This is spot on. I was a combat weapons instructor in the military and didn't really learn tactics until I became a cop patrolling a really bad neighborhood at night. Tactics is everything.
Your energy is crazy, man! I gave you a hard time on an earlier video, but I take it back. Your enthusiasm to the gun world is contagious. We need more people like you, to save our asses, when the SHTF. Keep up the good work, my friend. The bottom line is... I want YOU on my side, when things go south. Period. Great video!
I don't think that applies so much in average everyday defensive situations. Mike Tyson fought guys in rings who were on his level except for BMI, power, speed, balance and endurance, regulated by a strict set of rules, refs, and matched by similar techniques and fighting styles. Not much room for planning. It's sports. What's true in the ring isn't so true on the streets, and visa-versa. Mike Tyson's a showman, not a "fighter" in the context of this video. Anyway, if I was shopping 1 day and some random weirdo struck a service bell at a counter twice (DING-DING), Mr. Tyson bumped his gloves together and started to dance about in his fancy undies like he'd try that shit on me, I'd be quite likely to go Indiana Jones on his show-casing ass, but with a can of pepper spray, not a revolver. Then he could try to catch me for a punch or ear-bite as I'd run out the door, hop on my bicycle, ride off and leave his gasping, goofy face and strong arms behind to box his shadow, mug somebody else, go back and stick his face in the water fountain or whatever. I wouldn't care much at that point. What I'm saying is that sometimes even a halfway decent start of a plan, or a more fitting hypothetical scenario, beats a great ill-fitting anecdote.
"This wallet has Tiger stitching. I don't know what that means but it sounds aggressive." Comments like this are why I absolutely love and support this channel!
Jake Subscribe to my channel if you like this information. I'm not as cool as this guy or nearly as popular, but I've been through SHTF scenarios a handful of times and am here to tell those stories.
I was in this class! John did an amazing job teaching us, and he is as real as he is in the vids. Just a great guy. If you get a chance to go to a class, jump on it!
As much as I hate social media I'm so happy for the way its helping build strength in the 2A community. Watch and subscribe to all 2A content creators and get all your friends out shooting.
This is the reason I have such high regard for you. No crap, no hype, no square range training scars, All well thought out and from experience, critically analysed and distilled. I may disagree at times, but cannot argue with the logic you bring. Great vid!!!!
Well done video. As a martial arts instructor myself, we teach tactics over techniques, but its a constant exercise. There are those in the crowd that just don't want to do the work, so you'll lose the majority of them. Some come back, others you never see again, then there are those that stay, and that is "the group". Many times you can pick out the ones that are just waiting to learn how to shoot, or hit in a martial arts sense. You get to know that look. Fortunately, sometimes I'm surprised and I'm glad, not for any other reason but that gives me the opportunity to pass on good knowledge, and that is my reward. Anyway, I'm a new subscriber now.
This talk-through session is a great example of how continued-learning occurs. Getting behind cover causing the threat to move, follow, flank is a critical data point that I will definitely throw into my tactics toolbox. Love this content! 👍
+1 on the Swamp Fox reference. Don't forget Roger's Rangers either: Don't forget nothing. Have your musket clean as a whistle, hatchet scoured, sixty rounds powder and ball, and be ready to march at a minute's warning. When you're on the march, act the way you would if you was sneaking up on a deer. See the enemy first. Tell the truth about what you see and do. There is an army depending on us for correct information. You can lie all you please when you tell other folks about the Rangers, but don't never lie to a Ranger or officer. Don't never take a chance you don't have to. When we're on the march we march single file, far enough apart so one shot can't go through two men. If we strike swamps, or soft ground, we spread out abreast, so it's hard to track us. When we march, we keep moving till dark, so as to give the enemy the least possible chance at us. When we camp, half the party stays awake while the other half sleeps. If we take prisoners, we keep 'em separate til we have had time to examine them, so they can't cook up a story between 'em. Don't ever march home the same way. Take a different route so you won't be ambushed. No matter whether we travel in big parties or little ones, each party has to keep a scout 20 yards ahead, twenty yards on each flank and twenty yards in the rear, so the main body can't be surprised and wiped out. Every night you'll be told where to meet if surrounded by a superior force. Don't sit down to eat without posting sentries. Don't sleep beyond dawn. Dawn's when the French and Indians attack. Don't cross a river by a regular ford. If somebody's trailing you, make a circle, come back onto your own tracks, and ambush the folks that aim to ambush you. Don't stand up when the enemy's coming against you. Kneel down. Hide behind a tree. Let the enemy come till he's almost close enough to touch. Then let him have it and jump out and finish him up with your hatchet.
