The Self-Defense Network
Countering Vehicular Assaults
Experts tell us that we are significantly more likely to be
attacked while in our vehicle than at home or at the office.
For this show, we got a chance to video tape a special
course for an unnamed branch of the Department of Defense which is training
foreign embassy personnel in countering vehicular assaults.
The course was given at an undisclosed location outside of Las Vegas and included some incredible training in ramming through barricades while under gunfire as well as exiting the vehicles under fire and returning fire. One of the highlights of the show is a demonstration of an assault on a car by instructors Steve Krystek and Pat Burke using automatic fire (one weapon was a M-4 carbine and the other was a HK MP5). The resulting damage to the target and car is sobering.
Noted Scotti instructor Anthony Shepherd from Crosswinds
gives a chalk talk on how to defeat the barric
ade if you're the driver and we
got a chance to video tape from inside the car while coming under fire and
ramming the barricade.
Another highlight is a demonstration by the instructors of how to effectively fire at an attacker from inside the car with all of the windows rolled up! (Ask me if my ears are still ringing from that one...) It's a bit tricky, but the solution is elegant to watch.
The half-hour show also provided a critique of a real-life
fight captured on video of a group of guys cornering a car with two guys and two
girls inside. The lessons of the Counter
Vehicular Assault class
above is applied to the real life example.
And finally, there is another instructional segment featuring Steve Krystek teaching the embassy personnel how to defeat a knife attack when they are empty handed.
Go here to order the video tape of the show.
