I enjoy John Lovell's videos. He's very smart and an excellent presenter. I hope to train with him one day.
One thing I would add to his points: I agree that tactics generally trump skills, but we should stress that the better your skill set is and the more confidence you have in executing those fundamentals on demand at a high level, the more time and mental resources you will have available to observe, assess, formulate a plan, and execute it. The type of violence of action necessary to address a high level threat can be impeded (perhaps fatally) by a brain that has to deliberately think about clearing concealment while starting to move, getting a firing grip, presenting the weapon, etc. etc. If those actions are conditioned and require minimal active guidance from your brain, the more you'll have to devote to the tactics of your response.
Agree! He does a good job in explaining how fast and brutal close combat can be. The history talk was nice as well, seems like his prices are reasonable.
I am willing to bet that most people fail to put an emphasis on group training. Solo range trips can be productive from an accuracy perspective but how often is that skill set applied to a 1v1 or small group scenario?
Remember the sacred word, "For we wrestle not against paper and cardboard, but against flesh, blood, and bad intentions."
Get out and train... But take someone with you.
We're working on group training at our church...so at least to have an idea what each person should be doing in the event that something does occur.
Are you incorporating any force-on-force type training? It might not be a bad idea to let people see how a simple plan goes awry once stress is introduced.We're working on group training at our church...so at least to have an idea what each person should be doing in the event that something does occur.
Two seconds is an eternity - a Formula One team can change four tires in two seconds - that includes the jack up/down time.I've always taught my family, and friends if you can't draw, fire, and hit your target in two seconds you may have a knife buried in your chest or gut.
Two seconds is an eternity - a Formula One team can change four tires in two seconds - that includes the jack up/down time.
Put your normal clothing on. Add a jacket since it's cold out. Stand normally in front of a mirror then draw aiming at your mirror. Let me know how fast you did it in. No practice and the 1st try.
An attacker with a knife in hand can cover a lot of ground in two seconds.
Jackets with snaps, or ones that can be left unzipped from the waist up are ideal.
I know and the main thing is to draw without problems. People do not understand getting to your weapon then drawing it has to be perfect in that situation or darn close to it. My daughter who isn't a professional shooter was able to draw and fire in 1.69 sec when she went to appendix carry. Thats just fun and practice. That's also with summer clothing on though. Put on a few layers more means more obstacles more time.
For fun put winter gloves on and or put your cell phone or something mimicking a cell phone in your hand and try lol. Depending on the glove type they might need to come off, the cell phone will have to be dropped.