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Matt,
In that case we don't disagree at all then in terms of instructor validity. Whether one is a court security guy in NYC, a rural cop from Nebraska or a Ranger at the the wrong place - wrong time with "combat experience" doesn't matter... it is the evaluation of the actual experiences that matters. I happen to stand pretty firm on the fact that "it happened to me" stories (or their retarded cousin "it happened to my friend/uncle/this guy on the internet") aren't nearly as insightful as actually watching a video of a real incident or reactions under high-level simulation.
One of the problems that the "it happened to me" crowd must face is that plenty of things "work" that we would not want to train, nor would anyone advocate them as the best solution. Just because someone once "survived" by swinging a gun wildly in the general direction of the bad guy while pulling the trigger doesn't mean we'd want to suddenly adopt the "eyes closed trigger yank" technique.... of course, people have survived using it, so simply worshipping at the alter of Elephant See'ers isn't enough for me......
Teaching from one's own experience when it is clouded by fear, tachy-psychia, ego, patriotism, administrative oversight and civil court can also be a recipe for trouble.
See you in April, most likely around the 21st....
-RJP
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