08/23/2026
One question I have is: where does your self-defense end?
This weekend I'm involved in a training camp where we're doing lots of punching, kicking, elbow, and grappling, all that stuff, weapons too.
We also did survival training for outdoor survival because you could have a car break down on a remote road.
We covered the Stop the Bleed course, which was actually done in a really cool way because the instructor brought some pork tenderloins and was pumping blood through this meat.
That is kind of gross for me because I'm a vegetarian but I had no problem packing a wound and doing that. The spurting red fluid really gave it a different feel than just working with gauze and the thumb of a glove or something. It was just way more realistic.
This guy was a special forces combat medic for decades and did a bunch of tours.
My point about all this is that a lot of people, when they think about self-defense, really just think about the active combat part. There's aftermath, there are all the lifestyle choices that we make.
There's so much more that goes into keeping yourself safe and healthy and your family well than just knowing how to fight.