carsontech
Activist Member
WTF... Found this when searching for videos on Bersa's new BP CC 9mm single stack:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dYgM24M2Uk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dYgM24M2Uk
Last edited:
The higher the speed and the lower the drag the instructor claims, the more likely you are to see this sort of behavior. The implication is that the instructor is so skilled that they can always miss you, and that if you take their class you will become just as skilled.
It's much the same as the instructors/schools that claim to operate under "big boy rules" for people that wear "big boy pants" - involving some shooters advancing ahead of the rest of the shooters because that will happen "in real life".
Most of us are never going to be part of a stack charging up the stairs to take out Osama bin Laden, or busting through the plate glass window to take down a gang of bank robbers holding grannies and Girl Scouts hostage. So we do not go looking for trainers and training that expose us to such high levels of risk. Maybe Seal Team Six and Food Court Team Eight will face those situations and need to train like that. But they signed up knowing that they were going to go into extremely dangerous situations where they could be shot by either the "enemy" or their team buddy. Us "normal" folks generally do not look for that much excitement.
Maybe the best we can do is expose those HS/LD folks - here's their sign
View attachment 7679
stay safe.
One of the things people forget, is that you can walk up to a BG and put the gun on them and pull the trigger. My partner used that solution to a hostage scenario I posed the other day. I complimented her on a great extemporaneous firing solution.
If you're a small female and the BG is looking at your big hairy boyfriend as the threat, that kind of thing can work.
On the OP, Absorb what is useful to you, disregard the rest. The 80/20 rule. Customize/personalize your training.
It's all about the 'HOW', not the 'WHAT':
o Decide what your goal is (this can be simple or pretty complicated. Think it out like a coding problem, flowchart it);
o Find an expert who is accomplished at what you want to do. Copy them until you get results, try to understand what you're copying;
o Fine tune your approach as you figure out WHY it works and can explain it clearly and concisely. Here you truly begin to absorb;
o Eliminate anything that is counterproductive or non-essential, (Pareto principle, above) like a sculptor removing marble to reveal the statue/art;
o Learn to create variations based on your knowledge of self. Master yourself first and you will win a thousand battles;
o Innovate. Make it your own;
o At some point break all the rules you learned (or be prepared to do so), and reassemble them;
o When the student is ready the master appears;
o Try to return to your original freedom (no mind).
...and things like that.
I caught at least one quote from "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu in there.An excellent book , and a must read !
While I agree with you in principle, I do think the likelihood that a carrier (OC/CC) will be in the presence of a Luby's/Va Tech lunatic some time over the next decade is considerable. Therefore, it behooves us to be ready.
I can think of half a dozen situations where I might have to shoot a BG in close quarters. Most will probably not be hostage situations. Instead, they'll probably be at a restaurant or other public location where missing the BG will endanger an innocent standing behind them or in front of them. Thus, my aim must be right on target. If it is a lunatic situation, they'll probably be blasting away with people running everywhere, so time is of the essence, as well.
It's a delicate balance between time and accuracy, no doubt about it.