written philosophy that is unmoving. I want a fluid and adaptable institution that brings people together to learn from each other & don't much care how people view that idea. The Book covers some of the Real History of the Real Kokuryukai, it addresses the Omoto Family connection and addresses some basic doctrine of Espionage & Clandestine Warfare so that all members regardless of Martial Arts can study and learn, even if it only is through the book. A place were any martial artists from any style or tradition can come together and focus on strategy and cross training with the many different variations of martial arts that exist in the world.
So because I know rumors and lies will spread about the Organization Across the Web like Wild-Fire, just as they have about myself. I also know that giving anyone the opportunity to see what we honor and what teach in the Art of Strategy is only the tip of the Ice Burg... The Book does not contain everything one needs to know & no one knows it all. The best we can do is always seek to keep expanding, growing, learning & developing yourself as an individual. Strong individuals make strong groups, weak individuals weaken the group... We just want to help you realize your potential and your strength.
Have a Good Day & God Bless,
Ron Collins
Friday, July 8, 2016
Failing to See the Writing on the Wall
We are all saddened by the killings of Police Officers in the last few days. However, we need to read the writing on the wall... What is that writing? History has shown us much and many do not look to history assuming they are someone different.
A recent show of a hacked conversation between Black Lives Matters leadership, points to a connection between Black Lives Matters and the US Government, specifically the Obama administration.
Survivalists & Preppers are spreading this information like wild fire...
Russian Times is showing Black Power Political Organization is claiming responsibility for the Dallas Police shootings...
The Muslim Issue site has even covered the Connection to the Nation of Islam & BLM, now what is not covered is the connection of the Call from NOI leader Louis Farrakhan to "Rise Up and Kill those who kill them" covered by Breitbart.
So perhaps that is all part of the plan right? Except, we need to understand something here... There has been attempts and plans to undermine the United States using racial division. I am not one to say forget slavery, lynching or our long history as a nation of discrimination and institutionalized racism. Nor am I one to deny it. I am one to say, Do Not Confuse the Issues of the Day with the obstacles overcame Yesterday. Yes, we had slavery and many, other issues that we have overcame. The problem with overcoming is that we must maintain that balance of an orderly society and individual rights and responsibility. There are many issues that we all must take issues with and that many do not simply because it doesn't effect "our lives."
In this we are blind not only to the issues that fuel distrust but also lose sight of the threats hiding behind our very real problems as a society. You cannot keep family secrets hoping to never see them come out, lying about the past and hoping others will go along or forget. Yet, as a Society we should be a family and openly discuss those issues deal with them and move on. Instead we try to forget them, bury our skeletons as a nation in the closet and become angry when they become addressed.
So here is what we are losing by not honestly addressing our past. One group within our family feels alienated & in is being used by people with nefarious ends. During World War II, the Japanese Intelligence Service using the Kokuryukai as a proxy through various front groups posing as Civil Rights Organizations to cause racial division in America. However, this came after war had began and had little over all effect.
This same strategy was common for the Cold War as well, real problems were used to lay the seeds of a Communist takeover of the United States. Much of this has been detailed on the newest book by Shadow Warrior Publishing called Legacy of the Kokuryukai. In fact, in the South it is commonly seen as a form of government control and propaganda to paint history differently from the truth. Many Southerners go back to Civil War as the point where the government used race to divide our citizens. In truth this goes back to our time a British Colonies.
Either way... This is all one thing, a simple strategy that has been so successful throughout history it has become also a mantra for tyrants "Divide and Conquer." The writing on the wall is that we are being divided so that we can be conquered. Conquered by who is the question... Socialists? Communists? Muslims? Zionists? The Illuminati? or by the simple human nature of Greed and Lust for Power.
The Writing is one the Wall, People are being manipulated and driven to violence. So this is not a very safe time for us in America. Think its bad being the target of a "Kill Whitey" movement? Trying being considered an "Uncle Tom" because our wife or girl friend is white & you are black. Trying being a black woman with a white guy. We don't need to be divided we need to be united because we are Americans regardless of our "race." We need to stand strong regardless of our religion, sexual orientation and income level. We need to treat each other with love and respect but, be armed and ready to defend yourself and your loved ones. This will not go away with a new President and it will not go away with out a violent push to dominate society.
The problem isn't just these groups pushing some Americans to violence but, also the very SOP for the police to treat citizens like people occupied by an Army. Militarization which was justified by the War on Drugs and the War on Terrorism, as caused a police force of officers who act like an occupying army, instead of protectors of Society.
In the end, we must be willing to be better people as individuals. We must be better people because we cannot afford to let our brothers and sisters in America suffer. We know what must be done but no one knows where and how to do it. All I know is the writing is on the wall & it seems like only a few are reading it.
A recent show of a hacked conversation between Black Lives Matters leadership, points to a connection between Black Lives Matters and the US Government, specifically the Obama administration.
Survivalists & Preppers are spreading this information like wild fire...
Russian Times is showing Black Power Political Organization is claiming responsibility for the Dallas Police shootings...
