Realistic Training

While many of us spend time learning to defend ourselves against a bullseye 10 yards away, the reality is that a fight is messy, dirty, chaotic and unpredictable. Preparing ourselves for the widest possible range of scenarios will increase our odds of success. We can only learn to do that with proper training - training that is realistic to the way that fights take place, how they take place and where they take place.

Typically, I break training down for my students into 3 different categories:

*Fights outside of 7 yards (21 ft)

*Fights within 7 yards to 2 arms length (21 ft to 5-6 ft)away

*Fights within 5-6 ft where you are probably making contact with an assailant

I believe a good student should train for all 3 scenarios. In many cases, range rules prohibit shooting at close ranges. Nearly all ranges prohibit unsupervised contact shooting. Students often have a large amount of training in one area (such as shooting OR martial arts OR using an edged weapon), but often have little experience in other areas, or little experience combining these traits.

This video is from a course with the instructor who goes by the internet handle: SouthNarc. I recommend taking training from an instructor like him who will keep training contextual. You can find him here.

ECQC Portland 09 from Initiative Deficit on Vimeo.