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Right.

Also we have a problem when someone will excuse themselves from practice or matches based on their misconception that "It's not real". They would rather stay home and use an excuse that somehow they will inherit what it takes to have the skills. Personally, I call what I do, "trigger time". Sometimes I don't practice when I'm shooting and I'm there to have a little fun. Never the less, I'm doing what I can to make a good shot on target. I'll be the first to admit that getting up at Oh Dark Thirty, driving two hours, and shooting in the rain may not be the E Ticket that I expected, but I always notice that the Masters are there all the time.

Agree with you 100% on the concept and reasons surrounding "trigger time." One of the biggest mistakes I ever made was joining IPSC and the USPSA as a life member. Because IPSC is a game...a sport that is even trying to gain acceptance into the Olympics. Good for them, but try to play that game on the street and not only will you get yourself killed, but a bunch of other folks too. So much for $5000 race guns. I know IPSC folks who can't even shoot with iron sights! Now that is sad.

IDPA club to which I belong is one of the few "teaching clubs" in the group and we were the first to hold an officially sanctioned shoot east of the Mississippi River. In fact I was the first shooter run at that shoot and in honor of that, I ran the course with combat JHP's in my gun...what I actually carried on the street.

IMHO, IDPA is the best possible and safest preparation for realistic street situational training.