Archive for self-defense skills

Support Hand Shooting

Support-hand shooting is not a fast-draw technique so much as it is a survival technique.

July 01, 2013

Perishable Skills

Many don’t realize it, but shooting is a perishable skill that must be continuously renewed through practice and training. Every expert recommends regular range time to both improve and maintain accuracy and the skills needed to ward off a deadly attack. This is constantly proven by the thousands of rounds fired every year by competitors to stay at the top of their fields.

May 22, 2013

Stress Drill

Being able to center punch the 10 ring on a target is good, but being able to do it under pressure is what you need to be able to do in a self-defense situation.

August 08, 2012

Aiming

This question came up in a combat range discussion not long ago. Indeed, when does the aiming process begin? Most present said something about aiming beginning when the gun is at the full extension of the arm and the front sight is visible. Possibly, but I think it happens earlier in the sequence. As a matter of fact, I can make a pretty good argument for aiming beginning at the moment you realize you need to shoot. 

August 06, 2012

Don’t Rush

I often trash movies for poor handling of firearms, but there is a saying that I've heard in movies that is correct when it comes to drawing a handgun: Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast.

July 31, 2012

Self-Defense Pistol 101

Using a handgun to defend your life requires more than just a familiarity with firearms.

June 22, 2011