What It Takes

[WETSU]

To walk the warrior path, and prepare one's self for the fight, whatever that fight may be, whenever it may come. This is what it takes to be truely prepared.

Just my opinion. Your path may look different.

Discuss.

 

[lovemachine]

DUDE. That's EXACTLY what I did for my workout last night!

I'm sore, but damn it feels good...

 

[IndySSD]

Discuss.

First thing that comes to my mind is "Damn I wish we lived closer".

Second thing is, it's not realistic (sparring) until someone's bleeding.

Third thing is, my personal library is sorely lacking.

 

[Zero_ek]

I might print this thread out and put it on my wall. I need to train often and more again.

 

[BBSparkle]

Working out, reading and shooting? Aren't those called hobbies? Props to keeping in shape, though, gym time and range time take up most of my week as well. [and lots of food time.]

What brand are those bumper plates? I've been looking to get a couple 45s for a while now, I like the way those lock together.

Also, wtf is happening in that last picture?

 

[WETSU]

Working out, reading and shooting CAN be hobbies. I could walk the mall or play tennis, read vampire novels and shoot bullseye but that ain't gonna prep me much for the fight.

I workout for personal combat, to hit hard and fast, to carry a ruck and to drag a 200 pound man from a burning car, under fire.

I STUDY to increase my knowledge of any subject related to fighting and survival. That stack of books is just a tenth of my library.

Shooting? There is plinking and marksmanship masturbation, and then there is training. The first shooting pic is a guy getting professional training under a highly qualified instructor. IMO one should seek out professional training, and then practice those new skills regularly. Anything you pick up that flows into your fighting style needs to be pressure tested against reality and then integrated into the system that works for you. This transcends "shooting a gun". A valid fighting style should be consistant across all platforms from empty hand to edged weapons, to pistol, carbine and beltfed machine gun. Seamlessly.

That last pic is a bunch of dudes executing a live fire reaction to an ambush on their convoy and breaking contact. They are working on bounding away under cover fire, while dragging and treating a wounded team mate (range dummy). They will also do this livefire at night with burning cars providing the backlighting. Thats pressure testing.

I don't know what type of plates those are. They are at the gym. I will check for you.

 

[IndySSD]

. That stack of books is just a tenth of my library.

I also have a considerable library, it just doesn't include that many books on the subject of the fighting mindset.

I have a few survival manuals and field guides as well as some .mil reference material but very little of that covers the fighting mindset.

 

[iChokePeople]

Also, wtf is happening in that last picture?

Looks to me like someone lost a bag of Cheetos.

 

[WETSU]

It was skittles, someone lost their skittles.

 

[iChokePeople]

And it was the guy in the middle. The one on the low left is asleep, and the one by the car is just admiring those sweet rims. And don't EVER let those two guys on the right drag ME if I'm wounded -- how 'bout you flip me rightside up and stop kicking me in the face?!

 

[IndySSD]

don't EVER let those two guys on the right drag ME if I'm wounded -- how 'bout you flip me rightside up and stop kicking me in the face?!

Astute observation, I didn't catch that.....

 

[iChokePeople]

That photo is RIPE for a captioning contest.

 

[IndySSD]

That photo is RIPE for a captioning contest.

I'll admit, I raised my eyebrows about a few things in that pic but I did miss the face down wounded....

 

[WETSU]

The face down wounded guy was found face down. I have been handled rougher than that when dragged by dudes. I really hate it when their muzzles bob me in the head as they are running.

To the poster who said he would not want to be dragged by these dudes. I would. At least they are training to pull a downed comradre out of the kill zone, as fast as they can and get him behind cover to treat him if they can. Thats what it's all about. Not packaging for transport on an EMS. I'd rather be worked over by these meatheads than left behind by a 400 pound bench shooter on a CPAP.

Oooo, looky. He's face down. tsk tsk.

 

[Garb]

I think I need to move to Fort Wayne lol. But in all seriousness, these are things I want to get involved in, it's just rough to find time and money for all of it. (work full time and school) I am slowly working towards it though. Thanks for the reminder to go work out lol.

 

[David Rose]

I had no idea I live in such a training Mecca.

 

[Gamez235]

Did you have black eye this morning?

 

[esrice]

I had no idea I live in such a training Mecca.

You don't. That field is down in TN.

Good post WETSU!

 

[WETSU]

Did you have black eye this morning?

No. Just tired. Having a black eye would require me getting punched in the face. Something that happens rarely. I need better opponents.

 

[Gamez235]

When and where?