An unholstered #firearm in close quarters is a huge liability, and it gets even sketchier when the fight is grounded.
Generally speaking, getting up from the ground is the goal. However, getting up also creates back exposure, which is something that is generally very bad in close quarters.
I started these drills on my back, gun unholstered. Just like in regular #jiujitsu, if you are stuck on the ground, use your feet/legs as wedges. It will give you a much better chance of retaining control of a gun or other weapon.
Things I thought about:
Can you reasonably articulate shooting an unarmed person who is trying to disarm you? If your answer is yes, where would the rounds go? Even if someone is mortally wounded, they will probably not die until several seconds later, which means you have to keep fighting. I believe humans can remain conscious after losing almost 2 liters of blood.
When there is a weapon involved in the grapple, all positions suck. Even when I hit the scissor sweep to mount I still had to use both of my hands for retention purposes. I know some people would say “eye gouge, stab” or some other no holds barred tactics, but the dilemma is your hands and limbs can only serve one function at a time. Control or attack, but not both simultaneously.
It should be noted that the exigency and details of this would not be captured very well with a body camera due to the range that the fight takes place in. Also, even though we are very close to each other, trying to aim for and shoot at the arms or legs of a person who is trying to kill or disarm you as a way of stopping them (eg. “just shoot them in the leg”) is unrealistic.
As always, everything works, and everything fails. Better to know in training than to find out when it’s real. I’m really lucky to have guys like @natetrahan who are willing to help me learn. If you can’t get after it for whatever reason, hopefully this helps you too. 🙏🏽🤙🏽 #police #selfdefense #trainweeklyorfightweakly #graciesurvivaltactics #aiea #oahugrown