The Muslim Issue site has even covered the Connection to the Nation of Islam & BLM, now what is not covered is the connection of the Call from NOI leader Louis Farrakhan to "Rise Up and Kill those who kill them" covered by Breitbart.
So perhaps that is all part of the plan right? Except, we need to understand something here... There has been attempts and plans to undermine the United States using racial division. I am not one to say forget slavery, lynching or our long history as a nation of discrimination and institutionalized racism. Nor am I one to deny it. I am one to say, Do Not Confuse the Issues of the Day with the obstacles overcame Yesterday. Yes, we had slavery and many, other issues that we have overcame. The problem with overcoming is that we must maintain that balance of an orderly society and individual rights and responsibility. There are many issues that we all must take issues with and that many do not simply because it doesn't effect "our lives."
In this we are blind not only to the issues that fuel distrust but also lose sight of the threats hiding behind our very real problems as a society. You cannot keep family secrets hoping to never see them come out, lying about the past and hoping others will go along or forget. Yet, as a Society we should be a family and openly discuss those issues deal with them and move on. Instead we try to forget them, bury our skeletons as a nation in the closet and become angry when they become addressed.
So here is what we are losing by not honestly addressing our past. One group within our family feels alienated & in is being used by people with nefarious ends. During World War II, the Japanese Intelligence Service using the Kokuryukai as a proxy through various front groups posing as Civil Rights Organizations to cause racial division in America. However, this came after war had began and had little over all effect.
This same strategy was common for the Cold War as well, real problems were used to lay the seeds of a Communist takeover of the United States. Much of this has been detailed on the newest book by Shadow Warrior Publishing called Legacy of the Kokuryukai. In fact, in the South it is commonly seen as a form of government control and propaganda to paint history differently from the truth. Many Southerners go back to Civil War as the point where the government used race to divide our citizens. In truth this goes back to our time a British Colonies.
Either way... This is all one thing, a simple strategy that has been so successful throughout history it has become also a mantra for tyrants "Divide and Conquer." The writing on the wall is that we are being divided so that we can be conquered. Conquered by who is the question... Socialists? Communists? Muslims? Zionists? The Illuminati? or by the simple human nature of Greed and Lust for Power.
The Writing is one the Wall, People are being manipulated and driven to violence. So this is not a very safe time for us in America. Think its bad being the target of a "Kill Whitey" movement? Trying being considered an "Uncle Tom" because our wife or girl friend is white & you are black. Trying being a black woman with a white guy. We don't need to be divided we need to be united because we are Americans regardless of our "race." We need to stand strong regardless of our religion, sexual orientation and income level. We need to treat each other with love and respect but, be armed and ready to defend yourself and your loved ones. This will not go away with a new President and it will not go away with out a violent push to dominate society.
The problem isn't just these groups pushing some Americans to violence but, also the very SOP for the police to treat citizens like people occupied by an Army. Militarization which was justified by the War on Drugs and the War on Terrorism, as caused a police force of officers who act like an occupying army, instead of protectors of Society.
In the end, we must be willing to be better people as individuals. We must be better people because we cannot afford to let our brothers and sisters in America suffer. We know what must be done but no one knows where and how to do it. All I know is the writing is on the wall & it seems like only a few are reading it.
Saturday, June 11, 2016
American Homeguard & Paramilitary Survivalism
Ok now I wrote the Anti-Terrorist Handbook, available here at Shadow Warrior Publishing. You've no doubt noticed my Interview with High Ranking Member of the Militia Movement and the recommendation to work with the militia to learn basic military skills and get "tactical" Paramilitary Training for low cost, no cost other then supplying your own gear which you have to do at most tactical schools anyway...
Now since the American Homeguard Anti-Terrorist Handbook has the name of TM 725-15 some idiots have taken to claiming I intended to pass it off as a real military manual. This is just Bull Shit... yes, I blatantly called it Bull Shit, not BS. Here is why, who has heard of the American Homeguard branch of the military. They aren't at the VA, they aren't in any Veterans Parades. The fact is, there is no American Homeguard... The name Homeguard comes from the old British World War II Civil Defense Pamphlets which advised British citizens form Homeguard units... So, the British term Homeguard was basically just a term for Militia. There is a pretty interesting story behind this... If you are Interested. Now the Militia, as a separate defensive force to protect the nation made up of civilian volunteers. Was put forward in the book How to Reform the Army by Tom Wintringham in 1939. This name was chosen by Ashida Kim, Dojo Press was my publisher at the time, since my idea for a title was simply The Anti-Terrorist Handbook and Ashida saw it as something written to target the Militia & Survivalist Community (which is was). The American Homeguard is whatever one wants it to be and they don't exactly have to call themselves that, use the term militia and form a militia. However, the book is written to provide basic skills, camouflage, hand-to-hand combatives, firearms training, individual and small teams tactics, herbal medicine, survival and first aid training.
