West Coast Tactical Handgun level 2 Review

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KravGirl

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Hey all, just finished the level 2 handgun at WCT last Sunday and had to tell you all about it.

It was fantastic, as usual, all of Fred Darling's classes always exceed expectation and as far as I'm concerned, I end up doing things I didn't think I would be able to yet, so yes, it's more than worth the money.

In this class we learned a lot about one handed shooting, strong side as well as support side shooting and presentation. Including one handed reloads and running the gun all with the support side which was so cool.
We shot from close contact and even had some one on one contact with other students, to give us a feel of what a struggle for the gun might fell like.

We shot on the move, on the run actually! And we learned strikes as well as shooting while blocking over head hits or attacks to the head or face area.

A lot of guys in the class who have trained far more than me mentioned that this is really more of a level 3 tactical class and that other schools would NEVER let us do some of these drills. But Fred made a good point, he said while schools won't do this due to the liability, he just removes the liabilities. As in, every student in the class was hand picked by the instructors. So they felt confident that everyone was capable of being safe the entire time. And they were right.

It was intense and sooooooooo cool! I can't give enough credit where credit is due: to West Coast Tactical.

See you at the low light class in Oct.!
 
Thank you for the kind words. You did a great job.

Folks,

For those who may be interested here's a picture of the transition to a support side back up gun. (BUG)

Fred Darling
 

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*This has been posted on TFL, but for those of you who may have an interest here's a little back ground about the curriculum.

The basic overall theme of this curriculum was fighting bilaterally. (ambidextrous) The latest news letter from Tom Givens points out that over 75, 000 people survived after being shot.(FBI, 2000.) While we don't know at what point in time (during the fight) the wounds were received or to what anatomical location, we do know that one can continue to fight and that most gun shot victims survive. The likely hood of being shot in the hands and/or arms is high due to weapon fixation, (visual focus on the other guys gun)Moreover, the gun is covering the thoracic cavity in the firing position.

Thus, the justification to learn the skills are:

1. Wounded shooter.
2. Non diagnostic malfunctions. (BUG)
3. Close contact emergency shooting.

One of the shooters commented that he didn't like bilateral shooting, but he did feel it was an important skill. If you're hit early on in the fight, or moreover, being hit is the start of the fight, one handed skills could mean the difference between life and death.

We also worked support side presentation of the primary weapon along with getting the primary back on line while the threat area was being covered with the BUG.

Grounded gun drills were also addressed. (dropped gun due to injury)

Back up guns.

1. The transition to back up guns was on par with clearing a type one. We took two of the fastest shooters and put them into a relay with several shooters who were running BUGs. We set up type ones and the fast guys ran the drill free style. There really wasn't any noticeable difference in engagement time. Keep in mind that the guys running BUGs had very little to no experience with the transition to BUG or with support side shooting until this class. Once the skills are dialed in through countless repetition I suspect it may be faster than clearing a type one.

2. The transitioning to BUG in much quicker than the ER and light years ahead of a type three.

3. The transition to BUG addresses a mechanical failure of the primary gun and well as a fight for the primary gun.

4. The transition to BUG addresses the primary gun being hit during the fight.

HTH
 
Dude...it's my impression that he attends *every* class!!

Can't say *I* wouldn't, though, if I lived closer. :scrutiny:

Can't beat his tacticality, either. Cool guy.

Sawdust
 
Not very many guys take two classes on the same day. He was taking a level two with Scott @ ITTS and then drove across town and trained with us. He did the same thing during an Awerbuck class also.
 
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