The first VID: I am reluctant to get that close (his move/lean forward -- jam the pistol into the BG scenario) unless it's ABSOLUTELY necessary. Lots of criminals have knives -- more dangerous than a firearm in hand to hand grapple. If you're stuck, you're stuck .... but if I can move/lean back -- or hold my ground -- I'll take that option while deploying my weapon. KEEP IT SIMPLE !!!
This is my own opinion, but I prefer the lean into method. At that close of a range, leaning away only helps the BG as him leaning forward puts him into a stronger more dominant position. To test that out, stand right next to a wall, lean away from it, and push. Next, lean in to it and push. Which one is better?
In addition, if the BG did have a knife, you're gonna get cut either way, but leaning into him might put him off balance enough to reduce the severity or placement odds. Leaning away allows him to step into you, strengthening his thrust or slash with a knife which he may not have had when you leaned into him.
I think what isn't taken from that video is the apparent force he would be projecting on his opponent from his own body weight as he shoots. It would be kind of hard to do that against a stationary dummy and demonstrate the moves for a video at the same time.
It's too damn easy for a skilled opponent (and many BG's w/ a prison record are "skilled" in their trade -- many practice disarming their future opponent(s) while killing time inside the walls) to get hold of/grasp your semi-auto and prevent it from cycling and therefore firing. No thanks .. the demo works well on a stationary dummy, but most miscreants are neither "dummys" nor stationary. I'm dubious in a "real world" scenario -- as most law-abiding people are NOT trained to grapple.
Again, this is my opinion, but I think if the video continued, it would be that he's not trying to teach grappling as much as creating space. One shot at a BG would cause that split second that would be needed to maneuver away from the threat.
Grappling with a guy with a knife is a bad day all around, so that split second shot would give you an edge. And even if the guy can grab the slide, the shot will still go off that's in the barrel, and that one shot may be all you need.
The second VID: WTF ??? Again, I think it's poor technique for the average person. It "may" make you "harder" to hit from the perspective of an attacking criminal ... but it also makes it MUCH HARDER for you to hit YOUR target. And if you can't hit your target -- why even bother carrying/using a firearm ???
For the average person -- and understand the concept of "average" ... you don't do this every day nor do it for a "living" ... you're not walking around "mentally prepared" for a criminal attack ... you have two choices, in one man's opinion.
I think these responses would be abnormal for the average person who didn't practice it. I know that I'm a pretty good shot but if I did this with no previous experience would make it hard for me to place a round where I wanted.
Like you said, average person, no. Average person that practices this, sure, it could work, and that could might be all that someone needed.
Bottom line: Stop the attack from progressing ... KEEP IT SIMPLE.
And that's the whole premise, these are just more tricks to help stop it.
