Shindenkan's largest project investment to date for nearly 50 years

Project Old Modern Warrior – POMW – a 36 month project progress

By Kimu Sensei, early 2014, Chief Instructor Shindenkan Competence and Development Center – Honbu-dojo

The influence of the surroundings, the influence of Shindenkan and the influence of the participants on POMW
The difficult start-up period and the challenges along the way, part 3

It must be pointed out that this part of the article is from relatively new shooters who had absolutely no experience with the Danish shooting world BEFORE the POMW project began in 2010, and therefore tries to objectively describe the experiences that new shooters can be exposed to through 19 different shooting associations, if they want to fulfill their full potential and become as good a shooter as possible in the shortest possible time. What is unusual for these new shooters is that all have been association members, local association chairmen, national association board members in the Danish association world between 20 and 35 years, and have deep experience with martial arts nationally and internationally, as well as broad experience with all other major sports in Denmark. But as I said, absolutely no experience and experiences from the Danish shooting world. It must also be remembered that we all love to shoot and therefore contribute to the development of the shooting world. The better the width, the better the top elite and the better the opportunity to realize the ambition as a Top 10 shooting nation in the world. And therefore this article is very relevant if the shooting world's local and national association leaders want to develop and improve the sport with regard to the problems below, which are generally known and even described diplomatically in the IDAN report in 2012. Here it is - as diplomatically as possible , directly written with experiences and examples where relevant.

The POMW project has achieved spectacular results that have been noted internationally, but it has not been without challenges and sword strikes.

Internally in Shindenkan, there has generally been a great deal of support, enthusiasm and curiosity, but like any democratic organization, critical questions have also been asked about Shindenkan's largest competence project to date, both in terms of financial resources, as well as in terms of international and national resources in terms of learning hours.

Externally, we unfortunately quickly found out that in many shooting associations there is a very different culture compared to members who go all in – there is the opinion of all chief instructors that you were absolutely not very welcome and were openly and covertly opposed.

The past few decades have shown that martial arts have become very political, but that's nothing to compare to when it comes to shooting sports! The Danish shooting environment is ultra political, which does not leave Christiansborg behind, - this was a huge and extremely unpleasant surprise during the POMW project, but constructively and positively, this fact that the POMW project "moved outside" Denmark, led to the creation of the shooting association SDKSkyt, and a colossally large international top professional network, civilian as well as military.

That was not the original plan, but this was the consequence of the somewhat unfamiliar shooting environment, attitude and behavior that prevails in many Danish shooting associations. This is not normally the case outside Denmark's borders, and to a much lesser extent with our Scandinavian neighbours, as they have actively recognized and done something about this problem for many years.

But we had no choice as we were quite actively prevented from shooting and later during the establishment of a shooting association. Fortunately, DSkyU and DGI are doing something about this problem, and last year a comprehensive report came out about the Danish shooters, which may be able to provide an explanation for these unfortunate obstructive experiences.

As with martial arts, there may be individual "bad guys" and leaders in individual associations and organizations who have a societally unfortunate view of democracy, mutual respect and the Danish Associations Act, but we experienced it with a total of 19! various Danish shooting associations. It cannot be a coincidence, and we hope that now that DDS has become DGI Shooting, that DGI and DIF, of which DSkyU is a member, have close cooperation regarding such obstructive conditions, which should be greatly reduced.

The strange thing - seen from our eyes was that I and the chief instructors were just new pistol shooters who were very active in shooting sports. We went from nothing to 100, with several dry training hours every day and several shootings every week with a lot of shots. And then, in line with the increasing marksmanship skills, I had earned invitations from both national and intercontinental to the world's best marksmanship instructors, civilian and military, who would very much like to learn from them and hear more about the POMW project.

Shortly said; We went for the best model in the shortest possible time, to realize our potential and understand the essence behind shooting, so that we could contribute actively to the sport, so that new shooters would not have to reinvent the "Wheel and the Deep Plate" again, but simply get it all served on a golden platter with a guarantee of success - just like we do at Shindenkan.

It turned out that the Danish shooting world was very against it!

It came as a very – no huge – surprise for us.
We could not understand at all that tolerance, curiosity and open-mindedness, so to speak, was a city in Russia.

Especially after seeing the results we achieved in a short time. Why wouldn't shooting sports support us in realizing our full potential as shooters? And thus also pass this on to others?

