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@TB-ug4cp

2 ай бұрын

What happens to your hand on the slide when he fires? Bet you want have control anymore.

@zalsat16

2 күн бұрын

@@TB-ug4cpactually if the gun fires is a pistol (not revolver) and you have your hand on the slide or back of the gun the lside won’t function properly and will jam the gun. you might get a minor cut on your hand but with the adrenaline you won’t notice it

Ending up on shattered eardrum.

@zamasuawaken1908

5 күн бұрын

true really stupid advice i would prefer my brains on the roadside than being unable to listen to tailor swift...

@MichaelKingsfordGray

Күн бұрын

And blinding in the left eye from muzzle flash burns.

Works or not, please give these guys an applause for trying to help people. At least they gave us something to think about, instead of being completely unprepared, when facing danger.

@classicsciencefictionhorro1665

5 ай бұрын

@@1000YardShooter Of course, it's dangerous. That's the whole point of disarming. And in the movies, the victim disarms by removing the gun and then pointing it at the assailant with lightning speed, something only highly skilled professionals can do repeatedly.

@AGamersWorld1993

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, and now the criminals know how to rob people without the innocent bystander being able to disarm the criminal. I understand people want to spread advice to help others, but publicly post a video where even criminals can see is ignorant.

@telelaci2

3 ай бұрын

Applause? Fake self defence videos will kill you! They don't try to help to you at all they try to get viewcount and subscribers on you tube. You are so naive, it's unbelievable. A real good advice in dangerous situations: stay away! run! do what they say! And you have to most chance to survive.

@user-yo3oe2tv6h

2 ай бұрын

I can get behind that

@hawkgeoff

25 күн бұрын

Credit for getting people killed?!?! This ONLY works if you attacker is dumb enough to just stand there. You'll notice you've never seen this done to anyone with even a modicum of experience

Also giving him what he wants is not always a good idea. Sometimes he will kill you anyway because he doesn t want to be testified against, doesn t want to leave witnesses behind. You never know. I guess it is a matter of gut feeling. What your instinct tells you to do.

@kingkazuma2239

Жыл бұрын

Always give them the object of value in a direction that turns them away from you. If he wants your wallet and keys, throw them behind him so he has to turn and get it

@SaltNBattery

Жыл бұрын

Next, teach us how to disarm a rock from a 10 year old Palestinian child.

@arcrides6841

8 ай бұрын

That is possible but you're playing with TERRIBLE odds. Horrendous risk analysis. 99% of the time the thief wants money but doesn't want to become a murderer. It's a far greater charge than robbery. Also 99% of the time you will lose if you try to fight against a firearm with your hands. The math is simple.

@6too6scratch6

6 ай бұрын

​@@kingkazuma2239what if he forces you to pick them up?

@ate7714

6 ай бұрын

What you say is true. However knowing how to do the stuff Nick shows correctly is usefule regardless because sometimes armed criminals not only steal from you, but some of them are on drugs and could torture you or do whatever you can think off. Knowing how to defend yourself after a lot of practice gives you an exit to those situation

My plan is to do everything in my power to prevent being put in this situation in the first place. Hermit life for me😁

@TrumpTower-lb5lg

4 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@user-dm6nu8io5m

2 ай бұрын

me too!!

@bigdaddy4197

Ай бұрын

Or pull the woke card and the guy will melt.

@tizodd6

Ай бұрын

@@bigdaddy4197 ?

@NeverDoneEver

Ай бұрын

I have a 100% success rate of avoiding this situation for over 46 years.

First of all as someone with many years of martial arts and firearms training , I can tell you that anyone with firearms training will not be dumb enough to move to put the gun against st your head in grabbing range. A firearm is a distance weapon. I would be out of grabbing range , with the firearm pointed at your chest. Try using that head shift to move before getting shot

@catocall7323

4 ай бұрын

Chances are greater that the person pointing a gun at you doesn't have firearms training.

