I just got the Black Belt Issue being talked about,Oh my.
I can see why the question came up over the pistol going off.
Wagner steps off line ,slightly,grabs the weapon and when the shooter pulls to recover the weapon Wagner steps into the shooter and oushes the weapon into his face,while plausable,wagner has his face buried next to the ejector port side of the pistol,not a place I would want my face ,no less my eyes
Here is a clip on the making of the shoot for the mag:
http://www.blackbeltmag.com/videos/130I also am leary of the other defenses recommended especially the one where the attacker takes you from behind,Knife around the throat and Wagnertells you to grab the hand and blade or two hands on the blde and pull and turn.
Man has anyone done this stuff thewy tell people?
I was a Teenager and was told this stuff and when I was confronted by a knife attack i grabbed the weapon and turned it as instructed and the attacker pulled the weapon out of my hand like a hot knife through butter,almost Lost my Thumb because of stupid instruction by peopl who never did it to see the REALITY of it.
(Oh yeah,the Better to lose all your fingers than get your throat cut thing,there are other alternatives)
Wagner is now calling his stuff the Special Operations of self Defense and is writing a book "Defensive Tactics for Special Operations" Oh My,Oh My.
What in the heck does some one never in Special Operations Know about it?
Sorry traveling around teaching some Special Units DOES NOT qualify you as an expert?
Maybe being in a Reserve Sherriff SWAT team is the expertise?
Maybe it was the Air Marshall training and sitting on your butt on a plane?
I like some of his materials,but the Hype to make yourself Bigger than you are and to claim any experience as making one an expert is beyond REALITY,all to make a sale to people who do NO research,at leats go into as I did,Know he is a BS Artist but go to see the Material.
(Even psycho's in a Mental Ward can have a Good Fight Skill worth seeing,as long as you know they are psycho)
I like the USE/MisUSE of the RANGER Type Beret and the Desert BDU's in the Photos and the Wagner Name Tag with the branch Name Tag saying California,lol.
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I met a Guy at a Martial Arts Hall of Fame Last Year,he had on Desert BDU's he had on Master Blaster Jump wings ,international Jump wings,Combat Infantry Badge,a SOCOM Patch,special Forces and Ranger Tab,Special Forces Patch and a Ranger Beret,with SGT Major Insignia of rank.(BS Alert goes on)
I had to speak to him and he tells me his Military History,Retired Army Full Career Special Operations,3rd Batt /75th Rangers, 7th Special Forces.
I start asking him if he knows some guys that I know who are still in that served in the same units he claimed,Low and Behold he does not know any of them.
Later I see him doing some training witha guy I know from the NYPD Training division.
I watch,the phony nods and walks off.
I said to the guy I know that the guy is a nutter,he says the phony is a retired NYPD officer,living in Florida and claims to train Green Berets and Rangers down there.
The next Day he has on Captain Bars,so I ahd to say nice Promotion since yesterday,lol.
Mean while they let him in the event Free because he was in Uniform,and they gave him access to take photos.
Low and Behold the Other Night they had on a show called "Weaponology",the show was on the US Army Rangers.
They showed the Training and weapons of the Rangers and history,at around 50 minutes in they show Ranger Hand to Hand in the Pits and then they go outside the Base to show us some more Ranger Hand to Hand and Low and Behold who is the Instructor in Desert BDU's and Ranger head Gear but this phony Guy.
I was asking myself,doesn't anyone do a check on these people.
Man the world is full of Nutters who can pull off selling themselves and who sooner or later will get some one killed with their PHONY crap.