Gunting/Drone 'Dry Fire Training'

[Protector]

For those of you who are firearm fans, you are aware that dry fire training is when you unload your gun (then make sure it's unloaded, then check it again!)and then practice your draw, trigger stroke, etc. This is a necessary part of your training and most trainers advocate it, but they include numerous warnings about the transition from dry fire training to a loaded gun again. Many people have come off dry fire training, loaded the gun, and tried one more quick draw, only to put a round thru the TV (or a friend!).



What does this have to do with knives? Well I think the Gunting - Drone situation is pretty close. I am constantly playing with the drone. When I'm watching TV or lounging around I practice kinetic openings on various parts of my body. A lot of times I practice going directly from opening to cut for a fast double move and to make sure the blade has locked open. Today someone asked about my Gunting and I explained how it works and did a quick demo of the kinetic opening feature...and found myself going right into the followup cut, just like I had praticed. I caught myself before contact was made and smoothly continued with my demo, hoping they didn't notice the beads of sweat.



So consider this one more reminder to make sure you seperate your practice/play with the drone from your Gunting carry time.

[seth]

I second Protector's wisdom. One technique I learned from a SWAT firearms instructor is to make a small ritual of moving from dry firing mode to live round chambered mode. What I do is verbally state "I'am preparing for dry fire for 15 minutes". And I use a specfic training place. When I'm done, I leave the training area, change out weapons, and say aloud "I'm done with training, I am now armed." Much like habitually checking for a loaded chamber, this ritual helps me to reinforce my mindset. This of course, is one reason that martial artists have used rituals in their training halls.

I apply this method to my blade training. One challenge is to respect the G'Drone as if were edged. I try to keep myself honest and track my self-cuts.

I also wonder about transitioning between a CRIMPIT and Black G. If you owned both and carried either dependant on circumstance, would technique match the tool under stress?

Seth