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A Need For Speed?
Well, I’ve had reason to think about this lately, and I’m no longer convinced that speed is what we should be thinking of, or that striving for a smooth motion is always and absolutely desirable...
The Realities of an Attack
We have control of few variables in a real-life attack. Actual violence can happen to you anytime and anywhere…
THE BEST SOLUTIONS TO PISTOL MALFUNCTIONS
Let me put this in perspective...the manipulation is not what takes so long...it is the thinking and analysis. What I have tried to do in my training is eliminate the analysis beyond realizing the gun has stopped working. That is all I need to know...
Movement With A Purpose
Movement (in firearms training) is very important, I dare say critical. Good solid training in movement can mean life and death for you.
Dry Practice your weapon and mind.
Let me start by saying that in my opinion; dry practice is as important and in some ways more important than putting rounds down range. You should also dry practice your mind, but I’ll get to that later...
Range Safety, Combat Safety
Short of actual wounding and death being allowed and introduced into training, any range activity, however designed and however intensely it is performed, will only get so close to the actual fight any one of us might or will face one day outside of that range...
Some Thoughts on Point Shooting
The bottom line is that point shooting as been used successfully by some of “the elite of the elite” for a very long time. It is a combat proven skill set used by some of the greatest gun fighters this world has ever seen. To suggest that these men did not know how to get it done would be extremely presumptuous...
Natural Improvised Weapons
Applying our 'hard' body weapons (knees, tips of the elbow, blade of forearm, etc.) to appropriate soft targets on our adversary is devastating. They are also the tools of the close in fighter- a place I encourage and teach, because if you’re in the fight already, and the Bad Guy is bigger...
Getting the Most Out of a Suarez International Class
Good notes regarding evaluating and attending ANY firearms training course...
Looking At Holster When Reholstering - Mistake or Advantage?
The issue is looking at the holster on the reholstering. I know....I know...we are told its bad, its wrong, it will lead to all manner of bad things (to include disapproval by gun gurus), ect. But why is it wrong? Or is it?...
Right Hand, Left Eye, One Way-Wrong Way
So what do you do if your dominant eye is opposite your shooting hand? Here’s the easy answer: sight alignment, sight picture, breath control, trigger press. If you need to turn your head slightly do it. If squinting your non-shooting eye helps do that.
Finger Off The Trigger - Sacred Cow In Need Of Butchering
But when approaching a specific danger point, or challenging or covering a human adversary at gun point (only a fool covers from low ready) the finger should be touching the trigger to reduce your reaction time, and thus increase your safety...
When Beating Your Friends Is More Important Than Defeating Your Enemies
So IDPA is a great opportunity to bring out the guns you would actually use during a gunfight. If you don’t, your actions show your ego is more important to you than defending yourself and your family from serious harm...
Giving A Warning
Giving verbal commands to a bad guy MAY have some relevance in the police world; however, it has virtually no place in the real world for the civilian fighter...
A Dad
When it comes down to brass tacks, it is not the cop or the soldier that will most likely be the last line of defense for our loved ones. The last line of defense will most likely be ………a Dad.
Beyond the OODA Loop: Boyd’s Lost Principles
This concept, the OODA Loop, explains how all strategies succeed and/or fail. It stands for Observation, Orientation, Decision and Action...
The Takeoff
When it comes to the very best way possible of exploding off of the X, there are a number of factors that simply must be taken into consideration. It is very clear that inside of almost anything "tactical," "the situation is the dictating factor."...
Finger On The Trigger - Mistake Or Tactical Advantage?
I am well aware of all so-called safety rules, but being anal retentive about this sort of thing only hurts your survivability n the real world for which we train...
Accident or Negligence?
Hopefully, when and if it happens to you, proper muzzle-control will be exercised and no one will be injured...
In The Land Of The Blind, The One Eyed Man Is King - Or You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
But when you have to draw that blaster to save yourself, you are fighting. And as such, the vast majority of gun training in the USA will not prepare you fully to prevail in a gun fight...
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