Agreed. Nothing will take the place of in the face training but this video was gold and reinforced the importance of tactics vs only training for skill proficiency. Don't know how you would keep the videos from being pirated so that probably answers that.
@@135791113ful It's not that. We're all conservatives here. That means we're productive members of society busy providing for our families and making the world a better place. It's the time investment that many of us cannot afford.
Really enjoy the videos, I’m a retired Canadian law enforcement officer with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Your passion is of the charts and a lot of great perspectives.
@@MJScoutArchMar search bar: Jocko podcast RUclips. Jocko was the task unit commander for task unit bruiser of seal team 3 in ramadi Iraq in 2006. They became the most decorated of the Iraq war. Very good insight
I enjoyed what you had to say in this class. I spent some time in the Infantry and have long felt the same way as you. Infantry training consists of a little bit of firing and alot of tactics, so the Army must agree,too. That is what keeps the most people alive.
This information is presented so well, crisply, and efficiently, it legitimately sounds like you're narrating a book. Superb content, a perfect blend of the practice and explanation behind all of it. So much to learn from, not just the content itself but how it's presented.
Have been blessed to see this in person with pistol 1 and 2 and about to see rifle 1 in a few weeks. If you have the chance to take one (or more) of John's classes, it's a non-stop learning experience, and well worth the time and money.
The amount of valuable information you will receive in one of Johns classes is unbelievable. I highly recommend training with him, not only will you gain the knowledge to become a better protector, you will also have access to his infinite goodie bag of dad jokes and along the way you will meet great like minded people. I sure look forward to more training with John. I even got my wife on board with doing some training.
I am from Georgetown, SC where Francis Marion spent some of his life both before and during the Revolutionary War. But I was amazed that nobody in this class knew who he was. He is a hero in eastern SC. I took pistol 2 in april, this video was a great refresher. Awesome video!
I know basically nothing about this guy, but he's touching down on a subject I've kinda noticed.... So many people train up on shooting skills but they train under their conditions, their terms, with the perfect headphones, shades, etc. They train themselves to shoot in a one-sided fight, with no opposition, no return fire, no moving targets. That's a VERY small piece of the puzzle....
John you speak so eloquently and are a genius of your craft (as well as other crafts). Thank you for all the videos and information and comedy! It is an honor to be able to be a student of your teachings.
First video of yours that I've seen and now I'm subscribed. Truly appreciate conversations around this subject that cut to the chase and deal with logic and practicality. Bueno.
This one video has probably taught me more than 100 other gun videos. Thanks for taking the time to put it up on RUclips. Please continue these kinds of videos!
OMG. This gave me an idea! Competition layout. But people with sim munitions standing where the targets are. You have to go through the stage killing them and not being killed!!!! John make this happen!
There used to be a place here in Orlando where you wore pain belts and vests and it was like laser tag on crack. Don’t think those guys are in business anymore though.
The military does stuff like that. As do a variety of police and security forces. It's good training. MILES or SAAB gear is often used in place of simmunition though.
This is by far the best video I've seen on the topic of tactics in a "civilian" context. Money. You compare that commentary with the video of you at that baller simulator place and you can really see behind the curtain that is the warriorpoet. Your brain is a gunfighting computer. Exceptionally fascinating.
Yes! Tim Larkin's "When Violence is the Answer" has some GREAT advice along these lines. Rex Applegate's "Bullseyes Don't Shoot Back" as well. Playing tournament/Xball paintball (not the sluggish woodsball) has huge lessons in the use of cover, movement, and communication...How to turn a 2 on 1 fight from a flanking T to a manageable inline I. Hence my emphasis on one tiny tactics checkbox...ambidexterity. And for handguns, once ambidextrous, making the left hand primary for weapon presentation.
Some of the very best video I have seen whereby a true patriot is educating his fellow countrymen on the fundamentals of self-protection and fighting. Furthermore, John is the least arrogant-appearing, bad ass dude I think I have seen. I could have watched hours of this without pause. Incredible. A very compelling speaker. It would be an honor to have some training time with him.
I hope people will listen to this young man as he has a very smart mindset from what I can tell. I am twice his age easily & every time I watch 1 of his videos I learn something new.
17 SHOOTINGS >>>> a retied Chicago robbery - gang detective said ( paraphrased & I think it was 12 or 17 ) ...... "I got into over a dozen shootings / shootouts and in only two of them was I able to get a 2 handed grip on my gun, the rest all happened so fast that I only had a 1 hand grip" .
