Matthew Temkin
Member
I have heard that some American Combatives instructors are teaching the Applegate point shooting system with a straight wrist and having the handgun in line with the master eye.
I have also heard Janich state ( on his latest video with Stanford) that later on in his life this is the way Applegate taught it-- after having a change of heart.
Quite frankly I never heard Applegate ever mention this to me, and the last time I saw him was a month before his death.
While it is true that Applegate was finally seeing the value in Fairbairn's half hip technique--which he called body point----when teaching his system to me ( 1996) he still did it he way that he shows it in his book KOGK.
The hallmark of the system is to have the pistol in the body's center with a locked wrist and elbow.
When I teach I avoid the whole bent/unbent wrist controversy by having the student get into a two hand Isoc, then to remove the support hand and then verify that the pistol is intersecting the body's centerline.
This takes appox 3-4 seconds, and then we are ready to move on.
Hope this clears up some confusion on a very simple matter.
PS...I was able to sell off all of the copies of my video that several had requested but did not follow through, so my wife was proven wrong.
If any others would like a copy I would be willing to have some more made up and sell them for cost (about $14, which includes S&H)
[email protected]
I have also heard Janich state ( on his latest video with Stanford) that later on in his life this is the way Applegate taught it-- after having a change of heart.
Quite frankly I never heard Applegate ever mention this to me, and the last time I saw him was a month before his death.
While it is true that Applegate was finally seeing the value in Fairbairn's half hip technique--which he called body point----when teaching his system to me ( 1996) he still did it he way that he shows it in his book KOGK.
The hallmark of the system is to have the pistol in the body's center with a locked wrist and elbow.
When I teach I avoid the whole bent/unbent wrist controversy by having the student get into a two hand Isoc, then to remove the support hand and then verify that the pistol is intersecting the body's centerline.
This takes appox 3-4 seconds, and then we are ready to move on.
Hope this clears up some confusion on a very simple matter.
PS...I was able to sell off all of the copies of my video that several had requested but did not follow through, so my wife was proven wrong.
If any others would like a copy I would be willing to have some more made up and sell them for cost (about $14, which includes S&H)
[email protected]