If you are a "lone wolf" it covers basic concepts of how to move and work as a team. If you are a team, it covers how the manage one's group, organize it under a system paramilitary command structure. So if you find an Individual or a Smaller Group you bring something in the way of basic skills and a simple formation of team work. But, now comes the ten million dollar question... Why?
The Answer... Because I believe in Paramilitary Survivalism... Yes, I think a "Prepper" should be a Survivalist and focus on military or paramilitary skills and training and yes, I think that should include martial arts training. The old school Survivalist mentality of being paramilitary, guys who had weapons and gear stashed away for then the Soviets invaded in some Red Dawn scenario. Why? Because if you can handle Red Dawn you can handle Deliverance. Don't know about Wrong Turn though, be safer to just stay out of West Virginia. Or watch Appalachian Outlaws, yes we do have idiots who idiots who would make a bomb and throw it in someone's house or run around and play Doc Holiday with an AR15. So lets cover the basic kit for the Paramilitary Survivalist.
First off, lets start with the Trench Coat... Gotta have a trench coat cause its tacti-cool, right? No... But a trench is cool, you can use it as shelter, lean-tos and such. Ninja Video that shows something similar used with Kimonos. So any long coat that comes to about your knees is a good thing. An btw this is why Mountain Men were the long bear skin coats and cowboys wore Dusters.
Concept about 8 minutes into the video, but has some cool field craft information for you guys...
Secondly it covers your kit, your gear. Wear as much of your kit as possible, this kits your hands free and why I suggest LBEs, LBVs and tactical vests for preppers and survivalists.
Now this is an example of a basic LBE, its a pistol belt is supported by the suspenders and carries everything. Two, triple 30-Round Magazine Pouches. Two 1-Quart Canteens, one canteen cup, that you also use for cooking and boiling water in a canteen pouch that has room for a small bottle of Iodine Water Purification Tablets. And a Butt Pack, which should contain 3 extra 30-Round Magazines, A Poncho, Poncho Liner, fire kit, First Aid gear and some food rations. I'd add tying and taping an "L" shaped flashlight with red lens to the suspender, a compass and big ass knife to the pistol belt. A drop holster if you have the handgun. Remember this LBE is going to be under your trench coat.
Or you can do the Capain Blackeagle BLE build... This build means one is carrying 2 canteens, the butt pack and a total of 360 rounds in 12 Magazines (390 if you include the 30 rounds in your rifle magazine).
And you will need a rifle, I suggest an AR15 style rifle. Owning the rifle isn't enough, you also need training and practice. You get your training in one of three ways... Or use all three in conjunction.
1. You can Enlist...
2. You can Take a Class...
3. You can Train with the Militia or Similar group of people...
4. Buy books and Videos and try to do it yourself...
Now get this... you need to first have a weapon zeroed at 300 meters (yards will work but the Military thinks in meters, so will a foreign invader). This is all the "Bells & Whistles" you need. You need to zero the weapon and train to use the weapon, training is so much better then technology... Hense the image above of a stock AR15 style rifle without a "carrying handle" or sling... Believe me, all the lights and lasers are useless without training. The same point and fire drill you are depending on a laser sight to help you with, I learned to do without a laser sight. Meaning the laser would only enhance a skill I developed in the US Army as an Infantry Soldier through practice... In the hands of a civilian without my training, they are using a tool without the skill to properly apply it...
Lets put this in another way, what do you know about Jet Engines? I personally don't know a single thing, but I've worked on cars. I know how a ratchet works and know how to tighten and loosen bolts with it. Now do you trust me to bolt a part onto a jet engine, an engine you are going to be a passenger on?
Right... I wouldn't trust me to do it either. Because while my limited knowledge may be enough, it is not enough. Here is the big thing that people don't get, you have to have intelligence to be a grunt. You are not a monkey blindly following orders and carrying out drills, yes you get trained for that box in Basic Training and then you get told to be creative and think outside the box. The hell with it, throw away that box... Why do you need a laser on your rifle if you don't have the skill to put that red dot on target within the half-a-second you have to shoot the enemy before they shoot you? The answer is that laser is worthless... Add to that you need the experience to know where your laser is zeroed and where the round with strike below or above that zero. Why because if you don't know a round will strike 2 inches high (just an example number here it will be different between each shooter and platform) at 25 to 50 meters on a laser sight zeroed at 100 meters, if you don't have the experience to show you this and to compensate you might make some completely ~newbie~ mistake like assuming that the red dot on the bad guys head is were the round will strike and miss your shot.
So before you put 8 poumds of tacti-cool toys on a 7 pound rifle, invest a few hundred dollars in bullets and training...
You can enlist, the military will pay you, train you and might even give you some experience that will enhance that training.