Theirs 3 videos of cops "limp wristing" their gun and it malfunctioning the one I saw the cop died and I try to tell the glock fanboys their glocks swooped grip makes limp wristing much more a problem and they always say well that's why we train like they will always get a perfect grip...
@@jakehansen3418 you can limp wrist any hand gun, it most definitely is a training issue. You wouldn't blame the gun if someone forgot to disengage a safety on say a 1911 in a gun fight.
@@dylanclark8358 you will limp wrist a glock if you're 1 handed and moving garenteed no other gun does this you can give me the trianing bullshit all you want but because of the grip angle it's more prone to limp wristing then any other gun on the market and its gotten people killed.
@@jakehansen3418 no and no. There are plenty of videos showing people shooting glocks with one hand on the move in training and actual live combat without issue. Im not sure where you're getting this delusion from. If the design was as heavily flawed as you're making it out to be glock wouldn't be the most prolific modern Le/Mil and civi sidearm.
This is the kind of knowledge, experience and training you can expect from John at one of his courses. And he’ll talk to you and instruct you like you’ve known each other for years.
Alright, you whippersnapper.. You referenced Francis Marion "The Swamp Fox" in this video. Bet you didn't know there was a Disney mini series production about said "Swamp Fox" done in '59 and '60 staring Leslie Nelson. And, you can find episodes on You Tube. Gonna train with you one day if I can ever find an opening. Love your work.
Swamp Fox, Swamp Fox, tail on his hat... nobody knows where the Swamp Fox at; Swamp Fox, Swamp Fox, hiding in the glen, He'll ride away to fight again. Got no money, got no beds, got no roof above our heads; got no shelter when it rains, All we've got is Yankee brains!
Thank you for imparting great wisdom. It's now my responsibility to use it! Simplicity is and always has been and always will be genius. Great way to weave in a history lesson for effect.
I wish you were at our FOF facility back in 2001 we would have had so much fun. That is all we taught, the dynamic fight and ever changing realization of learning in the game.
Excellent work, man. Liked and subbed. As others've said already, your phrase "high-speed death-chess" -- is a keeper. Usually comes with tunnel vision and one's fine motor skills go out the window.
The bit about competitive shooting being a sport reminded me of a great Ernest Hemingway quote: "Bull fighting, auto racing and mountain climbing are the only true sports...all others are games." Just a tidbit to round off the poet side. Thanks for sponsoring the vid. Will check out the store.
This is so so good I hope people really understand the service you are providing telling them the truth. Force on force and scenario based training to validate skills is eye opening for almost everyone.
Sonny Puzikas had been saying this for years. The use of the firearm is maybe 15% of the overall amount of skill needed to survive a gunfight. All the rest is what's referred to as "combat tactics".
Colonel Francis Marion is one of my heroes. I was so glad to hear John reference him. As a youth, I faithfully watched the "Swamp Fox" series on our black and white TV. It lead me to think that without the Swamp Fox there might not be a United States today.
I attended John's pistol course in Colorado Springs a coupla months ago. Highly recommend it. It's all gunnin and funnin and hella good one-on-one training. John and I scoffed 3 cheeseburgers each for lunch.
They aren’t recruiting people that are average or below average intellectually. Intelligence and emotional fortitude are a couple of the key attributes that enable a person to persevere through a program like BUDS or Ranger training. It makes sense that they would also be comfortable in a training/public speaking platform, and have the ability to articulately convey their knowledge to others.
One of my biggest complaints re: gun channels, is how critics review ccw firearms with target shooting wants, needs and desires. Street gunfights don't typically allow for reloads, proper hand and eye coordination etc... Much of it is mental and physical conditioning. Great advice in this video.
@@gunsandcommissions ---No. He was the character Khan in "Star Trek the Wrath of Khan". He was also the star of "Fantasy Island" on television. In the seventies he did television commercials for the Chryrsler Cordoba car. He stressed the Corinthian leather and it was just ridiculous.
I’ve been watching your channel for awhile now let me say thank you for your time and service. Situation awareness for a woman is very important I’ve been carrying sense I’ve been watching you’re channel I shot twice a week or more you certainly make it easy to understand and give confidence Thank you
This is spot on. I was a combat weapons instructor in the military and didn't really learn tactics until I became a cop patrolling a really bad neighborhood at night. Tactics is everything.
Finally someone is talking about this. Nice work John. Cheers 🍻
At last these two come across each other.
yessir
SHAWN! :) WE LOVE YOU !
"High-Speed Death-Chess." Officially added to my WPS vocabulary.
