Understanding Emergencies
The foundation of Integrated Skills Group, Understanding Emergencies is the lens through which we view every potential problem and find solutions. Start Here.
Integrated Skills Group is a network dedicated to building skill to help individuals prepare for emergencies. At ISG, we believe that all people benefit from building skills that help protect their family and communities in times of crisis.
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Start here to build your foundation.
The foundation of Integrated Skills Group, Understanding Emergencies is the lens through which we view every potential problem and find solutions. Start Here.
Before those with the authority to help, those who choose whether or not they have the capacity to help are on scene. If your time comes, will you be an asset?
There’s an adage in the training world; “tools for the toolbox”. but are people really building a complete and useful panoply of skills, or collecting hammers?
Conflict is a topic that demands our attention, yet few of us know much about it’s roots. We discuss why we’re not as far from ‘Lord of the Flies’ as you think.
Introduction Flashback: ISG had been a public entity for a year or two after Gino and I met, and people started making a request. They’d ask “why not make this into a book?” After all, if there was a real emergency, access to the internet might be down. The idea of having a physical reference…
Introduction “War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.” ― Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West It’s tough to convey a point, at times. Porteus wrote “a murder makes a villain, a million [deaths make] a hero…” I think…
So, in the annals of internet redundancy, is the ISG emphasis on mobility. It’s to the point that it’s frustrating in a way that calls to mind Shel Silverstein’s “Hector the Collector”, and leaves the impression on me that I’m presenting my junk as if it were treasure. The other day, Jake was cruel enough…
This article is rather overdue, we realize. The term ‘Hyperoptimization’ has been referenced in a few other posts on the site and Patreon, but we’ve left you without a solid explanation. The term itself bears some obviousness that we hoped would carry it, but part of the reason it took so long to get this…
Gun bros on social media are going to make me quit skateboarding. And they can have it, they seem perfect for each other. Like the woman who can’t stop stealing from her family to fund a meth habit and the meth dealer who can’t stop beating her, they deserve one another. My Every Day Carry…
In early 1990, I was utterly uninterested in any sport except boxing. All others, it seemed, were some convoluted route to what boxing was at it’s very core: two men in a fight. In boxing, men didn’t set out to chase a ball or perform a feat against gravity, they sought to physically beat another…
Introduction In the interest of presenting a skills test that can be done simply on most ranges with a minimum of resources, we wanted to share the ISG pistol skills course. Each block is an isolation of a specific, relevant skill, as well as give an objective, diagnostic measure to show you where to…
The 27th Constant In the wide world of physics, it’s commonly held that there are 26 constants that build and describe the world around us. These constants are important, as we are creatures that operate within observable parameters. These laws and rules are the yardsticks we can apply to worlds unseen to transform the theoretical…