Some people get the yips when they step out of the training environment and into real life. Not this woman! Incredible work by her. Great Active Self Protection of a hostage who likely would have died otherwise. This happened in Guangzhou, China on July 6, 2010. Lessons: 1. goo.gl/m4AHIU 2. Distraction gives you a distinct advantage. Notice the distraction technique that ended this hostage situation. She got the hostage taker to focus on a bottle of soda that he wanted and take his attention off of her and off of his hostage as well. When he did, she let him have it. 3. Motion attracts attention, so use it purposefully. She didn’t jerk her pistol out, in this case being fluid and obscure was more important than being fast. When you need to be fast go hard, but if you have the ability to be stealthy and not tip your hand, do so. 4. “Fast is fine, but accuracy is final. You must learn to be slow in a hurry.” -Wyatt Earp (at least, Earp as played by Kevin Costner) This lady took her time in a real hurry and was accurate as all get out with her shots. That was a shot on a 3×5 card, moving forward, at 6 feet from concealment in ONE SECOND. (I timed it on my video editing software at 1.03 from the time she started to actually draw to the shot audio) Try it. See if you can do it. It’s tougher than you think. 5. Defensive shootings don’t happen in an isosceles stance at stationary targets. They happen on the move against moving targets with lives on the line. Train and do stress inoculation so that you are ready if ever the balloon goes up on you. Attitude. Skills. Plan.
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 01:00:00 +0000
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