Up here, the shortest distance between two points is a route you really don’t want to travel. It’s called straight down the fall line, and you generally arrive at your unintended destination with an assortment of lacerations and fractures.
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Small Unit Tactics Recommended for Smart Preppers
“The control of a large force is the same in principle as the control of a few men; it is merely a question of dividing up their numbers. Fighting with a large army under your command is nowise different from fighting with a small one. It is merely a question of instituting signs and signals.”—So wrote the Chinese General Sun Tzu in his treatise The Art of War some 500 years before the birth of Christ. Today we are going to cover the small unit tactics that every survival group should know.
Blacksmithing Basics – Becoming a good blacksmith
Independence and self-reliance are the cornerstones of survival. The foundation you choose to build will depend on your personal philosophy. You may anticipate social collapse and a breakdown of the system, or you already find the system distasteful and have chosen an alternative lifestyle.
Natural Navigation 13 Ways To Navigate With Nature
Natural navigation is something that has become lost in this day and age of technology. People have become more and more reliant on the use of smartphones and GPS for navigation. However, what happens if there was a natural disaster or anything else that meant you had to bug out? It is likely that in a situation like that, you are not going to have very long to use your devices. You may be lucky and have a specialized GPS and a solar charger, but what happens if you don’t, or if you have one, but it breaks? You are going to find yourself up a creek without a paddle, and possibly literally.
Making Tofu For Your Survival Pantry
As any survival oriented person knows, protein is essential to one’s daily diet in order to maintain good health and to carry out the many tasks of day to day existence. In a survival situation where anxiety and physical exertion will be greater, it is even more important to fuel our bodies with good protein, minerals, and vitamins.
Freeze-Drying Food At Home – 3 Easy Methods
Learning freeze-drying food at home is one of the best things that any prepper can do. As we have said in many articles, food should be a last resort of anyone who is in danger. However, if you have already thought about it beforehand, you will not need to think about it at all. Dehydrating your food is one way to keep food in long term storage, but in this article, we are going to look at how and why you should be freeze-drying food at home.
Hand to Hand Combat – 8 Practical Tips
This theoretical article will explore the different elements of hand to hand combat, also introducing several practical tactics that can aid in a valid conclusion to a fight. Although we discuss supplementary weapons, the term “hand to hand” as applicable here relates to conflicts where the only defense is the hand.
One of the best ways to prepare yourself for any fight is to take up martial arts training. There are many types of martial arts that you can take up, and it all depends on what your goal is and how long you have to train for them. The earlier you start, the more prepared you are going to be if you need to use it. We have recently published an article about Asian Martial Arts, and we highly recommend you read that before you decide which you take up.
Food Poisoning Symptoms and Prevention
“You are what you eat,” goes an old saying. Each year in the U.S., an estimated 8 million cases of food poisoning prove the wisdom of that saying.
Most of those suffering from food poisoning experience stomach cramps, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever for a few days before getting better on their own. They often come through the experience a few pounds lighter, but far wiser (at least concerning food safety) than they were before they got sick.
Surviving Chemical Weapons Without Special Equipment
Chemical weapons and chemical warfare, these almost forgotten threats. There are some good news and bad news about them. The bad news is that chemical weapons are alive and well today. They’ve been around in the 21st century, dating back to WWI when a number of countries started using them.
The Ultimate Home Defense Guide – 10 Easy To Implement Strategies
What does the recent social upheaval happening all over the world mean to you and your ability to defend yourself and your home? Many people’s home defense plans are predicated on a collapse of civil order…. today’s city dweller often lives in conditions that make it look like that collapse has already happened.
Primitive Survival – 23 Top Tips
If you are a prepper, then you are likely ready for almost anything that can happen. However, what happens when things go worse than you have ever planned? You may find yourself thrown into a position where you need to call upon your primitive survival techniques.
One of the most unfortunate things about a scenario like this is that most people, even preppers, are not knowledgeable enough in primitive survival to last any length of time.
Cold Injuries Management and Successful Treatment
The exposure to cold in a survival situation ranks as one of the most difficult medical problems facing the survival paramedic. Cold injuries management and treatment should be part of your training if you spend a lot of time outdoors or if you happen to live in a cold climate.
Excessive Body Heat Loss and How To Stay Warm
As surely as winter follows summer, you will read headlines announcing the inevitable deaths resulting from blizzards. Many of the reported fatalities will concern motorists who become stuck in snowdrifts.