You can take a Class, I am seriously worried here and here is why... Tactical Instructors are usually former military or former police. I would not trust the police tactical training. Sorry but, yeah. Tactical Schools are like Martial Arts or Self-Defense Schools. They all sit around trying to develop a new drill, a new and better technique to use and so on. Sadly... There is only so many new methods you can invent and only so many of the Basics that really matter. Things that aren't tacti-cool like Penny Drills, "Tactical Reloads" (Loading a weapon after use, before the magazine is expended, so that you have a full magazine if you have to shoot again) and Reflex Firing (also called Point Shooting). Many times I've debated with friends, Johnny Hunter, about the need for things like a flashlight, laser and so. When simple drills and practice does so much better in building skills that don't run out of batteries or what have you. The problem is many tactical schools ran by former Law Enforcement make their money by making training fun and don't focus on the basics. Many former Military ran schools will make you pony up the extra cash to take a basic class just for their school to make sure you are on the same page as everyone else... Keep in mind also many times these schools will market themselves mainly to police and military and assume the student has that as a base for their training.
Buyer beware you are paying for the knowledge, experience and sometimes to insight and creativity of a person to be your instructor. Know who you are dealing with and ask questions and get solid answers... Sometimes schools are good and sometimes not, you need to figure out if the school is right for you. I've seen LEO based schools that had great urban warfare training but laughable woodland range training. It wasn't a bad school, just a school owner who lacked experience in an area due to how he was trained and were he lived. I don't expect a Arizona swim class to teach surfing...
Training with a Militia or Similar Group... This is something I touched on with my Interview with Coronel Hunt. There are militias who are militia only in the name. They are a Civilian Paramilitary force. They are not part of the Philosophy of the Militia Movement which is a return to constitutionality from our government. You have groups with Racist Motivations and you have those with political motivations and so on so forth... So you don't want to drawn up into a cult or some terrorist group or some FBI sting operation. These groups will not connect you to like minded individuals and get you basic combat training with a rifle, but camouflage, first-aid, radio communications and more.
Do it Yourself, buying books and videos... I don't really know what to tell you. I'm not sure I have to tell their are frauds and people who are generally good guys putting out information that's limited or making up the rest as they go along to sell you on their classes and such. So you can buy books and videos and try to train on your own.
Now to Ask and Answer the Bigger Question of why you need this set up and mindset of Prepping... I am not a prepper I am a survivalist, the survivalist movement I grew up in during the 90s was made up of Christians... Yes, Christians who didn't believe in the Rapture. They believed they would be forced to choose between taking the Mark of Beast, dying or fighting to defend their family and friends and still dying. So these Christians become known as Survivalists and many were veterans. The ideas of the Survivalists became popular among more liberal minded people and the term Prepper became the PC term and preppers became less Paramilitary. The Big Question is why is this style/type of Survival or Prepping Philosophy as good thing and why should one practice it?
The answer is simple, because when the time comes to defend yourself, you don't rise to occuasion you fall back on training... Look Terrorists are training to engage you with their bare hands, knives, handguns and rifles. Baltimore & Chicago has proven the police are tools of the politicians (sorry guys but its the truth) and respond at the whims of those in power. Sure we've seen cops in New York prove their power by refusing to be the Jack Booted Thugs of the Political Machine but, while those charged with serving and protecting are playing political power games and/or being used a pawns in that game where does this leave you and your family?
I am afraid the time to sit back and let others fight for you, defend you and protect you has ended. The time to "beat your plow shields in swords" is nearly here. If nothing else having the ability to defend yourself means the ability to defend those around you. I'm not saying go fight a war, I am saying be as prepared as you can do fight a war. Avoid danger if possible but you have to fight, win. Paramilitary training is being given to police because of the threat of gangs and such..? In a world without the support of the police could survive with Paramilitary Training of your own..?
The beauty of the trench coat and you can do basic tan as well, is that you can hide your kit and weapon under the coat. You can present a low profile and still be able to bring the pain if need be against a threat.
Now since the American Homeguard Anti-Terrorist Handbook has the name of TM 725-15 some idiots have taken to claiming I intended to pass it off as a real military manual. This is just Bull Shit... yes, I blatantly called it Bull Shit, not BS. Here is why, who has heard of the American Homeguard branch of the military. They aren't at the VA, they aren't in any Veterans Parades. The fact is, there is no American Homeguard... The name Homeguard comes from the old British World War II Civil Defense Pamphlets which advised British citizens form Homeguard units... So, the British term Homeguard was basically just a term for Militia. There is a pretty interesting story behind this... If you are Interested. Now the Militia, as a separate defensive force to protect the nation made up of civilian volunteers. Was put forward in the book How to Reform the Army by Tom Wintringham in 1939. This name was chosen by Ashida Kim, Dojo Press was my publisher at the time, since my idea for a title was simply The Anti-Terrorist Handbook and Ashida saw it as something written to target the Militia & Survivalist Community (which is was). The American Homeguard is whatever one wants it to be and they don't exactly have to call themselves that, use the term militia and form a militia. However, the book is written to provide basic skills, camouflage, hand-to-hand combatives, firearms training, individual and small teams tactics, herbal medicine, survival and first aid training.
If you are a "lone wolf" it covers basic concepts of how to move and work as a team. If you are a team, it covers how the manage one's group, organize it under a system paramilitary command structure. So if you find an Individual or a Smaller Group you bring something in the way of basic skills and a simple formation of team work. But, now comes the ten million dollar question... Why?
