Greyblade Security Solutions PTY LTD

GreyBlade Security Solutions has become the #1 vehicle in SA for it's groundbreaking approach to sel

Photos from Greyblade Security Solutions PTY LTD's post 10/02/2020

through desperation.

SAPS LEO, Virgil Ambrose, with makeshift shank he confiscated off a smash and grab suspect.
This is a sharpened screwdriver, covered with a rubber from a water hose. Basic but yet elegant in its conception.

For third world violence, you don't need a budget.....just intent to survive at all costs!

Nigel E February
Founder of the Piper Knife System
*23*

Photos from Greyblade Security Solutions PTY LTD's post 20/01/2020

This where I got the name GreyBlade from. After much use and exposure to the elements, due the quality of metal, the Okapi blade starts to discolour.
You can see the Okapis here, some purchased and others confiscated from criminals, going through the various stages of discoloration from nickel to grey.

Thanks to the Piper Guardians in South Africa for sending me pics of their Okapisđź‘Ť

Nigel February
Founder of the Piper Knife System
*23*

05/11/2019

Some good safety tips from Counter Action's Kevin Hartzenberg

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=452625122027039&id=158626191426935

29/10/2019

Train with intent...not content!

More is less remembered while less is more direct....

We have sophisticated a practice, more commonly associated with criminals, instead of applying the methods they actually use when stabbing someone. I'm not referring to an ambush, but the physical action of using a blade.
As Ed Calderon always says, go to Liveleaks.com or WorldStar.com and you'll see plenty of actual stabbings with fatalities and serious injuries. Study those directly and don't depend on historical dogma to get your point across.

There are plenty of live examples.

I've said this before.....change the knife attacker and knife attack in your dojo or gym and you'll immediately see what won't work, which will also start you on a path of figuring out more realistic knife defence tactics.

Knife defences were never set in stone, because the knife attack was poorly represented in training halls and dojos around the world.

(Get to)Know your attacker, then figure out how he thinks....it will change your perspective.

Once you get to this stage, less will become more direct and less cultish...

After all.....they are better at this activity than we are.

Stay sharp!

Nigel E February
Founder of the Piper Knife System
*23*

Liveleaks.com

05/05/2019

Weaponise your environment

Weaponise everything!!

Innovation through desperation, or restriction. This is important to keep in mind when governments start banning certain items or specialist tools used for self preservation.
You don't want to spend lots of cash on a really sweet piece of steel or assault tech, only for the authorities to restricts its public carry or use within a self defense parameter.

Learn from criminals....inmates....and how they create on-the-go weapons and tools to get the job done. Nothing fancy or expensive. Just quick, disposable gear that will get the job done.
Anything sharp will pe*****te flesh. Where it pe*****tes, in as little moves as possible, is where it will count in the end....so focus your resources on getting to know anatomy instead.

Innovate, be creative, learn from the local criminals in your area, region, etc.

At the end of it all, we are their targets ;-)

Stay sharp!

Nigel E February
Founder of the Piper Knife System
*23*

29/01/2019
Photos from Greyblade Security Solutions PTY LTD's post 26/09/2018

Albuquerque, New Mexico, was the last leg of my US tour and it was amazing!!!
Hosted by my brother in faith, Michael Johnson, ( Diliji Mind )of Shockwave Defence LLC.
It was an experience that included teaching Piper to the 512 Rescue Squadron, some members of the Albuquerque law enforcement as well as various clientele whom attended private training and the open seminar, Saturday 15 September.
We ended with some tactical shooting in the mountains and a profound respect for the incredible and highly professional work they do at Shockwave Defence, New Mexico.
Diliji Mind 23

Photos from Greyblade Security Solutions PTY LTD's post 06/07/2018

The banana thumb

A common misconception regarding the placement of the thumb on the knife, amongst the Cape Flats gangs.
It was never directly placed on top of the handle(blade always in reverse grip)

The thumb was always on the side of the handle as depicted.