Chess Kombat anybody? You know, from Mortal Kombat
Ditto
You mean jiu jitsu
thats a good idea for WPS T-shirt High-Speed Death-Chess Player
Mine too...🇺🇸
Your energy is crazy, man! I gave you a hard time on an earlier video, but I take it back. Your enthusiasm to the gun world is contagious. We need more people like you, to save our asses, when the SHTF. Keep up the good work, my friend. The bottom line is... I want YOU on my side, when things go south. Period. Great video!
As Mike Tyson put it so succinctly: "Everybody's got a plan 'til they get punched in the face."
*thuthinktly*
Thaths waths up!
Or lose an ear...
Punthed in the Facthe
I don't think that applies so much in average everyday defensive situations. Mike Tyson fought guys in rings who were on his level except for BMI, power, speed, balance and endurance, regulated by a strict set of rules, refs, and matched by similar techniques and fighting styles. Not much room for planning. It's sports. What's true in the ring isn't so true on the streets, and visa-versa. Mike Tyson's a showman, not a "fighter" in the context of this video.
Anyway, if I was shopping 1 day and some random weirdo struck a service bell at a counter twice (DING-DING), Mr. Tyson bumped his gloves together and started to dance about in his fancy undies like he'd try that shit on me, I'd be quite likely to go Indiana Jones on his show-casing ass, but with a can of pepper spray, not a revolver. Then he could try to catch me for a punch or ear-bite as I'd run out the door, hop on my bicycle, ride off and leave his gasping, goofy face and strong arms behind to box his shadow, mug somebody else, go back and stick his face in the water fountain or whatever. I wouldn't care much at that point. What I'm saying is that sometimes even a halfway decent start of a plan, or a more fitting hypothetical scenario, beats a great ill-fitting anecdote.
"This wallet has Tiger stitching. I don't know what that means but it sounds aggressive." Comments like this are why I absolutely love and support this channel!
*Skills: Speed, immaculate timing, and power.*
*Tactics: I throw a grenade, because I keep missing the target.*
Automatic weapons = accuracy by volume
@@svolkmer Automatic weapons = time release buckshot.....
That was an eye opening two days of class. If you have an opportunity to take a class from John and don’t, you are doing yourself a disservice.
You need more videos like this, could watch for hours. Practical advice.
Jake Wright yup !
I agree, but he needs to withhold some info, otherwise no one would pay for his classes
Jake Subscribe to my channel if you like this information. I'm not as cool as this guy or nearly as popular, but I've been through SHTF scenarios a handful of times and am here to tell those stories.
I was in this class! John did an amazing job teaching us, and he is as real as he is in the vids. Just a great guy. If you get a chance to go to a class, jump on it!
ALUMNI!!!! Thanks brother
It’s good to be an alumni! Rifle 1 and 2 will be my next classes. God bless brother!
Where are his classes located?
My brother was at that class, he said is was amazing and he learned a lot. Keep doing what you do man!
We need a HIGH-SPEED DEATH-CHESS shirt! Because we like to party!
fuckin A
Hell yeah high speed death chess it’s your move Beto lol
@J this comment is underrated, and now I have to go check if this is a thing already.
I have a shirt with that on it. It says “Jiu Jitsu”.
I present to you sir, 🏅, the Golden Comment Award.
As much as I hate social media I'm so happy for the way its helping build strength in the 2A community. Watch and subscribe to all 2A content creators and get all your friends out shooting.
This is the reason I have such high regard for you. No crap, no hype, no square range training scars, All well thought out and from experience, critically analysed and distilled. I may disagree at times, but cannot argue with the logic you bring. Great vid!!!!
I learn what you were speaking about in the Service as a Army Infantryman, that said I got out in 1984. I really need a refresher course.
Well done video. As a martial arts instructor myself, we teach tactics over techniques, but its a constant exercise. There are those in the crowd that just don't want to do the work, so you'll lose the majority of them. Some come back, others you never see again, then there are those that stay, and that is "the group".
Many times you can pick out the ones that are just waiting to learn how to shoot, or hit in a martial arts sense. You get to know that look. Fortunately, sometimes I'm surprised and I'm glad, not for any other reason but that gives me the opportunity to pass on good knowledge, and that is my reward.
Anyway, I'm a new subscriber now.
One of my 6th great grandfathers served under Francis Marion in SC and I even hame some correspondence proving it! So proud of him.
I could listen to John go on and on about tactics and battle philosophy forever and never get bored.
