If you're not moving, you're very easy to hit with any weapon within range... We've all seen heavyweight boxers that can't move for anything and they're the ones that usually get their ass beat unless they get lucky and connect. We've all seen shooting instructors that rely on standing still and phenomenal marksmanship to win fights. Now I'm not in any way suggesting that phenomenal marksmanship isn't a good thing in a gunfight, but standing still is ASKING "Hey, Mr. Felon will you shoot me please? I'll make it easy for you..." James Yeager is known for saying "MOVE: Motionless Operators Ventilate Easily" (among many other things, the vast majority of which I agree with) and he is very right to preach that...
Footwork is all important in the realm of combatives.
If you're not moving, you're very easy to hit with any weapon within range... We've all seen heavyweight boxers that can't move for anything and they're the ones that usually get their ass beat unless they get lucky and connect. We've all seen shooting instructors that rely on standing still and phenomenal marksmanship to win fights. Now I'm not in any way suggesting that phenomenal marksmanship isn't a good thing in a gunfight, but standing still is ASKING "Hey, Mr. Felon will you shoot me please? I'll make it easy for you..." James Yeager is known for saying "MOVE: Motionless Operators Ventilate Easily" (among many other things, the vast majority of which I agree with) and he is very right to preach that...
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