Handgun Combatives….Dave Spaulding
After yesterday's post, I received a number of
e-mails asking what drills I regularly practice or what I thought of this drill
or that drill. FYI my current column in HANDGUNS Magazine discusses shooter
fascination with certain drills. Let me reiterate here...A DRILL IS NOT THE
FIGHT! Too many shooters are relating combat competency to particular drills
and I think this is dangerous! It is obviously due to no frame of reference as
few people have faces death in armed conflict. While I mentioned the 2 Second
Drill as a self-evaluation of particular skills I do not practice any
particular drill...I PRACTICE SKILLS! To successfully complete any drill,
whether it is shooting or open hand combat, the skills in the drill should be
practiced...trigger control, drawing from the holster, reloading, presentation
from ready...not the drill itself. It does not matter if it is the 2x2x2, the
FAST or the El Prez', shooting the drill over and over is a waste of...
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