Reason for this was leverage whilst stabbing. You pushed your thumb forward whilst the ring finger and pinky pulls towards you.
This allowed the blade to inflict more controlled stabs of varying depths and also for more dexterous control of the knife.

Due to the pressure of the thumb always pushing against the handle, it starts to warp into a 'banana' shape.

This was a tell-tale sign of an experienced and regular knifer on the Cape Flats.
Whilst watching the hands is a good practice in terms of spotting a weapon, we always have to look out for his thumbs :-)

Stay sharp!

Nigel E February
Founder of the Piper Knife System
*23*

14/04/2018

The Saviour Spike.....for those not comfortable carrying blades, especially amongst tough carry laws.
Made from the Christ-Thorn tree, an indigenous tree found throughout South Africa. The drier the region, the tougher the thorn. This one in particular, came from Black Rock, near Kuruman.
I carry it in my hand when I go out to bad areas, like Elsie's River, where most of my family lives.
Playdough is placed at its base and wedged between the fingers to absorb impact as well as sweat. A great deterrent, striking eyes and throat region.
Alternatively, using the needles of the Palm trees is even better since the toxin contained in its tip is a painful paralysing agent.
Not built for repeated use but very replenishable in terms of sourcing the thorns.
An idea. An option.
Innovation through desperation....

23/03/2018

I'll be in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 2 April, for my first US visit.
There'll be daily workshops and some private lessons until the seminar 7-8 April.

For more info regarding open slots for the seminar and private training, inbox Nathan TwoEagles-Downing of Silverline Knife Designs, whom shall be hosting me for the entirety of my stay.

Hope to see you out there :-)

Stay sharp!

Nigel E February
Founder of the Piper Knife System
*23*

14/02/2018

Know your enemy...

AKA, get intel on who he is

AKA, study his attack patterns

AKA, find out where he lives

First off, when we talk about the Cape Flats, we refer to all the areas where coloureds and blacks were told to live after the previous regime forcibly removed entire families from their original homes and created slums. Which in turn birthed our gangs.
Now in Cape Town, when someone says, "I grew up on the mean streets of Cape Town", they actually mean, on the Cape Flats, where the gangs operated. Not the actual CBD, Sea Point, Greenpoint, Granger Bay, Muizenberg, Camps Bay, Llandudno, Hout Bay, Bishops Court, Constantia, Bothasig, etc. These were all safe areas in relation to areas where gangs lived, like Manenberg, Mitchell's Plain, Khayelitsha, Hanover Park, Bonteheuwel, Elsie's River, Lavender Hill, Valhalla Park, Kalksteenfontein, Langa, Nyanga, Parkwood, Steenberg, Capricorn Park, Clark's Estate, Athlone, Lansdowne, Crawford, Gugulethu, Bishop Lavis, Belhar, Delft and Eerste River. These are just the areas I can remember offhand, based on the notoriety and frequency of violent events. These are the areas rife with gang activity.

You see, gangs are an institution. A generational inheritance of evil. They are living in your neighborhood, and driven to exist based on poor socioeconomic factors, the influx of drugs, broken homes, etc. You only have real crime once a gang lives where you do. Your home is part of their territory. They rob, r**e, assault, intimidate and murder members of their own communities in order to thrive. Your street is part of their drug and prostitution network. They regularly fight gangs from other areas for possession of said territories, based on how lucrative it is at the time.

On the Cape Flats, practicing Situational Awareness becomes an issue if you already know who's most likely to mug you and what their gang affiliation is. Our attackers are always known to us because they aren't faceless home invaders, hitting a house in a quiet neighborhood, far from their own homes.
No. They usually have a known history. You kinda know where they live and who their leaders are. When a group of thugs accost you today, you will see them at the same place tomorrow because they live in your neighborhood. They aren't faceless and nameless. They are known to us.