Lose Librarian Bod?✔️
History lesson ? ✔️
Ironic Intro ? ✔️
Dad Joke? ✖️
Ugh!!! My priorities got flipped!! Forgive me!!! 😮😞😬
Warrior Poet Society My wallet keeps running out of cash, does your wallet fix this problem?
@@Whitpusmc I’m more worried about Carole Baskins showing up at my door..
Nah, he said the poetry/warrior poet thing. I believe that counts
This talk-through session is a great example of how continued-learning occurs. Getting behind cover causing the threat to move, follow, flank is a critical data point that I will definitely throw into my tactics toolbox.
Love this content! 👍
+1 on the Swamp Fox reference. Don't forget Roger's Rangers either:
Don't forget nothing.
Have your musket clean as a whistle, hatchet scoured, sixty rounds powder and ball, and be ready to march at a minute's warning.
When you're on the march, act the way you would if you was sneaking up on a deer. See the enemy first.
Tell the truth about what you see and do. There is an army depending on us for correct information. You can lie all you please when you tell other folks about the Rangers, but don't never lie to a Ranger or officer.
Don't never take a chance you don't have to.
When we're on the march we march single file, far enough apart so one shot can't go through two men.
If we strike swamps, or soft ground, we spread out abreast, so it's hard to track us.
When we march, we keep moving till dark, so as to give the enemy the least possible chance at us.
When we camp, half the party stays awake while the other half sleeps.
If we take prisoners, we keep 'em separate til we have had time to examine them, so they can't cook up a story between 'em.
Don't ever march home the same way. Take a different route so you won't be ambushed.
No matter whether we travel in big parties or little ones, each party has to keep a scout 20 yards ahead, twenty yards on each flank and twenty yards in the rear, so the main body can't be surprised and wiped out.
Every night you'll be told where to meet if surrounded by a superior force.
Don't sit down to eat without posting sentries.
Don't sleep beyond dawn. Dawn's when the French and Indians attack.
Don't cross a river by a regular ford.
If somebody's trailing you, make a circle, come back onto your own tracks, and ambush the folks that aim to ambush you.
Don't stand up when the enemy's coming against you. Kneel down. Hide behind a tree.
Let the enemy come till he's almost close enough to touch. Then let him have it and jump out and finish him up with your hatchet.
Whats a regular Ford?
Rob Aldrich a river crossing
Occasional goosebumps are a result of the warrior mindset you were born with and the patriotism you learned and earned. Oh and love of history.
Most of us will probably never be able to attend your class. Do you foresee putting some on video for purchase?
Agreed. Nothing will take the place of in the face training but this video was gold and reinforced the importance of tactics vs only training for skill proficiency. Don't know how you would keep the videos from being pirated so that probably answers that.
All skills are lost with great tactics.
i'm in a class next month. save up. not expensive.
@@135791113ful It's not that. We're all conservatives here. That means we're productive members of society busy providing for our families and making the world a better place. It's the time investment that many of us cannot afford.
@@deathlis gotcha.
Really enjoy the videos, I’m a retired Canadian law enforcement officer with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Your passion is of the charts and a lot of great perspectives.
You're a pretty well rounded dude. Love all your videos. You'd be great on the Jocko podcast
Yes, get this man on the Jocko podcast, do it ! :)
Check.
Heck yes!!!
What and where is the jacko podcast?
@@MJScoutArchMar search bar: Jocko podcast RUclips.
Jocko was the task unit commander for task unit bruiser of seal team 3 in ramadi Iraq in 2006. They became the most decorated of the Iraq war. Very good insight
John, thank you for your contributions to humanity. It doesn't go unnoticed and is very much appreciated. A true patriot and scholar.
Finally someone who has a head on their shoulders about the real fight.
I enjoyed what you had to say in this class. I spent some time in the Infantry and have long felt the same way as you. Infantry training consists of a little bit of firing and alot of tactics, so the Army must agree,too. That is what keeps the most people alive.
10:06 "I got chill bumps thinking about, just, history alive, electric, whispering us to the past". YES!
This information is presented so well, crisply, and efficiently, it legitimately sounds like you're narrating a book. Superb content, a perfect blend of the practice and explanation behind all of it. So much to learn from, not just the content itself but how it's presented.
You make me want to be a better man... not in a weird way.
beckerod777 i second this comment
Also in a weird way.
beckerod777 Saying “you make me” to another man is impossible not to be weird.
@@henrique3045 Maybe just a little... just sayin'... ;)
@Caramel Johnson it was a joke
Have been blessed to see this in person with pistol 1 and 2 and about to see rifle 1 in a few weeks. If you have the chance to take one (or more) of John's classes, it's a non-stop learning experience, and well worth the time and money.
