Interest for Indiana Mercop Class in early 2012

[ColdSteel223]

Matt,

Thanks for hosting, you guys went above and beyond what I expected.

George once again ran an excellent class. You don't know what you don't know until someone opens your mind to the lack of knowledge.

George can do this in a manner that allows for a positive training environment, that is both fun and informative. As well as safe.

This was my fourth or fifth class with George. I will train with him again. I always pick up some new bit of info or a better way of defending myself and more importantly, those that are under my protection.

The stick, hawk, cane and pen segments were most informative. Defensive weapons are everywhere around you. You just have to learn how to most effectively and efficiently use them.

Thanks for the link to the MCS group.

 

[schapm]

Great class, again. I love the feeling of confidence that comes from having open hand, knife and pen/improvised weapon skills that can compliment my gun or serve as a primary force option when the gun is not an option for whatever reason. I also really appreciate the emphasis on protecting loved ones.

 

[downrange72]

Matt, thanks for hosting!

I really loved the "crawl, walk, run" aspect of this class. I needed a lot of crawling at first. I also learned a little adaptation to breaking the OODA Loop...crazy what the eyes will follow by your attacker. It was slow motion...Sorry Riverman, I had to try it. That gave me an extra second to get my "airsoft" deployed.

I need to seriously consider weakside carry for my firearm. Being left handed and 93% of attackers are right handed, I really need to have an option on the right side.

When George comes back, I'll be there. Outstanding instruction.

Oh, and the tazer makes it a little more realistic...

 

[HICKMAN]

next time make a thread announcing the class, don't bury in an old thead!

 

[riverman67]

next time make a thread announcing the class, don't bury in an old thead!

It was a new thread when we were trying to get dates lined up for the class
The thought was to have it in the winter when people aren't so busy.
The first weekend in May was the earliest date that worked out for George and the host.

 

[japartridge]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB-N7Sc9Bpw&feature=relmfu

never thought about a comb... need to start showing this to my daughters!

Thanks Burl!

 

[MTC]

Thank you to Matt for hosting, Mercop for making the journey, and fellow students for being good training partners. It was great to see familiar faces and meet new people motivated to learn valuable skills.

Three main takeaways for me are:

- Reinforcement of body mechanics and leverage in attack/defense angles in a 3-dimensional, rather than a 2-dimensional plane.

- Breaking of the square range mentality and task fixation that causes one to be frozen in place or paralyzed through choices/processing/analysis, e.g. Hick's Law.

- Increased confidence and skill in defensive use of open hands and improvised weapons.

 

[rhino]

I need to seriously consider weakside carry for my firearm. Being left handed and 93% of attackers are right handed, I really need to have an option on the right side.

Interesting . . .

 

[downrange72]

Interesting . . .

Oh shush it

 

[rhino]

Oh shush it

Consider me shushed.

I'm glad you got a fresh perspective and are drawing some new conclusions! Your weekend was 100% from a guy who knows how things really work during actual tense social situations. I'm proud of you guys for attending!

See, sometimes I'm actually right about things. Sometimes. And believe it or not, I actually know a couple of things that I don't tell everyone I know. Hehehe

 

[downrange72]

Consider me shushed.

I'm glad you got a fresh perspective and are drawing some new conclusions! Your weekend was 100% from a guy who knows how things really work during actual tense social situations. I'm proud of you guys for attending!

See, sometimes I'm actually right about things. Sometimes. And believe it or not, I actually know a couple of things that I don't tell everyone I know. Hehehe

Believe it or not, I heard a lot of the same things I've been hearing for years

 

[rhino]

Believe it or not, I heard a lot of the same things I've been hearing for years

SHOCKING!

 

[lovemachine]

Wait. Rhino actually knows what he's talking about? Seriously?

 

[riverman67]

Wait. Rhino actually knows what he's talking about? Seriously?

Unfortunately most of the time he knows what he's talking about.
He just likes for you to figure it out for yourself so he can say I told you so.

 

[mercop]

Guys, what a killer weekend. Looks like we were really blessed with the weather even though it was a tad warm.

As usual I found lots of motivated people with open minds. The 7 X 7 course is really about learning the alphabet doing in the classroom and with drills, and then working on words and paragraphs in scenarios.

As we discussed, when someone offers information, evidence it. If it cannot be evidenced then it is bull**** and fairy dust, and when you are dealing with protecting you and your family there is no room for that. Keep the thoughts coming and get that MCS CQCG Group going.- George

 

[ATM]

That was a great weekend chock full of no-nonsense valuable stuff!

It was great to meet and see everyone.

I know how quickly some of this (though certainly not all) will slip away without practice and application, so I'm in on the training group plan.

I can now highly recommend MCS training.
Having sampled and participated was to confirm the suspicions I'd gathered from reading Mercop's posts - since these fundamentals were designed around and capitalize on an understanding of human anatomy, psychology, natural hard-wired responses, evidenced statistics, etc. their application extends far beyond rote techniques or hardware.

Rockwoot. Seriously.

 

[downrange72]

That was a great weekend chock full of no-nonsense valuable stuff!

It was great to meet and see everyone.

I know how quickly some of this (though certainly not all) will slip away without practice and application, so I'm in on the training group plan.

I can now highly recommend MCS training.
Having sampled and participated was to confirm the suspicions I'd gathered from reading Mercop's posts - since these fundamentals were designed around and capitalize on an understanding of human anatomy, psychology, natural hard-wired responses, evidenced statistics, etc. their application extends far beyond rote techniques or hardware.

Rockwoot. Seriously.

AMEN!

Alot of meaning behind the ROCKWOOT horns. Take the class, the "Maloyk (sp?)" Ronnie James Dio) has a lot of power

I too would like to join the training group, however, I will be spending much of the next 6 weeks south of Nashville. At least, it is not the "region"

 

[rhino]

Wait. Rhino actually knows what he's talking about? Seriously?

Unfortunately most of the time he knows what he's talking about.
He just likes for you to figure it out for yourself so he can say I told you so.

I beleive I suggested that I was coincidentally correct occasionally! I never actually know what I'm talking about!

I wish I could have joined you all for the class. Next time!

 

[mercop]

Joe, finally getting to meet INGO royalty such as yourself and hanging out SUN night with you and the G-Man was awesome. We could just do a class togther, I teach 0-7 and you can teach 7-10000.- George

 

[downrange72]

Joe, finally getting to meet INGO royalty such as yourself and hanging out SUN night with you and the G-Man was awesome. We could just do a class togther, I teach 0-7 and you can teach 7-10000.- George

Oh...you met joe