@Desperado3248

3 ай бұрын

Wouldn’t rely on that

@temite80

10 күн бұрын

Most criminals probably don't have proper training and are just street thugs and/or desperate. Also, there might not be much space depending on the environment. Either way, better to know how to handle some scenarios than no scenarios.

@zalsat16

2 күн бұрын

If the attacker is out of reach youcan’t disarm him. If he’s in reach he can be disarmed regardless of how trained he is.

The first two seconds sums it all up. Don't be an idiot and try to "disarm" someone pointing a gun at you. No one worth their salt will hold a gun within reach for you to grab.

@deusanti

5 ай бұрын

I agree 100%! Best defense against a firearm is your own firearm. Hope you have enough training to not miss more than the other person.

@neutrino78x

3 ай бұрын

I disagree. how's he going to rob you, how's he going to do a home invasion, etc. Muggings don't happen with a guy with a gun standing 30 feet away demanding your wallet.

@neutrino78x

3 ай бұрын

@@deusanti " Best defense against a firearm is your own firearm." He's already covering you with his gun, though. If you're going to move, it should be a move to get the gun away from you, not to draw your own. If you had time to draw your gun and fire, you had time to use an unarmed technique to move the gun and close in for a takedown etc. (I mean takedown as in, he's on the ground and you're still standing.)

@m3photo726

Ай бұрын

Unfortunately it’s got little to do with salt and most likely lots to do with a different type of white powder these days. People high on speed, coke etc. don’t behave like in these “training” videos. Remember this. Always …

@neutrino78x

Ай бұрын

@@m3photo726 "People high on speed, coke etc. don’t behave like in these “training” videos. Remember this. " You'd have a huge advantage on someone like that, though, being in your right mind. 🙂

The moment the guy can pull the trigger so close to your head AND ear, you're done. The explosion will make you almost faint as well as you're probably deaf then, at least on the side the gun was shooting.

@Dany-wp5zu

5 ай бұрын

Yeah your right

@trickyfoxx6941

5 ай бұрын

Came to say exactly the same thing

@rawmail102171

4 ай бұрын

Look into the phenomenon known as auditory occlusion.

@tanguito0007

3 ай бұрын

@andreasplienegger835,Exactly, the amount of gases that come out in thousandths of a second will possibly empty an eye, or rupture the eardrum, leaving the victim completely out of action. It's best to throw away your wallet and keys, and start backing away and running away.

@andreasplienegger835

3 ай бұрын

​@@tanguito0007I Right! I teach my students exactly that.. Whatever weapon the other guy pulls out of his pocket, give Himmel your wollen, watch and phone and back off. It's not worth it as it is delusional to think you can fight an armed guy and come out without any injury.

This is what happens when you train for movie scenarios 🤦‍♂️

Это всё херня..Если стрелок уверен, что будет стрелять, никогда к голове ствол не подставит...А выстрелит не подходя к жертве...

@stephenlamb9008

5 ай бұрын

💯%

@carloswilson5910

2 күн бұрын

правда!

you can use the video just tap on pause as soon as his head moves and you’ll not be able to pause before it moves out of the line of fire. average reaction time 250ms, and the head can move in like 100ms

So what happens if the gun is 2-3 feet away? too far to reach out and his reaction time is better. How do you combat that? Most holdups tend to be from a distance.

This was good. There's a technique in close dropping straight down. Hands shoot up under the wrists of the attacker at the same time. Those side movements trigger the shooter reflexes.

Okay I'm confused. Everything makes sense untill the end. Is this the full video? Disarm at end should be left hand on barrel, right hand on back triangle. If it's held by two hands you should use 3 points of contact by also clamping with the closest arm. Easy to disarm then

Good, really good moves. May i suggest taking that gun from attacker with breaking off finger (not in training tbh)? That was just one thing that blew my mind when I went to Japanese Ju Jutsu. To be honest JJJ broke me like a regular Karate guy, but in the good way :) Also need to say that our sensei was black belt in Karate, did some Judo and also had some some years in boxing (after loosing to a boxer as a black belt). So that was some crazy stuff we learned to combine JJJ with some boxing and other stuff.

