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place yourself in the best tactical position. Positioning In 1983, Dennis Tueller wrote a groundbreaking article entitled How Close is Too Close? As a result, the terms the “Tueller Drill” and the “21 Foot Rule” have become well known. The Tueller Drill is even incorporated into the NRA Personal Protection In…
Alas, this video was posted to Facebook, so you have to click through to watch it (and have a Facebook account). If you can’t or don’t want to see it, it’s a video of Glock Team captain KC Eusebio shooting a stage at an indoor shooting range. As KC was moving to a new position, a … Continue reading Control and awareness
An important element of adopting the mindset required to practice situational awareness is to first recognize that threats exist. Ignorance or denial of a threat — or completely tuning out one’s surroundings while in a public place — makes a person’s chances of quickly recognizing the threat and avoiding it slim to none. This is … Continue reading Situational Awareness
I was at the grocery store picking up a few things. Since it was only a few things, I used one of the self-checkout kiosks. There are 4 of them, and I was the only person using one. While in the midst of checking out my basket of goods, a man walks right up to … Continue reading Awareness FAIL
An excellent piece on situational awareness. The money quote: Carrying a firearm for protection is a great step – you have the best tool available for the job of defending yourself. However, if you miss the early warning signs and have to be accessing that tool after the attack has started, you’re way behind the … Continue reading Situational awareness
I had to pick up Oldest from his Confirmation class. There are a lot of teenagers in that class, maybe 100 or more. I arrive towards the tail end of class and stand just inside the doors to wait for them to finish. The lights are dim because they are having a quiet reflection time. … Continue reading No awareness
In motorcycle rider safety classes they have SIPDE: Scan, Identify, Predict, Decide, Execute or sometimes it get simplified to SPA: Search, Predict, Act The book, Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere says: Perception, Evaluation-Decision, Reaction Tony Blauer has 3 D’s: Detect, Defuse, Defend There’s the good old OODA loop: Observe, Orient, Decide, Act Whatever acronym you … Continue reading Awareness by any other acronym is still Awareness
I was reading this article and one line in there reminded me of something I saw the other day. Out with the family, finishing up dinner. I’m waiting for my kiddos to finish up, so I’m doing a bit of people watching in the restaurant. Our table was situated by the main route to the … Continue reading Situational Awareness
On October 19 & 20, 2019, I participated in Gabe White’s Pistol Shooting Solutions course hosted at my home range, KR Training. Who is Gabe White? Gabe White is an accomplished shooter. You should check out his resumé so you can understand his skill and where he’s coming from. An aspect worth highlighting is Gabe’s … Continue reading AAR – Gabe White’s Pistol Shooting Solutions, October 19-20, 2019
Deload week. I opted for this deload to work up to a reasonably heavy but not bad single. Just warm-up sets, then a triple, a double, and a single. Just something that gets me up there in the weights but nothing really stressful nor strenuous. So today worked up to 315 for a single and … Continue reading 2018-08-06 training log
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