We believe that in any other sport, someone like us would be welcomed with open arms - just not within shooting sports. Here it was not primarily about the sport, but about something completely different. It was a huge surprise for us, as it is normal and seems to be in the cards for all sports with support crowns - that the sport itself is the primary, and not secondary or tertiary.

We have all experienced being laughed at at the beginning of our daily dry training and several times weekly and concentrated training shootings. We've also all experienced being called various things that won't be reproduced here as we progressed through the division requirements in record time.

We have also all experienced getting obstructive, destructive and misleading advice about professional shooting and trying to slow down our shooting development. And we have also all experienced being met with misdirection and obstructive harassment with a self-interpreted and incorrect starting point in the Arms Act, federal and association laws from chairmen and board members who intended to stop our shooting development. And several of us were told directly that we should "Know our place and you mustn't think you're anything!" - it was like a deja vu of the "Godfather film spirit".

Had it been because we have interfered in the management, training or management of a shooting association, we could have understood it. But it wasn't like that at all - we were polite and kept our heads down.

The starting point was only our record-quick development of shooting results, high training frequency, and targeted approach to learning a new professional skill. In addition, we were able to contribute with the mental attitude and development, which is so important in the shooting sport, - which our results also showed very quickly, after the technical skills more and more came into place.

We also kindled hope in many Danish shooters, who for many years had run their heads against the wall in a system that they felt had not developed terribly since they started shooting - often many decades ago, i.e. a very traditional conservative very little flexible organizational and system structure, but with proud traditions.

In addition, very old shooting associations, usually over 100 years old, where in martial arts we can usually only boast of martial arts associations that are perhaps 50-60 years old at the most.

Of course, there is also the difference that the shooting associations arose in the 1860s at the behest of the state and financial support with the defense of the fatherland in mind, while martial arts in Denmark arose due to curious and innovative individuals in the 1960s, who themselves had to seek out competent instructors outside of Denmark , mainly in Japan.

Differences between rifle and pistol shooters, sights and battling

Pistol

There is a HUGE difference between rifle and pistol shooters. Rifle shooters are very social both on and off the range. For pistol shooters, it is mainly on the range.

In addition to the "war" between rifle and pistol shooters, the atmosphere is usually also very different.

Even within pistol shooting there is also a "war" between the traditional range shooting and the newer practical shooting, such as IPSC, PPC etc.

Many shooting associations have absolutely no desire to welcome practical shooters, who they would most often like to get out of the association again and actively make an effort for this to happen, with methods that do not exactly comply with the Association Act plus some other laws.

Practically used sports shooters are most often called "Combat Shooters", "Shooting thugs", "Machine gun shooters" and other unflattering terms by the traditional range shooters, boards and association chairmen.

But most often IPSC shooters find that young, relatively inexperienced shooters have a lot of interest in IPSC and the person of these shooters, and most often want to take the IPSC A license themselves, which is perceived as something "cool". It usually annoys the traditionalists.

Rifle shooters are far more social and relaxed. It is more the "Danmark family", where over 50 %s have hunting licenses. It is usually incredibly cozy and a different mentality, where you focus more on and enjoy each other's successes than on each other's failures and learnings. It is usually more "gentleman-like".

It is most often opposed pistol shooters and the larger the caliber that is shot with and the more movement that is involved.

In general, you can say that the bigger the caliber, the bigger the group you will find, and the more often you will find shooters and leaders who hover, belittle others and promote themselves at the expense of others, lack respect for others and who most often perceive rules are for others, but not for themselves. That was the impression we were met with as new shooters, and we have never before experienced in other sports.

We have noticed that it is most often a very Danish phenomenon, sometimes European, but very rarely an American or Asian phenomenon.

There is a very big difference between traditional range shooting and practical shooting, which I can understand that many shooters regard as shooting's Formula 1.

They cannot live without each other, as the traditional range shooting in my view, POMW experience and results, is the fundamental prerequisite for learning the basic shooting skills optimally and correctly, - without stress and haste and with really good time for finesse, small adjustments and physical as psychological attitude.

There is simply no time for this during practical shooting, which is why quite a few traditional range shooters fail here - if they have not recognized this reality problem and difference in skills and have prepared in advance.

The difference in competences is both professional, but mostly psychological and attitude-wise.

