Knowhow Dynamics

25/12/2025

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭9‬:‭6‬ ‭

20/12/2025

Last night I had the opportunity to work with/spar with a young kid getting ready for Golden Gloves. While he has been shadow boxing, working speed bags, hitting heavy bags, and more; his actual time sparring has been very limited.
Through the rounds there were some short comings that were exposed by sparring. We’d stop mid round and address them and then get back to it. This was the first time I’ve been in tuned enough to feel the improvement by an “opponent” through the rounds. He listened, understood, and put it directly into practice during the round. The slight headache this morning is a nice reminder of his improvement.
Sparring is a pressure test.
One of the greatest philosophers of my time said it best…..
“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth!”

19/12/2025

Operating or reacting out of fear causes us to make mistakes and bad decisions. Stress inoculation comes from placing ourselves in deficits in our training. Start from bad grappling positions, talk down role players who are screaming at you, put yourself against a shot timer on the range, be confronted with two medical emergencies right next to each other; these are the things we can do in training that will help mitigate our fears in actual events.

18/12/2025

CORRECTION POST

I stand corrected!

VCAST was actually in 2013, and this is a picture from that course. Yesterday’s post was from ECQC in 2012. Same range, same range bay, both had hitchhiker gone bad, both excellent courses.

17/12/2025

WAY BACK WEDNESDAY

From an VCAST course in October 2012. In the front seat of the vehicle is my brother fighting with some other Shivworks fanboy degenerate, all being refereed by Craig himself in the back seat.

Lots of information and training partners were acquired at these courses. At this particular one:

16/12/2025

Being consistent in your training is where you see the improvement.

15/12/2025

14/12/2025

STAY ARMED! Train up!

This occurred in a country with extremely strict gun control. Remember, violence likes to be unopposed.

11/12/2025

Maintaining strength as we age is a blessing. When I first started police work, I remember veteran officers telling me wait till I hit 30, and that warning just kept increasing five years as I passed the last marker. In today’s world 30 is viewed as a decline period. In this scripture, Caleb is 85 and saying he feels like he did when he was 40 (and referring to that as his prime fighting years), and anxiously requesting to go fight giants.
Keep moving! Stay strong! And seek to fight giants in your 80’s.

09/12/2025

DYNAMIC SITUATIONS IN HOUSES OF WORSHIP
Jan. 31, 2026
Murrysville Alliance Church

This is our Active Shooter Training event for church security. It is a two part training. The day begins with a seminar discussing prevention, reaction, and aftermath of Active Shootings. The second half of the day is a practical on room and hallway clearing, threat neutralization, and treatment of wounded.
To attend the Practical you must attend the Seminar portion.

Sign up through our website.
Link in bio.