By Bradley J. Steiner Although I have never worked as a “bounty hunter,” I have worked as a bodyguard. I have also trained bodyguards. I have also written about them (in SOLDIER OF FORTUNE, and in the JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL SECURITY, and elsewhere). My unpublished manual for bodyguards (YOU ARE EXPENDABLE!...
Category: TRENDS IN SURVIVALISM by Bradley J. Steiner
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THE SINGLE BASIC BLOW THAT IS A “SYSTEM” BY ITSELF!
By Bradley J. Steiner Related to the editorial about boxers’ training methods, and how only a few techniques are necessary for hand-to-hand combat and self-defense, we are reminded every day that we train and every time that we teach of the INCREDIBLE merits of the simple, proven hand axe chop. During WWII the West was...
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THE TIME FACTOR IN PHYSICAL TRAINING
By Bradley J. Steiner Since the 1960s I have been urging weight-training as the premier physical training for hand-to-hand and close combat. Today, the idea has caught on and many take it for granted that “it’s a good idea to lift weights if you want to get stronger,” but few who have jumped on the...
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EVEN A PARANOID CAN HAVE ENEMIES
By Bradley J. Steiner “Even a paranoid can have enemies”—Henry Kissinger No, I do not like or respect Henry Kissinger. Still, the old power-lusting political monster does have a point (at least insofar as the above quotation goes, anyway). Many people wonder why they’d ever have any need for self-defense or close combat training. After...
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NO “MAGIC NUMBER” OF REPETITIONS
By Bradley J. Steiner, American Combato We recall reading an article years ago that stated that to become proficient in any given physical technique (regarding a sport, a discipline of another kind, or a combat technique, etc.) one needed to do at least 3,000 repetitions. We cannot recall the author of this article, nor can...
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WEAPONS VS UNARMED ASSAILANTS?
By Bradley J. Steiner, American Combato Self-defense bears not the slightest relation to competition or sport of any kind—regardless of popular present mythology—no matter how “tough,” “rugged,” “demanding,” or supposedly “devoid of rules” any sport or competitive venue may be. People who fail to understand this will simply pay for their error one day when...
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LIFE IN PRISON FOR MURDER
By Bradley J. Steiner, American Combato While lynch mobs cannot be justified, they certainly can be understood. To a decent, civilized human being the taking of a human life for any reason other than self-defense is truly an abomination; an unforgivable, evil crime that demands the elimination of the murderer. The only rational objection to...
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YOUR REACTION TO INJURY—LEARN FROM WILD ANIMALS!
By Bradley J. Steiner, American Combato One fact about real world self-defense is that it cannot be undertaken risk-free, and frankly it is certain that in a truly dangerous encounter with one or more determined aggressors you will surely be hurt. Many schools of martial art fill students’ heads with notions of invincibility and fail...
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THE MARVELOUS STRAIGHT THRUST
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. That truth tells the individual who possesses the common horse sense to understand it, exactly what kind of blow is the fastest in striking its target: i.e., the un-telegraphed straight-line thrust that takes the attacking hand from where it is now straight into the adversary’s...
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MAKING THAT FIRST MOVE
By Bradley J. Steiner, American Combato Failing to avoid trouble, the next best action is to preempt it. That is, ATTACK THE ATTACKER! which we first formulated as our basic strategy in American Combato in the early 1970’s, for anyone seeking self-defense instruction and training for the real world. OK . . . attack the...