It does work but it's more effective when once you grab the hands spiral them back down towards his center

Another great video. Thou hope I never need to use it

What training gun is that?

Amen thanks for this video. It's hard to teach people this.

Thanks for the video, but it's cut abruptly at the end. Would be better to leave it to the end of the technique and close naturally.

I’m deaf in one ear and ringing , I can’t see cuz the muzzle flash in my face but I’m good. Shoot that’s a semi auto? How many bullets does that carry?

1st of all Kudos for showing a two handed grip. Every other video Ive see has been 1 handed grip with the arm extended. Coincidentally a friend of mine who’s highly trained in defensive firearms & background in Krav Maga (my background is American Kenpo) and I were practicing gun disarms today. We worked on 1 &2 handed gun holds. I used a modified kenpo technique which woked against 1 hand but against2 handed grip we wound up in the exact body manipulation scenario. However, when I stepped in with the rt leg (gettingout of line of fire) while trapping the gun with only my left hand while using my right hand to deliver an upward palm strike to his left mandible and continued the motion of my my right hand still couldn’t disarm him. So I struck him w a right back fist to his right mandible. And brought back to gun and was able to to disarm. He was trying to pull the gun away and use an arm bar as in your scenario but my strikes prevented him from doing so. Notes: 1) For safety reasons my strikes were light contact but his attempts to disarm me and execute his armbar were at full power. My disarm would likely be easier if I used full force. 2 All of the other disarms against 1 handed grips failed against 2 handed grips. with some resulting in the defender being shot even though he got initially got out of the line of fire. 3. Our scenario was an experienced gunman holding the gun w 2 hands close to his chest (but w in reach) and pointed to the defenders chest. AgIn, excellent video! I look forward to trying your technique as well other techniques with w the gun aimed the head!

Is that after he pulls the trigger or before

Oh boy, that grip tells all we need to know about his gun familiarity 😂

the head weaving, like evading a punch, from the muzzle might work. judging from the impact sound of the hammer/striker. The impact means the hammer/striker strike the primer of the cartridge burning the gunpowder inside that pushes the bullet moving through the barrel out from the gun. That will take milli seconds to happens. by the time the bullet leaves the barrel, the head, moving out in milli seconds, is already out also from the line of impact, the head,

@classicsciencefictionhorro1665

5 ай бұрын

Good point.

@kroanosm617

12 күн бұрын

That' not why it works. It works because human reaction time is not quick enough at that range.

@diosdadoapias

11 күн бұрын

that gun pointing works for those who are slow but might work for those who are quick and anticipated that kind of gun pointing that the pointer is even surprise by the quick counter move that he can not press the trigger quickly and it is too late.

But with his finger being inside of the trigger guard, shouldn't the goal be to make him want to separate from the weapon by using leverage to ry and break his finger by bending the weapon in a direction based on whether he is a right or left handed shooter?

Right, stay that calm when it happens at the atm.

Grabbing the gun as you move is effective , depending angle & how close you are I know from experience but you just gotta have those quik reflexes alotta people dnt have✔️

Standing tow to tie helps in all fighting. But I’ve had guys move first and I’ve caught their hands or hit them first. Natural talent. Better to get them talking. If they are talking they generally won’t see you move so easily. They are talking the you disarm.

I appreciate that you are thinking aboit these problems, but seriously... grabbing a pistol like thst will rip apart your hand. Also I dont recommend firing a 9mm one inch from your face/eye/ear. Getting out of sight line yes, and if you have to fight do it. But move MORE, zone your body to outside, turn, and hit the hand grab arm etc (if you still alive) wrestle for the weapon

that gun going off so close to your ear could mess you up

1.45 is a realistic situation, since two days ago I ended up in exactly the same situation, the difference is that I had the gun pointed at my chest, thank goodness I ended up controlling the situation. It really came to me by instinct because I am not trained in weapons. On the other hand, I do train bjj and mma.

oh don't forget guys your going to be in searing pain from getting your eardrum blown out 🙄👌

