Quote Originally Posted by moonman239 View Post
1) In the event of an intrusion, the general advice is not to leave the room unless you have to. The SWAT team has a few advantages that you don't. They work as a group. They wear armor. They have more training than you do. In a nutshell, their combined effort is better than what you can do.

2) Maybe you should consider living near a police station or in some other well-supervised area. I imagine those areas tend to be the safest.
Thanks for your thoughts...

In case you missed it I train police and military; firearms, empty-hand combatives, baton, handcuffing, active shooter and similar situation. Don't get much call for it but tactical driving also. Besides format and real life training I participate in several groups that go to extreme levels of training best to say those who engage in these classes are truly tested and sometimes leave injured yet better off for it.

In regards to staying in the room and not leaving and SWAT.
a) I have police training at instructor level, worked in live situations with LEO.
b) I have body armor, keep a semi-auto Remington 12G shotgun, Kimber full-size 1911 and AR in my bedroom

All of this spans thirty plus years which I bring up because expereince places a huge roll since simply having attended self-defense classes does not mean you are going to be the person surviving an encounter. Just today I did what I call CQB class which teaches basics of empty hand combatives. The techniques are easy to learn yet does not mean that a student can go out and expect to come out on top but with practice increases coming out on top. Note that I have avoided saying winning or victor as there are none in a violent encounter generally speaking. Any ways after class is over I have the students rest for rough 30 minutes than challenge them with what I have taught them and encourge them to try to defeat me using any means possible. Before we start I do tell them the purpose is to show why they don't want to get to ahead of them self as a season bad guy who has been in prision trains many times like a Sparton. So going back to say not coming out of the bedroom with an intruder is not wise for them. What I have taught is good but as mentioned before needs practice which is why several times a month I hold free training sessions to allow students to practice in the event they don't have training parnters. Lastly what I teach in empty hand combatives is what I like to think as the best of MA and street fighting. Tomorrow I am teaching a tool called the LLC. Safe to say I am not your average developer.