This does fall under the USE&E (Urban Survival, Escape & Evasion) title quite a lot of my material falls under. But it is more broad-based, and can contribute to more areas of life than just SHTF types of situations.

So, why nomad? I have been a lot of things in my life, but one thing has been consistent, traveling, both geographically and between social groups. So, I will be writing about the skills that helped me navigate my way through those worlds. It also helps to know, simply by changing intent and mindset, these skills also work for SHTF and self-defense scenarios, as well.

Mindset always comes first.

In the tactical training world, there is something called the Tactical Pyramid (with credit to Dennis Martin & Lee Morrison for the terms). This pyramid encapsulates the foundations needed to successfully overcome in a tactical or self-defense engagement.