Warrior Poet Society Podcast

Warrior Poet Profiles: George Washington with instructor John Lovell and Revolutionary War reenactor and political activist William Temple. In this video we discuss George Washington's life and legacy, to include the good and the more controversial. Washington was highly respected as a man of incredible moral character, influence, strength, and fortitude, however, many today would cast judgment on him as a slave owner (and perhaps rightfully so), as well as a few other historical grienances....

Warrior Poet Profiles - Samurai Miyamoto Musashi with tactics and firearms instructor John Lovell Miyamoto musashi was a masterless samurai (Ronin) who lived in Japan in the 1600s. He is considered one of the greatest swordsmen of all time and perfected the 2 swords fighting style. Musashi is also known for his great tactical knowledge in combat and authored ‘The 5 Rings [Spheres]’, ‘The 35 Articles’, and ‘The Path Walked Alone’. All of these references were used as well as the commentary by...

Travel Safety Tips: PT.4 Hotels, Transit, Assault, etc with tactics and firearms instructor John Lovell We are oftentimes in our most vulnerable state when we are traveling. When we are traveling in a foreign culture, our vulnerability becomes exponentially worse. My intention in this video series is to highlight how we can travel safely without loss of property, and without injury to yourself, family, or people you are traveling with. While these security tips are not fool proof, they will...

Travel Safety Tips: PT.3 Pretravel Preparation with tactics and firearms instructor John Lovell We are oftentimes in our most vulnerable state when we are traveling. When we are traveling in a foreign culture, our vulnerability becomes exponentially worse. My intention in this video series is to highlight how we can travel safely without loss of property, and without injury to yourself, family, or people you are traveling with. While these security tips are not fool proof, they will do a...

Travel Safety Tips: PT.1 Introduction with tactics and firearms instructor John Lovell We are oftentimes in our most vulnerable state when we are traveling. When we are traveling in a foreign culture, our vulnerability becomes exponentially worse. My intention in this video series is to highlight how we can travel safely without loss of property, and without injury to yourself, family, or people you are traveling with. While these security tips are not fool proof, they will do a great deal...

Travel Safety Tips: PT.1 Introduction with tactics and firearms instructor John Lovell We are oftentimes in our most vulnerable state when we are traveling. When we are traveling in a foreign culture, our vulnerability becomes exponentially worse. My intention in this video series is to highlight how we can travel safely without loss of property, and without injury to yourself, family, or people you are traveling with. While these security tips are not fool proof, they will do a great deal...

Warriors must strive to be scholars as well as fighters. They must be warrior poets. Video with John Lovell “The nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards; its fighting done by fools”. Widely attributed to Thucydides in books and online [regretfully I perpetuated this misinformation in my video] - this quote is from Sir William Francis Butler, Charles George Gordon (1889), p. 85, where it reads: "The nation that will...

Warrior Poet Profiles - Episode 2 - The Spartan King Leonidas and Dienekes, a historical look at these warriors from tactics and firearms instructor John Lovell. In 480 B.C, the Persian army under the command of King Xerxes laid siege to Greece at the hot gates of Thermopylae. A small force of 300 Spartans and a few thousand allied Greeks met the vast 2 million man Persian army to fight one of history's greatest battles. These warrior poets fought with brilliant skill and epic sacrifice,...

Tactics and firearms instructor John Lovell reviews John Wick 2 Spoiler alert for John Wick 1, but not for 2. I just finished watching John Wick 2 tonight and was pleased to see the same solid weapon manipulation, shooting, and general movement skills I noticed in the first John Wick movie. I give props and respect to this actor for putting in the hardwork and submitting to good instruction from good dudes like Aaron Cohen and Taran of Taran Tactical. A pleasant surprise was how much Keanu...

Tactics Instructor John Lovell talks about 'Self Defense and "Turning the Other Cheek"'. This video may be about upsetting, but it should at least get us thinking. There is a time for peace and a time for war. A time to fight, and a time to turn the other cheek. This video is from a Christian viewpoint, let the viewer beware! Click THIS LINK to learn more about how to defend yourself and others. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ZK... IMAGINE, someone you know got ticked off at you and was...

Lessons in Military Leadership - This video covers the phases of taking a new private and developing them into a fully trained member of a team. I wish I had known then, what I know now. What I thought about military leadership came largely from simply replicating what I saw leaders around me doing (for better or for worse, and usually for worse), or what we had all seen in movies. In reality, leading soldiers should be a far more deliberate process that is predictable and can be really made...

John Lovell Interviews James Yeager of Tactical Response - During my time this past week teaching Telluric Group's 'Night Vision Professional Course' hosted at Tactical Response, I got the chance to hang out with the highly controversial James Yeager and put together this interview. Some of the questions were taken from fan requests, and I generated the others. Table of Contents: :54 Star Wars X-wing or Tie Fighter 1:29 John makes fun of Yeager's age 1:50 What does James Yeager do in his...

Being a Christian in the Military, Law Enforcement, or EMS with tactics and firearms instructor John Lovell. In this video, I aim to give practical advice from experience and from what I understand the Bible would urge us to as 'good evangelists' and ambassadors of Christ. Though the term 'warrior poet' is meant to be broad to include all those skilled protectors who live and die for higher purpose, my personal worldview is the Christian one. http://warriorpoetsociety.us SUBSCRIBE & SHARE...

How I do Gun and Gear Reviews - Instructor John Lovell By nature of my job as a tactics and firearms instructor, and because companies are reaching out more and more to ask me to review their products, I wanted to set some guidelines about how I will go about reviewing future products. I am training-centric in my thinking more than gear-centric, so I usually want to push people to solving combat related problems with better skills and tactics, however, the value of good guns and gear should...

'Laugh at Your Misery and Fear' with tactics and firearms instructor John Lovell. How do soldiers cope with the pressures of war? How does someone endure horrible misery? How can you prepare to do the same? Though there is a lot that goes into building good 'fighter mindset', in this video I discuss a piece of that which I never hear mentioned. Whenever I have brought up this subject to war veterans, fighters, police, military, contractors, and other high-risk professionals, I'm always...

If you lack this one thing, then none of your guns, ammunition, plans, or training can help you. In fact, you could very well spend 20 years shooting with the feeling you were becoming more prepared, when in reality, you are doomed to fail because you are lacking in this one indispensable thing - courage. Now no one wants to entertain the thought that they might not rise to the occasion as a hero, but lets for a moment delve into this topic for at least a sort of fire-insurance. Fear can...

The Warrior Poet Society is a resource for like-minded protectors. Warrior Poets are those who are lovers of truth and lovers of people, and they are defenders of both. They are lions and lambs. Lovers and fighters. Warriors and poets. The warrior poet is someone of deep conviction, careful thought, and skill in violence. Videos in this channel range from topics like tactics, firearms, gear, fitness, and fighter mindset, to topics such as theology, philosophy, and history. Videos are created...