You're at home watching TV, cleaning up or just reading a book. There's a knock at your door. It would seem the most logical thing to do would be to just open the door. Unfortunately, that may be the biggest mistake of your life.

Who's at the Door?

True home defense means keeping everyone safe & that means having a plan for every member of your family. Join Michael Bane, Rob Pincus & Michael Janich as they guide you through the strategy & tactics of family-based home defense.

Home Defense: Family Plan

An intruder has entered your house. You've planned for this situation & are prepared to react... until you realize he's not alone. Find out what you can do to harden your home & adapt your tactics to cope with this terrifying threat.

He's Not Alone

The Best Defense team dispels the myths of the typical "bar fight" & teachers you what it really takes to keep yourself & your companions safe when you're out on the town.

Out on the Town

Learn how to pit your skills of awareness, avoidance & de-escalation into practice to avoid a physical confrontation, & then learn how to "get physical" with brutal efficiency if needed when out on the town.

Out on the Town Part 2

If the floor plan, your home or an intruder's actions make a traditional safe-room solution impossible, let us show you how to combine low-light tactics & advanced home-defense strategies to keep your family safe when things go bump in the night.

Alone in the Dark

While traveling can be fun & exciting, it can also be dangerous. This episode of The Best Defense explores the strategies of keeping yourself safe when traveling & reveals simple measures that you can take to ensure that you don't become a victim.

On the Road Again

Concealed carry means a lot more than just having a gun. It means having the skills, tactics & judgment to employ a firearm in a dynamic environment. Bullets don't magically strike only the bad guys, so make sure that you have the knowledge & training.

Violence in the Workplace: Armed

In this groundbreaking episode of The Best Defense, Michael Bane, Rob Pincus & Michael Janich will teach you practical armed & unarmed options for surviving an active shooter incident.

Violence in the Workplace: Active

In this episode of The Best Defense, Rob Pincus & Michael Janich teach you how to fight effectively in confined areas & how to adapt your skills & training to real-world environments.

Fighting in Confined Spaces

Unfortunately, the freedom of the outdoors can leave you vulnerable to four-legged & two-legged predators. Imagine being in a tent tucked inside a warm sleeping bag when you are suddenly attacked by a knife-wielding maniac. What should you do?

Danger in the Backcountry

This powerful episode of The Best Defense will teach you how to manage & avoid potentially dangerous situations & provide some hard-hitting options for fighting your way out if you do become trapped & isolated.

With Friends Like This

This week we're demonstrating the weakness of most doors found in your home and how they can be improved upon for home defense and security.

Breaking & Entering

This week on The Best Defense we're giving you a couple possible scenarios on how safely deal with the aftermath of a deadly armed encounter.

Aftermath Articulation

This week on The Best Defense, we're giving you the knowledge to understand how to respond to critical situations while out driving.

Road Rage

This week on The Best Defense, we're demonstrating several ways to deal with the public and law enforcement when it involves your rights to conceal carry.

Concealed Carry

This week on The Best Defense, we're discussing techniques to utilize when you are faced with limited mobility, whether it's a wheelchair or walking cane.

Limited Mobility

This week on The Best Defense, we're demonstrating several approaches for dealing with a stranded motorist and your decision whether to stop and help or to keep on driving.

Stranded Motorist

This week on The Best Defense, we're demonstrating several ways to deal with law enforcement when you're questioned about your open carry handgun.

Open Carry

This week on The Best Defense, we've got some tipis for beefing up the security around your apartment or condominium.

Apartment Security

This week on The Best Defense, we're covering possible scenarios for dealing with parking lot confrontations.

Parking Lot Confrontation

This week on The Best Defense, we're dealing with confrontations that may occur in the confined spaces of an elevator.

Attack in the Elevator

This week on The Best Defense we're dealing with an active shooter situation and how to keep yourself safe in the midst of chaos.

Active Shooter

This week on The Best Defense we're headed to the parking garage to demonstrate some possible confrontations you may encounter.

Parking Garage

This week we take a look at the areas of defense that are most important for you to remember.

The Best Of

Neighborhood Watch

Intruder in the House

Restaurant Attack

Woman & Child

Kidnap Express

Hotel Safety

Real Estate Agent

Anti-Social Media

Dark House

Elderly Home Invasion

Low Light

Best Of Season 5

Bank Robbery

Trolley

Garage

Elevator

Hitchhikers

Rest Stop

Home Invasion

Elderly Couple

Rape

Bicycle

Best of 2014

Knockout Game

Attacker in Home

Child Abduction

Known Stalker

Convenience Store Robbery

Active Shooter in Church

Gas Pump Robbery

Vehicle Attack

Rural Home Invasion

Motorcycle Attack

Neighbor Altercation

The Good, Bad & Ugly

Best Of

Extremist Attack at Work

School Shooting

Airplane Hijacking

Gunshot Medical Treatment

Hotel Room Attack

Home Safety from Afar

Elderly Against Multiple Attackers

Intervening in a Violent Attack

ATM Robbery

Multiple Attackers with Pre Incident Indicators

Disabled Defense

Beyond Personal Safety

Aftermath - Communication with Police

Camping Attack

Defensive Shooting with Compromised Vision

Protestors Attack Vehicle

Family Outing / Carjacking

Choked from Behind

Knife to Throat Mugging

Defensive Skills Training

Mass Casualties

Mass Casualties - Extended Cut

Home Invasion - Mistaken Identity

Youth Violence - Initiation

Parking Garage - Low Light

Home Invasion - Response to Alarm

Cyber Stalking

Bus Stop - Attacked While Seated

Wheelchair Self-Defense

Airport Attack

Café Shooting

Carjacking

Snub-Nose Revolver Defense

Self-Defense Training

Home Invasion - Police Response

The Best Defense teaches self defense through knowledge, preparation and awareness for men and women alike. The show features defense methods that involve both firearms and unarmed defensive situations. The series travels the United States, visiting law enforcement academies and military training facilities where guest hosts and experts, including veteran law enforcement trainers and published personal defense authors, demonstrate life-saving techniques for self-defense in the home, at the office, on a plane or even when lost in the woods.

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