[buffaloguy]

Airsoft is vastly underrated as a training tool. Much of what you need to do to be adquately trained can be done in your backyard.

[wastedyears]

Run and gun, reminiscent of bad and easy video games.

[Manly Warrior]

Indeed, moving is critical. Moving with a purpose and end in mind is even more important. Moving of rthe sake of moving may be the only tatic available given a wide open situation, but if cover ( stuff that would stop a bullet) is availa le, that is where you should be moving towards, all things being equal ( usually they aren’t).

Shooting on the move is a rather difficult task to do well w/o regular practice. Skills on how to effectively move AND shoot are not that hard to learn, but difficult to be really good. It may be wise to move fast to cover w/o engaging if there are innocents behind your threat area, and engage from cover with more certainty- suppressive fire is usually not a good idea for folks who have no “qualified immunity” or are not in a bona fide war zone where ROE are much different.

One may simply want to run full out to cover rather than try to deliver accurate fire and move quickly.

You can see for yourself how much movement to your sight picture moving your whole body induces- so foot work that both creates a more stable platform AND allows you move safely but quickly off /to cover is needed. Some teach fencing like moves- one foot at a time, kind of sliding the legs while keeping the torso and head/arms rather stable, others teach foot over foot as in normal walking- the former works very well on smooth surfaces, the latter may be more effective on broken/uneven ground. Learn and practice both- dry fire is a good way to see what works for you and what doesn’t. Practice to teach yourself that needed muscle memory and to make it an automatic skill.

Many ranges do not allow shooting on the move, but your local IPSC/USPAA or IDPA clubs will welcome you with what you have- and you can get all sorts of help from accomplished shooters. Not all the techniques that work in sport competition make sense in combat, but you will be able to think things through and decide. Having some skill is better than finding yourself in a LF situation with no skills and having to do what you know- and stand form and shoot head to head- not a good proposition.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

First, don't trip. That might cause you to shoot yourself, or someone else.

Second: You want to keep as stable as possible shooting platform, so you can hit what you're aiming at.

These would be my two concerns if I ever am forced to use my gun in self-defense. I'm afraid I probably would not run - I'm just hopeful I'll have the presence of mind in a stressful situation to remember what I've learned in courses and in practice at the range and get off a good shot.

[Pollster1]

I see two choices: When I’m running, I plan to run and move quickly. When I’m shooting, I plan to shoot and hit what I’m aiming at. I don’t plan to mix the two goals much, although I’m okay with a half-second transition from one goal to the other.

[Boogieman]

Don't forget the "commando roll"!

[smokingfrog]

The first rule in a gunfight is to always win. Cheat if you must.

Make your attacker advance through a wall of bullets . . . You may get killed with your own gun, but he’ll have to beat you to death with it, cause it’ll be empty.

If you’re in a gun fight.
* If you’re not shooting, you should be loading.
** If you’re not loading, you should be moving,
*** If you’re not moving’, you’re dead.