@streetsurvivalsecrets

2 жыл бұрын

True. In self defense we must also train a bit with hearing guns , getting used to the sound because the sound in itself can freak people out . It s good to shoot in a range from time to time at least and understand how a gun works. It helps

@streetsurvivalsecrets

2 жыл бұрын

You know.... In these situations you don t feel or hear or see much anymore. If trained enough, u ll be too focused on taking out the aggressor and getting out of there soon as you can

@MMAC.indiana

8 ай бұрын

Not true. As a combat veteran who didn't always have ear protection on, I can tell you.. Under stress, you experience dimished sound. I've heard guns go off right next to me and it sounded like someone tapping their finger nails in a window. There are two sides to self defense. Armed or unarmed, the principles are the same.. Theres the physical skills you need. And then the understanding of anatomy and psychology. If you only train one, you are losing.

@NeverGiveUp-ib3xb

5 ай бұрын

​@MMAC.indiana Thank you sir! May I ask what you would suggest?

Thanks

@mrherobrine_15

2 жыл бұрын

here this moneey u can keep to maake better videos give the 5 bucks away to one of your fans!

Unsafe... you are ignoring the blast and muzzle flash right next to your temple...

@jackmeoff9299

7 ай бұрын

It's definitely for a last resort if you figure they are going to kill you anyways

@SteveBaxter927

7 ай бұрын

Really?!?! far less unsafe than being dead! Sheesh, can we apply some common sense?!?

@NeverDoneEver

Ай бұрын

It takes time to notice an injury. I'd like to think that I'd have control of the weapon and be holding it on the aggressor by the time I noticed that I was half deaf and sinsged on the side of the head.

@ClementineFlFlFl

Ай бұрын

​@@SteveBaxter927what the hell do you mean? People don't point a gun to your head for fun, it's because they want something from you! If you're being robbed with a gun you do what they want and you go back home alive. Or you prefer acting like a hero and die like a mongol?

@philipfirks7755

11 күн бұрын

@@NeverDoneEver Doesn't take long to notice your brains are all over the wall

Literally a disarm is to get the weapon away from the assailant and get away fast as possible but if you end up killing the assailant you could actually get arrested This is no cap.

full trigger pull vs cocked trigger big difference

I have wrestled and did martial arts for 50 years, this guy is one of the best I've seen, alot of people still follow traditions but this guy thinks real world! Traditional is good but takes to long and very often doesn't even teach applications, kinda want to keep the mystery so you keep spending$$$. thumbs up my man!! I would work with you!!!

If I ever get a role in an action movie, I will use these moves lol.

There's never a perfect plan against a gun except another gun. Word from the wise✌🏿

"hands are faster than the eye... so if I move my head, it's faster than his hand..."

It’s true. Now days especially, you should be prepared and at least try.

I say, when he s that close, I d ENGAGE him, like you always say, move my head out of the line of fire and clear the weapon and strike at once before he realizes what s happening. CONVULSIVENESS and THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE are of the essence. I WOUL NOT chase the weapon. He s the one to incapacitate. Not the weapon, which is harmless if not wielded. I would focus on CLEARING and MOVING IN with a barrage of assaults. When he s being beaten around the face, he will have as much chance of shooting himself as of shooting me. I believe in TAKING IT to the aggressor. There is no magic bullet, as Damian Ross says, but I believe it s the best chance at survival I can have against an armed assailant. MINDSET is very important. I must do WHAT IT TAKES to INCAPACITATE him, DEHUMANIZE the aggressor. The skillset is NOTHING without the MINDSET. It s also important to remind people that it s very unlikely they LL come out of such a situation UNSCATHED. It is what it is.

Like like this video. Good content. KZread with its new anti-Ad Blocker campaign ....they don't like their customers I guess.

You lose your hearing from proximity of the muzzle. Who would put their hand gun so close to the head. In close quarter you would keep the firearm at waits level and use your other hand to hold the individual at bay.

How do I keep from getting startled by the sound of the gunshot after moving my head out of the line of fire?

@NeverDoneEver

Ай бұрын

I think ideally you're so committed to taking control of the weapon that it doesn't matter.

