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In September 2010 I had the pleasure of hearing Charles "Chip" Huth and Jack Colwell speak at the annual Legacy of Excellence conference here in Calgary, Alberta. Their presentation touched on some amazing points and for me it was one of the highlights of the conference. In future articles I hope to discuss some of the learning points that they brought up but for now I will share one of their blog posts. Their blog (which is well worth a read) can be found here: Unleashing Respect
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He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.
- Sun Tzu

Environmental awareness is something that we talk about during combative programs but I think we are only skimming the surface. I think it goes far beyond just making sure a subject can’t see your reflection while you approach for handcuffing or if you approach from the left or the right. Determining when you have an interaction and how much backup is just as important.

I was recently ...

“The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power.”
- Malcolm X

Some of you may have heard that my agency made headline news in Alberta due to an incident that occurred late last year. I don't know how much play the headline got out east. It must have gotten some because we did receive at least one phone call from an Ottawa based radio station. Before I continue with the article ...

“Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy.”
-Henri de Lubac

A few nights ago I was on one of those shifts we have all been involved in. You know the time paradox ones where no matter what, time just seems to drag and drag and drag…So I started to catch up on some training articles. I came upon one of Dave “Buck Save” Smith’s articles about routine. I know that everyone here has heard that they should avoid routine and that routine kills. Well this ...

“You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.”

- Michael Phelps

“The only place he could be sure of privacy was his own mind. So that’s where he practiced. Draw. Cock the hammer on the upswing. Sight the heart. Squeeze the trigger…there was an advantage to this. His mind was a portable room, he could practice anywhere he was, anytime.”

- Cloud of Sparrows by Takashi Matsouka

In my last few articles I have discussed ...