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Cerebus, no apologies necessary for me. It has been great to see the variety of ideas, thoughts, and posts for how people train and prepare. This is one of the great things about this forum and the ability to learn.First off, I want to apologize to @Jasonanddeonna for making posts that are off topic from what you're looking for. My answer to your thread question is in Post 71 of this thread. If you have further questions, post here, PM or contact me direct through my website and we can discuss in more detail if you like.
My last post on this multiple threat thingy...
Strategies; I can't teach this on the keyboard...
Awareness - Know your geography, and how many and where humans are in the vicinity. That also applies to friends and family around you. If it's a known bad area, detour yourself.
Slow yourself down when changing environments, meaning; going from outside to inside, changing a position etc...this is when you will be most vulnerable.
Being able to assess a threat before the threat can assess you is key!
We can't stay in color Yellow and Orange (referring to Coopers awareness/force color continuum) for long periods, we wear out mentally...some aster than others.
Mindset - I hear this often, but have heard very few people defining it. What is mindset to you? Please don't use the dictionary, this has to be a personal thought process, not cookie cutter.
And what is this mindset that IDPA teaches of which you speak?
Thugs have the advantage over most people...their mindset. They have very little or no conscience, and carry out raw evil that a lot of people can't park in their brains why or how they could do such things...this right there will put most citizens in the "catch-up" mode from the outset.
A lot of people in AAR's talk about being caught off guard, yet they were trained in having a mindset. The situation was unreal, like it was being in a bad dream etc., you get the picture...we've all heard of these things. These are the things that will make people hesitate...we need to work that which will be the root cause of that.
Position - What is your position in relationship to ingress/egress, windows, people, obstacles...they all matter. Cut down the avenues of fire alleys by using angles, obstacles etc., and threats themselves as @titsonritz pointed out, to minimize those.
Drills - Implement those that replicate some or all of what you're want to accomplish. Here we are talking about multiple threats.
The El Presidente is a great drill, but keep it in perspective...we shouldn't be going toe to toe with three people without moving.
Mozambique, have never heard of it being used in a confrontation in either LE or citizen. Some people practice it, yet complain about head shots and that we shouldn't be doing them because they are so hard to hit. Can't have it both ways.
Zipper, was taught this back in the 80's, yet again...we are again describing the Loch Ness Monster...no one has ever seen it. Why waste valuable rounds purposely gut shooting someone, when the vitals are showing themselves as just as easy a target?
We did a lot of back then, what we see now as odd practices, the tactical world is ever evolving. A lot of drills etc we were taught back then were based on theory...the drills and overall firearm handling. But we have enough info around now, we should be able to wade through the BS, cut out the fluff crap and get to the meat...unfortunately, there's a lot of fluff still being taught. Do instructors not immerse themselves in research???? It's not like it's hard to find.
Integrate a few 3D targets into your drills. You'll see how fast a shallow angle can make the vital target a lot smaller. Take the paper silhouette targets and fold than into odd shapes and place on the target backer/stand, to replicate only being able to see part of a threat. Since we're talking about multiple targets, vary the distances of all the targets.
Get tactical (I cringe at that word) training. Competition is great, but you must learn to know why you do what you do to truly understand it. At competitions, don't walk through the stage first, which I think is asinine...shoot it cold...like life. And no matter the competition...always use your carry gear and run it tactically. Disregard some of the rules about when to reload, dropping magazines etc., stop that part of the game crap. Ok, so you won't get a prize, or a high score or place high...whoppiedingdong...you're prize in the end is your competence with your chosen firearm platform, gear and your ability to function without guided restrictions...other than the rule of law....and most of all, the confident ability to defend yourself as well as family and friends.
Massad Ayoob - Does anyone really know his background? Has anyone checked and verified? I'll leave this here...there is a reason why he lost his favor with both LE and Military, and pretty much focuses on citizen matters.
There are much better overall instructors out there, some even on this forum...search them out...there's a wealth of information here, some that I endorse...not that my endorsement means anything. But if it does...PM me.
I will give him this...few can run with him in the area of citizen personal defense matters.
Don't over think all of this...there's not a Magical-Ninja-Tactical-Advanced-Professional class you can take to attain it...it happens over time, just like anything else in your life.
@Taco_lean....I'll be 56 next month!
Be well all.....