Here's an example...If someone just got mugged, you will usually hear, it was Clarence from 13th avenue, who is an Ugly American or Clever kid. To add to that we further know that he is a 26 or 28. Which means that your retaliatory response must be really thought through as these guys will always come back for revenge. This time, in numbers...... because you are still living in the same neighborhood as your attackers!!!!!!

Now while it is accepted that crime has spread to most areas in Cape Town, the truth is, the gangs haven't spread there. That's the focus point of all crime. They are visible. Involved in anything ranging from murders, r**es, assaults, human trafficking, drugs, prostitution, burglaries, hijackings, etc. If a new syndicate wants to enter a territory, they have to ask these gangs for permission first as they will defend their spaces with extreme prejudice.
So while the gangs are based in the areas I mentioned, their drug clientele and burglary targets are in the richer, safer areas.

The purpose behind this post is to illustrate how important it is to gain actual intel on your area, it's inhabitants and criminal trends, especially if its an area outside the Cape Flats.
My church is situated on the main road in Halt road, Elsie's River. We have employed a car guard to watch our vehicles during the 3 weekly services because it has crackheads in abundance, whom have broken into parishioners cars before. Often times, we hear distant gun shots from the Epping Forest area, depending on which current turf war you are following. This is now a normal thing on the Cape Flats.
The point is, being aware of your surroundings at a mall, parking lot, nightclub, your own home, is alot different from someone living in an area where gangs are walking past you daily, then decide to stab or shoot you the very next day.

If the Cape Flats should be equated to any other place in the world, it would be alot closer to Mexico, based on the similarities between its inhabitants and the prevalence and stifling effect the gangs have on their particular areas.

So knowing your enemy, your attacker, has a different meaning if you grew up in these kinds of areas.

He isn't a generic bad guy. An imported method of self defence isn't gonna work on him..... unless you know whom your attacker is and where he's from and his affiliation.

Stay sharp!

Nigel E February
Founder of the Piper Knife System
*23*

05/02/2018

Whenever I post something to this page, most times it's about South Africa, or the Cape Flats.
I never make assumptions about other countries or cultures unless I have a thorough working knowledge of that particular subject.

Piper has shown me that differences in how we view this supposed generalisation of edged weapons, from a cultural perspective, do exist, and will be that difference maker in the end.
I have always encouraged people to study their local criminal methods as this is the key to getting a working knowledge of how to spot antisocial behaviour. Things like language, body language and belief systems are very clear defining factors in how our (SA) criminal element operate here.

For example, in Gugulethu, a predominantly black suburb in Cape Town, the street gangs wear a leather arm band around the bicep which they get from a local Sangoma (shaman/traditional healer).
This apparently makes them invisible to police and ties the tongue on anyone wanting to snitch on them. It also gives them a great confidence boost. Now I'm not saying that I believe any of this. More importantly, they believe this. The community banded together to stop this trend by walking around in large groups, armed with machetes, and cut the band's off any kid they see wearing it. One of the guys heading up one of these groups, was an ex-colleague of mine, and told me what they found inside these leather bands. A mixture of animal skin, human fingernails, maggots and certain herbs. Gross, right?

What he told me was that in order to curb this trend was to break their belief system, irrespective if you believe or not. That instantly robbed these teens of whatever bravado they possessed. The point to all this? You can't teach situational awareness without actual understanding of local endemics.
Situational awareness as a construct of Western Combatives, that is. A subject that has been quantified and peddled all over the internet.

While I'm not going to discuss Situational Awareness in this post, I want to point out how that concept wasn't a factor on the streets of Gugulethu. The community used a different method based on their cultural ideology to combat a criminal threat.

So what works in your country won't necessarily work in mine without a major overhaul taking place.

Our country is third world, African. We have 11 official languages, one national police force consisting of +/- 145 000 police officers, servicing more than 57 million people in 9 provinces. Our military doesn't operate within the borders of our country.
We have a Dutch - Roman legal system with no death penalty. Don't forget about the very high crime rate.
Now imagine the different belief systems and melting pot of cultures still added to this mix.

