Active Self Protection Extra - John, you just went up another notch in my book. The lads I hang out with love Jesus, value self defense skills, appreciate a good scotch and cigar, but mostly they love Jesus :) More Power to ya, brother!
Backing up is fright and flight: it emboldens an enemy; don't back up - turn your weapon side away from the threat, with your weapon hand NEAR weapon, and other hand on center or hollow of chest. This is the ready-draw position. Use the non-weapon hand to deflect and/or control an enemy. If you have to draw and put shots on target, keep your non-weapon hand as needed but make sure your shots on target are from close to holster and below your non-weapon arm/hand. When firing in close combat, NOW you move in the direction of your holster/weapon. Move sideways keeps enemy turning and very likely off balance - don't stop moving or shooting until the threat stops moving. Watch how boxers mover around each other in the ring: the boxer who is turning is going to get hit by the boxer moving to his opponent's weak side. Great video John and Cecil.
This was great! I've learned a lot of the past 18 month between the classes at Sig Sauer Academy, weekly practice at my club with the IDPA, USPSA and Steel Challenge people, as well as shooting competitions. I've also started taking classes from a national level instructor (teaches at DOJ, SWAT teams and other such units) and have learned that while all the competition stuff has done so much for my planning, speed and accuracy, there is a whole other level of training you need to do to be defense ready. I am a life long shooter and still realize each session how much I don't know. Also, never underestimate the power of dry fire training! I have a CO2 pistol that is exactly the same as my regular handguns, it is a great gun for dry fire training because you can run CO2 in it without ever putting a pellet in it.
Thank you for keeping the off the cuff stuff in. It humanizes you all the more. I remember that as an example for me to avoid. I need to be conscious of my hands. Wow, $279 would wreck my budget right now! But, in the future....
I've been doing TriTec jujitsu for about 2 years together with my 17 year old. Although it's been bit sporadic , it's best thing I did to get some hands on martial arts training. Chances are you won't come face to face with "master fighter " , but most likely a thug , so you wanna take every advantage you can.
Ultimately I feel it comes down to one keyword, confidence. The importance of confidence can be seen when people put a half hearted defense or disarm attempt. Training builds confidence in yourself that you have what it takes. Then if you ever do find yourself in a dangerous situation you are not the guy who pulls the limp wristed attempt to take a gun away or to draw your own gun, but you are the guy who is confident in your ability to handle yourself, stand in the pocket under pressure, just as you trained, and defend yourself and loved ones adequately. If you want to be thay confident guy who handles his business and ensures his and his own gets put alive you gotta get training and practice what you learn at home regularly.
Man love the video and the personnel your brining to the channel, Im definitely going to get to a class. But I can see it already, your going to get a lot of comments about no teaser content. Just saying, for promo purposes, the people are going to want to see a little bit of what they’re going to get. Maybe it’s just my marketing background shining through, but I want this channel to grow the way it should. But awesome content and I can’t wait to get to a class, thanks again and keep up the good work.
I think that having a protect myself attitude is great percentage of skills and plan without a attitude 24/7 in time will increase odds in other two unfortunately everyone does not have that,just something to think about
Close self defense is the result of allowing threats too close; situational awareness, yourself AND your surroundings...always fallback, drawing your weapon of choice and remove the threat!
@@ASPextra Yes! You are correct! As a retired USAF Airman, I have some training on self defense. I continue to learn from others, like you. I reflect on the ultimate self-defense situations, guarding a military installation at the outside gate. The only defense is to maintain excellent situational awareness at all times. The "Bad Guys" will not announce themselves before attacking. As defenders we must know our surroundings at all times. As a civilian, to fall back to safety while being prepared to defend one's self with appropriate force is a must! Your training methods are excellent and I hope you keep leading the charge to improve Americans. After all, freedom is not free.
Being in condition yellow radiates and predators are looking for the oblivious targets. Another point you made that I want to share experience... Rational thought and Emotional reaction are mutual exclusive. The brain cannot do both at the same time. If one is not situationally aware, and doesn't realize the threat until it is upon them, the initial reaction is going to be emotional fueled by hormonal dumps and fight/flight.
