Originally Posted by
David S.
To my knowledge, blazing fast speed hasn’t been a factor in any of Tom Given’s accounts. Based on my single ECQC class, blazing fast speed wasn’t a decisive factor in any of the evos that I witnessed.
As far as I can tell, Givens, Douglas, Dobbs and Bolke have all gone out of their way to say that the raw speed diminishing returns curve gets really flat around a two second draw time and 0.3 - 0.5 splits. Fortunately both of those standards are very attainable by most healthy people.
I believe there is just too much other important stuff that needs to be included in a well prepared cop or civilian defender’s skill set to be working in the flat part of any particular diminishing returns curve.
Are resources better invested in RAW SPEED or acquiring proficiency in PUC, MUC, S&C, IFWA, edged weapons, less-lethal, medical, legal, long guns, criminal psychology, etc, etc, etc. If we step out of the personal defense industry in to the wider preparedness industry. Do you have enough food, water, electric, fuel, shelter, climate control, medicine, etc. to survive a routine disaster (two hurricanes, widespread wildfires and earthquake have all hit North America in the last couple weeks). Can you weather a job loss or a 2008 level financial “crisis”? How about a death or illness of a spouse, parent or child? Is your family prepared for your death or major illness?
Cuz all that stuff can kill you or wreck your life too.
I supposed it depends on where you are in the journey and how constrained your time and resources are. YMMV, and all that.