Start with your street, then your neighborhood, then your suburb and City. Then you will see what works for you.

Let's not assume that "it won't work in a street fight" is a universal concept.

"We are different and that difference shows up in ignorance."

Nigel E February
Founder of the Piper Knife System
*23*

06/01/2018

Knife defences or stab survival

As we begin to view edged weapon encounters, let us start by changing a commonly used word within the world of Combatives.

Disarm - Not guaranteed and very dangerous. If a disarm occurs it's incidental and not by design. This should not be what you're looking for when facing down a knife. Instead of focusing on not getting stabbed, you should shift your focus on the mechanism creating the stab, ie, his brain! Change your stab survival training to start hitting the casing that's housing the brain. Shut down the CPU and you will effectively end the program running the stab motion.
Consider how far behind the curve we are once a criminal starts to stab us. He has ambushed us and may have gotten off at least two penetrative thrusts before our own survival instinct kicks in. Now we have to sort out a variety of emotions. Mental shock, realisation that you were stabbed but can't see blood or feel the stinging pain, maybe you do feel the physical symptoms, then your training kicks off since a decision to not get stabbed again has been taken.
Since we are on the backfoot, the only way to not get stabbed again is to start striking the his vitals closest to his brain(neck, face, skull), and not try to grab and restrain the knife hand. The reason is that while you don't want to die, he's trying to kill you. Think about this statement.

"You don't want to die, while he's trying to kill you"....

It's clear that you both want different things and the outcome will be based on what you both want.
Restraining the knife hand doesn't stop the stabbing motion nor alter the command to stab in his brain. Whilst he was penetrating your flesh and organs, thus changing your health and physiology, you were trying to stop him from stabbing you by trying to either disarm or restrain his knife hand, whilst leaving his physiology intact. In other words, a bleeding individual is trying to control a still healthy killer by wrestling the knife out his hand. Now, some might say that they have succeeded in removing a knife from the people wanting to kill them, but it can't be repeated nor taught and never guaranteed. It was incidental, caught the criminal by surprise, he may have lost his footing due to environmental factors and most importantly, the level of intent to kill wasn't high. If that were so, you would be facing a US-styled prison yard bum rush or getting stabbed by a member of the Numbers gang. This is the one factor most don't take into account. Some thugs really know their way around a blade and know where to put it. We haven't given them credit as being the pinnacle of edged weapon conflict in the modern age, instead we bestow these accolades on martial arts experts. We have to realise that within a civilian context, brandishing a knife is a criminal offence, no matter how many Odin, Viking, Valhalla, Ragnarok and Lone Wolf memes you put on social media. It's a crime until proven otherwise. Our purpose is to not die, so the idea that we may get cut or stabbed shouldn't be an issue since in the above example, we were stabbed a few times before we could react so we should get over it real quick.

Martial arts traditions also cannot change this fact either. If a system claims knife defences without the maim, disable and kill moniker then it has fallen far behind the curve with regards to knife crime.
Therefore, the first word we change has to be disarm and the new word, survival, takes it place instead.

Remember this:

Anyone brandishing a knife and starts to stab or cut you doesn't do so to intimidate nor just give you a bloody nose. The moment a knife is taken out only death is the outcome. It won't end like a UFC fight.
We must adopt that view when being threatened with a knife. It's not a grappling match, point sparring and there's no referee. We have to start by training knife survival in the gyms and dojos with the most lethal hand and foot blows permitted within the parameters of said system or art. Knife survival training is the highest and most important part of your martial art training within an empty hand content.
Knife survival training has to emphasize running away as a major component of this as well. It's tactics we need, not techniques. The founders of the most practised arts haven't faced criminals of all cultures so this part of our training has to be geared towards studying the main proponents of knife crime - CRIMINALS.

