I often hear women say: “I don’t need to train/carry/learn… I’m always with my husband and he carries!”
But you should see their face change when I reply “and that’s going to get you both killed!”
Got it? Good! Now that you’ve decided to get some training for yourself, let’s move on to part 2.
Have you ever trained together? One of the reasons I stress scenario-based training so strongly is that if your brain has “seen” a scenario before, it’s more likely to make a quicker response decision. If you’ve never even thought about a situation, your brain has no reference, so it takes longer to come up with your next action.
Have you and your partner ever trained together? (and by partner I mean a person you spend a lot of time with, could be your spouse, a sibling, or a business partner).
Who’s the stronger shooter? Who’s stronger at hand-to-hand? Who’s the faster runner? (not me!)
Who’s the better driver? Is someone left-handed? When you enter a building, who goes right, who goes left? Or will you stay together? Who calls 911?
Recently, in fact, Valentine’s Day, we hosted a mini-couples class at Decision Tactical We had a great demonstration of some of these factors and it sparked a great discussion among the couples in attendance. Then they had the opportunity to go into their practice training sessions and put it into use. It was a great session, and they all agreed that this is a topic we need to dive deeper into in the future.
Andy & Tim