The term "equipment” refers to absolutely every item that will be of use to you, but owning a good-quality knife or some other cutting tool combined with the knowledge of how to use it in survival situations in nature can secure a man or greatly ease the regulation of all of his primary physiological needs. During his stay in nature, it will give him security and uninhibit his movement through nature.
Once you reach your destination, you need to set up your tent or, if you don't have one, make an appropriate shelter of your own. With the help of a knife or hatchet, one can make a decent shelter out of sticks, branches and leaves (a smaller shelter made of branches and leaves can be made without any tools). Having a shelter means that you have a crucial physical barrier between yourself and cruel nature that surrounds you. In a survival situation, one needs to find or build his own shelter that will protect him from wind, moisture, sun or cold, depending on the climate in which he is located. When building a shelter, lighting a fire or in a desire to tie or secure something, you need to know how to do that. In other words, you need to know how to make a firm knot that will be of use.
It is best to make a shelter somewhere on the edge of the woods, never inside it. After rainfall, there is water dripping from the branches for hours and strong wind might break them. Be careful not to build a shelter under an isolated tree – they are oftentimes the lightning's target. Shelter must never be built on a path that is used by game animals. It is good to make it near water, but you also need to keep in mind that the sound of running water can cover some other noises and might indicate danger. A shelter that is located too close to water increases the chance of sudden floods that might result from heavy rainfall as well as the danger of various insects and animals.
To be Continued in February 2020 issue.
David “ Sensei“ Stainko, the Master of Kinesiology and senior organizer of kinesiological recreation was born in Rijeka, Croatia in 1962. There he attended the primary and secondary school. In 1980 he enrolled at Zagreb University, Croatia to study Kinesiology and he got his M.A. degree there.
At present he is a Physical Education teacher and a counselor for martial arts skills. He lives in Rijeka, Croatia.
David Stanko has been active in martial arts since 1973. He started training in Budokai Club Rijeka.
In 1978 he founded the Youth Budokai Club , which later changed its name into The Club of Martial Arts Victoria. It was registered as the first of its kind in former Yugoslavia ( where Croatia was one of the constituent parts) and one of the first in Europe.
In 1978 David Stainko got the titles of 1st DAN Budokai and WAKO instructor.
Since 1981 he has been intensely practising boxing and kick boxing , and in 1982 he also took part in Korean skills tae kwon do and kung fu style- thai chi. At the same time he was perfecting the skills aikido, judo, ju-jutsu and kung fu wing-tsun.In 1983 he obtained the master title of 3rd DAN ( Budokai), and a year later the title of the instructor of Jeet-kune do, and kung fu style – thai chi.
He got the master title of the black belt of 4th DAN and he became a kick boxing and tang soo do coach in 1986. He also became the trainer of karate kyokushinkai in 1987. At that time he got introduced to Vietnamese skill viet vo dao.
2018 brought him the master title of 8th DAN at the age of 55+ and 45 years of practising and studying of martial arts (with published articles).
David Stainko took part in 4 European and 3 world champiionships. He was the European champion in 1986. Jn 1987 he became the member of the European martial arts team. In 1988 he won the second place in the world championship (WMMAF).