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Proposed Virginia Bill SB64 could make you a felon if you train in martial...

New gun control legislation is making its way through the Virginia Senate. Those who oppose the legislation surrounded the capitol building Monday, carrying weapons...
Melissa Soalt

Women, Do It With Your Hips!

These hips are big hips. They need space to move around in … These hips are free hips, They don’t like to be held back … These hips...
Psychiatric Drugs

Psych Drugs, Not Guns, Doing the Killing

Las Vegas, Nevada: 12 years ago, I asked a very pointed question in a press release sent to the National Wire Service immediately following...
Melissa Soalt

Women and Their Warrior Spirit

The warrior spirit lies deep within us all. It’s a vital, rousing force that can turn the meek into the fearsome. To be effective in...
Self Defense Today

Self-Defense Today: Conflict Resolution – The Key Factor in Reality-Based Training Part 2

One of the most distinguishing features of Reality Based Training is the way it deals with conflict resolution. This is broken down into three...
Bully Proof Your Child

Bully Proof Your Child

"If your child is a bully victim, they might be glad schools are closed for holidays. But Morne Swanepoel, an accomplished street-mma-fighter, is changing...
How to recognize an ATM Skimming

How to Detect an ATM Card Skimmer

Professional gangs are using high end ATM card skimmer devices, or Super Skimmers, on suburban Telemachines and they are also using tiny spy cameras...
Bullying and Substance Abuse

Bullying and Substance Abuse: Who It Affects and Why

By Chris Elkins, MA ~ Bullying transcends childish acts such as teasing, rough housing or joking around. It can be a dangerous activity with devastating...
Anti Gun Mom Susan Gonzales

Susan Gonzalez Anti-Gun Mom Turned Survivor

Mike Gonzalez had guns around the house. His wife Susan hated them. When he tried to teach her the basics of shooting, she let...
Self Defense Today

Self-Defense Today: The New Reality Part 1

Self-Defense today is so radically different from the past that it defies recognition. Twenty years ago self-defense meant defending yourself from a random street...
peaceful majority

Why the Peaceful Majority is Irrelevant

By Rachel Ehrenfeld ~ I used to know a man whose family were German aristocracy prior to World War II. They owned a number...

Consent: It’s Simple As Tea

If you're still struggling with consent, just imagine that instead of initiating sex, you're making them a cup of tea. You say, "Oh my...
Save Your Ass With Self Defense

How To Save Your Ass With Self Defense

By Cassandra Kapp ~ It's awesome if you can take a self defense course...but most of us don't have the money (or time) to commit....
Alex Haddox: Are You Aware

How Tourists Avoid Attack

From the continuing theme of travel protection over the past few articles, we are aware that tourists are selected as targets for criminal attacks....
Alex Haddox: Are You Aware

Parking Lot Safety, Part 2

Last month we initiated our discussion of Parking Lot Safety. This month we pick up where we left off and conclude our discourse. As you...
Dr. Clifford L. Thomas TKD Ramblers Workshop

Anti-Bullying Workshop Opens Eyes

About 150 people attend an anti-bullying workshop with presentations on how to deal with bullies, and threatening behavior. Gazette.net by Alice Popovici ~ Anna Hornberger,...