I would take it another step. Use your shooting peers as well. In addition to paid instruction, I shoot with a group that are all around the same level. We learn from each other and coach each other because you don't see your own mistakes. Ego has no place in learning.
Most people want to aim trier gun for every shot. Don't even look at the gun and don't try to think things through. Pull The Weapon and point and shoot till the assailant goes down. This is a forced desion. Now that he's down. RUN get to cover and maintain distance from him till help arrives.. When help arrives that is the first time that you can approach him because he might be only slightly injured and playing possum on you and try to attack you. Your personal safety is to be first and the only thing you consider.
If you think you can use a defensive move properly because you watched a guy on you tube demonstrate how to do it but you naver have tried it and the first time attempting it is against a criminal in a real life bad situation then watch someone speak one sentence of a foreign language and try to repeat that one sentence a month later without ever speaking it before. It's fine to learn from you tube but practice it with a partner and yes it is better to have an instructor critique you but at a minimum practice it before attempting it in a real life situation. I made it to first degree brown belt when I was younger, you are rarely great at a defensive or offensive move the first time trying it.
People often put their arms out as a measure. If I can touch you one hand I can hit you with the other. You'll see pro boxer's, pro muay thai, bouncers, plenty of other cases where they do that to land the other hand.
If Cecil(24 years and multiple titles) is extending his arms or backing up and John is and has been doing martial arts for many years seriously is it practical to attempt to stop or avoid these natural actions? How realistic is it for a regular person with a lot less experience and training NOT to do the same thing.
Sure but if 24 years of training hasn't stopped a person from doing it what happens to the person with 3 years of training that gets attacked and uses the skills to the best of their ability and does the natural response of backing up or extending the arms? Is it not better to work with the natural responses rather than against them if 24 years of training hasn't completely eliminated doing them? You can still work on doing them less at the same time but having skills based on natural responses seems more appropriate. Even very experienced shooters still jerk the trigger sometimes. However strong two handed grip and balanced strong stance help mitigate the amount the lack of good trigger control causes to accuracy.
Not if that natural response puts someone in a bad position. I think you misheard. Cecil said that at 24 years of training that he still had bad habits, not that he still did what he talks about in this video.
Not to belabor the point to minutia but between 5:20 and 5:30 Cecil says he still makes the mistake of putting his arms out and was caught by his sparring partner doing so. The point being that you (John) and Cecil are very skilled,train regularly, have years of training and practice yet you back up and Cecil sticks his arms out at least sometimes in non life threatening sparring situations. Is there a way to work with these natural responses that even the well trained people do? Such as Tony Blauer's SPEAR or something else. Does it work with the T and second B (Behavior) in the TABBE evaluation of techniques. conflictresearchgroupintl.com/the-t-a-b-b-e-test-erik-kondo/
Dude, bad guys *don't train* . They don't go to the range. They [97%] have no empty handed skills because they don't train to be bad guys. They go into a robbery with a hoodie and pants around their knees holding their blaster sideways in one hand. *Any* training and practice on our part is going to be useful and give us the advantage against 'most' bad guys.
my sister was attending self protection classes. she wasn't doing it correct so her instructor stepped in to show her how to do a certain move correctly. ..He broke her nose with a kick to her face. .. A couple of nights later he knocked on our family home door to apologise. .. I smashed his face to pieces. .. RULE N.O. 1. ... DON'T EVER APOLOGISE FOR NOTHING
lol i remember the brawls Megaton jiujitsu would cause at tournements. think mid 90s...nothing like seeing free for alls at a tourney. very disrespectful to the sport but real deal
It is the fight or flight. Backing up is not a bad thing but it is not all ways a good thing. Wish we things like this in Canada. My job I have a flashlight to protect my self. When I have recovered a gun knives and all other types of weapons off of criminals.
I know I spent 3 years security officer at a probation office. I was dealing with street gangs organized crime domestic violence and mental health. With just a flashlight. Laws are only made for law abiding citizens.
Ok...training is absolutely necessary...how about eating right and weight loss....for me personally it's hard to take an overweight person serious as a trainer or professional in any profession.
