Fathers, mothers, accountants, doctors, investment advisors, brokers, attorneys, teachers, business executives, business owners, machinist, mechanics, artist and………… There is a movement of self-sufficiency, preparedness, self-reliance and survival. These people have many names ranging from self-reliant, preppers, homesteaders, and survivalist. All share a need for quality of life, economic adaptation, and if necessary survive a catastrophic local or global event. New and wanting to learn how to …

We are a group of Concerned Citizens meeting weekly at a dojo on 14th Street in Manhattan. We are learning and teachings many aspects of Urban Survival and Wilderness survival. Classes are taught classroom style and in the fields on site. We deal with Emergencies, Disasters and Self Suffiencies in general. Skills we are learning are: Gardening; food prep, canning and storage;alternate energy; fishing, hunting, tracking, orienteering; using hand tools; archery; stick fighting, self defense; first …