I am not getting into a pissing match, nor do I hold any grudges against any instructors.
What I will say is this....I am glad that Enos, Averi and others are finally teaching something else besides the aimed fire only mantra.
This is well and good, since for many years so many modern instructors were scoffing at the idea, or even at the need for intensive pratice with one handed techniques.
My only beef with them now is, quite frankly, they are making a very simple concept overly complicated.
And, to me, all of these terms such as, "hard focus/soft focus, aim by feel, type 1-5 focus, etc, is just newer terms to describe point shooting without having to mention the P word.
And with so much emotional baggage, prior badmouthing and outright lies about the concept, I do not blame them.
Perhaps the term Target Focus can be considered the standard label?
As to the gents on this thread who are trying to learn the concept on their own...Why not merely try keeping the pistol in your centerline, focus on the plate you want to hit and then just shoot it with no reference to your firearm whatsoever.
Try it from both line of sight ( which is NOT the same as eye level, BTW) and from below line of sight as well.
You will find that any attempt to look at the gun will blow the shot, or at least slow you down with no increase in accuracy.
I use two drills to prove this to students.....
1) Have a standard Q target with a pie plate stapled to the head area.
Fire two shots to the chest and then shift your focus to the pie plate.
Without any pause let off two shots into the pie plate.
It will not take long until your hand follows your eyes.
2) Is the zipper drill, which has been described previously by yours truely.
One more thing....Deaf Smith and I have a past from Glocktalk that will not be repeated here, at least on my part.
I will ignore him and a few others, no matter what.
Though I am very willing to discuss the hows and when of point shooting, I will leave the whys to others.
Finally...I have been contacted by many police officers/departments over the years for info, material and training.
Rest assured that I will never reveal them on this or any other forums, public or private, without permission.
My offer still stands to give free training to any and all LE agencies or military personnel. If this happens to be out of town, then all I ask is to be paid expenses.
To repeat, anyone who contacts me in private will have their privacy respected in return.
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