VIGSLIST SURVIVAL TACTICS

ORDERS 01

COMBATIVES // WHAT ACTUALLY WORKS

This is not a hiking club. Vigslist Survival Tactics is a combatives system first — striking, grappling, and weapons work forged over nearly fifty years in the fight. One system. No style names. No politics. What survives contact.

SYS-01

Striking

Devastating strikes from standing. Power generation, targeting, and combinations that end confrontations. Hit first, hit hard, end it.

SYS-02

Ground Striking

Striking from the ground. When you're down but not out — offensive tools from inferior positions that turn the fight back in your favor.

SYS-03

Get-Ups & Escapes

How to stand up when you've been taken down. Technical get-ups under pressure — because the ground is the last place you want to be.

SYS-04

Positional Control

Control the position, control the fight. Dominant positions, transitions, and the positional hierarchy that decides who walks away.

SYS-05

Weapon Retention

Keep your weapon yours. Retention techniques for armed confrontations — when someone tries to take what protects you.

SYS-06

Weapons of Opportunity

Everything is a weapon. Environmental tools and improvised defense — training your eyes to see armories where others see scenery.

SYS-07

Edge Weaponry

Blade awareness, defense, and deployment. The brutal reality of edged weapons — what actually happens, and how to survive it.

ORDERS 02

FIELD SURVIVAL // THE BASICS DONE RIGHT

The fundamentals that keep you alive when the world stops cooperating. Taught in greater depth through our training courses.

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Fire

Friction, spark, and flame — ignition methods that work when you're cold, wet, and out of options.

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Water

Find it, filter it, make it safe. Three days without it and you're done — this is non-negotiable.

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Shelter

Three hours in extreme exposure can kill you. Shelter systems that go up fast and hold through the night.

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Food

Foraging, trapping, and procurement. Calories are fuel — know how to find them when the shelves are empty.

⚠ NOTE: These fundamentals are taught in far greater depth through our field courses — with PDFs, drills, and certifications for members.

ORDERS 03

THE ARMORY // FIELD LIBRARY

Four books. One doctrine. Written by a man who has lived it.

COMING SOON

The Flagship Manual

The complete VST system — combatives and survival in one volume. Striking, ground fighting, weapons, and fieldcraft. This is the book everything else points to.

Full combatives system, start to finish
Field survival doctrine
Training programs and progressions

Coming Soon

APOCALYPTIC
PREPAREDNESS

Richard Vigslist

// Cover Coming //

Apocalyptic Preparedness

Long-Term Survival Planning

When the emergency doesn't end in 72 hours. Food security, water systems, shelter, community, and the mindset for sustained self-reliance — the long game of preparedness.

Long-term food storage and production
Water independence at scale
Retreat hardening without paranoia

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Proverbs of Violence

Wisdom From the Path

Fragments of wisdom, truth, and humor from a lifetime of discipline and reflection. Written in the timeless cadence of Old-World scripture — each verse blends the martial path with hard-earned insight.

Proverbs on strength and stillness
Martial wisdom for everyday life
Reflective, honest, sharply witty

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WARRIORS OF
ANTIQUITY

Richard Vigslist

// Cover Coming //

Warriors of Antiquity

Twelve Lives Throughout the Ages

Twelve lives. Twelve warriors. From ancient battlefields to forgotten empires — the stories of those who lived and died by the warrior's code, and what their lives teach us about courage, honor, and survival.

Twelve historical warriors across the ages
Lessons in courage and resilience
Ancient wisdom for modern preparedness

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ORDERS 04

FIELD COURSES // PDF TRAINING MODULES

In-depth training courses delivered as PDF field manuals — drills, progressions, and hard-won detail you won't find anywhere else.

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MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED. Field courses are exclusive to active members. Enlist now — $99/year — and unlock the full training library.

CRS-01

Striking Fundamentals

Power, targeting, and combinations. The striking system that ends confrontations.

$49Members Only

Enroll →

CRS-02

Ground Striking

Striking from the ground. Down but never out — offensive tools from inferior positions.

$49Members Only

Enroll →

CRS-03

Get-Ups & Escapes

How to stand up when you've been taken down. Technical get-ups under pressure.

$49Members Only

Enroll →

CRS-04

Positional Control Tactics

Control the position, control the fight. Dominant positions and transitions.

$49Members Only

Enroll →

CRS-05

Weapon Retention

Keep your weapon yours. Retention techniques for armed confrontations.

$49Members Only

Enroll →

CRS-06

Weapons of Opportunity

Everything is a weapon. Environmental tools and improvised defense.

$49Members Only

Enroll →

CRS-07

Edge Weaponry

Blade awareness, defense, and deployment. The reality of edged weapons.

$49Members Only

Enroll →

CRS-08

Field Survival Intensive

Fire, water, shelter, food — the fundamentals in full depth.

$49Members Only

Enroll →

Verified skill certifications available for every course — +$29 each. Prove what you know.

ORDERS 05

ENLIST // JOIN THE RANKS

Membership is the key that opens everything — the forum, the courses, the certifications. One price. Full access.

Operator Membership

$99/yr

Full forum access — all operation zones
Unlock all 8 PDF field courses ($49 each)
Certification eligibility (+$29 each)
Member-only intel & scenarios
Direct line to the command

Enlist Now

Courses

$49 each

PDF field manuals — yours to keep
Drills and training progressions
8 combatives & survival courses
Members-only pricing
New courses added regularly

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Certifications

+$29 each

Verified skill credentials
Per-course certification
Tested, not participation trophies
Recognized within the ranks
Members only

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ORDERS 06

THE OPERATOR // BEHIND VST

"CHANCE FAVORS
THE PREPARED
MIND."

Richard Vigslist has spent nearly fifty years in the fight — training since childhood, through Jeet Kune Do, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (black belt), and Muay Thai forged alongside stadium champions.

He ran his own high-risk security firm. Protected celebrities. Operated where the stakes were real. Then he spent fourteen months in a Theravada Buddhist temple and six months in a Soto Zen priory — learning that stillness and violence are two sides of the same coin.

Vigslist Survival Tactics is everything he knows about staying alive — in a fight, in the wild, and in the collapse — distilled into one system. No fluff. No fantasy. What actually works.