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A Teacher Is Measured By His Students
The most dangerous one is the one in the middle. Warrant Officer Clint Oosthuizen of the South African Police Service is my Brother From Another Mother. He's a master instructor of karate, military combatives, knife combat, handgunnery, combat tactics urban and rural,...
Thought For The Day
Jedi Council, circa early 90s
From far left, clockwise around the Council Table: Vince O'Neill, Oklahoma State Police, Old Skool Oklahoma gunfighter; (then) Sergeant Dave Spaulding of the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department, then SWAT and Training; (then) Special Agent Scott Ralston, Federal Air...
Snowmobiles, Cognitive Neuroscience and Training Design
John Boyd, the brilliant fighter pilot and strategist/warrior-monk, opened his lectures on strategy with this example: “Imagine that you are -- on a ski slope with other skiers—retain this image in Florida riding in an outboard motorboat—maybe even towing...
Still Training After All These Years
Gratitude to Guro Mike O'Melia, of the Sayoc Clan, Minneapolis Tribe I devote about 98% of my training development and training time to the nurturance of superior instructors in performance enhancement under extreme stress. Most of them come from Tier One units and...
Experience + Research = Research That Works
Some Dudes I Learned From
From left to right: John "Lofty" Wiseman, Regimental Sergeant Major, 22d Special Air Service. Sergeant Evan Marshall, Detroit Police SWAT and Firearms Instructor. Dennis Martin, co-founder of CQB Services, Hereford UK. Captain David Scott-Donelan, Rhodesian Special...
Available for Pre-Order: Book 4 of THE REVENGERS
Macon Champagne is the name she selected when she entered the Witness Protection Program. It was her private joke on her criminal partners after she betrayed their long standing enterprise to a corruption-busting US Attorney riding high on a RICO case. She got a full...
All Along The Watchtower
The Watchtower at Tar-Megiddo in Israel. The plains below are known as Armageddon. This is where the Final Battle between the Legions of Light and the Legions of Darkness is to take place.
Gifts, Military Neuroscience, Undercover Operations, and Mirror Neurons
These short trailers illustrate the intense stress of the undercover operator. Dr. Chris Macedonia, who was the DARPA Program Manager for Accelerated Learning, told me something after my presentation that inspires me to this day: “Marcus, where I sit, I see all...