Defensive Shooting for Real-Life Encounters: A Critical Look at Current Training Methods
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Product Description
In this insightful analysis of shooting and fighting instruction, noted firearms expert Ralph Mroz examines the myths and misinformation that plague the gun community. From the five deadly training traps to unrealistic training exercises to concealed-carry mistakes, Mroz offers solutions to help defensive shooters snap out of their routines and become better and safer with their firearms. Mroz, whose articles have appeared in Combat Handguns and Guns magazines, takes a no-nonsense approach to such topics as the need for empty-hands skills, range training vs. real-world training, the problem of range standards, understanding and developing startle recovery, and more.
Spotlight Customer Reviews:
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A Very Poor Attempt at Adding to Modern Handgun Defense and Self Protection
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I have been training at well-known firearms camps since 1995. I have read all of books by Massad Ayoob, Gabriel Suarez, Andy Stanford, John Farnam, Jim Cirillo,and many others. I have had the pleasure of training with some of these amazing individuals. I hold a 2nd Dan from over six years training under Sensei Chinen in Go Ju Ryu Karate. For the past 20 years, I have been a Professor of anthropology at a leading state university, and am currently finishing my 18th year as Chair of a Sociology/Anthropology/Justice Studies department. I have also been a reserve deputy sheriff since 1995.
Paladin Press is a great source for books on topics that a typical publisher would not publish. But they dropped the ball when they published Mroz's book. After reading the forward, I was concerned that this maybe not be the best use of my time. In the forward the author states that the research in sociology has been reduced to "mental mastrubation." I have no idea what the author was referring to but it is clear that he has no knowledge of research in higher education. He also takes on the present state of martial arts training being reduced to a sport and has been reduced to the practice of "artifical katas." It is true that much of what is taught in Karate in U.S. dojos has been reduced to a sport with little street value. However, if one studies the schools in their area and is patient they will find not only the knowledge to defend themseleves but a state of mind for combat and daily life. These misinformed biases effect the content of the entire book.
There is nothing in this book that is not presented in much better form and content in the works of Ayoob, Suarez, Stanford, Farnam, and Cirillo.
If you looking for one book on modern combat handgun training, buy "Tacitical Pistol Shooting" by Lawerence or any of the above authors and authorities.
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Worthless
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I was thrown by the title. It talks very little about actual defensive shooting and it doesn't take a critical look at current training methods, it just complains about all of them. If you pay more than a dollar for this book, you wasted your money.
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A Vital Addition to Every Gun Library
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Yes, Mroz is critical: he needs to be! His thoughts on what works and what doesn't in the real world, and on how our training methods do or don't reflect that, are priceless. Sometimes he is cynical, and sometimes he is rude, but he is always thoughtful, sharp, and focused on keeping YOU alive. Even if you don't agree with everything Mroz says, you owe it to yourself to read this. It is not a training manual; it is a critique of current training methods, and if you are at all intelligent and thoughtful yourself, you will quickly draw specific, useful conclusions from it for use in your own training. Highly recommended!
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Too Critical - Offers little suggestions for improvement
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This is one of those books that cuts down everything you see in handgun training, but offers little in the way of improvements. I did not get a lot of constructive information out of this book, but rather a lot of what is wrong, but little on how to fix it. I read the book twice, and gave it away.
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good read
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Thumbs up to Mroz for his essay about the uselessness of a tactical reload. One cannot resist but laugh at its utter stupidity until one realizes it is there to make instructors seem as worth your buck.
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