(This article only addresses empty hand vs knife and not knife vs knife)

Nigel February
Founder of the Piper Knife System
*23*

Photos from Greyblade Security Solutions PTY LTD's post 04/01/2018

Found inside Pollsmoor Prison.

01/01/2018

Happy New Year from Greyblade Security Solutions.
Wishing you all a successful 2018.
Stay Sharp
Stay Safe
Stay Classy
*23*

28/12/2017

This was the recent takings by SAPS Crime Prevention Operations, in East London, South Africa.
Spot the favourite, find the expensive and actually see why intent matters over actual quality tool.

14/12/2017

Within the coming days, I'll be part of a live video with Kenneth Petersen and Kevin Hartzenberg, posted to this page.
We will be chatting about growing up on the Cape Flats and focus on how our subculture has created a unique experience unlike anything else in South Africa.

Stay tuned as we open up on the SA's stab capital.

Nigel February
*23*

09/12/2017

After the knife review video yesterday, I worked with Cheslyn to see how an elbow draw from the forearm rig would fair using Piper's tight frame and structure.
*23*

30/11/2017

Defensive Knives....part 2...kind of

So I was chatting to a lawyer the other day and she told me that nothing we do can be classified as defensive BEFORE it reaches the court.
It's just movement, reaction, action. The courts will decide as to the nature of the incident. I have said this before but it was confirmed by a lawyer as exactly a day ago to the hour.
Knives are classified as knives. Thats it. Once a knife is used, whether to threaten or stab, it is then handed a special classification by the courts. Before that, the police will have marked the knife as part of their evidence for the court case.
The term defensive doesnt get used at this stage.

After the last post, I was asked about specific knives made just for EDC and apparently tested and used by overseas operatives. While I don't doubt that these knives exist, the key words that South Africans tend to overlook are "overseas" and "operatives". In other words, if a foreign law enforcement group endorses a particular brand of knife then it must be awesome for civilians, in another country, to use in the exact same way. ( Let this sink in a bit)

I have said before that knives are tools of crime and not of historical or current conquest. Criminals out-knife and out-stab us on a daily basis. Knife stats out there are based on armed robberies( muggings, home invasions etc), attempted murders( stabs that wasn't fatal) and murders( stabs that are fatal)
These numbers are so high that it affects people from all walks of life and not just martial artists. If you want know how prevalent a particular trend or idea is, see how many people OUTSIDE of this subject matter are talking about it. In other words, folk not involved or have a vested interest in that particular subject matter are talking about as it has started to affect everyone's day-to-day because of the volume of occurrences.

Growing up on the Cape Flats I knew about knives, and have iterated before that this term defensive doesn't exist within this dominant blade culture and is rather new amongst the local Combatives group.....which is being influenced by foreign content!!!!

After the last post, I visited an OG in Elsie's River, who's in his early sixties. I showed him some of the FB knife pics and all he did was smile, and say, " lyk mooi, dis mos n ryk man se mes ek sal'hai mes afvat en jou hard moer!"....
Loosely translates as "looks pretty, this is a rich man's knife. I will take the knife from you and f**k you up."
I have heard this my whole life. Anytime you bring a fancy knife to this crowd you will be told this. These men have separated knife reality from fantasy and they will routinely tell me that the intent to plunge a knife into someone supercedes the name, brand and design of the knife in your hand.

When you base your new expensive defensive blade on foreign military and LEO tactical use, and you're a civilian in a country with different laws, that indicates a disassociation with reality and a strong delusion to what's going on around you....in you own country!
Your EDC knife has be designed to free yourself from any restriction if you're or another person is trapped in a carwreck or if you need to apply first aid. It shouldn't be made just for stabbing someone as the Stab Authorities of South Africa aka criminals, havent put their stamp of approval on it. Don't you think they would have been able to steal these expensive knives and folders and use them in all their crimes, by now, instead of the Okapi or kitchen knife?
They need cheap, pointy and disposable.

