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Well gang we made it back. Overall the trip was a lot of fun and I think those that attended really enjoyed themselves and took quite a bit away. One thing I personally learned was I need more training. My friend Alan opened my eyes, while our philosophies differ, one thing is certain, you have to get out there and train if you expect to perform. I know everyone is wondering about the black eye, well it's ripe for the picking now. We were practicing making space, getting someone off you. Here are a couple of pics.
Black eye.jpg
Most folks think they carry a gun and that's all they need. We practiced this several times, no one, no one had time to go for the gun. They were far too worried about the getting woodpeckered to death. It was during this evolution that my knee went out. Below are a couple of pics. The guy I'm going at it with is the property owner Mitch, a really nice guy. He was a wiry little guy with a grip like iron. He never had the chance to draw his gun and the fight ended with me sticking the blade in his taint, that ended the fight immediately.
My knee went out when I was taking him to the ground, i heard and felt the pop but it didn't hurt then, it wasn't until I was getting up that the knee folded like a lawn chair and the pain showed. I go Friday to the Orthopedist to see what's up with it.
We practiced a lot in the way of knife skills, defending was the primary issue.
We later moved to the range to get down and dirty. There were a number of things we worked on, communication was the primary thing we worked on. As these were all folks with limited experience I was worried about safety, people moving and shooting gets real dangerous. But everyone performed great. Alan covered the proper use of cover, the difference between that and concealment. When looking at the pics you'll see the guys with the outside knee is up, this is opposite of the normal way we shoot, the support knee would usually be up. But behind cover it's the opposite, that way if one of your teammates slides in to use the same cover they don't knock you over.
Alan induced stress through exercise, making the guys do all sorts of stuff, then he would shout "Contact front!" and they had to react, it was an eye opener. I was participating in the evolutions at the range as well, until the knee went out when I was moving for cover and crashed into the dirt, I was no a liability and sat the rest of the events out, except the last one. The guys were quick to come to my aid and quickly had ice on the knee, they really were a great bunch.
The last evolution was a constant movement to contact, everyone on line advancing and firing, this was a really fun evolution, the pic is below.
I'll post more on this later, the one thing I took away from this was: Get off your ass and train.
I don't know what's up with the pics, it's too late to fool with it tonight, i'll look at it tomorrow.
Black eye.jpg
Most folks think they carry a gun and that's all they need. We practiced this several times, no one, no one had time to go for the gun. They were far too worried about the getting woodpeckered to death. It was during this evolution that my knee went out. Below are a couple of pics. The guy I'm going at it with is the property owner Mitch, a really nice guy. He was a wiry little guy with a grip like iron. He never had the chance to draw his gun and the fight ended with me sticking the blade in his taint, that ended the fight immediately.
My knee went out when I was taking him to the ground, i heard and felt the pop but it didn't hurt then, it wasn't until I was getting up that the knee folded like a lawn chair and the pain showed. I go Friday to the Orthopedist to see what's up with it.
We practiced a lot in the way of knife skills, defending was the primary issue.
We later moved to the range to get down and dirty. There were a number of things we worked on, communication was the primary thing we worked on. As these were all folks with limited experience I was worried about safety, people moving and shooting gets real dangerous. But everyone performed great. Alan covered the proper use of cover, the difference between that and concealment. When looking at the pics you'll see the guys with the outside knee is up, this is opposite of the normal way we shoot, the support knee would usually be up. But behind cover it's the opposite, that way if one of your teammates slides in to use the same cover they don't knock you over.
Alan induced stress through exercise, making the guys do all sorts of stuff, then he would shout "Contact front!" and they had to react, it was an eye opener. I was participating in the evolutions at the range as well, until the knee went out when I was moving for cover and crashed into the dirt, I was no a liability and sat the rest of the events out, except the last one. The guys were quick to come to my aid and quickly had ice on the knee, they really were a great bunch.
The last evolution was a constant movement to contact, everyone on line advancing and firing, this was a really fun evolution, the pic is below.
I'll post more on this later, the one thing I took away from this was: Get off your ass and train.
I don't know what's up with the pics, it's too late to fool with it tonight, i'll look at it tomorrow.
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