The Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery, Sixth Edition, can be seen as an update on StressFire. Some of the more recently developed grasps, ready positions, etc. are discussed there.
I've always taught Weaver, modified Weaver (Chapman style), and Isosceles as part of a system, not mutually exclusive options. In a flowing, rapidly changing situation, the practitioner can't always move his feet to pivot into his favorite stance. (Think stairs, mud, narrow spaces, etc.) Knowing different stances is like knowing the cross, the jab, and the uppercut; depending where you find yourself in the fight, your body knows how to "deliver a blow" from there. Being able to flow between stances is the combat shooter's analog to a boxer flowing between a combination of punches.
Attached white light on the gun is a good fallback but does not replace separate illumination (otherwise, in a search, we're pointing a loaded gun at everything we look at), and lasers have a place. Lots of tactically useful active hearing protection available today too. Time marches on.
Thanks for writing,
Mas
I've always taught Weaver, modified Weaver (Chapman style), and Isosceles as part of a system, not mutually exclusive options. In a flowing, rapidly changing situation, the practitioner can't always move his feet to pivot into his favorite stance. (Think stairs, mud, narrow spaces, etc.) Knowing different stances is like knowing the cross, the jab, and the uppercut; depending where you find yourself in the fight, your body knows how to "deliver a blow" from there. Being able to flow between stances is the combat shooter's analog to a boxer flowing between a combination of punches.
Attached white light on the gun is a good fallback but does not replace separate illumination (otherwise, in a search, we're pointing a loaded gun at everything we look at), and lasers have a place. Lots of tactically useful active hearing protection available today too. Time marches on.
Thanks for writing,
Mas
