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Originally Posted by Ziggy2525
You bring this idea of inadequately trained self defenders up a lot, but you always seem vague about the specifics. Other than carrying a snub I don’t recall you actually putting any detail behind it in your posts.
So, other than carrying a snub, what do you consider to be “the basics” that the “over 60” crowd of armed self defenders are missing?
How much training is not extensive and not counter productive?
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I'm primarily referring to integrated unarmed skills, which so many seem to completely neglect. Being able to avoid taking severe punishment resulting in significant injury, while getting the gun into the fight and getting off shots without having the gun taken away. An elderly individual will have slower processing of environmental stimuli and activity(less effective situational awareness), limited physical ability: mobility, reflexes, strength, quickness etc...
Due to this, it is more likely they will not be able to create and maintain distance and separation as effectively as a younger individual against a physical assault.
Obviously there is a great deal of variation in general physical ability among the elderly, so the degree of intensity of training they can safely engage in varies significantly, as does their odds of success in an actual defense encounter since we don't get to choose our assailants.