The Answer... Because I believe in Paramilitary Survivalism... Yes, I think a "Prepper" should be a Survivalist and focus on military or paramilitary skills and training and yes, I think that should include martial arts training. The old school Survivalist mentality of being paramilitary, guys who had weapons and gear stashed away for then the Soviets invaded in some Red Dawn scenario. Why? Because if you can handle Red Dawn you can handle Deliverance. Don't know about Wrong Turn though, be safer to just stay out of West Virginia. Or watch Appalachian Outlaws, yes we do have idiots who idiots who would make a bomb and throw it in someone's house or run around and play Doc Holiday with an AR15. So lets cover the basic kit for the Paramilitary Survivalist.
First off, lets start with the Trench Coat... Gotta have a trench coat cause its tacti-cool, right? No... But a trench is cool, you can use it as shelter, lean-tos and such. Ninja Video that shows something similar used with Kimonos. So any long coat that comes to about your knees is a good thing. An btw this is why Mountain Men were the long bear skin coats and cowboys wore Dusters.
Secondly it covers your kit, your gear. Wear as much of your kit as possible, this kits your hands free and why I suggest LBEs, LBVs and tactical vests for preppers and survivalists.
And you will need a rifle, I suggest an AR15 style rifle. Owning the rifle isn't enough, you also need training and practice. You get your training in one of three ways... Or use all three in conjunction.
1. You can Enlist...
2. You can Take a Class...
3. You can Train with the Militia or Similar group of people...
4. Buy books and Videos and try to do it yourself...
Now get this... you need to first have a weapon zeroed at 300 meters (yards will work but the Military thinks in meters, so will a foreign invader). This is all the "Bells & Whistles" you need. You need to zero the weapon and train to use the weapon, training is so much better then technology... Hense the image above of a stock AR15 style rifle without a "carrying handle" or sling... Believe me, all the lights and lasers are useless without training. The same point and fire drill you are depending on a laser sight to help you with, I learned to do without a laser sight. Meaning the laser would only enhance a skill I developed in the US Army as an Infantry Soldier through practice... In the hands of a civilian without my training, they are using a tool without the skill to properly apply it...
Lets put this in another way, what do you know about Jet Engines? I personally don't know a single thing, but I've worked on cars. I know how a ratchet works and know how to tighten and loosen bolts with it. Now do you trust me to bolt a part onto a jet engine, an engine you are going to be a passenger on?
Right... I wouldn't trust me to do it either. Because while my limited knowledge may be enough, it is not enough. Here is the big thing that people don't get, you have to have intelligence to be a grunt. You are not a monkey blindly following orders and carrying out drills, yes you get trained for that box in Basic Training and then you get told to be creative and think outside the box. The hell with it, throw away that box... Why do you need a laser on your rifle if you don't have the skill to put that red dot on target within the half-a-second you have to shoot the enemy before they shoot you? The answer is that laser is worthless... Add to that you need the experience to know where your laser is zeroed and where the round with strike below or above that zero. Why because if you don't know a round will strike 2 inches high (just an example number here it will be different between each shooter and platform) at 25 to 50 meters on a laser sight zeroed at 100 meters, if you don't have the experience to show you this and to compensate you might make some completely ~newbie~ mistake like assuming that the red dot on the bad guys head is were the round will strike and miss your shot.
So before you put 8 poumds of tacti-cool toys on a 7 pound rifle, invest a few hundred dollars in bullets and training...
You can enlist, the military will pay you, train you and might even give you some experience that will enhance that training.
You can take a Class, I am seriously worried here and here is why... Tactical Instructors are usually former military or former police. I would not trust the police tactical training. Sorry but, yeah. Tactical Schools are like Martial Arts or Self-Defense Schools. They all sit around trying to develop a new drill, a new and better technique to use and so on. Sadly... There is only so many new methods you can invent and only so many of the Basics that really matter. Things that aren't tacti-cool like Penny Drills, "Tactical Reloads" (Loading a weapon after use, before the magazine is expended, so that you have a full magazine if you have to shoot again) and Reflex Firing (also called Point Shooting). Many times I've debated with friends, Johnny Hunter, about the need for things like a flashlight, laser and so. When simple drills and practice does so much better in building skills that don't run out of batteries or what have you. The problem is many tactical schools ran by former Law Enforcement make their money by making training fun and don't focus on the basics. Many former Military ran schools will make you pony up the extra cash to take a basic class just for their school to make sure you are on the same page as everyone else... Keep in mind also many times these schools will market themselves mainly to police and military and assume the student has that as a base for their training.
Buyer beware you are paying for the knowledge, experience and sometimes to insight and creativity of a person to be your instructor. Know who you are dealing with and ask questions and get solid answers... Sometimes schools are good and sometimes not, you need to figure out if the school is right for you. I've seen LEO based schools that had great urban warfare training but laughable woodland range training. It wasn't a bad school, just a school owner who lacked experience in an area due to how he was trained and were he lived. I don't expect a Arizona swim class to teach surfing...
