Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Wednesday Training With Lee Morrison Of Urban Combatives

 Today Morrison discusses Tactics to give yourself the best position of advantage in a bad situation.

 


 

Sunday, March 23, 2025

Sunday With Blackthorn - Today We Discuss How To Handle Road Rage Situations

 Today from the 411 Outdoors Youtube channel. Things today are bad on the streets and highways. The two videos below give some practical advice on what to do if you find yourself in an escalating situation.



 

Monday, March 17, 2025

HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY!!!!!!

 Do you know how to do the Irish Jig!!

 


 

Sunday, March 16, 2025

Sunday With Blackthorn - 20 Ga For Home Defense

 20ga because.........I Hate Recoil!

Now having gotten that out of the way, I am a fan of shotguns for home defense. Despite what a lot of old timers told me when I said that i use 20ga for the recoil reduction "What are you talking about? 20ga shotguns are lighter which make recoil worse!"

Which was news to me because I've shot numerous 20ga shotties and for recoil I can definitively say that the recoil is not worse than a 12ga. The only time I found the recoil to be bad was when I used some 3" magnum loads. 

Which is why I use 2-3/4" #3 Buckshot, thank you very much.

But enough of my rambling, watch the video,and decide for yourself.



 

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

To Attach, Or Not To Attach

 In this video, Lee Morrison discusses the value of attaching to an assailant during an assault. 

 


 

Sunday, March 9, 2025

Sunday With Blackthorn - David James On Defending A Choke In The Street

 The point of David James's video is that There are a lot of "cool" ways to defend a 2 handed Front Choke that work in the training environment, but can be lacking when you're out in public. 

 After you watch his take on a more practical approach, I will follow up with a video showing the technique referred to as the 'Cross-cut and Swing' as demonstrated by my old instructor Carl Cestari.

 


 


 

 

Friday, March 7, 2025

Blackthorn Blog Afternoon Special Update

 From the InsightCrime.org website.

What You Need to Know About the Criminal Groups the US Just Labeled ‘Terrorists’

The US government has officially designated several Latin American organized crime groups as terrorist organizations, but the move will do little to help attack these complex criminal networks.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced February 20 that the Venezuelan mega-gang Tren de Aragua, the MS13 street gang, and the Sinaloa Cartel, Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación – CJNG), Gulf Cartel, Northeast Cartel, Familia Michoacana, and United Cartels in Mexico would be declared “foreign terrorist organizations.”

The official designation stemmed from an executive order US President Donald Trump signed on his first day in office announcing his intention to make this decision.

“The Cartels have engaged in a campaign of violence and terror throughout the Western Hemisphere that has not only destabilized countries with significant importance for our national interests but also flooded the United States with deadly drugs, violent criminals, and vicious gangs,” Trump said at that time.

 

To read the rest of this article, click on the link: 

https://insightcrime.org/news/organized-crime-groups-thus-labeled-terrorist-organizations/

The Things People Do For Money

 2 Active duty US Army  soldiers and one former Army soldier have bee arrested for espionage by the FBI.

 https://mynorthwest.com/local/jblm-soldier-indictment/4058510

Two active-duty Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldiers and a former U.S. army soldier have been indicted in connection with conspiring to transmit national defense information, theft of government property and transferring sensitive military information, federal authorities announced Thursday.

A federal grand jury indicted Sergeant Jian Zhao on charges of espionage, bribery and theft of government property.

The indictment in the Western District of Washington alleges that from July 2024 until his arrest, Zhao conspired to obtain and transmit national defense information to individuals in China.

 

To read the rest of the article, use the link above.