After being postponed a few times, the day finally came when we had to continue the POMW project. The purpose of POMW, in short, is to learn how to handle firearms and ultimately become an IPSC shooter (IPSC practical shooting). In fact, through Shindenkan's learning principles, you can become an elite shooter in a relatively short time, where others take 5-30 years to get there!

With the expectation of a long (8:30-16:00) and exciting day, we were approx. 25 course participants and instructors showed up at Tjørnely school wearing gi, safety glasses and hearing protection, because we had to shoot with airsoft guns.

This course is the last in POMW I, a transition to POMW II. In POMW I we practice with airsoft guns and in POMW II we have to shoot with real pistols, caliber .22 and 9 mm. JokoKidz must shoot air guns with pellets.

Søren Renshi and Martin Renshi were in charge of the entertainment, which started with a thorough theoretical review, a summary of those from previous sessions around Minuchi Sensei's theory, the whole pizzazz and relating to the present, as others have previously described, so I won't go into that in more detail.

The practical part also started with a summary, then learning new things, and at the end of the day culminated with a test of all the qualities we had attracted.

In POMW we do just like we do in karate. We are building a good base. A poor basis in karate equals poorly executed kata. Poorly executed basics in POMW equals poor marksmanship. Basically, we have trained earlier and practiced at home. We get to test our basic shooting technique, and get to specify the three correct positions, namely correct leg position, correct hand position and, not least, the correct setting, focus on the aiming devices and not on the target, tighten the hand before pulling the trigger, then the knuckles turn white and pull off with the yolk of the index finger.

Just as Japanese is the language of command in karate, English (American) is the language of command in shooting, and the discipline is still the same, and perhaps even tougher. These are things you can kill with, we have between our hands, and if you point the pipe just the tiniest bit the wrong way, you get 2 minutes on the bench. Even if so far they are "only" toy guns. But the idea is that they should be handled like real guns.

From here the base should then be in place. Then step by step, and in a common thread, building on from there.

First: Two shots in one draw. The goal is for the second shot to hit the hole made by the first, which is relatively easy with airsoft guns, but undoubtedly a lot more difficult with a real 9 mm with recoil. Then two shots at one target, turn towards another target and shoot two shots, distance 3 metres, i.e. a turn of 45-60 degrees. Here it is important to perform (as in shiho level 1) "look, direction, technique", i.e.: "look, move hips in direction and center on target, shoot". I found that if I forgot to look at dial two before moving, it took me longer to place the sights correctly. Another drop group was also firing shots at the second disc while the gun was still in motion, which resulted in the shots hitting slightly to the side of the center of the disc, in the direction of movement.

Next is shooting while moving. Move closer and further away from the target as well as move along multiple targets while aiming and shooting. For me, one of the most difficult. It was really hard to aim and walk at the same time; Either I walked or I aimed. I mostly aimed. The wrong thing about finding a compromise; for my part, I had to relax the precision in order to also remember to walk.

All this, as well as other exercises, such as shooting at different targets at different distances, the already described exercises carried out with SIRT laser guns, were organized throughout the day, culminating in a course built so that we can put to the test what we have learned in during the day. I probably felt like a dog that gets off the leash for the first time and gets the command "free". I had to move freely and shoot, and at the same time comply with all the rules and at the same time handle the softgun correctly and correctly in terms of safety. It was borderline tangential, but it was fun. Afterwards, I felt like a small child who had tried the big slide that tickled the stomach for the first time, and stood nearby and jumped and clapped and said: "again, Igen".

So far, participating in POMW has been both educational, exciting and fun, and I am surprised at how easy it is to shoot and hit, just by using the tools developed in POMW. I am looking forward to getting out on the Hanebjerg shooting range next time and shooting with real guns.