Oh, what a day it was. I must be honest, as the time for the seminar approached I got more and more excited, and at the end of the day this special event has exceeded all of my expectations.
I must begin by thanking Steve for raising the idea of holding such a class. Traditionally S.E.R.E. (Survival, Escape, Resistance, and Evasion) classes are military or para-military in nature and skills that are kept close to the heart. After-all, if the enemy knows that we know how to counter their methods they will be forced to correct for that, hence eliminating our seemingly un-noticed advantage.
However, we realized that in today's society knowing these skills in imperative, even for the common citizen. With Mexican cartels hijacking American citizens, with home invasions and captivity on the rise, it was just another tool that we can offer our members. And with our members' self-protection in mind we designed a class that no other school offers.
The class began with "torture". Unknown to our participants, psychological warfare has began. The environment has been made harsh, and the mind games started. The initial portion included lecture on general safety tips, street survival, travel safety, and psychology of an assailant.
Following the lectures were practical lessons on how to escape restraints of various kinds, such as handcuffs, zip-ties, duct tape and more.
These lessons were followed by practical exercises. Bound and blinded we took the participants, now captives in a faraway land, through series of "torture", stuffed them in trunks of vehicles, and forced them to implement the skills they learned.
The final exercises included a list of tasks to be completed out on the streets of Pikesville while our cadre of instructors hunts them down.
I am not sure that the word "fun" in the first to come to mind. There was some pain, and a lot of discomfort, but ultimately the group of participants did an unbelievable job, and even organized a coup against the captives.
It is only fitting that as our members were completing their first S.E.R.E. class, the number one most wanted terrorist in the world was shot and killed by U.S. Navy SEALs (DevGru, team 6).
Look forward for another one of this unique classes next year.
As always, stay safe.
Tzviel 'BK' Blankchtein
www.MasadaTactical.com
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