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raimius · February 9, 2019, 07:43 PM

These seem like reasonable standards, although I have a couple debatable points with them.

1. How much are our averages skewed by contact distance shots? Grappling shots seem fairly common, when you review footage from Active Self Protection and others. If these are skewing averages, shots over 3-5yds are a bit more common than the average suggests. (AKA standard deviation matters)

2. The blog author commented that quick-draw may not be the most important skill, yet all of these standards are fairly dependent on having a reasonably quick presentation from concealment. Time-based standards of under a few seconds, with a draw from concealment tend to place significant value on a fast presentation. This is not necessarily bad, but does it help gauge our training against what our data and experience suggests are the most likely problems?

February 9, 2019, 07:43 PM	#6
raimius Senior Member Join Date: January 27, 2008 Posts: 2,199	These seem like reasonable standards, although I have a couple debatable points with them. 1. How much are our averages skewed by contact distance shots? Grappling shots seem fairly common, when you review footage from Active Self Protection and others. If these are skewing averages, shots over 3-5yds are a bit more common than the average suggests. (AKA standard deviation matters) 2. The blog author commented that quick-draw may not be the most important skill, yet all of these standards are fairly dependent on having a reasonably quick presentation from concealment. Time-based standards of under a few seconds, with a draw from concealment tend to place significant value on a fast presentation. This is not necessarily bad, but does it help gauge our training against what our data and experience suggests are the most likely problems?