Oh come on, if you’re going to make jokes the fat joke is the easiest one. Come train with me and see how I move and how we can go how’s that? You didn’t ask about whether or not I had high blood pressure or if I had any problems whatsoever with my health. You just assumed. Way to go!
John, sadly I live in a libtard college town and if there are classes such as this they are operating incognito/underground/covertly so as to avoid public shame and/or ridicule because the concept of "guns" is evil to them.[cough-cough Michigan] How do I find classes? Is there a national list/group/otherwise that I can look up?
It's no coincidence that this video was filmed from a bjj school. Find a self-defense oriented bjj school in your area and you will find many other resources for self defense (such as firearms training) in the same place.
I kind of agree with you. I’m getting older. These guys are great and I’m learning TONS of good stuff from John. But if in real application, I better be lucky and hope for the best.
Sorry. Id owe both you guys. You dont have that stamina... the long ride John.. sorry man without your firearm someone like myself would over come both you.
Yes John I feel so. Love your channel... dont get me wrong, you and Cec are baddass - Switched on. Good to know! Thumbs up. I just feel Id give him a good run for his money, doesnt mean anyone is "less". Bless him and you bro :)
Wasn't that the point? To convince you to take a class and a couple reasons why you should take that class. Who cares what class just get into a good class somewhere.
Unless you train FULL TIME at this level of close combat and have a CONSIDERABLE levels of martial arts skill from DECADES of practice this scenario is almost pointless to even contemplate. The greatest factor will be LUCK.
I completely disagree. I see people having to do this kind of thing where verbals and distance management and unknown contact management comes into play.
MrB1923 Pardon my skepticism but Navy Seals, Marines/Force Recons, Rangers etc etc, all seem capable of handling themselves in dangerous situations, yet it does not take decades to train them to that level. I think what matter is the type and quality of that training. So make sure the type of training js tailored to your needs. If you are taking a class and it looks like a bunch of private contractors are in that class running ar-15's you're probably not in the right training for a ccw situation. Seals train combatives and combatives with weapons. A training program that merges martial arts/combatives with weapons (retention, deployment, and use) is likely a very good program. Take notes, and go home and practice witj family and friends. Then take the class again and again if you can. A fun way to get away with it is to incorporate it into your vacation plans. You could take $300 and go deep sea fishing, or take that money and go take a training class while the wife goes shopping with the kids for the day. Lol at least thats how i get away with it sometimes. Sometimes....
In defense of the OP here, the military spec ops people don't train once a month, or twice a year. If we're talking about the average joe who gets to do a good hard weekend of fantastic training once or twice a year, I'm gonna side with the OP. You need to live and breathe this stuff and sink it into muscle memory. I agree that training is absolutely necessary, and just being exposed to this stuff and changing your mindset helps. But if John is talking about reflexively backing up DESPITE saying to himself he won't, it goes to show what volume of training is necessary to beat their instinctual responses out of them. If John and Cecil are still making "stupid mistakes," that almost tells me I have no hope lol.
D. Utley I think we are falling into an all or nothing mindset. "If we cant train to the level of an elite operator then there is little point to train at all." Sorry not trying to straw man, but that seems to be a point being made. I just feel that having some training, again that we take home practice regularly, then go back to the same training and see how well that practice paid off and if we improved our performance under manufactured stress, is a way better way to approach your personal safety and self defense than just going to a ccw course and buying a gun. That said shooting regularly and having basic proficiency with the weapon is way more important than training. All training in the word wont save you if you dont even remember how the recoil feels and what to expect when the gun goes bang. For me personally I find both important, AND FUN! So I do both. Long story short, some training is always better than no training. Take what little training you can get and practice it at home. Also get info off of youtube like tact/proactive/combat reloads and practice them. Just realize having an instructor help you see your own mistakes. Im ranting so I'll stop. Goodluck guys
Yeah, I wasn't trying to make an all or nothing point, and I agree with what you guys are saying. Training in martial arts three times a week versus going to the shooting range once a month or less frequent aren't in the same boat. That said, I agree that both need to be done, with shooting hopefully happening more frequently. I personally don't have the time or the budget to do either regularly, and I'm personally OK with that at this point in my life. I need to make 2018 the year that my gun is no longer a 'woobie', and I at least recognize that.
