The speed and effectiveness of his reloading approach is incredible. I've gained interest in the C.A.R. system after seeing it in a videogame (of all places) called Splinter Cell: Conviction, where the main character uses it. I was just really intrigued as to different it looked and the practicality of it. Nice video, it's really interesting stuff.
This guy was a tried and true soldier of fortune not alota folks even come close to understanding how Badass this guys system is, having trained with him I assure u he never caught a slide in the eye or injured himself in using this system, for cqb nothing else comes close jus a fact... GOD BLESS YOU PAUL, RIP MY FRIEND...
I am very sure your facts are entirely wrong and they are. His background is pretty well vetted and I have personally seen multiple Letters of Thanks from key Military Units and Cmdrs of units he had introduced the CAR System to that I have familiarity with and I have direct knowledge of Training Courses where International Operators sat in the class along side me during his courses. What is funny is the arm chair quarterbacking that occurs with folks who don't understand what the CAR system is or is about which by your comment it is obvious. The CAR system IS very accurate in Close Quarters and is NOT a competition or at distance system... it is a combat system that is battlefield tested. BUT if you want to stick with traditional firearms training that has for the past 20+ yrs given Law Enforcement a system that has them shooting nearly an 80% MISS Rate (open source FBI stats on Officer Involved Shootings nation wide) when faced with lethal force encounters - by all means keep tossing arm chair critiques and keep shooting the system that has you extending a gun into the close personal space of an individual intent on killing you . The retention of CAR also provides a solution to the problem that nearly 60% of Officers Killed in the Line of Duty by firearms are shot with their own weapon... retention in Close Quarters is a huge issue that traditional firearms training is still telling people to poke a gun out into a triangle and into the face of and waiting hands of a violent perpetrator who is likely to just take the gun away or at bare minimum redirect the muzzle off target. I can agree that no system is the end all be all and has all the answers to a massively chaotic violent situation on the street - but CAR offers answers to problems that no other system has been capable of in Close Quarter/Life & Death/Retention from the unchoreographed street fight in positions all other than chest forward in a perfectly stable two feet planted stance. So I will take the useful elements of what CAR does offer over traditional firearms training that keeps raking up statistics against its self.
+VictoryDefense1 I am quite correct in every thing I say I know because I lived close to him in Kent, we were members of the same gun club and I saw him leave the Kent Police (not retire). and go to the USA. I recall him more years ago than you could know at the gun club in Kent UK discussing what so many called s strange idea on gun handling. As to his accuracy he could hit a side of a barn with revolver and / or pistol any further back that 6 feet. He never won any shooting match or competition because he was just no good enough. Fast yes accurate absolutely not. What he did after he left the Kent Police to go to the USA I do not know but he was advised not to make 'suggestions' on pseudo military connections. He was not a soldier or saw any 'real' military action and did not use a firearm in anger but was a good actor and liked to dress the part. Sorry to dispel the myth.
