Here’s a video done a few years back at Blackwater. Todds good at explaining the fundamentals. For those that don’t know who Todd Jarrett is, he’s a USPSA Grandmaster and a hell of a nice guy. He’s sponsored by Para and Blackhawk.
Good job!
John
Thanks Rob,
I e-mailed everyone in our Dept. with the thread.
One of my supervisors was right in the middle of advising me that he didn’t approve of me sending it out to everyone…when something happened that just could not have been better. One of our Chiefs came up, who didn’t know what we were talking about, interupted us and thanked me for sharing that with everyone!!!
You had to have been there, I nearly soiled myself.
Thanks again,
G
They’ll do it every time!
John
Here’s some more of Todd competing.
Todd shooting
Smooth is fast indeed!
I spied Tino our Fredericksburg Match Director is in most of the video as well.
Here’s another:
Todd
And Todd with a hat cam on:
Todd hat cam
Lord…
Those are some fast reloads.
Thanks for sharing the video. Glad everything worked out with your Stupervisor. Moments like that are just about priceless.
thanks too for the link. I found it very helpful and informative.
Excellent… Thank You for the URL
Here’s a link to a series of pro-tips that Todd has done for the Shooting USA program:
http://myoutdoortv.com/pdk/web/shooting.html?feedPID=roI_0LRpH7qQmkKcVa8X0Vt80ahwO0rX
He covers some more advanced stuff…shooting on the move, reloads, etc. Good stuff.
Good stuff.
I’m not going to get ANY work done today.
Good thing my boss is out of town.
Anything to get someone else in trouble.
I’m evil like that…
I have some questions about a couple of things that Todd demonstrated.
Preface: I realize that Todd is awesome and a force of nature and has done more for practical shooting than most other humans on Earth. I also know that my following comments/questions may be me “straying from my lane…”
That being said:
Is it just me or has anybody else noticed Todd covering his support hand numerous times in these videos?
Does he do it so fast that I can’t see it, or does Todd not always retract his support hand to his midsection during his draw?
Thanks in advance for addressing some of these questions.
I’ve watched the videos and shot with Todd several times. I’ve never seen him ‘cover’ himself with the muzzle. He does rack the slide with the thumb on his support hand…Different that what I do but none the less not unsafe. Todd is the Yoda of pistol shooting.
The two-dimensional camera can be deceptive in relation to a three-dimensional world.
Thank you for your reply.
Personally I find that I am able to get a MUCH more secure grip on the weapon with the thumbs-forward technique. I find that I “drive” the weapon much more naturally and manage to get the sights on target faster when I use the thumbs forward grip.
Thumbs forward helps minimize lateral movement of the weapon as well, another factor in helping with accuracy. The downside of the thumbs forward grip is that on some weapons I render the slide lock inoperative on an empty magazine. (Sigs, mainly…) A small price to pay, in my opinion, for the increased accuracy and speed I get.
As far as the reloading thing goes, Todd is showing what is called the “workstation” philosophy. Blackwater (and lots of other folks) teaches that to students. It is quicker and easier to reload when the weapon is in close to the body and it allows you to get eyes on to the most critical part of the reload, namely the insertion of the new mag into the mag-well.
Done properly, you are focused on the threat/target until the point when you are ready to insert the magazine, and then you focus on the weapon to ensure you get the new magazine in there, and then once you begin to drive the magazine into the well to seat it, you focus back on the threat. Done properly, you don’t miss anything going on in front of you, but you are able to reload much more quickly, reliably, and efficiently.
I want to continue this discussion but I feel that I am about to hijack this thread, so I started a new one:
Questions Concerning Handgun Grip and Reload Techniques
John Wayne, if you could cut and paste your answer into the new thread that would be great. Mods, please feel free to modify or edit this as appropriate.
these vids are pretty good too 
http://myoutdoortv.com/pdk/web/shooting.html?feedPID=vdVm7vpu7Wwhw_r0Lu85cQQt0fFcjTQ_
Good video. That man can freakin shoot. Everyone in my opinion needs to use that grip style. I shoot 10 times better using it.
:eek: That is sick!!! I’d seen a few ‘quickie’ vids on YT, but not these… That man can shoot!!! Awesome post, thanks GotM4!!!