It is a very big step up professionally on all fronts, and a practical shooter who wants to become an elite shooter cannot be satisfied with wet shooting 1-2 x 30 shots 3-5 times a week, but must go up to a minimum of 5-10 times this number of shots and thus also 5-10 times the cost, but not necessarily total time.

50 % of us POMW IPSC participants occupied one of the first two places during the DSkyU DSF A license test. The total shooting experience for each of us was between 2-10 months, against the others on the team which consisted of very experienced range shooters and military/police people with between 5-35 years of shooting experience.

At the time, all chief instructors shot Danish 1st division standard in range shooting.

After all, tests and matches don't lie, especially not if the results are very clear. Even so, all chief instructors have regularly and continuously experienced being called "Combat shooters", "Machine gun shooters" and such someone like us, destroyed the shooting sport, and who the f…. think we are!

Rifle

This was mainly within pistol shooting, but within rifle shooting the same problem is also experienced, just not as often and significantly as with pistol shooters. Here we are talking about shooters and not association leaders who set the agenda.

I would say, however, that according to my POMW rifle experience, it is not as pronounced as for pistol shooting, but the "conservative rifle traditionalists" are absolutely present.

Rifle shooters most often eat together, and I must say that even though I mostly shoot electronic Kongsberg targets, I usually go the 100 m down to the hunting targets together with the hunter shooters for the simple reason that it's really nice! And if the weather is good, the 2 x 100 m walk is an absolute pleasure.

There is a very big difference in openness, competence development, mentality, attitude and motivation between pistol and rifle shooters, and the different shooting disciplines.

Perhaps it is because many rifle shooters are also sane hunters who, like anglers, have great respect for nature and want to spend time on it, that it is therefore less pronounced for rifle shooters.

The Hunters' Association has – despite great political unrest and division – also initiated a new development plan in 2012, which, among other things, has resulted in an updated shooting leader and shooting instructor training with a strong focus on a common standard within pedagogy and professional competences, as well as a new hunting test which is more difficult, as it actually requires that you can shoot, - and hit!, and remember what you shoot on and whether you are allowed to shoot at that animal.

But my experience, and the experiences of other practical rifle shooters, is that the same thing happens for rifle shooters as for pistol shooters, just to a less pronounced degree, - it's more gentlemanly.

I remember one of the first times I shot with as fast a repetition as possible at 200 m with two magazines, - ie. without moving the eye from the optics and firing shots every 1-2 seconds, I was not completely satisfied after the 30 shots, as from shot 20 to shot 30 I could see the target less and less optimally due to heat flicker. The Kongsberg screen was positioned so that I could see the result of each shot without moving my head, but just my eye. This also meant that the Kongsberg screen had been moved away from the traditional place, and thus more or less not visible to many others. I had been given the shooting practice by my LRS chief instructor, who has been in the absolute world elite top for decades, as a good training, technique and mental focus task.

What I hadn't noticed was that while I was shooting there were several competition shooters inside and outside who were shaking their heads at my rate of fire and training form, just like all of us instructors experienced during POMW Pistol.

When I was not completely satisfied I expressed that I had difficulty seeing the target at the end due to heat flicker and what could be done about this. I didn't get an answer to this, but an aggressive outburst from an elite shooter that I must be a millionaire, when I could only occasionally deliver wasted shots, since I couldn't hit a s... at that shooting pace!

Hardened, I did not drop my jaw, but an old hunter and former top competition shooter quietly approached the Kongsberg screen and said with a big smile and a twinkle in his eye; "Yes, Kimu can do that very well, - 298 out of 300 is not that bad, - when he shoots at that SIIINDSYYYGE pace".

Then there was an uproar, but several began to laugh, and the old hunter then answered my question in the meantime; "Kimu, you can either slow down the pace so that the rifle barrel can cool, or you can breathe before firing or put on a flashing tape".

I was very happy with that information, since as a new rifle shooter I had only shot a rifle and read about rifle shooting for almost 1 month and therefore of course lacked a lot of practical basic knowledge.

I decided to give the rifle some cool time, room for a new shooter and myself a cup of coffee, so I wandered out.

I hadn't gone many meters before I was met by another elite shooter who expressed exactly the same attitude as inside the shooting range.

But when another older hunter quietly noticed the score, the elite shooter widened his eyes, was insulted, turned on his heel and went his way!

