Practical Defense
A practical approach to staying safe in our increasingly dangerous urban environments. Learn simple strategies and everyday habits from Alex Haddox that will help protect you and your loved ones from harm. Hear interviews with experts on the criminal mind and listen to stories directly from real victims. When you understand what a criminal looks for in a target, you can avoid taking on those characteristics and thus escape selection.

Tournaments as Training Devices - with guest host, Paul Wilson. This week Paul and I discuss the merits of martial arts tournaments in terms of the lessons they teach and experience they provide for self-defense. Tournament sparring is far from the reality of the street, but occasional participation can provide valuable insight and training opportunities.

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Quick Tip of the Week - Screens are not barriers

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Child Safety - Tips and lessons for your children to help keep them safer. Topics include controversy over "Don't talk to Strangers" and "Stranger Danger," being selective with whom you invite into your home, inappropriate touching, common dangers inside the home, setting physical boundaries, what to memorize and weapons in the home with children.

The focus of this episode is on children between the ages of 3 and 5.

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Quick Tip of the Week - Walk Facing Traffic

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