The Tactical Life

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Thought for the day: **Don’t allow yourself to be lulled into a false sense of security.**

"_I’ll keep my violence even if you abandon yours because I’ve seen the evil that even “good” men do. We’re raised on myth that if one man lives in peace that all men will follow suit but I’ve seen examples of that well meant work and it’s as useless as a cobbler’s glass shoe. The idea makes sense until A wants X and doesn’t want B to have it. Is there a world out there where peace resides, sure, and it’s called in your dreams."

“A tribe that puts its faith in a new clan may find some good results but in all likelihood will end up extinct. Men should learn quickly that their neighbors and enemies are likely the same. You can take my bullets, my blade and the gun on my hip but that won’t change a thing. Faculty A is no different from Faculty B and the one thing separating us from kissing a baby and killing a man is choice. Channel a man into one extreme, and remove all options from the table, and he won’t surprise you”

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Is that a pretzel?

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Pretty sure it’s a donut.

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LOL…Nice.

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Saturday Morning Coffee Break:

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Coffee Break:

fox

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Thought for the day:

I have to do some travel for work. Be safe, be aware, watch your 6.

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Stay dangerous Brother. Check back when you can.

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Did ya’ll see this:

Makes my heart hurt with happiness.

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Yeah. It didn’t look like it was her first time shooting someone.

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_Thought for the Day (1)_Honor the Fallen

police

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Thought for the day (2): Good thought here:

Fundamentally, force-on-force training is the most accurate representation of combat that can be administered in a safe and controlled manner. Opposition based training induces stress, allowing assaulters and leadership to understand how they as individuals, or as a team, handle dynamic and chaotic situations. Very few people become overwhelmed when shooting paper targets.

However, if we constantly stay in this comfort zone, we are setting ourselves up for failure. We must provide an environment that will induce the physiological effects of stress, and provide it as often as possible. Through mental preparation and the proper training, we can learn to cull these effects, catching their onset and having the means to deal with them accordingly.

Furthermore, fighting a person has a completely different feel than encountering static targets. Dummies and paper do not shoot, move, or communicate.

We have rarely seen students shoot paper targets without acquiring their sights. They shoot these targets the same way they do on the range. On the other hand, we frequently see students engaging live role players looking over their aiming device. Why? Seeing a human behind your sights is different than seeing a two-dimensional piece of paper.

Force-on-force training is the only way to attain and understand the sensation of acquiring your sights on a real person and deliver enough rounds to the right location in order to eliminate the threat in a non-lethal environment. In our opinion, simulators are a waste of time and money. Although they can be fun to train on, they do not produce the necessary end-state that live opposition does. Training and range scars will rear their ugly heads if opposition based training is not consistently put to use. These scars are ultimately paid for in blood.

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On sight picture: I’ve heard it said that in a gunfight you won’t likely pick up your sights. Based on what I know of stress physiology, this makes sense. I’ve also heard it said that aimed shooting practice is not wasted because the 1000’s of aimed reps teach proper presentation, grip, platform, body alignment etc so that when you can’t use your sights you have developed the muscle memory/kinesthetic awareness or whatever you want to say to hit what you’re shooting at without actually aiming. Thoughts?

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From my own personal experience, I agree with your statement. However, the big “but” is you must have the prior training and experience with many rounds down range both in a “square range atmosphere” and stress induced shooting. I know that with me, any handgun shot under 15 yards, I am not conscious of the sights ( not on a range, actual situation).

With a carbine, anything under 50 yards is not really “on the post” with iron sights, but, optics is very different. I never really concentrate on the red dot, I watch the target more than the dot. This allows much faster target acquisition. Even out to 100 yards, this seems to work.

For competitive shooting, I consider Rob Leathram the MASTER. He has some interesting thoughts on “aiming”, you might enjoy.

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Thought for the day:

"An Ounce of Deterrence Is Worth a Pound of Lead”

Sun Tzu :“The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.”

Situational Awareness is your first weapon in this type of attack:

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Thought for the day: Be ready, train smart, and when your day comes to face the lion, do it with courage and conviction.

If you learn “indoor” techniques, you will think narrowly and forget the true Way. Thus you will have difficulty in actual encounters.”

Miyamoto Musashi, “The Book of 5 Rings”

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It has been an interesting couple of weeks, where once again, the lack of basic skills has reared its ugly head. It doesn’t matter whether its a front kick, left hook, foot sweep ,or operating a Barrett 50, you must drill the basics time and time again. So, whatever you are training today, go back and review your base foundation.

Another view:

There is nothing sexy about practicing dry fires or magazine changes when you’ve got some downtime. Sure, you might turn a few heads if you are particularly fast, but at the end of the day you’re still just pulling the trigger or changing a mag.

But when push comes to shove, these basic skills are the most useful ones. The best shooters in the world aren’t practicing much that isn’t accessible to the most average shooter in the world they practice the same shooting fundamentals as everyone else: stance, the draw, grip, sight alignment, breathing, trigger squeeze and follow-through. The biggest difference? They’re really, really good at it.

_There is no doubt that many of these pervasive ideas about skill level comes from a problem with pride. People don’t want to be seen practicing the basics, because then they might mistake you for someone less experienced. However, the only person you need to prove yourself to is the enemy, and they don’t care if you can karate chop a pile of flaming bricks or eat a snake alive, they care if you are 0.0001 seconds faster at pulling the trigger than they are._

I see all sorts of videos online that show people clearing rooms with all these special techniques and secret methods .I just want to tell them to slow down and simplify their movements. They can accurately engage in controlled environments that they’ve finger drilled a million times, but if you were to throw those people in unknown environments, they would lose confidence and get themselves or someone on their team hurt or killed.

If you want to spend your free time learning cool skills that look good on camera, then more power to you. If you want to proficient in real combat, then just practice the basics. Over and over and over.

Wax on, wax off.

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Thought for the day: trying to pull armed robbery against school children doesn’t always work out for the asshole. LOL…

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That warms my heart. Sometimes bad things happen to bad people.

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