Originally Posted by
paherne
Thanks for bringing my attention back to this AAR; work and a K9/skunk incident consumed my time this week.
So, you practice at 25 yards, but there is a test, on the timer, on the B-8 where you shoot as fast as you can clean 5 rounds from the holster. Ergo, 15 yards, freestyle, get 5 hits in the black as fast as you can. Lowest clean score time wins. One shot out of the black, you fail. You get three attempts.
He does this for every evolution, with slight variations. It's really not about competition, but knowing your abilities and skill level to make a high-liability shot under pressure where you cannot fail.
It's really an evaluation system to determine where you are. Left hand only, I think I cleaned a B-8 at 10 yards in 9.08 seconds. That's miserable. I obviously need to work on my left hand only shooting, among other things.
As to Chuck's thoughts on the accuracy required in gunfights, he notes that in his opinion most offenders shot by police are psychological stops, rather than physiological ones. His system accounts for that and relies more on physiological changes to produce the desired effect. He has the requisite experience to confidently make this claim.
I discussed posting a matrix of all the various drills, yardages, etc. with a friend who is an experienced trainer and student of the gun. My sense is that the internet is great for passing along bits of information. I believe to obtain the full experience, you really have to attend one of his classes and posting the drills, etc. leaves out the most important information, the why.