Just wondering how people split up their training hours between:
1.Range
2.Dry Fire
3.Unarmed
4.Knife
5.'Blunt' instrument e.g. kopo stick
6.Mental aspects/Awareness training etc.
7.Whatever else
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Just wondering how people split up their training hours between:
1.Range
2.Dry Fire
3.Unarmed
4.Knife
5.'Blunt' instrument e.g. kopo stick
6.Mental aspects/Awareness training etc.
7.Whatever else
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Phill
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"Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate"
William of Ockham (ca. 1285-1349)
Phill - I confess to some degree of sloth - due to age!!
I no longer adopt any specific schedule - I do any aspect as and when I think of it or when convenient. Range time is when I can make it but dry fire is usually on a whim at some stage of day in the office. Knife too is similar - stand up - retrieve and deploy - can I still do it well enough?
I can no longer achieve what I could 20 and more years ago but - reckon to maintain best fluency I can. I notice muscle memory with gun in particular is rarely too degraded - it appears in hand as an extension and always feel natural - I am glad for all the shooting over my lifetime that helped build that.
I practice observational skills at all times all days - that is one thing I do not let slip.
Chris - P95
NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member.
"To own a gun and assume that you are armed
is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!."
http://www.rkba-2a.com/ - a portal for 2A links, articles and some videos.
I try to mix it up some. Mostly dry fire and soft air drill as I don't have to leave the house to practice.
I would say, in descending order of importance:
1). The gym
2). Rest (you make crappy decisions when you're tired)
3). Shooting
4). Reloading (that includes research and test fires)
5). Knife research
6). Knife sharpening for personal use
I read someplace where it took maybe 3 thousand iterations to implant muscle memory with say drawing your firearm. Dry fire seemed to help when I got stupid and pulled the trigger instead of squeeze, I just didn't do it enough but feel it was important. Thanks for the reminder, maybe I should get back to dry fire, it would help to strengthen my arms.
As you slide down the banister of life,
May the splinters never point the wrong way.
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NRA Life Member
According to Kelly McCann in his Combat Shooting video series (by Paladin) 'muscle memory', which we might define as unconsious action, takes half a million reps or more. This would be something like an assembly worker type of thing. Five to ten thousand reps gets you to a 'familiarity' stage, where you are less likely to f-up, but the action still needs conscious direction.
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Phill
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"Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate"
William of Ockham (ca. 1285-1349)
Mental - daily.
PT - daily.
Dry fire - daily.
Empty hand - twice weekly or more (sparring less than monthly).
Range time - weekly or biweekly.
Bladed weapon drills - biweekly or less (sparring less than monthly).
Baton/yawara drills - monthly or less (sparring less than monthly).
- Tom
You have the power to donate life.
Mental: most of the time
Empty-hand: 15-20 hours per week, this is also my PT (yeah, I know...I'm obsessed)
Knives and/or impact weapons (kubotan, koppo, travel-wrench, stinger): several times per week if not every day
Dry fire: almost every day
Range: not as often as I'd like...once every week or ten days if I'm lucky, once or twice a month otherwise.![]()
"Being a predator isn't always comfortable but the only other option is to be prey. That is not an acceptable option." ~Phil Messina
If you carry in Condition 3, you have two empty chambers. One in the weapon...the other between your ears.
Matt K.
Mentality-- everyday
Workout-- 3 to 4 times per week
Dryfire minium of 5 to max of 7 days per week
Range-- 1 x per week
Instruction/trainning-- 2 to 3 times per year
Knives--- i know very little on this subject but will in the future
empty hand-- no training other than what I've been thru in my life
Blunt object--- zero!