Decisional "Self-Defence" Training - And a Northwesterly Wind:

I came across this excellent post by 'Defensive Daddy' (signposted by Active Response Training) and although the whole article is well worth reading and absorbing - I thought that this particular idea was 'of the moment'. - "The Bell Curve: Shooting Practice By The Odds". (September 18, 2014)

Previously I have talked about training by using a range of differently marked & varied circles/shapes (numbered, lettered, coloured) and getting a mate to 'surprise' call the shot. - This new trick idea comes in to play when you don't have a co-operating mate handy - just pre-prepare some note-cards with the same target markings as your hand-made aiming points,- shuffle or 'cut' them face down and read the top one to 'call' the target and then draw / fire.

Decisional Training Drill Target Aim Points.

Re-holster etc. - put that card on bottom of the stack - and repeat. - As when training with a mate - you can use this solo 'Decisional' snap target system for live fire on range and when using an air-soft firearm at home or even for dry-firing practice.

- So you'll have a pack (deck) of cards - some with numbers, some with coloured shapes, some with letter I.Ds etc. to relate to your prepared target - that might be the reverse side of an IPSC Target?

- The idea is to make you have to think or 'do a double-take' before deciding on shooting. - You'd better pick a day at the range when there isn't a strong blustering Canterbury NorWester ** wind blowing - or you'll spend as much time picking-up your target stands and chasing cards around on the gravel as you do shooting!

'Defensive Daddy' also talks about shooting distances and target sizes - and probabilities of needing to reload and shoot one-handed etc. - All good stuff.

- We are undecided down here as to whether the title "Shaky Isles" or "Windy Isles" is better!

Life is good,

A "Bit of a NorWester'!

** The Canterbury (Eastern) side of our NZ Southern Alps mountain range experiences strong warm winds from the prevailing North-Westerly air flow. This wind is labelled as an 'adiabatic' wind - this relates to the way that the moist wind off the ocean has to rise over the Alps cooling and dumping high rainfall on the South Island West Coast - then as it flows down on the Canterbury side it is compressed and heated (in a similar way to the air in a bicycle pump) and races cross country whipping-up our soils into the air to be dumped into the sea off of our Eastern coastline.

Some Brave Cantabrian !!

Marty K

P.S. If any of you have something you'd like to 'guest post' on here about rifle or shotgun shooting or hunting etc. or any gun related topic - I'd really welcome your input.

MK.