Fist Fire: How We Do What We Do
(Male Perspective)
By Dan Rauscher
Disclaimer: Well, I originally started this review back in January, but got distracted as I was watching the DVD, and ended up only finishing the review just now, about 2 or 3 months later. In that time, Isabel wrote her review (no doubt Rob got tired of waiting for me to write it). So, ADM has already brought you the Female perspective on the DVD. So, now here’s the male perspective. Please excuse the stream of consciousness writing style.Enjoy!
Alright, here I sit with my airsoft 1911, ready to watch this DVD called “Fist Fire”. Honestly, I have no idea what to expect, but here goes:
I figure a 1911’s a good choice, as this is probably some sort of pistol shooting related DVD. But only time will tell.
I’m kind of digging the intro music. Sort of an electronic/guitar mix. Not too shabby. Honestly, this D.R. Middlebrooks reminds me of Jack Dalton from MacGyver. But that’s neither here nor there.
Oh, fantastic. This guy’s got a model 1911. Looks like I picked up the right replica.
He’s running through a bunch of different pistol stances right now, but he’s not doing a very good job of explaining exactly what is different between the different stances. There are slight nuances between these stances, but he just sort of runs through them very quickly, and I haven’t quite figured out what they are. Could just be the type of learner I am, I think I need someone actually in person helping me out to ensure that I’m doing things properly. Could also be that I’m starting with what is apparently the second DVD in a series.
Proper Grip: Oh, now he’s moved on to a Glock. I’ll stick with my 1911, and hope for the best. And it seems that he’s started to actually explain the grip and stuff, so this seems to be the actual instructional portion, rather than just an overview. He’s being very repetitious with how to grip the gun, so he’s helping the viewer learn by repetition, which has allowed me to practice the grip quite a bit, and he explains “overgripping” and “undergripping” well, and the results of those two grips.
Recoil Control: Seemingly not all that applicable to airsoft shooting, due to the lack of sizable recoil, but probably good to know, nonetheless. Again, a lot of repetition and demonstration. I think its giving me a good handle on what’s going on.
Indexing & Open Guard: Somewhere in here, I decided that I didn’t need to keep repeating the same thing over and over again for each section.
The reloading section seems to be very right-handed biased. But I guess that’s sort of a given, based on the location of the slide-lock. Not all that useful for a left-handed person like me, as I’m continually having to see what they’re saying, and try to adjust it to use with a left-handed grip. It’d be nice if they had a section for left-handed folks, but I guess that’d be an extra section that not everyone would actually want to watch.
Overview: Well, this was a very instructive DVD. For the first little while, the instructor was going through things really quickly. But that was all overview stuff, and not really the meat of the class.
However, once he got the parts of the class that he was actually teaching, they did a very good job of reviewing things, and continuing to allow opportunities for practice.
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