Well I can only tell you from my experience.... Course I am no Gun Club snob that just stands in a lane and pokes holes in paper and picks apart something 1. I don't know anything about and 2. have never tried or researched something myself to verify. I have spent countless hours in multiple courses with Paul, I have slept at his house and ate with him, I have traveled with him and I have been in classes with Military, Federal Law Enforcement, and Elite International Law Enforcement charged with protecting the King of their country - those students vetted his background, his program, and deemed it worthy their attention and time... They also stood behind him on the firing line and witnessed him empty 2 mags worth of ammo into the forehead of a target with a group about the size of a silver dollar.... I on that note I will happily stick with my knowledge of what the CAR system is about and how it works and how it is used or deployed in Close Quarter survival. Now me personally, I have been around enough too know your talking BS and just want the attention of judging a man who can't defend himself (that makes you a pretty big man BTW). You might have giggled like girls at some snobby gun club but you obviously didn't know Paul or understand the value of the close quarters conversation he was having. But if you didn't attend his course or investigate it fully you really have no basis to judge other than for the attention your attempting to get. His manuals have medically supported information that does back up the parts of his program that need explaining in that regard. But as someone who works multiple days a week on a 1,800acre shooting range, who is a Range Master, a Firearms Instructor in multiple disciplines, who has worked high risk security and security for a Presidential Detail in Haiti, and actually carried a gun for survival (not impressing my friends at a Gun Club)... I can tell you for a fact the CAR System's retention is unmatched, its accuracy in close quarters is easily demonstrated, and there are Letters from the Battlefield that Paul was proud of that supported his program in real life combat. Traditional firearms training has no answer or solution for some scenarios that CAR does provide an answer to. There are plenty of funny, silly, and whack firearms videos on the internet and fakes and phonies but Paul was genuine and generous with what he when and what he taught and the fact that CAR is taught to Law Enforcement & Military still tells me all I need to know. I use a combination of what he taught and what works for me personally... In March we are hosting an Advanced II Handgun Course for Low Light & Personal defense.... your welcome to come test your theory and see if CAR is crap in this class - I happen to know there will be a female there who WILL be able to prove you wrong and shoot with rapid accuracy on multiple targets.
As a C.A.R instructor trained by Paul....thanks for everything you stated! Well put and completely correct! Paul was the best and I passed my knowledge onto my nephew and son both who deploy in 2003 to Iraq - one with the 101st and the other with the 4th ID. My nephew in turn taught some of the basics to his squad and he credits several American lives being saved when doing house clearing to C.A.R. so the peopled that have not used this system should or should shut up. I am also a Master firearms instructor, Agency firearms trainer and most importantly and I am sincere in saying this a C.A.R. firearms instructor! Thanks again! Jerry
You have changed my tactical pistol stance, I was using a Modified Weaver Stance and my accuracy was good, Now i use the Center Axis Relock Stance and my Accuracy is Great. for be CAR give me better Control over my Weapons Recoil and Reloading. Thank you Paul for making me a Better Shooter.
CAR allows more control over weapon as far as shooting and again handle of weapon especially within CQ. From the KEY GRIP to the RELOAD, its great. its a system that relies on the shooting not the stance. To be able to shoot from inside a vehicle 360 degrees is a great start if you want to know why this is such a great system or at least a system that should be not compared but ot physically try yourself. A lot of people go by what others say instead of doing it themselves.
@countrysamurai it really depends on the application. CAR is very flexible in close-quarters combat, and offers tight, recoil-absorbing stances. each position has its own benefits.
This gent is extremely fast with his gun handling and reloading drills... My question is, what is the advantage over present Weaver and modified Weaver shooting platforms. I am sure...if it was so much better...why isn't it more widely used by say, the Special Operations community or Law Enforcement Tactical Teams? I find it very interesting but don't see the advantage. I have seen and trained with many who use the Weaver and they more than get the job done. Many have been in shootouts as well
Muy Bueno el sistema c.a.r soy Policia en el Uruguay y lo estamos practicando con muy buenos resultados con un 95% de efectividad en los blancos y muy veloz muchas Gracias por los videos son de gran ayuda
Muy Bueno el sistema c.a.r soy Policia en el Uruguay y lo estamos practicando con muy buenos resultados con un 95% de efectividad en los blancos y muy veloz
Isoceles in my opinion is the best stance since you get more even tension on the handgun than weaver. That being said, when you are wearing hard armor vests you have to go into weaver, but weaver inherently gives you poor recoil management. CAR fixes this by providing the ease of isoceles with a closer profile of weaver. In addition it adds a retention capability making it harder to disarm.
hows isoceles work for you when youre on one knee behind cover? when your laying on your back? when your target is 2 feet from you in a crowded room? Isoc and weaver have their place but foot work is ... well... only useful when youre on your feet ... dunno bout you but standing out in the open making sure my feet are correct and my alignment is right while someone is shooting at me..