Ed Calderon has mentioned this repeatedly in his posts and seminars. Cheap ( easily acquired), pointy( just the tip) and disposable ( will be covered in blood, must be thrown away)

Think hunting, not sparring. Learn from the animal you're hunting as well as it's environment.

We may survive this afterall ;-)

Nigel E February
Founder of the Piper Knife System
*23*

16/11/2017

Defensive knives.....do they exist?

They don't.

It's just a knife!

A tool. That's it.

I've seen this term being flaunted on social media, describing a knife that is used for the purpose of personal defence. Now this could be to boost sales for a particular brand of blade but in reality, there is no such thing as a defensive knife.
There are no physical modifications added or taken away the knife that would make it 'defensive'.

I suppose it refers to having a defensive mindset rather.
Problem with this is that you will always be on the backfoot mentally as well as physically, adopting a defensive mindset. Many might disagree, but here's my reasoning..

Most of my knife skill came from my late dad and certain members of the Numbers gangs as well as growing up within a knife culture on the Cape Flats. So seeing a knife being used on folks daily gave me a different perspective on how I see the word 'defensive' being used in a sentence or to describe weapons predominantly used by criminals on the Flats.
What I've learned was that a defensive mindset puts you behind the curve in terms of action and response. Naming your knife as defensive helps solidify your fate as well. The purpose of the knife in a self defence situation is kill. Your mindset must say kill. Whether you actually kill with your knife is entirely situational and based on your level of ambush deployment training. My point is that once you start changing certain words, your mindset and action will start to copy those words. Defensive mindset gets you defensive "I don't wanna die" action. Offensive mindset will help cultivate the "not if I kill you first" action.
So while you mindset and response yields offense, the only thing defensive about this is the interpretation of your actions by a court of law, since Self Defence is a legal term.

I've said this before, criminals are the primary users of stabby things in our society. They are not the cutters of dead meat but rather the stabbers of live, unwilling flesh. They have and still set the bar in terms of actual knife related assaults and fatalities.
Not the military, nor the Special Forces, police or even the Avengers ;-)

This is an endemic study of my experiences within SA's blade culture. I was being very specific and did not extend this generalisation to other countries.

Stay sharp.

Nigel E February
Founder of the Piper Knife System
*23*

27/10/2017

Written by Brian Mennie and taken from his Paratus website.


VIEW
Farm Attacks: You Are The Solution
October 27, 2017
Paratus
VIEW
BREAKING: Gunservant Rebrands to Paratus – 23 October 2017
October 18, 2017

VIEW
SAPS Lose 8 Times More Guns Than Civilians
October 13, 2017

VIEW
The SANDF is Not Suited for Fighting Crime
October 12, 2017
Paratus
In PRACTICAL ADVICE, REAL-WORLD SCENARIOS
Farm Attacks: You Are The Solution
October 27, 2017 Be first to comment

by Bryan Mennie

Right. Farm attacks are back in the news, and predictably people are making big social media gestures calling upon politicians and the government to do something. Wear black. Have a red cross. Start a petition. Add a dramatic filter to your profile pic. Whatever floats your proverbial boat.

Here’s a newsflash: all of that activity and the energy spent on it will achieve nothing.

Don’t get me wrong, I truly empathize with farmers. I grew up on a farm, and I was blessed with fantastic friends and neighbours. These are genuine people to whom I could turn to in times of need, and they would move mountains to help and support me. I can wax lyrically for pages about people like Uncle Piet, his wife Auntie Gerna, Oom Willem, and Tannie Corrie. All of them were significant figures in my childhood development. And all of them were farmers. Suffice to say I have roots and understanding in this community, and I am saddened by their plight as I am saddened by any murder.

Murder is a heinous crime, after all. All of the motivational elements in the world neither justify, exacerbate or change that fact.

