Weapon Defense Strategy & Psychology
Weapon Defense Strategy & Psychology
Weapons are most often used as tools of intimidation.
Bad guys only want one of three things: property, body, or life
As soon as the confrontation starts, you will have a sense of why the weapon is being used.
You’ll need to adjust from there.
(It’s easy to be John Wick in a demo with a plastic weapon and cooperative role-player.
ProTip: Real-world violence never looks like that.)
You Vs GUN
When dealing with a gun, never be in front of the hole. Period. Remember that and you'll be safer.
When you redirect and grab a gun, you want to grab the slide. (Barrel & cylinder on a revolver.)
Again, NEVER be in front of the hole.
As quickly as you can, drive the gun into the attacker and turn that hole on the bad guy.
This has a great psychological effect.
PRINCIPLES
CLEAR, CONTROL, COUNTER.
CLEAR: Refers to moving your vital targets away from the trajectory of (any) weapon. This is done by moving the weapon/armed limb and is coupled with evasive tactics.
CONTROL: Refers to negating the tactical use of the attacker's armed limb by securing it, pinning it, tying it up, etc. - gain control of the armed limb and the weapon.
COUNTER: The counterattack is best achieved when the attacker is trying to consciously or non-consciously regain control of the weapon (this is subtle and overlooked). Counters in the SPEAR System® are based on our CWCT (Closest Weapon/Closest Target model).
Watch these 3 short clips on gun disarms taught in the Tactical GARAGE GYM program.
Deciding to defend yourself, or a loved one, or act as a courageous bystander is an enormous response-ability.
I hope you never need to use any of this.
REMEMBER: NEVER PRACTICE WITH A LIVE WEAPON
While we have fun in class, we also have serious discussions on the moral, ethical, and legal aspects of self-defense.
I hope these videos made you smile but also inspired you to look into more realistic training.
Coach B
Want to learn these drills and more?
You can train with me every week online! Join the Tactical Garage Gym.
Want more weapon protection drills?
I’ll be teaching these drills and more on March 23rd in Arizona in my Concealed Carry Combatives (C3).
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