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Praxis Gun Training

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29 responses to “Praxis Gun Training”

    • Hey Greg, you will get it in the mail…it is orange and it’s essentially very-thin bungee cord, like what you’d find inside of tent stakes. We use it for a few high-leverage drills.

  1. Greetings. Still great training even after doing some of it multiple times. 😉 In bonus cycle, last session, T4E ROX, what are you using for a target? And where from? Can’t find anything on search for t4e rox.

    Thanks,
    -phil

    • I apologize for the delay…I just saw your question. I believe I was using the ROX in those videos, but I’ve since switched to using BlazePods because of price, size, weight, and other features.

  2. Question about Cycle 3 / Session 3 (first drill with cup throwing):

    I realized that throwing the cup with my support hand actually screwed up my drawstroke, since the hand is “out there” after throwing the cup and has to go back for high compressed ready.
    While doing this, I was never really sure whether I managed not to get my support hand in front of the muzzle.
    Throwing with my gun hand was easier, since I could perform my normal drawstroke (bladed hand ready to meet the gun hand).
    I got to the point I feel comfortable with this drawstroke not strafing my support hand, but in this drill I never managed to feel comfortable.
    After several tries, I decided not to go for high compressed ready when throwing with my support hand, put putting the hand back on my chest while performing a single hand drawstroke and shoot from high-ready. After that shot I raced the support hand out to “catch up” and get to a two-handed grip.
    Any advice on a better way?
    Thanks!

  3. I just finished the last lesson of Cycle 7. I know that there is the bonus cycle and supplemental training, but I thought that this was a point to ask, “Where do you suggest we go from here.” Obviously there is a lot to go back and practice to master and obviously you have provided a lot of extra material; but a stage check would be helpful.

    • Excellent question, John.

      Once you’ve completed Praxis, you can look at the drills as a mix & match framework for future training that will allow you to train in such a way that you’re not just grinding out reps.

      Here are a few things that you can do…

      1. Lean on the cheat sheets and mix & match components from the different drills you’ve done. As an example, do discernment drills with leans and lunges and steps.
      2. Try the drills from sitting or kneeling positions.
      3. Repeat the training with a different pistol, with a carbine, or with a home defense shotgun if you have one.

      All of these will work the core skills of vision, balance, hand-eye coordination, mobility, and trigger finger manipulation.

      Please let me know if you have any questions.

  4. Hello,
    Enjoying the training. I just finished lesson 3, session 5, turning 90 degrees with the shock cord. I can’t tell if you are moving your feet to turn or just your torso. Thanks.

  5. I think I should avoid live range time until I get consistent with the cycle 1 drills. I don’t want to revert and ingrain the old bad habits. Vision drills are helping sight acquisition.

    • If you want to do live fire, just print out the drills for the cycles that you’ve done and do the drills that you can do safely with live fire.

  6. Ox
    Two questions:
    1. I have been going thru your training with two different Walther PPQs. One has red dot and the other iron sights. Your opinion-is this smart given that I want to improve my shooting with both. Unfortunately the PPQ cant be set up with co-witnessing.
    2. I’m on Cycle 4 and every day I have repeated all of the drills in the previous cycles. Your thoughts on this approach?

    • Thanks, Ron!

      1. I’m going to tell you the ideal and then I’m going to tell you what I’d do in this case…

      The ideal is to take the time to master a single platform, then familiarize yourself with another, and then master the 2nd platform over time. Your situation is a little different because it’s the same gun with 2 different sighting options.

      Praxis is a little bit different because of 2 things…first, the focus on being on target as early in the presentation as possible (pre-aiming)–before the sights come into play. Second, the concept of delivering rounds before your eyes catch up. One really easy way to test this is to switch back and forth between the guns with eyes-shut aiming…even better would be to have someone hand you the pistol with your eyes shut and start from high-compressed-ready. If you can present from there, not knowing which pistol you have in your hand and the sights are in alignment when you open your eyes, then I wouldn’t hesitate to switch back and forth.

      Remember, the goal is to line up the muzzle with the intended target and use the sights or red dot to verify that alignment. What that means is that the reverse sight picture doesn’t need to be perfectly lined up with your dominant eye as long as the sights/muzzle are lined up with your target.

      Now, part of this is going to depend on how different the height of your red dot is compared to the height of your sights. The closer they are, the less difference there will be in your presentation.

      2. There’s no hard and fast rule for how long you do drills. That being said, here are some things to keep in mind…

      a. The more new material you’re learning, the less you want to do in a single day. The more old material you’re practicing and refining, the more you can do in a single day.
      b. The more you slept the night before (specifically the more REM sleep you got…especially between 6-6.5 hours after going to sleep) the more new material your brain can handle.
      c. The closer the new material is to old material that you’re already proficient at, the more new material you can handle.
      d. As long as you’re adjusting speed and precision and are able to stay in that 4% sweet spot (85-90% success) you’re good to go with doing more training.
      e. If you’re going to do an hour of training and mix in both old and new material, I’d do it so that you spent 5, 10, or max 15 minutes doing new stuff at a speed and precision level that is challenging and the rest of the time doing progressively easier stuff that you are better and better at, ending with the sterile, simple up + out drills.

      Let me know if you have any questions,

      Ox

  7. I’m on Cycle 5, lesson 1, and I’ve noticed that the ankle stretches and rotations are similar to those done for swimming (aka: triathlon) and using the feet as flippers and a stronger kick. I also noticed that the pivot drills would work great in water like a pool since water will slow you down and decrease any weight issues that cause pain. You can literally float off the bottom of a pool for a moment to “work around” an injury while performing the drills. Just thought I’d add that input coming from an athletic background for everyone to consider. Thanks, Ox!

  8. Ox, just want to leave a comment of gratitude. I’m loving the training. I’m a Gulf War veteran and an empty nester with my wife of 30 years. I like the drills such as the lunges, visual training, and the decision making ones. My wife and I use your concepts as our go to framework for our home defense needs. Thank you, sir for such a great training program. I haven’t had any problems or questions yet. Everything is very easy to follow and informative.

  9. I’m having a lot of trouble shooting with both eyes open. In the “Indoc” section there were some files to print in conjunction with an empty paper towel roll that is supposed to help, but I can’t find where it teaches to use them. In cycle one it talked about shooting with both eyes open but no real help on how to fix problems distinguishing real from ghost. And then I found the see faster shoot faster course, but the section on vision uses a real line with beads on it. Can someone help me find the mentioned drills with the cardboard tube? Thanks

  10. I have looked for, and maybe missed (?) the Threat sheets you are using in the latest cycles, which have 6 images, rather than 4 per sheet. Since they are pdf I can’t modify. Apologies if I have missed something.

    • Hi Kristopher…thanks for letting me know. We just added the 6-per-page version. That’s what I started using initially for these drills and, for live fire at longer distances, a lot of people simply couldn’t read them until I changed them to 4 to a page. Either version or a mix of both will work.

  11. I’ve paired this training with a Halo 2 headset. The natural point of aim difference is remarkable. I’ve been working on hands with it so far, it seems to be sticking pretty well. Next will transition to legs when I start working lunges harder.

    • Excellent! If you ever reach what you think is the potential of the Halo 2, you may want to check out the Apex. It’s not as ergonomic, but it’s a LOT more adaptable, it’s 18V, and it’s analog instead of digital.

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