Self Defense

How to survive a vicious dog attack pre/post disaster. Challenge: A hurricane blew through your town and it ends up being the largest and most devastating one to date. The damage is so severe that the National Guard orders a post storm evacuation for your town, similar to that of …

Discovering and working with improvised weapons No matter how well we do at the range, there will be times in our lives when we are faced with the challenge of entering a space that prohibits firearms, knives and even pepper spray. If we find ourselves in immediate danger, even the …

Forget your survival fishing kit, or okay, don’t throw it away, after all it’s probably pretty small, cheap and easy to store, but I’d like you to consider getting a bow from www.archery-den.com/best-compound-bows/ to add to your survival cache. Why? Well, I’ve a few reasons that I think they’re a …

Martial Arts and Disaster Preparedness Learning a martial art is an excellent starting point for a basic level of self-defense and hand-to-hand combat knowledge. When in relation to disaster preparedness however, even if you start practicing your choice martial art now too much time learning may pass before your knowledge …

Lets visit Ferguson. Ferguson is a small town outside of St. Louis with a population of around 21,000. With a number that small you wouldn’t think it to be possible for such wide scale looting and massive rioting. But that’s exactly what happened Sunday August 10th in Ferguson. Fires, riots …

Many dogs are naturally territorial in nature. Prepping with Guard Dogs can vary by owner. With that said you do not need a German Shepherd to have a good guard dog present. A guard dog can be a smaller breed of dog such as a Jack Russell Terrier or even a …

In a hopes to help the frugal survivalist and prepper out there here are 10 items we find very useful for under 15 dollars. I personally have purchased several of these items and hope to pick up the rest. We have seen a few of these posts recently on other …

Christopher Parrett the editor of the LDS Preparedness Manual has announced  the 2012 edition, which is the most current release. While released a few years ago I recently now stumbled upon this so I suppose others may find it of use as well. If you click over to the LDS Another …