Thank you Rob and Hank
Hank & Rob,
I will try to respond to both of your responses together.
I am referring to videos commercially available and so have viewed the ICE Training collection and will order the ones you recommended Rob. The description does seem to mesh with the information I am looking for.
I agree with the YouTube, Google and other Internet videos. There is no way to know if these people are coming up with things that have no real life experience or serious thought behind them. And, the last thing I want to learn or teach is material that can hurt more than help.
As far as tactical training for house clearing, CQB etc. there are plenty of good and bad instructional videos and courses out there. My main desire is to lend to students who are just getting their CCW or home defense training some effective practices to play out "just in case" they ever find that the aggressor is faster on the trigger than they are or things just didn't go as planned.
So much time gets spent on how to do it the textbook way that when they find themselves in a not-so-perfect situation, they fall apart. My occupation (anesthesia) is nothing but things happening the way they weren't supposed to so I like being prepared for the strange and unusual. I have my students try to come up with situations that seem impossible and have the class try to figure out a solution, but I would like to put together a section of possibilities that might happen, but we hope won't.
Hank: My main carries are Glocks and the rear sites are so short that I have had to use the front left portion of the slide and the same forceful push which has chambered a round 99.9% of the time. Fortunately the barrel slides past my shoe so I don't remove any toes.
Rob: Thank you for the information on the videos, I look forward to seeing them. (From another thread) I had a great day yesterday watching television for nearly 5 hours and enjoying it. The Best Defense is on my top priority list now. Years ago I could only get Shooting USA and wouldn't miss an episode. Now my list is Best Defense, American Guardian, Shooting USA, Sighting In, Shooting Gallery. I look forward to when you put the first season on DVD.
Thank you both for the great responses and please let me know if you see any other resources on this area. It isn't really the most important element of firearm safety or defensive techniques, but deserves a little more attention than it gets. I remember the first time I heard Jeff Cooper say that "owning a gun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician" and this might just be the way to continue the show when one of your strings break. Thanks.
Don