Cosmoline
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I was watching "The Maltese Falcon" again last night, and was struck by a fast little move the "fat man" of the story--played by Sydney Greenstreet--pulls on Bogart at the end. He's reaching for his hat with his right hand and surreptitiously grabs a small pocket auto with his left. Then the hat comes up and the pistol is right there, pointing at Spade. Nicely done, as Gutman would say.
Theater, obviously, but it got me thinking. Most of the various methods of presentation pay no attention to the use of distraction or slight of hand. None that I have been exposed to teach us methods of keeping the foe looking at something else while we draw. Magicians know how to do this sort of thing, but for self defense we're taught to do the opposite--call out and draw attention to our firearm. I have my own problems with the use of warning words outside of a felony stop by an LEO, but aside from that wouldn't it be interesting get training on how to draw without being noticed until it was too late for the foe to respond?
Does anyone offer such methods?
Theater, obviously, but it got me thinking. Most of the various methods of presentation pay no attention to the use of distraction or slight of hand. None that I have been exposed to teach us methods of keeping the foe looking at something else while we draw. Magicians know how to do this sort of thing, but for self defense we're taught to do the opposite--call out and draw attention to our firearm. I have my own problems with the use of warning words outside of a felony stop by an LEO, but aside from that wouldn't it be interesting get training on how to draw without being noticed until it was too late for the foe to respond?
Does anyone offer such methods?