Training with a Militia or Similar Group... This is something I touched on with my Interview with Coronel Hunt. There are militias who are militia only in the name. They are a Civilian Paramilitary force. They are not part of the Philosophy of the Militia Movement which is a return to constitutionality from our government. You have groups with Racist Motivations and you have those with political motivations and so on so forth... So you don't want to drawn up into a cult or some terrorist group or some FBI sting operation. These groups will not connect you to like minded individuals and get you basic combat training with a rifle, but camouflage, first-aid, radio communications and more.
Do it Yourself, buying books and videos... I don't really know what to tell you. I'm not sure I have to tell their are frauds and people who are generally good guys putting out information that's limited or making up the rest as they go along to sell you on their classes and such. So you can buy books and videos and try to train on your own.
Now to Ask and Answer the Bigger Question of why you need this set up and mindset of Prepping... I am not a prepper I am a survivalist, the survivalist movement I grew up in during the 90s was made up of Christians... Yes, Christians who didn't believe in the Rapture. They believed they would be forced to choose between taking the Mark of Beast, dying or fighting to defend their family and friends and still dying. So these Christians become known as Survivalists and many were veterans. The ideas of the Survivalists became popular among more liberal minded people and the term Prepper became the PC term and preppers became less Paramilitary. The Big Question is why is this style/type of Survival or Prepping Philosophy as good thing and why should one practice it?
The answer is simple, because when the time comes to defend yourself, you don't rise to occuasion you fall back on training... Look Terrorists are training to engage you with their bare hands, knives, handguns and rifles. Baltimore & Chicago has proven the police are tools of the politicians (sorry guys but its the truth) and respond at the whims of those in power. Sure we've seen cops in New York prove their power by refusing to be the Jack Booted Thugs of the Political Machine but, while those charged with serving and protecting are playing political power games and/or being used a pawns in that game where does this leave you and your family?
I am afraid the time to sit back and let others fight for you, defend you and protect you has ended. The time to "beat your plow shields in swords" is nearly here. If nothing else having the ability to defend yourself means the ability to defend those around you. I'm not saying go fight a war, I am saying be as prepared as you can do fight a war. Avoid danger if possible but you have to fight, win. Paramilitary training is being given to police because of the threat of gangs and such..? In a world without the support of the police could survive with Paramilitary Training of your own..?
The beauty of the trench coat and you can do basic tan as well, is that you can hide your kit and weapon under the coat. You can present a low profile and still be able to bring the pain if need be against a threat.
Monday, June 6, 2016
Interview With Colonel Bryan Hunt of the Militia Movement
Introduction:
This is an interview with a Militia Commander who I have had the pleasure of knowing for some time via the internet Colonel Hunt has spent about 30 years in the Militia Movement & was elected to his rank by his fellow Militiamen. While I am not a Militia Member I have grown around the members of the Movement back in the 90s. I have a great deal of respect for the movement & the goal of re-establishing our government as a constitutional republic. As such, I wish to help give readers of this blog an inside look at the goals, ideas and principles of the movement.I also as a survivalist suggest the militia as a means of getting "free" tactical training in basic infantry tactics but, would warn readers to be cautious as that is a dangerous road full of confidential informants and agent provocateurs who will try to get you do illegal things...
Colonel Hunt, has agreed to help give us an inside look at the movement & help us navigate that road... Be warned he is very professional and so you will see much leaked information, if any here (I assure you will find none).
HI Ron Colonel B Hunt here ill take these questions one at time.
3. Why do you think people should join the Militia Movement or the 4th Continental Congress?
5. Now to give myself a plug, as you well know I am the Author of the Poorman's Guide to Prepping & TM 715-25 Anti-Terrorist Handbook (which is now in its second edition & written to help people train themselves as individuals to survive a terrorist attack and has been expanded into small teams organization & warfare) both of which encourage someone to get training & discuss basic concepts to use to train themselves but, we were discussing on the phone the issue of “lone wolves” and “unaligned militias” during a societal breakdown in the US. Do you think such people will do more harm then good & why?
So then I take it there are just a few young people out there who have no clue and are setting themselves up for failure without realizing they are doing so? Not intending to be a problem but not really learning to handle their own?
Yes, a lot of the new people coming into the Militia are that is why a uniformed standard is being developed to curtail some of this.
8. Also can you provide me with a list a State Representatives to contact, if anyone wants to join the Militia Movement or the 4th Continental Congress?
9. Now we talked about this on the phone... You have been involved in a few “stand offs” with the Feds such as Bundy Ranch and so I'd going to ask you to tell us some War stories about these events and what lead up to them. Would you mind?
This is an interview with a Militia Commander who I have had the pleasure of knowing for some time via the internet Colonel Hunt has spent about 30 years in the Militia Movement & was elected to his rank by his fellow Militiamen. While I am not a Militia Member I have grown around the members of the Movement back in the 90s. I have a great deal of respect for the movement & the goal of re-establishing our government as a constitutional republic. As such, I wish to help give readers of this blog an inside look at the goals, ideas and principles of the movement.I also as a survivalist suggest the militia as a means of getting "free" tactical training in basic infantry tactics but, would warn readers to be cautious as that is a dangerous road full of confidential informants and agent provocateurs who will try to get you do illegal things...
