{"id":25839,"date":"2018-11-04T06:06:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T12:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hcsblogdotorg.wordpress.com\/?p=25839"},"modified":"2018-11-04T06:06:15","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T12:06:15","slug":"are-you-adding-more-suckor-skate-to-your-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/04\/are-you-adding-more-suckor-skate-to-your-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Adding More &#8220;Suck&#8221;or &#8220;Skate&#8221; To Your Training?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25844 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/embrace-the-suck.jpg?w=257\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I got asked this question the other day by a very close friend of mine I served with and it got me to thinking seriously about my current combative training routine. (and understand when I say &#8220;Combative&#8221; training routine I am referring to my <strong>ENTIRE<\/strong> martial training: Empty Hand, Stick, Knife, Gun.)<\/p>\n<p>Now before I jump into this let me explain one other thing for all my non-military readers. The terminology &#8220;Skate&#8221; is military jargon that refers to a person who is <strong>SHIRKING<\/strong> their duties when they are supposed to be <strong>WORKING.\u00a0<\/strong>To put it simply, <strong>SKATE=LAZY!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OK, so first things first, and this is important to answer in any training scenario:.<strong> WHY<\/strong> are we wanting to make our training more difficult? Is it to pet our ego? Is it to impress our friends? No, of course not. We are making our martial training more difficult and challenging because that is the way the world works. The Real World is Brutal! Keeping your training <strong>REALISTIC <\/strong>(but at the same time <strong>PRACTICAL<\/strong>) ensures that you are going to be in the best <strong>SHAPE<\/strong> (both physically and mentally) to not only face what this crazy world throws at you, but also kick&#8217;s its ass.<\/p>\n<p><strong>STRESSORS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OK, so one of the most practical ways to add <strong>REALISM<\/strong> to any training drill, regardless if it is with a firearm or not, is to add <strong>STRESSORS<\/strong> to the drill.<\/p>\n<p><strong>STRESSORS <\/strong>typically\u00a0fall in one of three categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ENVIRONMENTAL<\/strong>: This is anything to do with the environment around you where you are fighting. Weather conditions (Cold, Hot, Rain, Snow) Condition of the Ground, Condition of the building where you are at, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>PHYSICAL:\u00a0<\/strong>This is anything to do with your physical body. This can include increased heart rate, tunnel vision, loss of hearing, loss of the use of the an arm or hand, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>TIME:\u00a0<\/strong>This is the most practical stressor used in firearm drills.\u00a0By adding time<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>we create the need to be fast\u00a0but efficient\u00a0and accurate in our movements and shots. Competition shooting uses this stressor (via a shot timer) as the baseline in which to measure shooting competency.<\/li>\n<li><strong>DISTANCE:\u00a0<\/strong>Most folks believe this stressor is unique only to firearm drills, but it also works with empty hand and knife drills as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a clip from Pat McNamara where he uses all Four of the above stressors together to create a very realistic handgun drill.<\/p>\n<p>*Notice how the simple use of<strong> MOVEMENT\u00a0<\/strong>with dumb-bells adds an increased heart rate, which effects the mechanics of making a good shot, combine this with<strong> DISTANCE<\/strong> (when you have to shoot more accurately you have to shoot slower) and this drill can be a real ass kicker.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pistol drill. run and gun with dumbells\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LDM_UQmFMAo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>So we can see very clearly that by keeping in good Fighting Shape (strength and cardio) we can not only rest assured we will be able to fight somebody more than 2 minutes without becoming winded but also be able to make good solid hits on target after moving.\u00a0 Remember when Stress floods our system, our heart rate increases, which in turn increases our breathing, which as we all know, is one of the main factors effecting accuracy with a firearm! *Bear in mind anytime we use <strong>DISTANCE<\/strong> as a stressor it will effect the<strong> TIME<\/strong> it takes to make an accurate shot.<\/p>\n<p>In the next article I will discuss Square range versus Real World Mentality and why Movement is so important.<\/p>\n<p>Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got asked this question the other day by a very close friend of mine I served with and it got me to thinking seriously about my current combative training routine. (and understand when I say &#8220;Combative&#8221; training routine I am referring to my ENTIRE martial training: Empty Hand, Stick, Knife, Gun.) Now before I&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5445,5464,5477,388,404,405],"tags":[5575,373,6115,796,555],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25839"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}