Thank you for sharing these life saving lessons with us John!
The amount of valuable information you will receive in one of Johns classes is unbelievable. I highly recommend training with him, not only will you gain the knowledge to become a better protector, you will also have access to his infinite goodie bag of dad jokes and along the way you will meet great like minded people. I sure look forward to more training with John. I even got my wife on board with doing some training.
Noooooo.....that video ended way to soon. NEED a part 2 John....
Best video on this topic that I ve seen.
Most people don't have a clue.
I hope this video goes viral!!
Meeting you is on my bucket list one day........keep dropping the knowledge and thank you
I am from Georgetown, SC where Francis Marion spent some of his life both before and during the Revolutionary War. But I was amazed that nobody in this class knew who he was. He is a hero in eastern SC. I took pistol 2 in april, this video was a great refresher. Awesome video!
John, Thank you very much. GOD Bless you and your family!!!
The few minutes of how this dude describes a violent encounter ....... it’s refreshing to hear . Well done.
Best Video in a while, heck maybe since your thunder ranch interview with Clint Smith..... good stuff John!
I hope my soon to be wife and I move to Texas so I can attend your classes. You're easily becoming someone I look up too. Stay safe , stay vigilant.
I didn’t know that RFID is no longer an issue. Thanks for the update.
Gary Klimeck - verify what you hear. Don’t just take it as gospel. Look in to that and make up your own mind.
Reminds me of my first class with Paul Castle and the CAR system; weapon punches at close range to gain space was a new thing for me.
I know basically nothing about this guy, but he's touching down on a subject I've kinda noticed.... So many people train up on shooting skills but they train under their conditions, their terms, with the perfect headphones, shades, etc. They train themselves to shoot in a one-sided fight, with no opposition, no return fire, no moving targets. That's a VERY small piece of the puzzle....
"Boards don't hit back." - Bruce Lee
He's former 75th Ranger Regiment. Scroll down to the very first video he posted years ago and start watching from there.
John you speak so eloquently and are a genius of your craft (as well as other crafts). Thank you for all the videos and information and comedy! It is an honor to be able to be a student of your teachings.
First video of yours that I've seen and now I'm subscribed. Truly appreciate conversations around this subject that cut to the chase and deal with logic and practicality. Bueno.
Thanks and welcome!!!
This one video has probably taught me more than 100 other gun videos. Thanks for taking the time to put it up on RUclips. Please continue these kinds of videos!
That is some of the best learning words right here! Every person who carry's a firearm needs to hear this stuff 👍🏻 Thnx for all that u do ME! 😁😎
Thank you John. I look forward to learning more to protect my family
OMG. This gave me an idea! Competition layout. But people with sim munitions standing where the targets are. You have to go through the stage killing them and not being killed!!!! John make this happen!
This could work!
I think that's just called force on force training...
There used to be a place here in Orlando where you wore pain belts and vests and it was like laser tag on crack. Don’t think those guys are in business anymore though.
The military does stuff like that. As do a variety of police and security forces. It's good training. MILES or SAAB gear is often used in place of simmunition though.
This exists. Strap on some MILES gear, blank firing adaptors and get to work.
This is by far the best video I've seen on the topic of tactics in a "civilian" context. Money. You compare that commentary with the video of you at that baller simulator place and you can really see behind the curtain that is the warriorpoet. Your brain is a gunfighting computer. Exceptionally fascinating.
Very well put together, great words of wisdom too.
Fantastic
My family and I are on our 3rd time through the swamp fox series. Great old show
Love it John. You better send some stickers with my new belt! You left me hanging last time. This time you’re going to hook me up I can feel it.
LOVE THAT YOU advertised your own wallet and said it has tiger stitching and did not know what that meant. You are a good guy.
Yes! Tim Larkin's "When Violence is the Answer" has some GREAT advice along these lines. Rex Applegate's "Bullseyes Don't Shoot Back" as well. Playing tournament/Xball paintball (not the sluggish woodsball) has huge lessons in the use of cover, movement, and communication...How to turn a 2 on 1 fight from a flanking T to a manageable inline I. Hence my emphasis on one tiny tactics checkbox...ambidexterity. And for handguns, once ambidextrous, making the left hand primary for weapon presentation.
Respect is earned not given. You have earned it. Thank you for what you have done and do for our Country.
Frances Marion, America's first asymmetrical war fighter! Force multiplication was his calling card!
👍🏾 the Silver Fox
He learned it from the Native Americans. Guerrilla warfare.
