Tweet
"Clipping the chicken wing"
OK so this kinda needed to be addressed. It's a little habit that could get you killed when working under certain conditions- i.e, CQB type environments.
The video came about because of one of one of the rare times I actually watch any vids on youtube. A certain survival expert type that has gained some notariety the last couple of years has a video out wherein he says that the "correct" way to shoot a rifle is... and then he assumes the classic Olympic shooting style standing BRM position.
And let me be perfectly clear, that position isn't bad, for what it's designed for. However the way it's taught with the "chicken wing" aka elbow and arm of the dominant hand raised up, has the potential of getting you hurt or worse in a CQB environment.
Why you ask? Watch the video and see-
Problems with not keeping things in "tight" can be easily spotted by working corners and angles with a partner. They assume a spot on the opposite side of the corner. For now, have them stay out of the "hard corner". Their is a way to deal with that also, but it's a little outside the context of what I needed to show in this video.
So your training partner stands still a couple feet back from the corner on the opposite side you are on. You start working the corner- make sure your using a red gun for this and are safe blah blah blah. Your partner on the opposite side is staying in one place but will call out to you everything he/she sees as soon as they see it. You in turn do the same. We gave an example of this in the video as the camera gal was calling out body parts that "appeared" in her view. Note that in the example where I used the "chicken wing" I saw NOTHING of her before she was calling out "Elbow! Arm!" That's because when you "chicken wing" it, you are unintentionally LEADING with your elbow.
Which equates out to a good way to get shot in the elbow- or worse.
The 2nd example was with all body parts tucked in tight. The first look at me that round around the camera was then able to get was of the business end of the rifle and part of my head. Obviously your gonna have to expose some of your head to line up the weapon and ID the target. For legality sake I want to stress "always ID the target." But as others have mentioned their is other ways to do it with slightly less exposure. Making the video I have to be careful how and what is said if you know what I mean ;)
The more important part of the video was not to get boxed in with the "my way of training is the best way" line of thinking. Get out and be willing to try new things. Pressure test them, don't just accept it as Gospel because the Army taught you that 100 years ago, or the police academy didn't teach you that, or even that some "expert" said it. TRY IT, PROVE IT, PRESSURE TEST IT, TEST IT WITH FORCE ON FORCE.
Always be willing to learn. The only time we should stop learning is when we die, seriously.
Robert/Lowdown3
The video came about because of one of one of the rare times I actually watch any vids on youtube. A certain survival expert type that has gained some notariety the last couple of years has a video out wherein he says that the "correct" way to shoot a rifle is... and then he assumes the classic Olympic shooting style standing BRM position.
And let me be perfectly clear, that position isn't bad, for what it's designed for. However the way it's taught with the "chicken wing" aka elbow and arm of the dominant hand raised up, has the potential of getting you hurt or worse in a CQB environment.
Why you ask? Watch the video and see-
Problems with not keeping things in "tight" can be easily spotted by working corners and angles with a partner. They assume a spot on the opposite side of the corner. For now, have them stay out of the "hard corner". Their is a way to deal with that also, but it's a little outside the context of what I needed to show in this video.
So your training partner stands still a couple feet back from the corner on the opposite side you are on. You start working the corner- make sure your using a red gun for this and are safe blah blah blah. Your partner on the opposite side is staying in one place but will call out to you everything he/she sees as soon as they see it. You in turn do the same. We gave an example of this in the video as the camera gal was calling out body parts that "appeared" in her view. Note that in the example where I used the "chicken wing" I saw NOTHING of her before she was calling out "Elbow! Arm!" That's because when you "chicken wing" it, you are unintentionally LEADING with your elbow.
Which equates out to a good way to get shot in the elbow- or worse.
The 2nd example was with all body parts tucked in tight. The first look at me that round around the camera was then able to get was of the business end of the rifle and part of my head. Obviously your gonna have to expose some of your head to line up the weapon and ID the target. For legality sake I want to stress "always ID the target." But as others have mentioned their is other ways to do it with slightly less exposure. Making the video I have to be careful how and what is said if you know what I mean ;)
The more important part of the video was not to get boxed in with the "my way of training is the best way" line of thinking. Get out and be willing to try new things. Pressure test them, don't just accept it as Gospel because the Army taught you that 100 years ago, or the police academy didn't teach you that, or even that some "expert" said it. TRY IT, PROVE IT, PRESSURE TEST IT, TEST IT WITH FORCE ON FORCE.
Always be willing to learn. The only time we should stop learning is when we die, seriously.
Robert/Lowdown3
Comment