EagleFiveZero
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Every one of us should do his or her best to not only be competent and reliable with our daily-carry sidearm and any back-up gun ('BUG') we utilize, but we should also remember that our skill sets need to be 'integrated' -- meaning that we need to have more than "just one option" when it comes to self-defense and the defense of others.
It makes sense to know how to handle different kinds of firearms, of course. But not every self-defense situation is going to call for the use of a firearm. The old saying goes that "If all you have is a hammer, every problems starts to look like a nail."
From that perspective, it makes good sense to acquire training in empty-hand combatives skills, including grappling, takedowns, arm-bars, and joint-locking techniques as well as the use of the defensive folding knife that many of us carry in addition to our sidearm. It's my view that many who are CCW permit-qualified develop an unrealistic over-confidence based on the assumption that our most likely self-defense scenario will call for the use of lethal force.
Based solely on statistics, that's normally not the case. That is why our skill sets and our defensive options need to be broad enough to call up those skills needed at any given time - without having to stop and think about it. The classic 'muscle memory' model that so many of us have heard repeated time and again in training. That's why practice of our skills needs to be frequent enough to translate into muscle memory, and we need to have more than just the shooting & marksmanship skills needed for effective firearm combat.
There is an excellent article about all of this in the May/June issue of Concealed Carry magazine on Page 32 in their 'Tactics and Training' category entitled "The Case for Integrated Training".
Recommended reading for all.
Every one of us should do his or her best to not only be competent and reliable with our daily-carry sidearm and any back-up gun ('BUG') we utilize, but we should also remember that our skill sets need to be 'integrated' -- meaning that we need to have more than "just one option" when it comes to self-defense and the defense of others.
It makes sense to know how to handle different kinds of firearms, of course. But not every self-defense situation is going to call for the use of a firearm. The old saying goes that "If all you have is a hammer, every problems starts to look like a nail."
From that perspective, it makes good sense to acquire training in empty-hand combatives skills, including grappling, takedowns, arm-bars, and joint-locking techniques as well as the use of the defensive folding knife that many of us carry in addition to our sidearm. It's my view that many who are CCW permit-qualified develop an unrealistic over-confidence based on the assumption that our most likely self-defense scenario will call for the use of lethal force.
Based solely on statistics, that's normally not the case. That is why our skill sets and our defensive options need to be broad enough to call up those skills needed at any given time - without having to stop and think about it. The classic 'muscle memory' model that so many of us have heard repeated time and again in training. That's why practice of our skills needs to be frequent enough to translate into muscle memory, and we need to have more than just the shooting & marksmanship skills needed for effective firearm combat.
There is an excellent article about all of this in the May/June issue of Concealed Carry magazine on Page 32 in their 'Tactics and Training' category entitled "The Case for Integrated Training".
Recommended reading for all.