btw as you can see i shoot weaver at the range ... it feels a lot more comfortable for me and i find recoil managment easier... difrent stroke for difrent folks i guess
I know this is an older video, and there will be plenty of folks that will argue with me. I would never trust a slide release like was done in the VID. I don't care how good you think you are, that is a small button to hit, but if you go to the slide it is a lot bigger. I am big fan of CAR, not just over the net, but I don't agree with his use of slide release, sure he makes a good point for the Beretta, but it is all a matter of training with the weapon you use.
the slide release? the reason is in the name...it WILL release the slide EVERY time. Thats its job. Havent you ever grabbed the slide n with sweat or stress etc gone straight off the back without grabbing it???? Fact is theres a whole secondary industry in the USA regarding making slides easier to grab for the tap wrack movement... wonder why that is??? So, Where does your left hand end up when you tap wrack and MISS it somehow (for whatever reason)??? Yep a LONG way from the gun. In fact all those reloads even if they work your support hand (assuming right handed shooter) ends up a LONG way from your gun. Using the slide release? even if you miss it the first time guess what??? Your thumb is still RIGHT THERE... I got trained to hit the release with the thumb on my support hand so guess where my hand is when the slide releases??? Already back on the gun doing its job... Suggest this is part of the reason CAR reloads are so fast between gun stopping and gun firing again - less much less faffing about reacquiring grip and sight alignment etcetc
nice and all if your not wearing armor. if you are your giving a nice fleshy target not protected by your plates. ill need to try this out next time im out shooting
That's where I learned about it and became interested in it. It also got me interested in Krav Maga (the martial art Sam Fisher uses in the game), because it's a dirtier, grittier combat system design to be used in real world situations, not some sport like MMA/UFC.
This technique would be great for CQB but besides that I'd still use my method and regardless of the situation I'm always going to reload in my little box.
Gerry Casteleiro No, not really likely. It might seem close but correctly executed the slide operates as it is designed to and the technique will give you greater control of accuracy and round placement then you might have experienced in rapid dynamic engagements. In Close Quarters and especially vehicle operations for LE and others where threats might attempt to ambush or engage from the rear or rearward angles - traditional firearms training has never been able to provide a solution that would likely work every time with a high degree of accuracy and efficient solutions. To retake the initiative you must engage in the fight quickly and retake the advantage - other than driving away, bailing out, there isn't many good options to fight from that seated position with out letting the ambush approach further into your better angles. Right handed shooters are taught some funky stuff to engage right rearward targets (seatbelted in, with gear or equipment present its almost impossible), Left Handed shooters are taught equally funky techniques for rearward left sided engagements. No system is probably "perfect" every time but be open minded enough to learn a technique that traditional firearms training had failed to answer for me was a great experience. Somewhere in our videos there are a couple informal range videos that show shooting from the seated position on both sides to the rear and in an around other shooters... I have learned some good stuff from plenty of good trainers and learned something from a number of different programs or competing "Tactical Trainers" that I kept in mind for my defensive mind set. Some things I wouldn't use and I just cherry pick those that work well for me or a majority of common and uncommon potential threats I have seen, heard about, learned about and so on.
Been a CAR instructor to over 10 years, I never have. It really looks that way but it isn't it's a natural aiming point. Never came even close enough to have worried about it.Thanks for your service by the way! 3rd Squadron, 5th Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division........a long time ago....Jerry
This guy is fast and all but all you have to do is practice a lot to get fast...doesn't mean it's the best method. If it works for him then great but I'll stick with squaring up and extending to the target thanks
Dynasty 22 Your right, these are skills that require practice. Definitely no claims here that its the best method - but I think this system offers solutions to problems that traditional firearms training is missing. One of those is that over 50% of Officers Killed in the Line of Duty by gun fire are done so with their own weapon... they also usually have more than 8yrs on the job. So why is that? My humble opinion is that it is what you are pointing out - 1. practice (training) is not meeting the goal. but most importantly I think the training method is missing the point because most range trips for LEOs focus on the issue of "Qualifying" not close contact survival. Squaring to the target and extending in Close Quarters CAN (doesn't mean always) mean that one would be extending into or with in reach of the threat. Even someone who is untrained knows that when a gun is extended to you you want to move it, get out of the way or take it... criminals, hardened, violent criminals DO train to take guns away from cops and to take weapons from their victims. I think this system offers a solution to CQB that traditional firearms training is smoothing over and I think it offers some of the best solutions to key aspects of Close Quarters engagements. The system is designed to be a Close Quarters system and not the end all to every situation, competition, or over greater distances. The retention methods of this system offer a very strong option and provide a solution to work against larger, stronger threats but that's not really covered in this video. But that's what it is - options.