Yet for all the dreadfulness of farm attacks, appealing to a government (especially today’s government) will achieve nothing. Well, nothing except to perhaps use this opportunity in order to create more power for itself. You see, all they can do is make laws “stronger”. Making murder more illegal than it currently is, is simply nonsensical. It should be clear that the government is not the solution: you are.

Indeed, the only way to create long-term sustainable security for farmers is to engineer a change in culture where people forming that community are prepared to make certain sacrifices and invest in their own resilience to achieve a higher level of security. Fortunately, once the mental gap of realising that the solution is actually within their own ability to create is made, implementing the said solution is not overly complex.

Here are some key measures to consider when attempting to minimize your exposure to farm attacks:

Invest in your (and your family’s) ability to be their own defence. If you have not yet invested in tools like fi****ms to provide an enhancement in doing so, this would be a logical first step. It is not, however, a panacea: fi****ms and other tools are not the single source for any solution, because no such thing exists. A firearm is simply the most effective and efficient methodology of overcoming force disparity which is induced by either numerical, ability or surprise factors. The second, and infinitely more important, “first step” is obtaining decent training with your chosen tools. No, I am not referring to the FCA-required competency training. That is not enough. I am referring to selecting one of many excellent training providers (I am very happy to provide my list of recommendations) and partner with them in developing you and your family’s abilities. Ultimately your training should not focus on a single action arena, but rather cover avenues spanning from mental resilience, fitness, ability, medical, communications and response protocols.

Create a security program. This is not the same thing as a plan. I would like to add a caveat: good security is far more than just a gate guard and a barbed wire fence. In fact, good security advisors are not as common as the industry would have you believe. However, engaging with a good brand-agnostic security consultant (not a system salesperson) is an excellent saving opportunity in as much as you will not be required to purchase a plethora of very expensive systems which are incorrectly pitched as solutions. Your security program should be developed for your specific need and should include;

Layered perimeter and access protection.
A reactive element.
Effective communications.
A well-managed and effective information plan.
Correct processes and procedures.
Good training.
And the ability to network with others and integrate into your community, whilst still operating independently of politically directed assets.
Simply put, no single component plan or brand of anything is going to answer your question or provide the solution. You need to understand that fundamentally. You need the program approach.

Change your mindset. Stop thinking of nonsensical feelings-based crap like “carrying a gun is paranoid” or “carrying an extra magazine is too much”. Here is the thing: none of the liberal peaceniks and nonsense-spouting idiots will be with you when things go down. When you know the only person preventing your kids from becoming the plaything of some hate-filled criminal is you, reality hits home fast and hard. Whenever someone tells you that you should comply and everything will be OK, or that carrying a firearm, or training, or preparing is overly paranoid, ask them if they will still feel that way when their child is r**ed because they liked to believe in fairy tales and unicorns.

Ultimately the farm attack problem has a solution as simple as ABC. Invest in your ability, program that ability into a holistic solution, and change your mindset. Once you have done these three things, you won’t need the mythical “they” to come and “do something”. You will be doing it already.

Be safe, and be

Bryan Mennie is a professional risk and crisis manager. He has taught kidnap avoidance and hostage survival to various international organizations, and has managed protective and security operations in over twenty countries in Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.



FARM ATTACKSMURDERSOUTH AFRICAVIOLENCE
You may also like

VIEW POST
Mbalula's War on Guns Continues: Two Important Messages

VIEW POST
East Coast Radio fails at being anti-gun

VIEW POST
The Few

VIEW POST
HuntEx and the journey forward

VIEW POST
Compliance does not guarantee safety

VIEW POST
When Security Theatre leads to Racial Profiling

VIEW POST
SAPS Lose 8 Times More Guns Than Civilians

VIEW POST
Gun-Free Zones
No Comments

Leave a Comment

Your Name*

Your Email*

Your Website

Your Comment*

POST COMMENT
Previous Post
BREAKING: Gunservant Rebrands to…

About Paratus

Paratus
Paratus is a platform where you can read about the latest developments at the sharp-edge of the South African gun ownership debate.
CHS Guns
Firearm Websites

