Learn About Proper Arm Placement When Holding a Gun

Video Transcript

"Okay getting into with the grip, comes the arm placement. A lot of people I have seen throughout the years that I have been instructing, I've seen people grab and they will do something like swing the arm around, throw the gun up and they will grab it and it will come up like this. All of those exaggerated movements are really unnecessary, they are not needed. For one it cuts down the reaction time, and it also poses a threat because there are people on the side of you are around you doing what you consider lazing. Okay and we we will get more in depth with that a little bit later. But lazing is a no no. That is basically pointing a loaded weapon at someone. You need to be in control of that weapon at all times. So when I draw my arm placement, this weapon becomes an extension of my arm. When I draw it, elbow is high, grab it here, break leather and I come up. Okay I'm not pointing out or doing anything weird. I grab it straight up and from here, my pivot point. All I am doing is pushing my elbow to the rear of me. So now instead of my elbow pointing towards the sky, I want it pointing behind me. So I come from here to here. Now if I had to engage something here, I could do it. I'd probably be deaf but I could do it. But I could bring it here to the high ready and I could punch it out and engage. But when I do that again, keeping in mind when I punch it out I'm not like this stiff arming it, strong arming. I'm not shaking to the point where the front of the gun is like that; 60-40 the push pull theory and I'm out but I still have some bend in my arm. Same thing when I go to put it back, my elbow straight to the back, pivot it up, find the holster, feel around, you don't have to look, feel around, there it is, push down and secure it. Arm back over and I'm good to go. So in recap of that, grab elbow to the back, pivot, elbow to the sky, pivot, elbow to the rear, punch it out, do whatever I need to do. Bring it back elbow to the rear, elbow to the sky and secure it in the holster. "