This sort of reminds me of early kendo training where one spends a lot of time learning to stand, learning to breathe, learning not to overgrip the sword. Squeezing increases muscle tension which decreases flow.
This sort of reminds me of early kendo training where one spends a lot of time learning to stand, learning to breathe, learning not to overgrip the sword. Squeezing increases muscle tension which decreases flow.
Ben and Hwansik are putting out the best training material I’ve ever seen. Ben’s class was outstanding. Of course, this is a personal thing, but his analytical approach is a good fit for me. It takes a lot of work to implement though.
About grip: It’s interesting that Ben tells some people to grip harder, others to grip more gently, depending on what they need.
“There is no growth in the comfort zone.”--Jocko Willink
"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
I can't speak for him, but He and Hwansik spent a LOT of time on the doubles drill and testing different grip pressures, gripping styles, etc (mainly Hwansik testing different approaches) and watching the movement and the results. Always looking for it to return out of recoil back to zero and effortlessly. They look at the movement in recoil, movement as it returns, does it stop, does it dip, does it move up and down etc. In video you can see your hand or hands tensing up and the muzzle dip etc... they have really just spent a lot of time reviewing people, techniques and generally are just passionate about squeezing out every inch of performance in other people. I hope this helps some.
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