David Williams
11-11-2007, 11:44 AM
In another thread (http://www.threatfocused.com/forums/showthread.php?p=9553#post9553), I linked to a video trailer put out by Dog Brothers Martial Arts called Die Less Often 2 (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5509519122993094395&q=die+less+often&total=174&start=0&num=50&so=0&type=search&plindex=0). As an aside, I think Dog Brothers have contributed greatly to our understanding of how a knife attack goes down and how we can react to them.
However, I saw something in that trailer that specifically ties to C.A.R. that I wanted to point out without hijacking the other thread.
At about 3:20 in the trailer, guest instructor Gabe Suarez demonstrates one of the core concepts of the C.A.R. system; that of the slightly canted wrist position during full extension. The slight - approx. 20 degree - inward cant of the weapon brings the radial and ulnar bones of the forearm into alignment and allows greater stability and support.
This positioning of the weapon flies directly in the face of the standard Iso/ Modified Iso stances and I find it interesting to see a mainstream instructor espousing it outside of the C.A.R. system. Why? Because neither the Isosceles nor Weaver stances allow for the integration of this technique into their shooting platforms... which leaves me wondering how an instructor can support the effectiveness of the 'cant' without it consequently affecting his/her whole philosophy behind weapons presentation.
I also wonder who else is out there teaching this outside of the C.A.R. system, or if this was a fluke.
However, I saw something in that trailer that specifically ties to C.A.R. that I wanted to point out without hijacking the other thread.
At about 3:20 in the trailer, guest instructor Gabe Suarez demonstrates one of the core concepts of the C.A.R. system; that of the slightly canted wrist position during full extension. The slight - approx. 20 degree - inward cant of the weapon brings the radial and ulnar bones of the forearm into alignment and allows greater stability and support.
This positioning of the weapon flies directly in the face of the standard Iso/ Modified Iso stances and I find it interesting to see a mainstream instructor espousing it outside of the C.A.R. system. Why? Because neither the Isosceles nor Weaver stances allow for the integration of this technique into their shooting platforms... which leaves me wondering how an instructor can support the effectiveness of the 'cant' without it consequently affecting his/her whole philosophy behind weapons presentation.
I also wonder who else is out there teaching this outside of the C.A.R. system, or if this was a fluke.