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matthew temkin · November 7, 2008, 06:33 AM

Nate..the whole premise of your post is that,

a)Natural instincts are bad.

b)Threat focused techniques are not accurate.

Wrong on both counts.
And just why would someone want to override the natural instincts to stress when it can be used in an easy to learn system that can be developed in a very short time?
And why do you believe that two handed sighted fire should be the core principal when the vast majority of armed encounters happen at very short distances?
especially when threat focused skills can give the same accuracy level?
Applegate believed in the 80-20 rule, meaning that one handed point shooting should be practiced 80% of the time and everything else 20%.
I suppose this is where you and I will have to agree to disagree.

November 7, 2008, 06:33 AM	#100
matthew temkin Junior member Join Date: June 7, 2002 Location: NYC Posts: 363	Nate..the whole premise of your post is that, a)Natural instincts are bad. b)Threat focused techniques are not accurate. Wrong on both counts. And just why would someone want to override the natural instincts to stress when it can be used in an easy to learn system that can be developed in a very short time? And why do you believe that two handed sighted fire should be the core principal when the vast majority of armed encounters happen at very short distances? especially when threat focused skills can give the same accuracy level? Applegate believed in the 80-20 rule, meaning that one handed point shooting should be practiced 80% of the time and everything else 20%. I suppose this is where you and I will have to agree to disagree. Last edited by matthew temkin; November 7, 2008 at 06:42 AM.