Mercop is coming back to Indiana.

[Gabriel]

 

[rhino]

Looks like I just might be able to make it this time!

Who will join me?

 

[lovemachine]

I am kind of a big deal.

[video=youtube;xCwnUFsOZtE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCwnUFsOZtE[/video]

Is this part of what you'll be teaching?

 

[iChokePeople]

Looks like I just might be able to make it this time!

Who will join me?

Hmm.

 

[ATM]

I have an Appleseed event scheduled for that weekend, else I'd be there.

Mercop puts on a great class!

 

[cedartop]

George, help me to understand. It can be hard to get a feel for something from a short video clip. What I am seeing here is when being confronted by an aggressively approaching unknown contact we use two hands to draw our gun and rapidly back peddle. The best that can happen is like in the scenario and the attacker also retreats while firing blindly. In this case we will hope he misses and that our superior marksmanship will win the day. Just as likely is that said attacker will continue his forward drive, things can get pretty bad from here. No matter how fast we back peddle, we can't outrun his bullets, or probably not his knife or club. We have done nothing to get out of the line of attack. Another problem is with both of our hands down at our waistline it is exceedingly easy for him to foul our draw either on purpose, or by the club to the head. That of course assumes we stay on our feet and don't fall over while back peddling like happens time and again in both FOF and real life.

Clearly distance at the point of confrontation comes into play here, and maybe that is where I am not jiving. Perhaps you intended this for more medium range encounters instead of two arms length. I still don't like the back peddling, but it does open up the options a little more.

 

[mercop]

Actually it is just showing the difference between what most people do and what we are trying to do. I believe there is a huge need to take physical control of someone if they are unarmed and with you. When people rush to get two hands on the gun, they seldom take one off. This means your wife and child is probably going to end up where you do not want them. Here is a clip of me doing the drill live fire. My reasoning is that you cannot afford a failed draw so I use two hands. The then support hand goes out to navigate or to take control of your loved one. You move sharply to your left, their right, because 93% of people are right handed, so you will be moving in a direction that makes it easier for you to track up, and at the same time makes it harder for them to track at all. When possible press the fight. Yes, I will be teaching this an much more. Hope this explanation and vid helps.

[video=youtube;zAaT0UjpttY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAaT0UjpttY[/video]

 

[cedartop]

Well I certainly can't argue with that second clip, as I have seen that done a time or two.

 

[mercop]

It is never as pretty during force on force, airsoft or live ammo

 

[bwframe]

To hell with all that silly gun stuff, this is what you really need to learn as second nature from George:

[video=youtube_share;XrIkGDGN16s]http://youtu.be/XrIkGDGN16s[/video]

 

[bwframe]

...and this...

[video=youtube_share;cPiNJyZhso4]http://youtu.be/cPiNJyZhso4[/video]

 

[bwframe]

...this too...

[video=youtube_share;Hsr_cja0zzk]http://youtu.be/Hsr_cja0zzk[/video]

 

[mercop]

Oh yeah, forgot about that stuff Thanks Burl. Got some new and interesting open hand stuff this time around. I put a flyer together for the course, if anyone wants one to put up in gun shops or brothels let me know at mercop27@gmail.com and I will get it out to you.- George

 

[cedartop]

Hey bw, this is starting to look a little like the Evan/Yeager bromance.

 

[bwframe]

Hey bw, this is starting to look a little like the Evan/Yeager bromance.

It hurts so good...

 

[mercop]

Burl is a sweetie

 

[rhino]

The problem with Burl is that he breaks too easily. He's not a quitter, though!

 

[Coach]

Is there a required/recommended gear list for this class?

 

[bingley]

...and this...

Fighting with a drug store walking stick? You can't beat Master Ken!

[video=youtube;vW-1f0dTfX8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW-1f0dTfX8&list=UUxrd1I7wmE2chwpoqD4DSTA&feature=c4-overview[/video]

 

[mercop]

There is a gear list, I will get it up this weekend.