Good stuff

What do you do when someone has a gun pointed at someone you love and says hand over your wallet or purse and then points the gun at the other person and does the same thing?

Martial arts is based on speed and deception! 👏🏾👏🏾

Years ago the secret service contracted a couple if SF guys to develop a system that worked. It is effective 90% of the time usung simunitions. The demo here isn't realistic either.

@NeverGiveUp-ib3xb

5 ай бұрын

Ok. Are you able to share the technique?

does this all come in the realm of telegraphing your movements?

Very dangerous game

You might become deaf in your left ear... but at least you are alive.

“I was just gonna make sure you were gonna shoot”

The problem is, criminals tend to work from retention because they dont want anyone but the victim to see their weapon.

I tell people IF you are to try any of this watch their eyes, when they look elsewhere that's when you make your move

Pep Guardiola?

Problem is anyone who knows firearms will never move close to you…that’s the beauty of pistols they work 30m away so why put it on ur forehead…also you don’t need to move ur head sideways…just turn ur head the pistol will go past you…as seen in Krav Maga same in back or chest…rotation

Move your head, have a big firework going "BLAMM" next to eyes and ear...and start counting the next rounds getting dumped into you. Bravo!

@SteveBaxter927

7 ай бұрын

So you would rather be a pansy and take it? Use common sense if you have any! The moving of the head is the first move, you have to follow up with more moves obviously!

@russmode

6 ай бұрын

I believe head movement was just step 1 of the drill he was demonstrating. Did you make a video how to defend against point blank gun that was better? Or did you just drop to your knees, cry and beg attacker in yours?

Olde guy tip: Back up 36 inches. If i have the gun why am I in close quarters?

Voces precisam treinar com o Mestre Rayllamm. Kkkkkkkkkk

Who would be so dumb, as to put your gun into armsreach of your opponent?

"Shocking"?

reality....no head....

It's gonna be loud

What’s funny, is that in real life, no one is going to put the gun up to you like that. Very very rarely, unless it’s someone you know or something, or from behind.

Move your head to the side when he fires and you'll be loosing an eardrum and be disoriented

Not to worry unless you have a certain demographic walking toward your car at a red light.

Master Ken, it's you?

@NickDrossos

3 ай бұрын

Nope!

@dormidont4503

3 ай бұрын

@@NickDrossos 😊😊😊

Unfortunately, I’m here because I have my suspicions on some guy that goes to my school

theatrics

Please don't try to stop a gun from firing with your hand. Obey or run! Smh

7 foot rule, your screwed.

Ands that's how you get to the afterlife people.

Nick The Nightmare (for bullies and bad guys only 😉😄)

Victor Marx, check him out.

That needs allot of training, it probably wont work if you full with fear and you probably only get one chanse.. If you right handed you allsow probably move your head to the right like he did.. on top of that people wont go so close to shorts anyone, thats the whole idé with a handgun, that you dont need to get that close. At that range one would probably us a knife

Talk First

On your knee's

LMFAO

I strongly disagree with this. As a lifelong student of martial arts, combat vet, and person who enjoys living, please do not do attempt to disarm an attacker that is holding a pistol on you, especially to your head. The percussion shockwave of most pistols at that range, even as a complete miss, will most likely render you unconscious. It can even rupture your skull at the temple and end you. Slow the video down and notice how on the very first close, pistol to the skull iteration, the student pulls the trigger while he is in the line of fire. It takes the instructor a few times to get his timing down, and he has obviously practiced this hundreds if not thousands of times! What if it's a revolver and you can't grab the slide? What if you miss the slide because your hands are slick with sweat because your body just dumped a million adrenaline molecules into your system ..... Plus, and most salient here, attackers do not react in real world situations like they are trained to act in the training studio (ask me how I know). If he ( the instructor) would have grabbed my hands I would have brought both of my elbows forcibly down to my hips, immediately jerking my hands back (since they are connected to elbow and) most likely pulling the gun back into my control. (People are MUCH stronger AND faster than martial arts scenarios account for). I also might have smashed him in the face with my left fist or elbow as his guard is completely down. Most people loose all muscle control when they get punched hard enough in the face (ask me how I know lol) Then I would have emptied that magazine in him..... My Point? There are countless things an attacker could do in response to the instructors initial defense counter. Bring drugs into the equation, and you are literally fighting someone 2-3 times stronger than you who is not feeling pain and might have nothing to lose (a deadly combo). Also, you can't train for scenarios....This is just a modern spin on technique memorization driven training that has made modern American martial arts so ineffective. Your assailant rarely if ever does what you want them to do or what you have trained for......I mean, never......It's freaky.....but true. Better to train your balance, posture, coordination, and ability to move fluidly and with stability. Techniques are to slow in combat situations. Then you can adapt in the moment to the situation at hand instead of relying on techniques you have not trained enough to make second nature, and can only do on your dominant side....We are not John Wick......

