International Personal Self-Defense Blog by Robb Hamic

Get The Newest Street Fighting DVD on the Market!

December 11, 2010- Albuquerque, NM-  Robb Hamic and Shane Knaub have released their first street fighting DVD of the year.  FIGHTING- Fast, Scary and Frustrating ™ 2010.  This DVD is packed with 2 hours of 38 fighting fundamentals and fast devastating techniques that work in real fights.  We are excited that two Professional MMA World Title Belt Champions have endorsed our DVD, at its release.  We have a website and it is available for immediate purchase on Pay Pal.  It ships out right away.  Check it out!

CLICK HERE for our website and be one of the first to get this material.  Shane has won the Grapplers Quest Advanced Division and NAGA Advanced and overall divisions multiple times.  He trains with with pro MMA fighters and he grew up fighting.  All of these techniques have held up in real street fights.  Shane trains in Albuquerque at FIT NHB with Tom Vaughn.  If you know me, you know that Shane is a good friend and we put together great material for you.  I train with Shane to update my skills in the United States.  This is a culmination of a lot of hard work.  In HDTV.  Excellent quality.  Ships internationally too.

Firearm Instruction.......... Stay ahead of the curve

We have all heard the same old arguments about shooting stances and methods for a very long time. Do we teach weaver, isosceles, point shooting versus sight alignment and sight picture.If we consider all of the latest information available regarding the physiology of stress and how it relates to our bodies during a dynamic critical incident, it seems that we must also evaluate how we teach today’s warriors as it relates to stress under fire.  Many studies have shown that when placed under an extreme amount of stress, our bodies will react in a somewhat predictable way to protect itself. Some examples of these reactions are; the startle flinch, tunnel vision (the rise of visual acuity), auditory exclusion, lowering of center of gravity, facing the stimulus (indexing the threat), eyes opening wide (both eyes) to focus on the threat. It has been since the mid seventies and the beginnings of the dash cam videos that we have been able to see actual shootings and the chaotic way that they play out. It is unrealistic that we see anyone involved actually stand in a perfect weaver stance, focus on the front sights, squinting one eye, and squeeze off a controlled pair. It is shown repeatedly, assailants and officers, shooting seemingly uncontrollably with poor grip on their guns while running backwards towards some sort of cover or at least away from their opponent.We know that when confronted with a threat, our body is naturally going to lower its center of gravity, orient towards the threat, hands will move up to protect our head, and eyes will both open wide and focus on the threat (the startle flinch). Why then would we train students to blade off thirty degrees from the target and close one eye to focus on the sights. We as Professional Firearm Instructors have a duty to be the most informed people on the training range. We carry such an important load of responsibility when it comes to training people to win an encounter involving firearms. 

 

Robb Hamic's idea of being an "instructor."

What makes any of us "instructors?" Is it the certificate on the wall, the training (or lack there of) to get the certificate, the mindset or our actual ability to know tactics that work for self defense? Knowing tactics doesn't make an instructor of course, and it is a shame that most of the training organizations that provide credentials for instructors don't stress actual teaching of the material. I think the ability to transfer knowledge to a student is one of the biggest components of being an instructor. Certainly you need to know that material but that in itself does not make an instructor.

I don't think that most of us realize that our students bet their life on us as instructors and the knowledge that we convey to them. This blog does a good job of exposing fraud but what about the fraud of knowledge that is transferred to the students from the "instructors" of many of these fake systems? I know that I read a dozen or so e-mails from Japan that said students were actually getting hurt in training when they practiced what the "instructor" taught them. Good training should not hurt.

If you are a true instructor and you consider yourself a professional, take a moment and think about what you teach to people. Is it good, bad or indifferent? Do you have actual feedback from people who have used it in violent encounters? Have you used what you teach in conflict, fighting or in a professional capacity? Is what you teach tested? Would you bet your life on it? If not, seek the truth and please don't be responsible for getting someone killed. Respectfully.

Robb Hamic is a professional self defense teacher. He specializes in training women, men, law enforcement and military personnel. He is an Israeli Krav Maga Instructor and he trains in Israel. Mr. Hamic gives instruction on all weapons platforms including handgun, shotgun, assault rifle, carbine, sub machine gun and others. He teaches seminars locally, nationally and internationally. He is a normal columnist of several law enforcement/ military training publications and magazines. Robb Hamic, CLET, CPOI http://www.robbhamic.com http://www.summitselfdefense.com