With a growing trend of people carrying concealed weapons for personal protection, a point should be made about the necessity of close quarter fighting skills.
How to Defend Yourself – Close Quarters Fighting with Your Handgun
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Fred Mastison is a professional instructor in the fields of defensive tactics, firearms, and executive protection. He is a reserve police officer and has been training in close quarter combatives for over three decades. He is recognized internationally as one of the top combatives and firearms instructors in the world. He also operates an executive protection division and provides services around the world.
Mr. Mastison is a published author on the subject of Defensive Tactics training and firearms. As a freelance writer and has written over 100 articles for national magazines.
How to Defend Yourself – ABC’s of Weapon Retention for CCW
While we train at sometimes crazy distances, the reality is that if things go bad, they will do so at what is called “bad breath distance.” With that in mind let’s explore retention techniques.
How to Defend Yourself | Getting your Gun into the Fight
While this is presented in a step by step format, your draw stroke should be one fluid motion. This is accomplished through practice followed by more practice.