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The Academy: Personal Leadership Development: January 2013
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The Academy: Personal Leadership Development. Tuesday, January 1, 2013. High Utility" Firearm and Combatives Skill Development. 8220;High Utility” Firearm and Combatives Skill Development. Qualification Processes versus Holistic Skill Development Systems). Impress upon the reader. Skill Performance (Conscious vs. Unconscious Skill Competencies). Does that mean that a skill that is not internalized at the level of “unconscious competence” cannot be used? Absolutely not. In fact most physical skill set...
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The Academy: Personal Leadership Development: Pad/Focus Mitt Drill Challenge – "Tactical" Striking
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The Academy: Personal Leadership Development. Saturday, January 4, 2014. Pad/Focus Mitt Drill Challenge – "Tactical" Striking. In December 2012, I was one of a few expert guests on a radio talk show discussing “ tactical training. Most combatives (armed, unarmed, and even firearm-based) are taught in straight line relationships. Some of the reasons for that are:. It is easy to manage a group of students when everyone is lined up the same way;. It also allows for a safe training environment; and. A"corner...
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The Academy: Personal Leadership Development: Emotional Resilience & Mental Toughness
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The Academy: Personal Leadership Development. Saturday, May 31, 2014. Emotional Resilience and Mental Toughness. Nana korobi ya oki" (Fall seven times, rise eight). The reality is that most student's of Warrior training, even most soldiers, will never actually see "combat". Most law enforcement special operations team members will never be in direct action operations. And most martial arts practitioners will never have to call upon their skills to defend themselves. As a real-world illustrati...Is locate...
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The Academy: Personal Leadership Development: A Professional Approach
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The Academy: Personal Leadership Development. Saturday, December 1, 2012. 65279;A Professional Approach. 8216;black belt’) (Kroll, 1976). It is not my purpose to discuss the accuracy of that statement, but, in general my experience suggests that the majority of people who begin to study a combatives science generally stop practicing it with the time frame of a few months to a few years. Therefore we can assess that a professional paradigm for combatives training includes the following elements:. This pag...
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The Academy: Personal Leadership Development: June 2015
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The Academy: Personal Leadership Development. Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Knife Training: The Basics of Blade Design, Carry, and Deployment. History of the Knife. The knife was humankind’s first tool and has been a part of nearly every culture. As humankind's technological skills grew, the knife, as a utility tool, was replaced by a number of other tools and machines; the blade, as a weapon, also became secondary to ballistic weapons. Understanding the Purpose of a Fighting Knife. Of an edged-weapon as a st...
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The Academy: Personal Leadership Development: October 2010
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The Academy: Personal Leadership Development. Friday, October 15, 2010. 8220;Cold Bore Shot”: Integrating. For more effective Life Management. 183; Technical/Operational level – Is my shooter using proper technique? Does my shooter have a properly sighted (“zeroed”) weapon system? 183; Tactical/Strategic level – Will my shooter’s first shot be effective or does it provide a marker from which to use “Kentucky windage”? In counter-sniper missions, hostage rescue missions, and urban operations, using ineffe...
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The Academy: Personal Leadership Development: June 2014
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The Academy: Personal Leadership Development. Saturday, June 14, 2014. High Utility" Firearms Drill Training. Anyone who has been around tactical community for any length of time, be it as an operator, trainer, and/or leader, is likely familiar with the Viking Tactics. In this article, I will refer to this version of the VTAC 1-5 drill as the basic/base drill. And president and founder of Haley Strategic Partners, LLC. Demonstrates an advanced application of the VTAC 1-5 drill in this video. The purpose ...
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The Academy: Personal Leadership Development: December 2011
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The Academy: Personal Leadership Development. Saturday, December 31, 2011. Student Manual (Public Version). The Midwest Academy's Adult Information (MA-AI) Guide is a "student manual" of sorts. It provides new students with guidelines and expectations that add value to the Academy experience. We make available a Public Version of the manual by using the link below. While key information is withheld in the Public Version, we make it available as prospective students may find it beneficial. Mindset, and pe...
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The Academy: Personal Leadership Development: November 2012
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The Academy: Personal Leadership Development. Saturday, November 24, 2012. 2013 Academy Class Schedule. David Hakim, Director of the Midwest Academy. Labels: Academy Schedule Information. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Greetings and welcome to. The Academy's Personal Leadership Development. I'm David, Director of the Midwest Academy, and I'd like to take a moment to explain the value of this page to you. In my travels, deployments, and trainings around the world, I've learned that there are general patterns...
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The Academy: Personal Leadership Development: A New Years Message for 2014
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The Academy: Personal Leadership Development. Tuesday, December 31, 2013. A New Years Message for 2014. There is something about this time of the year that, culturally, gives us pause for reflection on the year(s) past. For most, we make resolutions about how we will live our lives going forward – what "new" decisions we will make and what "new" actions we will take – in the New Year. As 2013 draws to a close, most in our culture participate in this ritual. In my role as a teacher at the Midwest Academy.
