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Great vid, very helpful!

One of your best vids. Extremely important information!! Thank you.

Super helpful! Thank you Tom for sharing this great advice!

The 5.58 is due to RO not picking up the shots. The interval between the first position and second position for Jason is about 3 seconds.

Amazing breakdown and analysis. Thank you

This type of breakdown and analysis is amazing. Easily to digest and very detailed. Thank you for spending time making everyone better Tom!

This was awesome.

Facts...

This breakdown is so helpful for me. Please do more of them 🙏

This is awesome Tom. This kind of information is priceless. Thanks for doing this!

Love the video breakdown, thanks for sharing the info. This is exactly where I struggle. I can’t seem to get out of B class although I frequently can match the speed and accuracy of M and GM shooters. I fall apart putting together consistent stages making similar mistakes.

Amazing breakdown video. I'd love to see more of these!

Dammit, I just learned something, I do Jason stuff like that all the time. And I know it without even having to look at my footage that’s what I do. Thanks Tom.

I had all Alphas on that stage but 31 seconds 😂😂

I HATE shooting charlies on 'easy' targets like that when I'm too aggressive or don't focus enough.

Great!!!! From the Caribbean, 🇱🇨. You earned a sub! IPSC Shooter, what do you offer?

videos like this are gold to me

Thank you. Great stuff

Ladies always trying to Rizz me up at the match 😂

So what you’re saying is Johnny can’t sweep the leg??? Poor Cobra…

Reloading Porn.

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10.5.16 reads "Drawing a handgun, while facing or moving uprange, and the front of the holster is pointing uprange beyond 90 degrees from the median intercept of the backstop." I think the issue is that it says "while facing or moving uprange, AND the front of the holster is pointing uprange". That seems to mean that this only applies when the shooter is facing or moving up range. They simply could have put "Drawing a handgun and the front of the holster is pointing uprange beyond 90 degrees from the median intercept of the backstop." Regardless, I draw from AIWB making sure my front of the holster doesn't break the 180 since that's how the ROs are enforcing the rule at the moment.

Pretty sad you sit here spewing nonsense for 11 minutes and haven't even bothered to read the actual rules let alone understand them. I had a whole explanation of the actual rules typed up, then I realized you're a youtuber and will never admit you are wrong so I just deleted it. But I'd be happy to sit down and discus what the rulebook actually says if you'd honestly be interested in hearing why you're wrong.

Great explanation vid Tom!

Yeah, no. The front of the AIWB holster is the flat part 🤣. That stupid rule should be rewritten to define gun orientation; top of slide regardless of holster instead of “front of holster.”

This harkens to the rule IDPA had for seated draws and sweeping yourself. It was amended. I anticipate the appendix rule will be narrowed.

I guess we are looking at Shot show 2025 for a new release date? LOL

This has nothing to do with appendix. If you are starting up range with a regular holster and don’t complete your turn before your gun clears the holster, you’re going home. It’s always been that way and always will be. The three foot rule wont help you. The gun can never be beyond the 180 when the gun is out of the holster.

I shot matches in the past from appendix and remember being warned once that I was "dangerously" close to breaking the 180 on my draw. I also remember thinking "wtf i was nowhere near the 180" till I read the rule. The actual path of the gun during the draw isn't taken into considerarion. Seems like the confusion also comes from what should be considered the "front" of the holster.

Great explanation Tom. I didn’t understand this at all when I saw the video with the DQ Ben posted.

This was an 11 minute video when all you really had to do was demonstrate the correct way to avoid the DQ after showing the wrong way. I really hope you figure out less is more and become a better instructor.

Read the rule> Demonstrate the correct way> Explain the mistake people make> reiterate the way to avoid it. That was how this video should have gone. Terrible instruction. Then you demonstrate multiple times instead of working on resolutions, awful. All over the place.

This makes total sense now. Thanks for making it clear! I don’t do the appendix stuff but I will be extra aware of holster direction now. I knew not to draw heading up range, but it’s interesting how a slight holster cant could get a DQ.

Breaking the rule without having your muzzle directly break the 180 seems like a silly rule to me, but then again, that's USPSA hence the reason why so many members left the sport to another competitive sport venues. Holster position shouldn't matter "IF" the muzzle isn't breaking the 180, however, USPSA has created this rule which will further impact competitive shooters. In fact, frustrate many! Safety is paramount in "ANY" sports, specifically shooting sports but rules needs to be made for the common man to understand without confusing them. Unfortunately, that's USPSA. Great video explanation, I hope it reaches the masses...

This is a better explanation than another TH-cam guy who says it’s bad stage design.

And this is why everyone is turned off by this fudd run sport…

Nice job Tom. Keith Tyler put out something on that rule before co nationals, some people got dq on that rule one I saw was spender carry. It’s just best practice to never break the 180 and practice in ever movement that you are not breaking it

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Any plans to have a class in Houston area? If you do COUNT ME IN! :)

Game changer! Bar hop is to set external base foot.

@Tom Castro - Still shooting this one or did you go to a DS9 LOC?

I feel like he’s disappointed in me and I wasn’t even there

I was on the bay with @Tom Castro for this block. You will not find a more engaged and passionate instructor. He doesn't just teach "the class", he will engage and teach YOU. Great stuff. 😎

Castro is the man. Very passionate about the sport. And has put tons of time in. Great advice