Zombie Fitness Friday - Educating the Masses

Last night I had a training session with Cardiff Castle Garrison, where we practiced spear attack, defence and counter-attack. It was great fun, but insanely tiring (something to do with lunging with 9 feet of wood and metal). It made me realise that my stamina has taken a bit of a battering over the holidays, so that will be my #1 focus for the time being. My grip isn't that good either, so if anyone has any tips on improving that then please let me know.

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I was looking at a post over at post-acocalyptic survival blog In Case of Survival, where they were discussing putting survival advice in nursery rhymes to educate children right from the start. This got me thinking that education is just as important as being faster than the things trying to eat you.

When the apocalypse hits, how many of us are going to know how to survive? I mean, really? With our sheltered, modern lives, opening a can of baked beans can be a nightmare if we don't have the right do-hickey that does the job for us. How long do we expect to survive with little to no power, water or heating?

With that in mind, designating schools/learning centres within your survival groups is key. Much like Druids were the centres of learning in Celtic tribes, in order to survive you need to get smart, quickly. People need to learn basic survival skills; scavenging for food, making a fire, sleeping downwind, hunting wild animals etc. If your idea of making basic medicine is repeatedly tapping the A button (as in most video game RPGs) then you're going to be one of the first to die.

Comment of the week goes to Alex J. Cavanaugh for last week's topic, "Where do you consider the safest place to be during a zombie outbreak?",

"The safest place? The moon!" (very true, Alex. But there are other nasties up there, like Space Nazis)

What survival skill would you like to learn most? What could you teach to others?