I know you can't train with a real loaded gun without tye safety on. My point is a if a criminal has a real loaded gun at you your defense will be much different when your training with a toy gun. You will be able to defend against a toy gun. A real gun much different.

@Sifu-Myers

5 ай бұрын

Fair point. What they have here is good since you get some clicking action. Maybe a bb gun? Wear some goggle for protection and if you get clipped you have something to hit you and not kill you lmao

Well, IF I were to ever pull a gun, I am not going to stand there w/o pulling the trigger. It's a fact, fools try to intimidate with guns. If you pull the thing, USE it. And not ever for a crime. Silly

Next you're in heaven or hell

That's cool. The question is then why bunch of guys in rubber flip flops just come over and kick out cool guys? Probably cartridges were of wrong system or what else could it be?

don't you feel sorry for your ear? This is the only way it will ring. Well, stunned is not yet killed. You can’t turn your hand in the other direction by the elbow. ahh or will it show, should I look further?

@Voa..b_d

5 ай бұрын

uh it seems

Not meaning to be disrespectful here, but one of the biggest problems I see with almost every single video on KZread almost all of them is that there’s no reality in the attack or attacker. It’s one thing to slow things down for demonstration purposes, but almost one thing that nobody demonstrates is the emotion of the attacker. If you want to simulate a realistic attack, whether with a gun or with hands, you need to show the attacker, angry, or pretending to be hyped up on something, or very afraid and nervous, at the very least moving the gun back-and-forth a little as if he’s tracking the guy so if the guy moves a hair, he’s gonna point the gun at him. You’re talking about being able to move your head faster than he can pull the trigger you, but you can’t really prove that until he’s tracking you with that gun and he has nervous energy or anger or whatever. That’s the true measure of a simulation.

@zalsat16

2 күн бұрын

Hobo, I generally agree with you. This is the 1st video I’ve even seen with the gunman using both hands. (See my earlier post for my comments on that) and almost all have their gun arm extended. Great if you’re in that situation, Not realistic A friend and I have been training with each other for a couple of months. He’s a highly trained tactical gun guy with some martial arts background and my background is martial arts w some gun training. We are training situations against weapons (Knives, Guns clubs). We are putting the video stuff to task in more realistic situations, including skilled shooter who knows how to prevent being disarmed. (Inluding techniques we learned and modified.) Once we workout the kinks we may do a video modifying techniques. You bring up a good point about the crazy wild man. Unfortunately for safety reasons there are limits to what what u can do in training. We will work on that scenario. However , my opinion is that scenario would be simpler. 1st You can assume that he isn’t just a robber. If some is pulling the gun on you it’s easier to check the weapon bc u can avoid are not starting within the line of fire. 3rd It’s impossible to train an actual IRL scenario you mentioned. Both the attacker and defender will be full of adrenaline and under enormous stress in an environment very different than a training dojo. I hope we can eventually put together a video that’s as realistic as possible, including simulated real life scenarios. Again you raise good points and your criticisms are constructive.

