Or is it? I have nothing horrible to say about Tactical Response. I can’t. I have yet to enroll in one of their classes. However, I’ve heard nothing but great things from my peers, so this really surprised me — or should it?
A friend forwarded this post from Todd’s pistol training blog:
It’s a real video. See it here.
Perhaps the gentleman in the picture has casual experience with gunfire – that’s his choice to be in the line of fire. However, the shooters on the line continue to fire. Perhaps they have immediate control of their firearm; therefore, I won’t immediately discount the student’s judgment, but I am curious about the instructor’s thought process during this string of fire.
Tactical Response is known to go against the grain, so I won’t immediately regard this as negligence – though most of us know that it doesn’t give us that warm-fuzzy feeling inside. I do admit that this certainly pushes the envelope.
Edit:
I decided to do a bit of investigating to uncover their reasoning. I think I’m more intrigued by this answer than concerned:
Originally posted by Shay VanVlymen:
I left Tactical Response for quite a few reasons. I haven’t talked about it much in public so now let me be clear. Drills such as these and the constant focus on Mindset were the reason I stayed so long.No other school cares more about its students’ abilities to fight.
I love how all the other schools’ instructors and students are coming out of the woodwork to condemn Jay being between targets. All I see an instructor who actually trusts the students he has taught. Where is their faith in the product they produce?
I think a suitable end to this post is this quote:
Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
-Earl Warren
I still do not know what to say about this…
Well, now I know where I’m never-ever-ever going to go train.