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MLeake · January 10, 2012, 09:40 AM

For those times when the other options might actually be worse, practicing to distract and draw are good ideas.

For bad breath distance, when other options don't look good, practicing to attack / disarm and draw are good ideas.

Developing a good draw technique is a good idea.

This doesn't mean you always have to do one of the above when threatened; it does mean that if you have trained at it, and if it seems necessary, it can work.

OTOH, not training, and trying to improvise for the first time when already in harm's way, is very likely to decrease the odds in a major way.

January 10, 2012, 09:40 AM	#106
MLeake Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2007 Location: Outside KC, MO Posts: 10,128	For those times when the other options might actually be worse, practicing to distract and draw are good ideas. For bad breath distance, when other options don't look good, practicing to attack / disarm and draw are good ideas. Developing a good draw technique is a good idea. This doesn't mean you always have to do one of the above when threatened; it does mean that if you have trained at it, and if it seems necessary, it can work. OTOH, not training, and trying to improvise for the first time when already in harm's way, is very likely to decrease the odds in a major way.