Paul Gomez
Member In Memoriam
I know everyone likes to talk about maintaining 'Condition Yellow' and maintaining a 'reactionary gap', but how many people have rigorously worked weapon retention for when those options fail?
Over the last 10 months or so, I have been in the position to attempt disarms on 60 or so students in fairly open and aggressive [fist helmets & sims guns] scenarios. Now, I'm not particularly skilled or aggressive , but, initially, a whole lot of students lose their guns. In fact, a lot of people are left with a blank look on their face and a 'WTFO?' glaze in their eyes.
This brings up the question, how many people train weapon retention [both standing & grounded]? How many pressure test the skills, as opposed to 'by rote' repetition of material?
I know that working this material as hard as we have, I've changed my carry gear and my appreciation for both weapon retention and weapon recovery.
Over the last 10 months or so, I have been in the position to attempt disarms on 60 or so students in fairly open and aggressive [fist helmets & sims guns] scenarios. Now, I'm not particularly skilled or aggressive , but, initially, a whole lot of students lose their guns. In fact, a lot of people are left with a blank look on their face and a 'WTFO?' glaze in their eyes.
This brings up the question, how many people train weapon retention [both standing & grounded]? How many pressure test the skills, as opposed to 'by rote' repetition of material?
I know that working this material as hard as we have, I've changed my carry gear and my appreciation for both weapon retention and weapon recovery.