Hi All.
I'm new here. Seems like a nice place. I've got a question I'd like to run past you. First, a little personal background to help explain it.
Early on in my shooting career, I fell under the evil influence of Bill Jordan and NO SECOND PLACE WINNER. "I'll take a revolver, YOU take your chances."
I was a wheelgunner for several decades, including several years when I worked as an armored car guard, and I used the Isosceles stance for most of them.
Shortly after we entered the 21st century, I decided that maybe these new-fangled flat guns WERE'NT just a passing fad after all, and I began to transition to them.
As part of this transition, I began taking courses with people like Chuck Taylor, John Farnam, and Louis Awerback; and due to their insistence, began using the Weaver stance.
Last year, I did a class with the Insights people over in Harrisburg PA, and they insisted I shoot it Isosceles. This was OK as long as I took my time and conciously thought about what I was doing, but every time I tried to speed up, I kept automatically reverting to Weaver.
I've done a couple of classes with Ayoob, and am familiar with his thinking on this, which is basicly that a good shooter knows all three stances (including Chapman) and uses the most appropriate one as needed.
However, I'm now thinking that if I want to take my shooting to the next level, fast, reflexive shooting at the expert/master level (or unconcious competence, if you prefer) that I need to pick one stance and do ALL of my practice and training with it. And since I hope to take the Expert level courses with Taylor, Awerback et al in the next couple of years - and I know they are going to demand Weaver - I might just as well not even consider any courses with people who want me to use the Isosceles in their courses.
Anyway, I was wondering how the rest of you handled this. Any of you shooting Expert/Master with more than one stance? Or have you found you need to pick one and stick with it?
Regards
John
I'm new here. Seems like a nice place. I've got a question I'd like to run past you. First, a little personal background to help explain it.
Early on in my shooting career, I fell under the evil influence of Bill Jordan and NO SECOND PLACE WINNER. "I'll take a revolver, YOU take your chances."
I was a wheelgunner for several decades, including several years when I worked as an armored car guard, and I used the Isosceles stance for most of them.
Shortly after we entered the 21st century, I decided that maybe these new-fangled flat guns WERE'NT just a passing fad after all, and I began to transition to them.
As part of this transition, I began taking courses with people like Chuck Taylor, John Farnam, and Louis Awerback; and due to their insistence, began using the Weaver stance.
Last year, I did a class with the Insights people over in Harrisburg PA, and they insisted I shoot it Isosceles. This was OK as long as I took my time and conciously thought about what I was doing, but every time I tried to speed up, I kept automatically reverting to Weaver.
I've done a couple of classes with Ayoob, and am familiar with his thinking on this, which is basicly that a good shooter knows all three stances (including Chapman) and uses the most appropriate one as needed.
However, I'm now thinking that if I want to take my shooting to the next level, fast, reflexive shooting at the expert/master level (or unconcious competence, if you prefer) that I need to pick one stance and do ALL of my practice and training with it. And since I hope to take the Expert level courses with Taylor, Awerback et al in the next couple of years - and I know they are going to demand Weaver - I might just as well not even consider any courses with people who want me to use the Isosceles in their courses.
Anyway, I was wondering how the rest of you handled this. Any of you shooting Expert/Master with more than one stance? Or have you found you need to pick one and stick with it?
Regards
John