Dynamic Motion and Self Defense Shootings
While at the Team Spartan course last month, John Krupa and Vince Jamison touched on the concept of "Dynamic Motion" in self defense and pointed to a body of research being conducted by Prof. Bill Lewinsky at Minnesota State University. I bring this up because a lot of people have been griping due to the recent Texas/Joe Horn incident - where he is alleged to have shot the two robbers in the back.
Lewinsky's research shows that, often during imment attack, the bodies "startle-flinch" response will contort the "targets" position in such away that a "front-to-back" entry of the projectile is not possible. His research vindicated two British Officers. (Excellent article, by the way - the animations are very interesting.)
This is similar to what Tony Blauer has been advocating for a while - he focuses his "martial response" system along development of mind immediately (MOV file, 44MB) after the "startle-flinch" response.
Posted 10:51PM Jul 01, 2008 by MCSA
