If you use deadly force of any kind, expect to be in a courtroom explaining yourself- no matter what you used.Here is something to consider. If you choke someone out and they die.....you could quite likely go to prison. The current media and political mindset is very much against choke holds of any kind.
I learned a long time ago that one of the best "self defense" skills is learning how to take a punch. I cant tell you how many new officers I trained in defensive tactics who had NEVER been in a fist fight. Just like pepper spray and tasers, you have to know how to react and respond.
Yes, I know people with the proverbial "glass jaw". Prior concussions don't help either.Have you found that some people are more susceptible to having their brains scrambled than others? It doesn't take a substantial blow to give me that woozy feeling. I also can't spin around quickly more than twice without getting wobbly. Something just ain't right in my head!
Interesting that you mentioned concussions. I have had two of those.Yes, I know people with the proverbial "glass jaw". Prior concussions don't help either.
I've had like 6. But its ok because I think you get about 4 of them. What were we talking about?Interesting that you mentioned concussions. I have had two of those.
I've had like 6. But its ok because I think you get about 4 of them. What were we talking about?
Anyway the guy asked me what I was looking to get out of it and I mentioned that I am a firearms instructor and wanted to bridge the gap in my hands on skills for self defense and general fitness purposes.
He tells me, "well, without fighting skills, you are just a walking holster, right?
He's an okay guy. Turns out he has been practicing grappling for a while.Sounds like a good salesman.
“I am looking to bite this kind of bait, what do you have?” “Well, I think you would think this tastes great.”
I think the point is, inside a certain distance, it won't be a gun fight. In a public place, a hostile might well be within punching distance before you can identify the threat. A supermarket, a restaurant, a gas pump, any retail store you can think of. An attacker can strike before you know what is happening. They don't wear neon signs, typically.Really?
"As of May 2017, Pincus found that 86 percent of defensive shooting situations occurred at distances from 9 to 15 feet (Rob quotes the 9- to 15-foot range from data collected by Rangemaster Tom Givens.) Moving back to 21 feet covers 90 percent of gunfights, with 5 percent occurring beyond 21 feet and 5 percent occurring closer than 9 feet".
My arms aren't that long.
Active shooter =/= armed defender, unless he is mobbed.
This is important- it is one aspect of inoculation against interpersonal violence. Most people don't like to fight at this range. This is intimate range- which is generally reserved for activities with friends and family at different degrees and for much different purposes.If nothing else, I can say that the feeling of being in a grappling match is no longer claustrophobic.
Good on you, Man!In the intervening months since this thread started, I began training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
I'm not young, and training doesn't come without its aches and pains. However, its excellent exercise with a good group of people and has given me another toolset if needed.
If nothing else, I can say that the feeling of being in a grappling match is no longer claustrophobic. I can have someone try to take me down, or even be scrambling for position, and now retain the ability to not panic, to think, to counter, etc. Having that reduction in the stunned feeling of surprise if I find myself in a fight is worth it's weight in gold.
We used to call it "xyz Judo".A Black Belt in Ching-Ching-Pow will overrule a Black Belt in BJJ. You shouldn't let people that close to you.
It sure does.But it happens
A Black Belt in Ching-Ching-Pow will overrule a Black Belt in BJJ. You shouldn't let people that close to you.
That's reality--even on the Appalachian Trail.Unless a fellow is a complete hermit, he is going to have people within grabbing distance on a daily basis. So far today I have been within a few feet of dozens of people - grocery store, fast food joint, sidewalk, workplace - and I can't think of any way at all to have avoided it.
Shooing people away with a pistol you keep in your hand all the time like a millennial with a cell phone may become problematic. "Social distancing" is not a good enough explanation for this, and it would make Christmas and other holidays awkward.A Black Belt in Ching-Ching-Pow will overrule a Black Belt in BJJ. You shouldn't let people that close to you.
Shooing people away with a pistol you keep in your hand all the time like a millennial with a cell phone may become problematic. "Social distancing" is not a good enough explanation for this, and it would make Christmas and other holidays awkward.