Studying Swordsmanship and other traditional weapons.

[delta1]

Now THAT was a good post (except where you still disagreed with me ), more what I've come to expect from you! And you are right, when you grow up with omething it can seem like just common sense, something we take for granted everyone knows and understands. I used to be an instructor for firearms safety and practical shooting. That is an education in what people DON'T know, as well as what they think they do know. Why is it that so many people who've never fired a gun are experts on their design and use?

 

But, as it is, i cross-train, so there are many things i apply 'across-the-board,' as they are universally applicable.

 

It is amazing just how much carries across between all the martial disciplines, including firearms.

Especially enjoyed the insight into the proper wielding of the 1911. Expect me to pester you on occasion, as it is clear to me you carry the clip.

 

Feel free to pester me, and I have carried for variouse reasons. But I do want to clarify one thing (I've said this here before, but it has been a while and I don't want to give any false impressions): I'm not a police officer. I've trained and trained with them in variouse capacities, worked for and with them, but never been a serving officer. I do have military experience, as well as other eperience(s). But the vast majority of what I know I learned on my own by either getting training or study and practice.

 

As for Darwin, that was just my dry sense of humor. Yeah, "The Church" has always been good at mongering fear in times of stress, like dieing. But Darwin did draw a lot of wrong conclusions from his observations, and his theories have since been made into a religion of their own. But, that is a topic for a political board. We all have our own religions (beliefs), even those of us who like to think we are so enlightened as to be above all that. I've also said here before, my religion is being a (!). What's yours? (Rhetorical question, don't answer or we're liable to get this thread closed )

[Sasori_Te]

Thanks Delta. Very interesting insight on the 1911. I never really thought of it that way. Heaven knows if it's not in a book then the Army certainly never taught it that way. I only got to carry and fire one for about 6 months. Then we changed over to those Berreta pieces of ****. They weren't worth much but they were very easy to sight and shoot. Of course you'd probably need an entire magazine to stop someone unless you got lucky.