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In reply to the discussion: Do you make an active shooter plan when in public spaces? [View all]BeerBarrelPolka
(1,202 posts)The biggest thing he never mentioned is the 4fs (fight, flight, freeze, fawn). No matter how much training you have, you may find yourself losing all composure in a reality situation. This is the biggest thing people have to accept and learn (through proper training) to overcome.
Briefly:
His fighting advice was pretty much all way off the mark. I won't go into great detail, but learning to fight, especially against someone with a weapon takes much, much proper and realistic training. Saying to control the hips/spine is vastly difficult to do. I am a high level wrestler. I train advanced athletes from other sports. Teaching them to control the hips takes a lot of work. A lot of work.
You cannot and should not ever expect anyone to help you, let alone be in an organizational mindset during a panic situation. As a skilled fighter, the last thing I need is someone in a panic getting in my way or actually attacking me (in a sense) by mistaking me or my limbs. They (a good guy) may also strike me in a vulnerable place and take me out of commission. It's easy and casual to say, 'I'll go for the gun and you go for the legs" on a video. Even that would need to be practiced, let alone trying to recruit someone in a life/death situation to do it perhaps immediately.
His way of glossing over improvised weapons, neutralization, control, was a waste of time.
He did not address multiple assailants at all. Big mistake.
He backtracked by stating initially don't run with everyone else and moments later stated you may be with a smaller group of people or alone. That creates what's called crisis conflict. You cannot give definitives that are vague like that. Sometimes the groups' way out is the only or the correct way to escape. It's a situational thing that will vary.
I could probably rewatch the video and pick out more things, but those stuck out in my head.