@hobowithawaterpistol9070

2 күн бұрын

@@zalsat16 Thanks for responding. I hope my comments weren’t disrespectful or troll like! In my experience with some minor real life situations I find that in the moment if your in a confrontation and your emotions are high, it’s hard to remember to do this or that, so you let your training and instinct kick in, but in my experience your brain is focused on the other person and not so much on what I’m going to do! I’ll watch the video again and there were definitely some good points on there! Thanks again!😀

@zalsat16

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@@hobowithawaterpistol9070 Not disrespectful or trollish at all. I agree with you. Bruce Lee once said (paraphrasing) “you have to train and train so that when you need it (snaps his fingers) like that without thinking.” Just to expand on this. There are 3 stages of training. 1) Ideal phase. This is learning the choreographed techniques against a specific attack. The opponent is complying with your technique and every thing you do works as it “should”. 2nd. This is the “What if stage” this is where you use the choreographed technique, but there’s an issue: Ie, the opponent doesn’t react to your strike as planned, or does something unexpected. How would you adapt? 3rd is the Spontaneous stage. This is where you execute the choreographed technique automatically, including the adapting to any “what if’s” automatically. 4th is the fluid stage. This is where you instinctively react to an attack. (Iike to call it the FUBAR stage). Here you don’t know what the kind of attack is coming, the opponent isn’t a training partner and you don’t know what kind of skills he has. (i.e is an untrained thug? Is he a boxer, wrestler, have training in karate, bjj, etc). The environment might be a factor, What clothing are you and he wearing? Will he pull out a weapon? Is he taller, faster, and/or stronger than you. Is there a friend who might jump in. Now all the techniques go out the window and you react instinctively, adapting to the situation as it changes, without thinking and adrenaline surging. Later, when you’re asked what you did, you’d only be able to say “I just reacted.” You probably won’t even remember any details. I think this is the stage you’re talking about. The natural response is to focus on your opponent. You mentioned “minor incident”. If someone pushes you and you poke his eyes out, you’ll probably go to jail. Moreover, a minor incident can quickly escalate. For example anyone in a car accident has probably had the other guy screaming at you. How you react would depend on him. Does he have a weapon? etc. Suppose he’s calm and you’re exchanging insurance info and he suddenly punches you. You block the punch but “what if” he pulls a knife to stab you with his other hand. You’ve never learned a technique for this, but your muscle memory applies part of a technique you learned for something else. This all “just happens.” It’s extremely difficult to train for this stage. Actually it’s impossible bc neither you nor your partner can use full force. And of course no matter how skilled & training, victory is never guaranteed. IMO it’s impossible to show the fluid stage on video. I just wish more people making these videos would admit the limitations of the techniques instead of marketing them as “the best” “Fastest” or “one simple way” to deal with a situation. Thanks for your posts. You raised exactly the right questions. Most comments I’ve seen on these videos fall into 2 groups. “What a great video” or “This is crap and doesn’t work.“ Keep it up Hobo!

My thought, better to do something and possibly die, than do nothing and still possibly die

You clearly never shot guns.

Controlled environments things don't happen like this in real world

NEWS FLASH - YO YO bad guys back up about 3 feet. LMAO. If you have the gun why would you go to close quarters. Bang you lose.

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if someone has a gun and gets that close is an idiot your creating a opportunity for them to disarm you guns are meant to be used at a distance

A trigger that's sensitive will go off. Fact. Normally it takes only 3 psi to pull a trigger. And if were to EVER pull a gun on ANYONE. BE RES ASSURED that the trigger is going to get pulled. So you ignore this guy's silly video

First of all, you have to be really stupid to hold a firearm that close to somebody. You’re defeating the whole purpose of a long range weapon

Better to die trying something than being like a lamb led to the slaughter

Sometimes it simply comes down to who's MUCH stronger, MUCH faster,and has ZERO telegraph...2 ppl can perform the exact SAME disarm with completely different results.👀💯💯💯💪🏾🧔🏾‍♂️

excellent video that teaches us how to get to heaven quickly

No do over.

One thing he needs to mention though, you can't grab onto tbe barrel of a gun after it's been fired. It is way to hot