Colonel Hunt, has agreed to help give us an inside look at the movement & help us navigate that road... Be warned he is very professional and so you will see much leaked information, if any here (I assure you will find none).
HI Ron Colonel B Hunt here ill take these questions one at time.
1. To begin with Colonel Hunt would you like to tell us a bit about yourself & the Movement?
Question 1 I have not served thirty years in the Militia its been 23 years
since 1994 I joined the Militia as a PFC.became the unit commander after being voted in as a Lieutenant I was appointed as Medical Commander in 1997 by the late State Commander Col Joel Wilson deceased, bypassing rank of Captain. I was his medical operations commander [State medical Commander) I held that post for roughly 19 years I became the State Commander by Congressional Appointment 2014 I have five deployments since 2005 Minuteman project ( I was the medical Commander for the MMP project). Bundy ranch, Operation border convoy and additional border operations that occurred.
2. Can you tell me about the 4th Continental Congress & its goals?
The 4th CC is Civil authority that its a goal is one to provide professional oversight to the Militia in the United State Two a recognized provisional civil authority in the event the Federal and State Government fails completely in its duty (declares Martial law)
www.4th-cc.proboards.com I implore your readers to study the American Revolution there in lies the answers within the founding fathers Declaration Of Independence and the US Constitution.
3. Why do you think people should join the Militia Movement or the 4th Continental Congress?
Because it is your Right and Duty . "Freedom is not a spectator Sport ." General Will Flatt Defense Secretary fourth CC (retired)
Following up on this, you said the Militia is part of our right and our duty... Could you explain this a bit more in depth, in regard to Federal Law concerning the Militia and the 2nd Amendment?
see the second amendment Article 1 section 8 gives a basic understanding of the Mission of the Militia The founding fathers putting the second amendment were very clear that all citizens were to be armed and trained. George Washington understood this very well, after he became president he made a point to drill the Militia during his tenure . Federal papers are also very cleal that a regular standing army was a bane ( destructive) to liberty.
4. Now when we spoke on the Phone you talked a lot about disinformation & a lot of subversive actions within the Movement by the Federal Government, what can you tell our readers about these people and their actions?
see the second amendment Article 1 section 8 gives a basic understanding of the Mission of the Militia The founding fathers putting the second amendment were very clear that all citizens were to be armed and trained. George Washington understood this very well, after he became president he made a point to drill the Militia during his tenure . Federal papers are also very cleal that a regular standing army was a bane ( destructive) to liberty.
Also see title 10 section 311 of United States Military code ,classes of military the un org militia being the last class recognized as a class of the military
4. Now when we spoke on the Phone you talked a lot about disinformation & a lot of subversive actions within the Movement by the Federal Government, what can you tell our readers about these people and their actions?
I will not name names know this the Federal Gov through DHS has infiltrate with over 40,000 are usually paid to create problems and confusion everyone from agent provocateurs, disapators and dissenters. Agent provocateurs are usually undercover feds easy to detect . The undercovers will usually get you to break the Law not just bend it .,offers of expensive weapons or modify this one that one build this or build that look at example of Hutaree Unit out of Michigan.
Following up on this, I'd like to inform readers that the Hutaree was a Christian Militia that was framed by an FBI Confidential Informant. They were all arrested and later the charges were dismissed.
5. Now to give myself a plug, as you well know I am the Author of the Poorman's Guide to Prepping & TM 715-25 Anti-Terrorist Handbook (which is now in its second edition & written to help people train themselves as individuals to survive a terrorist attack and has been expanded into small teams organization & warfare) both of which encourage someone to get training & discuss basic concepts to use to train themselves but, we were discussing on the phone the issue of “lone wolves” and “unaligned militias” during a societal breakdown in the US. Do you think such people will do more harm then good & why?
The question is a little difficult to answer because many specialized units will have to operate on their own those units that operate such a way we are in process of establishing communications with. The lone wolf though can be problem, because many of them feel they don't have to answer to anyone but themselves on the other hand such individual could be useful should they choose to recognize a command structure.
Following up on this, I'd like to ask... What are the hazards of people acting alone? I assume things like story from World War II of a French Prostitute who only serviced Nazi Soldiers and was very openly pro-Nazi. Near the liberation of Paris some French citizens took it upon themselves to kill her and only after her death learned she was a spy for the French Resistance. Basically, I see "lone wolves" acting in ways that interfere with strategic goals or make a movement look bad, is that the reason you say they need to recognize a command structure?
Yes the lone wolves could be destructive in their well meaning action case in point .The Burns Standoff; the people that initiated the standoff would not listen to various militia leaders and commands that this was not a good idea to preemptively strike a federal installation and hold it in a barricaded situation.