Some of the very best video I have seen whereby a true patriot is educating his fellow countrymen on the fundamentals of self-protection and fighting. Furthermore, John is the least arrogant-appearing, bad ass dude I think I have seen. I could have watched hours of this without pause. Incredible. A very compelling speaker. It would be an honor to have some training time with him.
i'd love to enroll in one of your training sessions man!
He does have a website where you can register...
Don’t talk about it, do it! I did and it was worth every penny. Doing 2 more of his classes before the end of the year.
I hope people will listen to this young man as he has a very smart mindset from what I can tell. I am twice his age easily & every time I watch 1 of his videos I learn something new.
Wow. I legitimately had no idea of the level of thought that goes into this sort of thing. Also, this guy is amazing. Subbed.
Every time I watch one of your videos it reminds me how important it is to always be a student. Thanks john
17 SHOOTINGS >>>> a retied Chicago robbery - gang detective said ( paraphrased & I think it was 12 or 17 ) ...... "I got into over a dozen shootings / shootouts and in only two of them was I able to get a 2 handed grip on my gun, the rest all happened so fast that I only had a 1 hand grip" .
Theirs 3 videos of cops "limp wristing" their gun and it malfunctioning the one I saw the cop died and I try to tell the glock fanboys their glocks swooped grip makes limp wristing much more a problem and they always say well that's why we train like they will always get a perfect grip...
@@jakehansen3418 you can limp wrist any hand gun, it most definitely is a training issue. You wouldn't blame the gun if someone forgot to disengage a safety on say a 1911 in a gun fight.
@@dylanclark8358 you will limp wrist a glock if you're 1 handed and moving garenteed no other gun does this you can give me the trianing bullshit all you want but because of the grip angle it's more prone to limp wristing then any other gun on the market and its gotten people killed.
Which is why it is just as important to train yourself to be fast and accurate with one hand gripping your pistol as it is with both hands.
@@jakehansen3418 no and no. There are plenty of videos showing people shooting glocks with one hand on the move in training and actual live combat without issue. Im not sure where you're getting this delusion from. If the design was as heavily flawed as you're making it out to be glock wouldn't be the most prolific modern Le/Mil and civi sidearm.
This is the kind of knowledge, experience and training you can expect from John at one of his courses. And he’ll talk to you and instruct you like you’ve known each other for years.
Alright, you whippersnapper.. You referenced Francis Marion "The Swamp Fox" in this video. Bet you didn't know there was a Disney mini series production about said "Swamp Fox" done in '59 and '60 staring Leslie Nelson. And, you can find episodes on You Tube. Gonna train with you one day if I can ever find an opening. Love your work.
Love that show!
My kids do too
Love that show!!
My kids do too!
He's also mentioned in a book called sua sponte
Swamp Fox, Swamp Fox, tail on his hat... nobody knows where the Swamp Fox at; Swamp Fox, Swamp Fox, hiding in the glen, He'll ride away to fight again. Got no money, got no beds, got no roof above our heads; got no shelter when it rains, All we've got is Yankee brains!
No way!
Sir attitude will get you through first and foremost always be ready, never back down and never ever quite. fight always and in every way
It’s very entertaining watching John with the sound off.
Thank you for imparting great wisdom. It's now my responsibility to use it! Simplicity is and always has been and always will be genius. Great way to weave in a history lesson for effect.
It's no surprise people say "they came out of nowhere". I see so many people walking down the street oblivious to their surroundings.
John that was probably one of the best videos you have ever done.
There are no style points in self-defense. Winners and losers are often determined by blood loss and chalk outlines.
There is no such thing as a pretty loss or a beautiful defeat.
I wish you were at our FOF facility back in 2001 we would have had so much fun. That is all we taught, the dynamic fight and ever changing realization of learning in the game.
I'm so sad that you're in Texas and I missed out. I need to stay on top of your training schedule locations.
Josh Benware
Me too Josh, I attended the Texas class in Cresson in 2018... hated missing this one!
Josh Benware we need it closer to houston/San Antonio.....attended his eagle lake 2 years ago
@@bgarza5506 yeah, I'm all the way down in corpus. San antonio wouldnt be too bad of a drive.
Josh Benware I’m in San Antonio and that would suit me just fine!
Derek Antunes if you’re in SA, check out Paraclete Consulting Group out of New Braunfels! Great dudes to train with...
Excellent work, man. Liked and subbed. As others've said already, your phrase "high-speed death-chess" -- is a keeper. Usually comes with tunnel vision and one's fine motor skills go out the window.