CHASA
GOSA
GOSA page
Gunsite South Africa
Gunsite South Africa Forums
People Against Gun Free South Africa
Sport Shooting Bodies

National Shooting and Hunting Association
SADPA
SAPSA
Sports Adventure Shooting
Social Media


Popular Posts


VIEW
Farm Attacks: You Are The Solution
October 27, 2017

VIEW
SAPS Lose 8 Times More Guns Than Civilians
October 13, 2017

VIEW
How to Present Your Firearm at a Roadblock (and not get shot)
August 15, 2017

VIEW
Hollow Points Are Illegal? What To Do When Stopped At A Roadblock
July 26, 2017
Newsletter

Please leave this field empty

Email Address *
Subscribe!
Follow Us

Subscribe

Enter your email address to subscribe and receive notifications of new posts by email.
Email Address
Email Address
Subscribe!
Paratus

Classifieds Dashboard
© 2017 Paratus - All Rights Reserved.

Want your business to be the top-listed Autos & Automotive Service in Cape Town?
Click here to claim your Sponsored Listing.

Videos (show all)

After the knife review video yesterday, I worked with Cheslyn to see how an elbow draw from the forearm rig would fair u...
Dexterity drillsAuxiliary skills performed with your training blade or real blade, in order to establish extended range ...
Knife passing or switching. Very contentious topic in the knife community but a staple form of blade transition amongst ...
Sleight of handThis was a tactic used by some gang members on the Cape Flats back in the day. Working their shimmer as a...
#PIPER #shimmer knife passing from shimmer and  advanced twirl

Address


Cape Town
8000

Other Cape Town autos & automotive services (show all)
Road Wise Driving Academy Road Wise Driving Academy
Harrier Street
Cape Town, 7441

Helping you pass your Drivers license.Scholar and package Discount.K53 Made Easy.Good Pass Rate.Cars

J-Tech J-Tech
Unit 9, North Park, Kingfisher Crescent, Brackenfell
Cape Town, 7560

Anything and Everything cars! From general maintenance and repairs to modifications and tuning.

Joepies Breakdown Services Joepies Breakdown Services
75 Wendtland Street North
Cape Town, 7500

Does your car need a tow? Well you came to the right place! Give us a call we are available 24/7!! W

Vestoration Vestoration
Cape Town, 7925

Home of all restorations by Vestoration

LottoSpring LottoSpring
P. O. Box 13223, N1 City
Cape Town, 7463

A done-for-you, rejection-free online business opportunity that will earn you big, monthly residual i

Around About Cars Car Hire Around About Cars Car Hire
20 Bloem Street
Cape Town, 8001

Around About Cars was established in 1995, with the intention of providing quality car rental service

Kelfords Motors Kelfords Motors
11 Victoria Street
Cape Town, 7130

Kelfords is an Independent Ford Franchise operating in Somerset West.

Arnie's Body & Spray Arnie's Body & Spray
37 Patrys Crescent, Okavango Park, Brackenfell
Cape Town, 7560

We do most insurance company's

Tourism Radio Tourism Radio
Davidson Street
Cape Town, 7915

Tourism Radio produces location-aware mobile audio city guides for tech-savvy travellers.

Drive South Africa Drive South Africa
27 Willie Van Schoor Avenue
Cape Town, 7530

Drive South Africa is your complete online vehicle rental resource, supplying a wide range of car rental, 4x4 hire, camper rental and luxury car hire services across Southern Afric...

Pitstop Pitstop
36 Albert Road
Cape Town, 8001

www.pitstop.co.za

Toyfanatics Toyfanatics
3 Zero Cressent Rocklands Mitchell's Plain
Cape Town, 7785

We a car club that is based in Mitchell's Plain and we only drive Toyota's