Originally Posted by
SouthNarc
Well I sure do hope someone surpasses my body of work at some point. That's just evolution.
When I first started publicly teaching this content in 2003 no one was traveling around and teaching this topic area in the way that I approached it. Namely having Glock simunition pistols which were only available to LE at the time and using the marking cartridges outside of the manufacturer's recommended safety window for stand off.
No one else had the equipment, was willing to use it the way I was using it, and was willing to travel around teaching citizens and not just cops or soldiers. Nobody wanted to incur the risk or liability.
I had a a LONG time, where I was the only person occupying that space.
Now there are more people doing what I started doing with the same kind of equipment. I would hope that they would continue to evolve the art in different ways and with different approaches. I've said for some time now that if entangled shooting doctrine is going to evolve as a legitimate field of study it should have all kinds of eyes on it including those that disagree with me.
That being said just because a guy does BJJ, buys T guns, let's guys roll around in the dirt, and hangs out a shingle doesn't mean he's my peer. There are guys like that now that say "Yeah I do what Craig does." They don't have my time, tenure, investment, curriculum development, eye for safety, or time management skills. A video on Instagram of two guys punching each other in the face is not a program of instruction with a consistent and cogent beginning, middle, and end. Also ECQC is a lot more than just the physical training and curriculum. The aspects of verbal agility, social literacy, and decision making are interwoven through out the physical instruction and the course literally represents my 54 years of life experience on the planet.
So absolutely. Go see what others do and take their coursework. They may very well have a piece that I don't and personally I'll NEVER be satisfied that ShivWorks is complete. I ask myself more often than ever if I'm actually full of shit and know what I'm talking about.