Love your videos man!! Keep up the great work!!!
Terrific tutorial for civilians and non-Infantry Veterans. Thank you for the resource to use with my civilian volunteer security team.
Great video, I need to get down to Texas and take one of your classes.
Truly good content when the comments are respectful. Thanks !
This is some great content. Love theses vids. 👍🏽
The bit about competitive shooting being a sport reminded me of a great Ernest Hemingway quote: "Bull fighting, auto racing and mountain climbing are the only true sports...all others are games." Just a tidbit to round off the poet side.
Thanks for sponsoring the vid. Will check out the store.
High speed death Chess is now the only way I’m referring to combat
This is so so good I hope people really understand the service you are providing telling them the truth.
Force on force and scenario based training to validate skills is eye opening for almost everyone.
Sonny Puzikas had been saying this for years. The use of the firearm is maybe 15% of the overall amount of skill needed to survive a gunfight. All the rest is what's referred to as "combat tactics".
Colonel Francis Marion is one of my heroes. I was so glad to hear John reference him. As a youth, I faithfully watched the "Swamp Fox" series on our black and white TV. It lead me to think that without the Swamp Fox there might not be a United States today.
I attended John's pistol course in Colorado Springs a coupla months ago. Highly recommend it. It's all gunnin and funnin and hella good one-on-one training. John and I scoffed 3 cheeseburgers each for lunch.
I like the way you say coupla
Those cheese burgers didn't pose a threat for long
Paul Tweedlie - anybody that uses “hella” should be shot in the dick.
This is one of the most accurate videos on gun tube. I could not agree more with speed and aggression, now of we could just solve aging....
Special forces must have an amazing special speech training boot camp.. Every ex Seal, Ranger, Green Beret can talk talk talk talk talk... LOL
Confident teachers...
I would say just the RUclips ones trying to make a buck off tactical wannabes
Serving entails many long hours of boredom there isn't much else to do but talk. All of the vets I have known are supreme BSers in a good way.
@will Roland look where we are today!
They aren’t recruiting people that are average or below average intellectually. Intelligence and emotional fortitude are a couple of the key attributes that enable a person to persevere through a program like BUDS or Ranger training. It makes sense that they would also be comfortable in a training/public speaking platform, and have the ability to articulately convey their knowledge to others.
Well dang, Cresson is only 10 mins from my house! I love and appreciate this channel and will be looking into getting some of this training.
Swamp Fox- always fighting at the time and on the ground of his choosing.
Hell, I went to Francis Marion U, named after him.
JohnnyUtah71 - Florence, SC, know it well.
I remember watching Swamp Fox on TV when I was a kid growing up. Of course they won't show something like that nowadays.
That was fantastic content John!
John should do a video with Lucas from T Rex Arms . That would be a really interesting video to watch
We’ve wanted to for a long time! Lucas is a machine. Incredible shooter. Great human being.
Yeap, nice gathering that would be. It is good also for crossed channel recommendation.
Ronin Tactics Inc. would be another great collab... 👌
@@WarriorPoetSociety I agree. I really appreciate how he appeals to the younger generations. I resignate with those little arms.
Check out tactical riflemans last live chat....
One of my biggest complaints re: gun channels, is how critics review ccw firearms with target shooting wants, needs and desires. Street gunfights don't typically allow for reloads, proper hand and eye coordination etc... Much of it is mental and physical conditioning. Great advice in this video.
John, I would love to see you on the Joe Rogan experience
"Tactics are outrageously more important than skill". You know the guy's the real deal.
Subscribed.
Is Horween leather anything like rich Corinthian leather?😉
Ricardo Montalban would say no. (you have to be an old timer to get that reference).
@@jonasgrumby4393 i get the reference whats that say about me
@@jonasgrumby4393 I almost put you'd have to be an old timer to get this!😉
Is that the “you look mahvelous” and “it’s better to look good than feel good” guy?
@@gunsandcommissions ---No. He was the character Khan in "Star Trek the Wrath of Khan". He was also the star of "Fantasy Island" on television.
In the seventies he did television commercials for the Chryrsler Cordoba car.
He stressed the Corinthian leather and it was just ridiculous.
I’ve been watching your channel for awhile now let me say thank you for your time and service. Situation awareness for a woman is very important I’ve been carrying sense I’ve been watching you’re channel I shot twice a week or more you certainly make it easy to understand and give confidence
Thank you
Tiger stitching? Didn't know tigers could sew 🤣
They have surprisingly nimble claws
..."That's why we rule the animals"... Great video Warrior Poet!