***** Great points, I agree 100% actually. I'm in the hiring process currently for a police department and they were impressed that I have already taken pistol classes. Your opinion of police going to the range to qualify is absolutely right. I'm doing an internship right now at a sheriffs office and they talk about qualifying instead of improving. I'd like to see a method that includes this style as well as knowing when to drive the gun out and engage targets that way. Getting into law enforcement makes me want to be as effective as I can be with my firearm (knowing when to fire under stress and making sure I can operate under stress), self defensive skills (I think the higher these are the less likely an officer will be to feel the need to pull his gun), and verbal skills (de escalation skills, being able to respectfully take command of a situation, and learn the art of verbal jujitsu). Unfortunately I'll be using a lot of my own money to improve those areas. If it were up to me the police spending budget would focus more on improving the officer than the equipment, but what do I know right?
The speed and effectiveness of his reloading approach is incredible. I've gained interest in the C.A.R. system after seeing it in a videogame (of all places) called Splinter Cell: Conviction, where the main character uses it. I was just really intrigued as to different it looked and the practicality of it. Nice video, it's really interesting stuff.
I am proud to have known him. A true innovator. Brought innovation and change to modern combative. RIP Paul
This guy was a tried and true soldier of fortune not alota folks even come close to understanding how Badass this guys system is, having trained with him I assure u he never caught a slide in the eye or injured himself in using this system, for cqb nothing else comes close jus a fact... GOD BLESS YOU PAUL, RIP MY FRIEND...
I am very sure your facts are entirely wrong and they are. His background is pretty well vetted and I have personally seen multiple Letters of Thanks from key Military Units and Cmdrs of units he had introduced the CAR System to that I have familiarity with and I have direct knowledge of Training Courses where International Operators sat in the class along side me during his courses. What is funny is the arm chair quarterbacking that occurs with folks who don't understand what the CAR system is or is about which by your comment it is obvious. The CAR system IS very accurate in Close Quarters and is NOT a competition or at distance system... it is a combat system that is battlefield tested. BUT if you want to stick with traditional firearms training that has for the past 20+ yrs given Law Enforcement a system that has them shooting nearly an 80% MISS Rate (open source FBI stats on Officer Involved Shootings nation wide) when faced with lethal force encounters - by all means keep tossing arm chair critiques and keep shooting the system that has you extending a gun into the close personal space of an individual intent on killing you . The retention of CAR also provides a solution to the problem that nearly 60% of Officers Killed in the Line of Duty by firearms are shot with their own weapon... retention in Close Quarters is a huge issue that traditional firearms training is still telling people to poke a gun out into a triangle and into the face of and waiting hands of a violent perpetrator who is likely to just take the gun away or at bare minimum redirect the muzzle off target. I can agree that no system is the end all be all and has all the answers to a massively chaotic violent situation on the street - but CAR offers answers to problems that no other system has been capable of in Close Quarter/Life & Death/Retention from the unchoreographed street fight in positions all other than chest forward in a perfectly stable two feet planted stance. So I will take the useful elements of what CAR does offer over traditional firearms training that keeps raking up statistics against its self.