An Additional follow up on this, The Militia Movement and the general term for Militia causes a bit of confusion. A Militia is an irregular military or paramilitary force & the Militia Movement is political movement adhering to Constitutional Principles and Values. I know you know this but, I want to clarify it for my readers who may not. So what is the threat of Non-Militia Movement, militias?
The real Constitutional Militia is not political there is a difference between the Militia and patriot community you can be a patriot and not be affiliated with the Militia you may be a tea party member or a first amendment rights advocate ect. the Militia is a defense Military system that is to be used in the event (1) the united states is invaded. (2) the Government turns its gun on the population the mission of the militia is three fold see the Constitution (1) suppress insurrection (2) repel invasion (defend against enemies foreign and domestic) and (3) execute the laws of the union are up held . The Militia is a separate entity separate from any government agency as the militia is their as a checks and balances.
6. Have you seen the movie Amerigeddan about Martial Law and UN troops on US soil? If so what is your opinion of he movie?
Following up on this, I'd like to ask... What are the hazards of people acting alone? I assume things like story from World War II of a French Prostitute who only serviced Nazi Soldiers and was very openly pro-Nazi. Near the liberation of Paris some French citizens took it upon themselves to kill her and only after her death learned she was a spy for the French Resistance. Basically, I see "lone wolves" acting in ways that interfere with strategic goals or make a movement look bad, is that the reason you say they need to recognize a command structure?
Yes the lone wolves could be destructive in their well meaning action case in point .The Burns Standoff; the people that initiated the standoff would not listen to various militia leaders and commands that this was not a good idea to preemptively strike a federal installation and hold it in a barricaded situation.
An Additional follow up on this, The Militia Movement and the general term for Militia causes a bit of confusion. A Militia is an irregular military or paramilitary force & the Militia Movement is political movement adhering to Constitutional Principles and Values. I know you know this but, I want to clarify it for my readers who may not. So what is the threat of Non-Militia Movement, militias?
The real Constitutional Militia is not political there is a difference between the Militia and patriot community you can be a patriot and not be affiliated with the Militia you may be a tea party member or a first amendment rights advocate ect. the Militia is a defense Military system that is to be used in the event (1) the united states is invaded. (2) the Government turns its gun on the population the mission of the militia is three fold see the Constitution (1) suppress insurrection (2) repel invasion (defend against enemies foreign and domestic) and (3) execute the laws of the union are up held . The Militia is a separate entity separate from any government agency as the militia is their as a checks and balances.
Anyone may be a member of the militia not everyone that claims that title is if they don't pass the smell test of the Constitution then they are a domestic enemy the Militia defends the Constitution not over throw it. Many white supremacist claim the title but no where in the Constitution does it say the militia is exclusive to the white race or any race for that matter again you must look to the Constitution to find the correct answer many of these group white and black under wartime conditions would be deemed an enemy of the republic.
Hollywood is Hollywood they take an event and use it as entertainment "War should be left up to the professional soldier and doesn't belong in some Hollywood movie" letter to Obama from the Quiet Professionals, on the other hand " You want to see the technology out their watch the movies." Mr Brumbaugh.
7. Now can you if would provide a list of known Agent Provocateurs within the Militia Movement & Patriot Movement so that those who are interested can avoid entrapment?
Again I will not name names because some could be innocent I refer you to the rules of question 4. A clue though a lone wolf attitude is a very small clue of course.
So then I take it there are just a few young people out there who have no clue and are setting themselves up for failure without realizing they are doing so? Not intending to be a problem but not really learning to handle their own?
Yes, a lot of the new people coming into the Militia are that is why a uniformed standard is being developed to curtail some of this.
8. Also can you provide me with a list a State Representatives to contact, if anyone wants to join the Militia Movement or the 4th Continental Congress?
There are many Militia commands and units do your home work.
We the American people are the Militia .At this time there is no list of reps or delegates that is currently being compiled I implore you to come take a look at the website currently we are seeking five national delegates 250 from each state, 2 State delegate from each state total 150 and 2 representatives from each state total 150 the quorum total 500 delegates people will be able to vote for these people anyone can be a delegate or rep,as long as your not in a recognized Militia system separation of powers . There is actually two schools of thought on that though .
9. Now we talked about this on the phone... You have been involved in a few “stand offs” with the Feds such as Bundy Ranch and so I'd going to ask you to tell us some War stories about these events and what lead up to them. Would you mind?
I cannot expound upon war stories on this venue I am not in the Miiltia so I can have war stories to tell. As a far as Bundy Ranch and Burns standoff, Operation Gold Mine and other standoffs I'll say this The American people specifically the patriot community for last twenty years has become disillusioned and frustrated to the degree. We will continue to see events leading up to an all out conflict. Unless things change by some miracle we return to the Constitution The Militia is a checks and balances when all else fails. It is also there to protect from foreign invasion see US Constitution article 1 section 8 .
I can also refer you to the General Secretary Mike School for the law end of things he can be reached through face book and on the 4th cc site till further notice .
Colonel Bryan Hunt 31st Field Light Foot Forces headquarters
Thank you, Sir for your service to the Constitution and this interview...
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