This video, hilariously narrated by Officer Tatum, brilliant illustrates the difference between superior performance under stress and, well, performance lacking certain essential elements of greatness. The driver in this video is Leo Prinsloos. He is the proprietor...
I've been reviewing my situational awareness material to prepare for a book project and a Zoom Master Classes for my existing instructors. I ran across this old video from 2017 which does an excellent job summarizing what we've been doing for 30 years. What prompted...
https://www.wired.com/story/palantirs-gods-eye-view-of-afghanistan/ I ran into this article this morning while doing research on "correlation engines" -- the algorithms and software that conduct fusion and analysis on massive amounts of big-data. I was struck by the...
"Are you back in Minneapolis?"
Back in the day, when I was a car jacker, I looked like this: And I drove like this: But I was young, and needed the money. On the crew I worked, I held a variety of positions: driver, shooter, ghost/sweeper, designated marksman, assistant/shift leader, team leader,...
Welcome to 2021! A few updates... BUY HERE FICTION: I'm at work on Book #5 of THE REVENGERS: JEFF. I'm following the more expanded format I explored in MACON and digging into the characters a bit more. JEFF is a bank guard whose hobby is impersonating police, public...
Norwegian Marine Jaegers Norwegian FSK One of my best friends and colleagues who is affiliated with the units above sent me a fascinating article/interview. It took some doing to get it translated into English. You can read it here: The unknown action: When Norwegian...
The latest from David Leitch, who brought you JOHN WICK and ATOMIC BLONDE. I'm a big fan of David Leitch. He was briefly a student of mine back in the early 90s. He was a JKD instructor at the Minnesota Kali Group and attended my firearms seminars before he left for...
"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him."-- G.K. Chesterton One of my friends and students is a Sergeant Major in a Tier One unit that among other things conducts deep cover counter-terror...
Chinese Super Soldiers French Super Soldiers These two recent open source articles caught my attention recently. Super soldiers, performance enhancement, the how to, the why, and the "what are the downstream consequences" are all areas of interest to me, and...