+VictoryDefense1 I am quite correct in every thing I say I know because I lived close to him in Kent, we were members of the same gun club and I saw him leave the Kent Police (not retire). and go to the USA. I recall him more years ago than you could know at the gun club in Kent UK discussing what so many called s strange idea on gun handling. As to his accuracy he could hit a side of a barn with revolver and / or pistol any further back that 6 feet. He never won any shooting match or competition because he was just no good enough. Fast yes accurate absolutely not. What he did after he left the Kent Police to go to the USA I do not know but he was advised not to make 'suggestions' on pseudo military connections. He was not a soldier or saw any 'real' military action and did not use a firearm in anger but was a good actor and liked to dress the part. Sorry to dispel the myth.
Well I can only tell you from my experience.... Course I am no Gun Club snob that just stands in a lane and pokes holes in paper and picks apart something 1. I don't know anything about and 2. have never tried or researched something myself to verify. I have spent countless hours in multiple courses with Paul, I have slept at his house and ate with him, I have traveled with him and I have been in classes with Military, Federal Law Enforcement, and Elite International Law Enforcement charged with protecting the King of their country - those students vetted his background, his program, and deemed it worthy their attention and time... They also stood behind him on the firing line and witnessed him empty 2 mags worth of ammo into the forehead of a target with a group about the size of a silver dollar.... I on that note I will happily stick with my knowledge of what the CAR system is about and how it works and how it is used or deployed in Close Quarter survival. Now me personally, I have been around enough too know your talking BS and just want the attention of judging a man who can't defend himself (that makes you a pretty big man BTW). You might have giggled like girls at some snobby gun club but you obviously didn't know Paul or understand the value of the close quarters conversation he was having. But if you didn't attend his course or investigate it fully you really have no basis to judge other than for the attention your attempting to get. His manuals have medically supported information that does back up the parts of his program that need explaining in that regard. But as someone who works multiple days a week on a 1,800acre shooting range, who is a Range Master, a Firearms Instructor in multiple disciplines, who has worked high risk security and security for a Presidential Detail in Haiti, and actually carried a gun for survival (not impressing my friends at a Gun Club)... I can tell you for a fact the CAR System's retention is unmatched, its accuracy in close quarters is easily demonstrated, and there are Letters from the Battlefield that Paul was proud of that supported his program in real life combat. Traditional firearms training has no answer or solution for some scenarios that CAR does provide an answer to. There are plenty of funny, silly, and whack firearms videos on the internet and fakes and phonies but Paul was genuine and generous with what he when and what he taught and the fact that CAR is taught to Law Enforcement & Military still tells me all I need to know. I use a combination of what he taught and what works for me personally... In March we are hosting an Advanced II Handgun Course for Low Light & Personal defense.... your welcome to come test your theory and see if CAR is crap in this class - I happen to know there will be a female there who WILL be able to prove you wrong and shoot with rapid accuracy on multiple targets.
As a C.A.R instructor trained by Paul....thanks for everything you stated! Well put and completely correct! Paul was the best and I passed my knowledge onto my nephew and son both who deploy in 2003 to Iraq - one with the 101st and the other with the 4th ID. My nephew in turn taught some of the basics to his squad and he credits several American lives being saved when doing house clearing to C.A.R. so the peopled that have not used this system should or should shut up. I am also a Master firearms instructor, Agency firearms trainer and most importantly and I am sincere in saying this a C.A.R. firearms instructor! Thanks again! Jerry
You have changed my tactical pistol stance, I was using a Modified Weaver Stance and my accuracy was good, Now i use the Center Axis Relock Stance and my Accuracy is Great. for be CAR give me better Control over my Weapons Recoil and Reloading. Thank you Paul for making me a Better Shooter.
Long live the legacy of Paul Castle!!! R.I.P.
You Sir are a LEGEND! Thank you very much for these videos and the technique of course. Best of luck to you!
CAR allows more control over weapon as far as shooting and again handle of weapon especially within CQ. From the KEY GRIP to the RELOAD, its great. its a system that relies on the shooting not the stance. To be able to shoot from inside a vehicle 360 degrees is a great start if you want to know why this is such a great system or at least a system that should be not compared but ot physically try yourself. A lot of people go by what others say instead of doing it themselves.
woah man his reload is so quick!!! thats crazy!!
