Bill Rapier teaches the close quarters firing cadence and stance that buys time in transitions, walking you through the drill: safety, touchpoint, slack, shot, and when to use this combative ready position.

Bill Rapier shows how to turn a rifle into a fighting tool and use simple muzzle strikes and combatives to buy time, ID threats, and control a violent encounter. Learn the stance, the step, and the moves you can use in a true transition to protect yourself and others.

Grip high, thumb on the safety, support hand locks the wrist and pulls the rifle into your shoulder. Use the natural cant so you do not have to tilt your head. This feels like shooting a pistol and keeps you faster, safer, and more consistent under stress.

If someone grabs for your gun, you need answers fast. This episode covers pipe strikes, closing the seam, and simple ways to make them regret reaching in the first place.

Street fights aren’t fair fights. Learn how to move from elbows to blade to pistol, rip your opponent with the meat hook, and keep scanning for the next attacker.

Learn how to draw your blade from a strong position, control your opponent, and finish with decisive strikes. From cross-body checks to fight-ending thrusts, this is about making the draw count.

The headbutt is brutal, fast, and easy to set up from close range. Learn the right mechanics—hard part of your head through the soft part of their face—and why posture and hip drive make all the difference.

The spear elbow is fast, hard to see, and hits like a truck. Learn how to use it to close distance, break an attack, and turn defense into immediate offense.

The cross elbow is simple, brutal, and hard to stop. Here’s how to throw it with real power and why one might be all you need.

Bill Rapier breaks down the “reactionary gap”—the split-second distance where fights are won or lost. Learn how timing, distance, and movement matter more than skill.

When the reactionary gap closes, speed and placement matter. Learn the cross elbow to draw sequence, the proper draw stroke mechanics, and why low line pelvic shots are your go-to when hands are on you.

Build your reloads to match your combat drill and keep everything in your workspace. This episode shows why mirroring your loading and combat reload procedures builds speed and safety, how to frame the weapon in your workspace, and the step by step checks. Seat and tug the magazine, thumb up and ...

Balanced, braced, aggressive. Stance wins fights.