Frag Out! Magazine
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Distance: 1 meter (3 ft) Condition: 3 The reaction of the hero of the situation to the cry of the victim - the capture of the weapon, reloading and putting a few shots at the hip level. Despite changing the angle and increasing the distance, the striker is able to deal 1-2 blows before the first shot. The attacker continued the attack, because the first shots in motion were inaccu- rate. The victim shielded the sensitive zones receiving a few blows in the hand. Distance: 1 meter (3 ft) Condition: 1 Description: Reaction of Good Guy to the screams – draw- ing a gun and taking first shot from the hip right after. At the same time attacker is making first strike. Despite draw and attempt to change the angle, aggressor is able to attack at least one time before first shot. Despite the assumptions and simplifications, bunch of conclusions can be made. 1. Mobile phones dramatically limits our situational aware- ness. What would happen if Good Guy have earphones? 2. Every repetition of the exercise gave advantage to the defender, because he becomes familiar with situation and feels more „comfortable" (as we all know – practice makes perfect). 3. Exercise omits aspect of cognitive process that hap- pen in the brain of the defender. In the OODA (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) :oop, element of observation and ori- entation is reduced to zero. We are dealing with reflex (decide and act) almost like Pavlov's dog. In the real life nobody will react that way for scream of someone. And it is good actually because drawing firearm is ultimate last resort! 4. Modern firearms allows to choose the Condition (C1 vs. C3). 5. Using support hand to reload would limit possibility of using it to defend (against strike, or attempt to stop attacker). 6. Behavior of the defender during the attack was de- termined by many years' experience with self-defense and martial arts. Getting of the line of attack was so auto- matic that defender could not get rid of it for the needs of video (what caused funny situations and necessity of making retakes, because defender constantly walked out of the frame). Speaking frankly it may not be so funny for Aggressor that was shot so many times, maybe this is the cause for Stanford's effect? On the other hand is seems that is gives shooter a lot of advantage. Every time he moved to the side "spirally" – that behavior increases field of view and let us check what is behind out back and force us to move into the direction that we can see what is underneath our feet. This also decrease risk of stumbling. TRAINING