Gunfight Training

Am Shooting Journal ^ | 5/22/2019 | J Wilson

[w1n1]

Sometimes a pre-cursor to a Gunfight involves Hand-to-Hand Jitsu just to get to Glock-Fu. Are we training correctly in preparation for that Gunfight?
Unfortunately, there are many assaults that takes place every day. Bad guys don’t discriminate man or woman. In the following video, the footage highlights a female protecting herself from an attack by a would be mugger.
At this point, the motive is unknown, but what does stand out is that the female successfully fends off the attack and stopping the attacker with her pistol.
Yes, we can go on stating that having the right to bear arms is a good thing. The purpose of this article is to challenge the idea of what is good gun training to prepare for an altercation. This article is not about using 1,000 Glock-Fu technique to protect yourself.

Gun Training
Generally gun training for self-defense is about handgun familiarization and shooting the pistol at the range. The training may also have scenario for the trainee to respond to depending on the training facility.
Anyways, what we’re getting after is that there is that “close quarter moment” where you need to train the most.
In this video case its when the female was reaching for her pistol that's in her handbag as the attacker was closing in on her. Fortunately, in this incident she got the gun out just in time to defend herself. There are some that will tell you that they weren't able to get their pistol out in time. So this is where we are addressing that "close call moment" when you need some hand-to-hand jitsu to prior to getting you gun out.

Challenge Conventional Thinking
We want to challenge the conventional thinking when we train for that gunfight. Again, we need to go beyond standing at the line then at the command we draw our pistol and blast away downrange at the target. This portion of close quarter training falls into empty hands/reflex training.
Lets think about this, how fast can you quickly assess a situation while on a daily outing, make a quick decision to either go for your weapon or use less lethal action based on the settings. LE trainer call this O.O.D.A. (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) its how we go through the process of reacting to a stimulus. Read the rest of gunfight training.

[G Larry]

The key I learned in this type of training is not to lead with your ego.

Don't be the tough guy who won't be intimidated into changing your route.

If you see possible trouble, avoid it.

A sharp knife moves quickly.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Only a small part of fight training is an intellectual exercise. It is best learned in mock fights with cap guns, rubber knives, and a lot of creativity and acting.

It is definitely not limited to just a single weapon. Improv weapons are also very valid. If you have a weapon, it is *vital* that you do not use it as a crutch, but as just one part of the fight.

You also need to learn what could be called the “Tueller distances” for everything.

This stuff goes on and on.

[Rappini]

Situation awareness, that girl waited to long before she reacted. That POS was a big guy she would have lost in hand to hand combat Ju jitsu or not.

[Bob434]

As an aside- Keanu reeves was the real deal when it comes to gun handling- His movies aren’t just CGI- He had the skills-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yk7K8-HnfI

[DEPcom]

The advantage that she did have is the guy did not know she was arm or he would have got the jump on her.

Situation awareness is key, as soon as he comes flying up and stop she should have move backwards the instants he started to stop.

She did wait to long; she was lucky she caught him off guard with a concealed weapon. It appears he follow her with a preplan action in his mind.

[Bob434]

here’s a better one-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xii9_oWQ7HY

[riverrunner]

She should have removed herself some distance before dropping her pack to get to her phone.

She stayed way to close to her attacker.