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Related Articles Realistic CQC Drills - Part 1,   Realistic CQC Drills - Part 2 Recently I examined the theory that should underlie realistic close-quarter combat (CQC) pistol training. To summarize, you need to rehearse countering a sudden (though not completely unexpected if your situational awareness skills are up to par) attack from any direction that dictates little reaction time and engagement at very short range, putting as many rounds as possible into the target without precision ai...

    Related Articles Realistic CQC Drills - Part 1,  Realistice CQC Drills - Part 3 Recently I examined the theory that should underlie realistic close-quarter combat (CQC) pistol training. To summarize, you need to rehearse countering a sudden (though not completely unexpected if your situational awareness skills are up to par) attack from any direction that dictates little reaction time and engagement at very short range, putting as many rounds as possible into the target withou...

Related Articles Realistic CQC Drills - Part 2,  Realistic CQC Drills - Part 3 Handgun drills intended to develop close-quarter combat skills often focus on one of two basic formats. One emphasizes putting two, three, or more shots (sometimes up to an entire magazine’s worth) into center mass on the target, usually under some kind of time constraint. The other—the body armor counter—calls for two rounds center mass followed by one to the head.

You never know because of health or accident if you may not be able to use one of your hands. Practice now so that you could save your life even with out the use of your primary hand.

Craig Conley is a Carryconcealed.net Contributor and has been shooting for years. He also has been shooting in I.D.P.A. matches to help with his shooting skills. There are dissenting opinions about the I.D.P.A. and we will look at those at another time. For this article Craig talks about some of the benefits of practicing through the I.D.P.A. Clark Carryconcealed.net

very time I teach it is amazing how much I learn from the events. It does not matter if it is a Boy Scout event where 400 boys are run through my line at a black powder shoot, or teaching CCW classes to families that have had death threats and are learning to defend themselves.