297 - Terence Mitchell: Are you trained?
Guest post from a friend in the U.S.
Thanks to our friend Terence Mitchell of Trained Tactics in the U.S. for sharing this post with Journal readers - find his links below.
Terence has a Police/ Military and security background and has many years of experience delivering personal safety training for men, women and teens.
This post will seem familiar in content and outlook to One In One and Force Necessary trainees, whether here in the UK or further afield.
As things get more interesting by the week - for those of us without our heads stuck in the sand or…elsewhere, it’s worth reminding ourselves of the impetus to train and that it is identical wherever we are. This also ties in with the discussion from a previous post . Jeth
Terence writes:
Are you trained?
Made all the excuses, justified your mindset and looked at the prepared as crazy, lucky, or hobbyists.
Of course, time, resources, discipline are difficult. So much to deal with already. It’s not a real concern, you FEEL safe.
Nothing is going to happen.
Don’t realize the stories of the crazy, lucky are rarely promoted in the media, which benefits from a fear society, one where you depend on others for help/survival.
You never hear about crime, real crime in nice areas. It lowers the value.
1 in 3 women are sexually assaulted, and it happens every 90 seconds. Take 2 mins, I’ll wait.
This is the reality.
Crimes apparently only happens in poor areas. This narrative supports who?
When the help doesn’t arrive timely… too bad.
When somebody doesn’t survive or gets seriously injured it’s and oh well and life continues as usual.
Same narrative if only the state gave more taxpayer money, all of the town, city problems will go away.
The new normal isn’t that new after all.
That’s the game folks, the elite can have access to whatever they choose, they can hire personal protection (like me), they can have LEO at their door in mins.
You not so much.
Be your own first responder.
Learn survival tips, develop a game-plan, practice it so you are prepared.
Do whatever you must. To know that you know that you know.
Find Terence’s work here:
Yes, I end up talking to quite a few people about training, and I am often surprised by the “I’m quite busy at the moment, but I’ll look into it” response.
I’m one of those people who felt safe, in spite of knowing the stats from an early age. And I was going to say “it’s been absolutely years since I experienced any kind of assault/danger” but I suppose it depends on what “counts”.
I feel much less safe now than I did, which I think is a reflection of an increased appreciation of reality. Objectively, I can see that I am better prepared now than I was.
Thanks for this article - it’s really interesting. Will check out the links.
I am on it! Thank you Terence! Looking into your links on my long journey back to the UK.
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