Seabear wrote:One other thing I found interesting was how comfortable the officer was with switching his pistol from one hand to the other when it was necessary for his body position. Very good training. And he took the pistol farther away from the BG as he moved.
That's one of the things I've always wondered about my being left handed. Statistically speaking, if a BG is more likely to both be right handed and facing a right handed victim, is he then more likely to try to overpower from what he believes is my weak side.....which would be my gun-side?
When I was a surfer, I was "goofy footed" (right foot forward), and ditto either in martial arts or boxing, I tend to fight right foot forward. In the relatively few close quarters/shooting from retention drills I've done, I tend to revert to right foot forwards, unless I am moving forward off the angle of attack, in which case I will tend to move forward to the left......
IF the attack is from straight in from the front. If it isn't, then I have to start using pivots and footwork to keep
my strong side (which the BG may believe to be my weak side) away from his grasp.
Easy to theorize and game out what to do. Even fairly easy to drill it out in a dojo. Quite another thing to put into practice in the real world with a BG who is not cooperating with your training. I am currently reading a book called "
Facing Violence" which someone on this forum once recommended....I don't remember who it was. In any case, it is causing me to reexamine my beliefs and assumptions about the psychology of violence. It's not so much about changing what
I might or might not
do, but rather, what the other guy might do......and
why. It is written in part for the world of CCW, and it also covers some important legal principles. I would suggest that if anybody's assumptions are founded in self righteous pride and and a strong sense of "what ought to be" that they pick up this book and read it. But be prepared to have some of your more cherished shibboleths challenged. I don't view it as the holy frail in all things violent, but it did help me to expand my perceptions of it. Experienced LEO's will find a lot of what he says to be familiar territory.
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”
― G. Michael Hopf, "Those Who Remain"
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