STOOOPPPPPPAAAGGEEEE!!
@countrysamurai it really depends on the application. CAR is very flexible in close-quarters combat, and offers tight, recoil-absorbing stances. each position has its own benefits.
at least Paul castles genius can live on. the world is better for his work.
This gent is extremely fast with his gun handling and reloading drills...
My question is, what is the advantage over present Weaver and modified Weaver shooting platforms. I am sure...if it was so much better...why isn't it more widely used by say, the Special Operations community or Law Enforcement Tactical Teams?
I find it very interesting but don't see the advantage. I have seen and trained with many who use the Weaver and they more than get the job done. Many have been in shootouts as well
Holy shit...
Anyone else just here because of John Wick?
+Epillon Me lol, love that movie
+Epillon Me too, smsmsmms!
So if someone is right up next to you, face to face, should you shove them first then transfer to CAR or groin strike then CAR? Or does it matter?
Muy Bueno el sistema c.a.r soy Policia en el Uruguay y lo estamos practicando con muy buenos resultados con un 95% de efectividad en los blancos y muy veloz muchas Gracias por los videos son de gran ayuda
RIP Paul, CAR is epic but so argued upon for commercial usage due to possible safety issues.
Muy Bueno el sistema c.a.r soy Policia en el Uruguay y lo estamos practicando con muy buenos resultados con un 95% de efectividad en los blancos y muy veloz
John Wick brought me here.
Isoceles in my opinion is the best stance since you get more even tension on the handgun than weaver. That being said, when you are wearing hard armor vests you have to go into weaver, but weaver inherently gives you poor recoil management. CAR fixes this by providing the ease of isoceles with a closer profile of weaver. In addition it adds a retention capability making it harder to disarm.
hows isoceles work for you when youre on one knee behind cover? when your laying on your back? when your target is 2 feet from you in a crowded room?
Isoc and weaver have their place but foot work is ... well... only useful when youre on your feet ... dunno bout you but standing out in the open making sure my feet are correct and my alignment is right while someone is shooting at me..
btw as you can see i shoot weaver at the range ... it feels a lot more comfortable for me and i find recoil managment easier... difrent stroke for difrent folks i guess
I know this is an older video, and there will be plenty of folks that will argue with me. I would never trust a slide release like was done in the VID. I don't care how good you think you are, that is a small button to hit, but if you go to the slide it is a lot bigger. I am big fan of CAR, not just over the net, but I don't agree with his use of slide release, sure he makes a good point for the Beretta, but it is all a matter of training with the weapon you use.
the slide release? the reason is in the name...it WILL release the slide EVERY time. Thats its job. Havent you ever grabbed the slide n with sweat or stress etc gone straight off the back without grabbing it???? Fact is theres a whole secondary industry in the USA regarding making slides easier to grab for the tap wrack movement... wonder why that is???
So, Where does your left hand end up when you tap wrack and MISS it somehow (for whatever reason)??? Yep a LONG way from the gun. In fact all those reloads even if they work your support hand (assuming right handed shooter) ends up a LONG way from your gun.
Using the slide release? even if you miss it the first time guess what??? Your thumb is still RIGHT THERE...
I got trained to hit the release with the thumb on my support hand so guess where my hand is when the slide releases??? Already back on the gun doing its job...
Suggest this is part of the reason CAR reloads are so fast between gun stopping and gun firing again - less much less faffing about reacquiring grip and sight alignment etcetc
nice and all if your not wearing armor. if you are your giving a nice fleshy target not protected by your plates. ill need to try this out next time im out shooting
That's where I learned about it and became interested in it.
It also got me interested in Krav Maga (the martial art Sam Fisher uses in the game), because it's a dirtier, grittier combat system design to be used in real world situations, not some sport like MMA/UFC.
This technique would be great for CQB but besides that I'd still use my method and regardless of the situation I'm always going to reload in my little box.
