{"id":19931,"date":"2018-09-08T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T17:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dftcblog.r7usug8y-liquidwebsites.com\/?p=19931"},"modified":"2025-07-22T22:39:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T05:39:55","slug":"1-quick-life-saving-lesson-from-first-gunfights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dryfiretrainingcards.com\/blog\/1-quick-life-saving-lesson-from-first-gunfights\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Quick (life saving) Lesson From First Gunfights\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve got a great quick video to share with you today from 2 former US Army Special Forces shooters from <a href=\"https:\/\/northernredtraining.com\/\">Northern Red<\/a> about how dramatically their training changed after their first gunfight overseas.<\/p>\n<p>Their belief that they were \u201cgood enough\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>What they focused on\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And how reality smacked the snot out of conventional wisdom and what made sense.<\/p>\n<p>Some people learn this after their first gunfight.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve worked with shooters who were in a dozen or more gunfights before figuring this out.<\/p>\n<p>You can learn it in a few seconds from this video.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to pay extra close attention for about 20 seconds starting 50 seconds in.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VxDtKHe21-g?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;start=8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>Takeaways&#8230;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0Practicing more doesn&#8217;t help if you&#8217;re not practicing the right stuff.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Speed doesn&#8217;t end gunfights&#8230;hits do.\u00a0 Fast hits end them sooner.\u00a0 Fast precise hits end them even quicker.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0When they watched more experienced operators, they THOUGHT they knew what made them good (speed) and the copied it.\u00a0 Combat taught them that it was only part of the equation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Using traditional methods, getting both fast + accurate takes too much training time and too much ammo for the average shooter.<\/p>\n<p>But, when you combine streamlined technique with cutting edge practice methods like &gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/dryfiretrainingcards.com\/gunfight-training-workshop-praxis-limited-replay\/\">THESE<\/a>&lt;, you get faster, more accurate threat-stopping first hits on target from the holster with minimal practice time.<\/p>\n<p>And the time you save on mastering technique can then be used for tactics &amp; advanced skills.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re practicing an hour a month or an hour a day, &gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/dryfiretrainingcards.com\/gunfight-training-workshop-praxis-limited-replay\/\">THIS TRAINING<\/a>&lt; will get you the life-saving speed + accuracy combo you need.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been called &#8220;The Ultimate Shortcut&#8221; for building real world gun fighting skills and it allows you to build many of the skills that you could previously only build with expensive force-on-force training at a fraction of the time and cost.<\/p>\n<p>The need for these skills is urgent&#8230;and increasing, and this is the quickest way to hardwire life saving self-defense shooting skills.<\/p>\n<p>Check it out today by clicking &gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/dryfiretrainingcards.com\/gunfight-training-workshop-praxis-limited-replay\/\">HERE<\/a>&lt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve got a great quick video to share with you today from 2 former US Army Special Forces shooters from Northern Red about how dramatically their training changed after their first gunfight overseas. 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