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Which of the standards are 7 feet? Regardless, if you have allowed an armed assailant to close within 7 feet without recognizing/responding, you have likely failed because you are shot/stabbed if they have even a basic degree of competence.
No one in this thread said anything about not training. Some of us just think that that time/money can be applied better than trying to run stationary presentation drills at gamer speeds. It is awesome if you can and I'm not knocking it, I'm just saying that my current needs are way better suited by working things like moving and shooting, awareness, retention, low light, FoF etc.
Not saying that those things may not be important. They may be and I have trained them all because we don't know what our fight will look like, but we can get a good idea. I asked Tom Givens yesterday how many of his 60+ successful student gunfights included shooting while moving. He said one that he knew of. There were some that took a step off the line of force while drawing and then quickly ended the fight with one or more well placed shots. There was also at least one I know of where the good guy ran to cover before firing. IIRC only one involved actual physical contact and that was incidental. Also I think none were what people think of when they think of low light. Some were at night, but in well lit areas like parking lots. What I am getting at is that in almost all of these cases of amazing success most were won with some level of awareness followed by a fast presentation and well placed shots. That is how I feel these standards can be relevant.