I would bet anything that he's caught a slide to the eye at least a handful of times.
Gerry Casteleiro No, not really likely. It might seem close but correctly executed the slide operates as it is designed to and the technique will give you greater control of accuracy and round placement then you might have experienced in rapid dynamic engagements. In Close Quarters and especially vehicle operations for LE and others where threats might attempt to ambush or engage from the rear or rearward angles - traditional firearms training has never been able to provide a solution that would likely work every time with a high degree of accuracy and efficient solutions. To retake the initiative you must engage in the fight quickly and retake the advantage - other than driving away, bailing out, there isn't many good options to fight from that seated position with out letting the ambush approach further into your better angles. Right handed shooters are taught some funky stuff to engage right rearward targets (seatbelted in, with gear or equipment present its almost impossible), Left Handed shooters are taught equally funky techniques for rearward left sided engagements. No system is probably "perfect" every time but be open minded enough to learn a technique that traditional firearms training had failed to answer for me was a great experience. Somewhere in our videos there are a couple informal range videos that show shooting from the seated position on both sides to the rear and in an around other shooters... I have learned some good stuff from plenty of good trainers and learned something from a number of different programs or competing "Tactical Trainers" that I kept in mind for my defensive mind set. Some things I wouldn't use and I just cherry pick those that work well for me or a majority of common and uncommon potential threats I have seen, heard about, learned about and so on.
Been a CAR instructor to over 10 years, I never have. It really looks that way but it isn't it's a natural aiming point. Never came even close enough to have worried about it.Thanks for your service by the way! 3rd Squadron, 5th Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division........a long time ago....Jerry
@RHTNY BJJ is the most effective form of groundfighting. If its hand to hand and the terrorist has no ground fighting skill it would
This guy is fast and all but all you have to do is practice a lot to get fast...doesn't mean it's the best method. If it works for him then great but I'll stick with squaring up and extending to the target thanks
Dynasty 22 Your right, these are skills that require practice. Definitely no claims here that its the best method - but I think this system offers solutions to problems that traditional firearms training is missing. One of those is that over 50% of Officers Killed in the Line of Duty by gun fire are done so with their own weapon... they also usually have more than 8yrs on the job. So why is that? My humble opinion is that it is what you are pointing out - 1. practice (training) is not meeting the goal. but most importantly I think the training method is missing the point because most range trips for LEOs focus on the issue of "Qualifying" not close contact survival. Squaring to the target and extending in Close Quarters CAN (doesn't mean always) mean that one would be extending into or with in reach of the threat. Even someone who is untrained knows that when a gun is extended to you you want to move it, get out of the way or take it... criminals, hardened, violent criminals DO train to take guns away from cops and to take weapons from their victims. I think this system offers a solution to CQB that traditional firearms training is smoothing over and I think it offers some of the best solutions to key aspects of Close Quarters engagements. The system is designed to be a Close Quarters system and not the end all to every situation, competition, or over greater distances. The retention methods of this system offer a very strong option and provide a solution to work against larger, stronger threats but that's not really covered in this video. But that's what it is - options.
***** Great points, I agree 100% actually. I'm in the hiring process currently for a police department and they were impressed that I have already taken pistol classes. Your opinion of police going to the range to qualify is absolutely right. I'm doing an internship right now at a sheriffs office and they talk about qualifying instead of improving. I'd like to see a method that includes this style as well as knowing when to drive the gun out and engage targets that way. Getting into law enforcement makes me want to be as effective as I can be with my firearm (knowing when to fire under stress and making sure I can operate under stress), self defensive skills (I think the higher these are the less likely an officer will be to feel the need to pull his gun), and verbal skills (de escalation skills, being able to respectfully take command of a situation, and learn the art of verbal jujitsu). Unfortunately I'll be using a lot of my own money to improve those areas. If it were up to me the police spending budget would focus more on improving the officer than the equipment, but what do I know right?
I was about to make this exact same comment.