cs9c1
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longwatch wrote:
longwatch wrote:
I could not agree more. I just posted in the Laser no laser thread about training and how it can still fall apart under pressure. A "gunfight" is like any other fight. In boxing it only takes one punch, Martial Arts one hit, gun fight one round. Don't get me wrong, training is extremely important but anyone can loose on any given day. Sorry to be the pessimist(or am I a realist?).I think the writer addresses some of those issues in the article. He doesn't claim it's a perfect system and that the possiblity exists that shooters at all levels can have hidden strengths as well as serious weaknesses.
"The fact that someone has been in a gunfight and survived doesn't necessarily make him an expert. He might simply have survived through dumb luck. As the old saying goes, "It's better to be lucky than good." Also, the fact that he had this experience doesn't mean he was hardened by it or even that he learned anything from it. But still, beyond question, the people who've "been there, done that," who learned from and were toughened by the process, have an edge over the rest of us when it comes to preparedness."
"Those folks who pooh-pooh match pressure have never watched another person lose it during a match stage. I have, and the problem in every case was that these were people trying to jump three levels at once--from never shooting (Level 1) to combat pistol match (Level 4)."