I was completely shocked, but another old hunter patted me on the shoulder and said; "Kimu, don't worry about that, it's his problem - besides, everyone can see that you can shoot!" - and then at least on the same level as them... but probably also better, and it's not nice to know as an elite shooter...".

During selection processes, I have also experienced elite shooters in the absolute world elite, loudly complain about "that technically I make one and the other mistake - and my trigger is ad h.... to". But when we've had a fight with each other or I've hit them, they don't say sorry or ask interestedly where I learned it or who I learned it from, but instead they have a pain in the back, the wind have been against them, they don't know the rifle well enough, the sleeping pad was uneven and on top of stones, etc., etc.

But the truth is that what they criticize me for is all that I have learned from some of the world's absolute best civilians as military shooting legends, who have themselves won everything there is to win on the international stage of medals through most often more than 20 + years, and has himself been trained by some of the world's best shooting legends over time.

Unfortunately, I have only experienced it in Denmark – never in the USA or outside Denmark. In the US, it's your results that count, not how long it took you to achieve this. In the US, it matters how you have achieved these results and what training process you have gone through, as people here happily want to learn and surpass you and everyone else - and preferably as quickly as possible!

That is why I have focused mostly on the joy of shooting - outside of Denmark. And in Denmark with shooters who share the same attitude and vision as me. In fact, three of my best top 5 shooting experiences took place in Denmark, where shooting, socializing and learning went into a higher unity. I will remember those experiences for the rest of my life.

An experienced but newer shooter was interviewed for a shooting magazine and presented his view of the shooting world;

"... but also a sport with a very different culture for both shooters and volunteers. - Motorsport is an individual sport where it is only about getting out to race. Subsidies are never given
something, and the board is only put into the world to make the courses work. It is completely different with shooting, where it is about much more than shooting. I think that's why it's so hard for outsiders to get into a shooting association. Because if you only come to shoot, then you will feel that you are outside the community. When asked whether pistol shooters are less social than rifle shooters, the answer is: - There really is a difference. The pistol shooters are only social on the range. Almost everyone has their own gun, and if someone has bought a new one, what usually happens is that everyone has to tinker with it and try it out. But we don't drink beer together afterwards. The rifle shooters, on the other hand, always use the clubhouse when they shoot, and so you far more often see families shooting together with a rifle. Is there a tendency for pistol shooters to love to complain? - I think there are relatively many geeks among shooters, because it is an introverted sport. My experience is that pistol shooters don't complain more than rifle shooters. I just think they interfere more in the debate, and turn the question in a new direction: - On the other hand, I am convinced that they shoot more than riflemen. It is not unusual for pistol shooters to shoot two or three rounds of 40 rounds in an evening, and then to supplement with a little coarse gun before going home.”

Approx. 8 months into the POMW project, I wrote the following to one of my pistol chief gunnery instructors;

“… Based on this, our martial arts background and as elite athletes; After 4½ months, 50 % of the chief instructors shoot over 273/300, free shooter mark and DK 1st division limit, the other half shoot DK 2 division, 240-262/300. All have been invited to the respective associations' divisional teams, which they say "has never happened before with new shooters after 4½ months of shooting - but they are natural talents...". POMW has created an outcry in the shooting world, the bigger the outcry, the bigger the caliber, – and lots of rumours! as you can also read from the above – some more fantastic than the other, – and some are totally out of whack, where you think they are probably ready to be picked up by the blue wagon...

The interesting thing for you is probably the following statistics from the real Danish shooting association world;

• 100 % has had to change associations due to harassment and opposition from the archery chairman and board.
• 100 % has experienced a hierarchical "kingdom", with a minor to very large abuse of powers and different own interpretation of the Shooting Organization's rules, Denmark's laws and association guidelines. 
• The classic disciplines pistol and rifle have their own war and speak disparagingly of each other. 
• Classic disciplines such as the standard pistol and rifle, often have their own war and speak disparagingly of rough gun shooters; IPSC, PPC, Steel and sometimes terrain shooter; "Combat shooters!". 
• The public's stereotypical image is correct in over 67 % of the shooting associations; 80 % drink coffee, beer, smoke and hang out and 20 % actually shoot regularly – overrepresentation of single and divorced men, couples without commitments and many who are not interested in conversation. An overrepresentation of alpha males, alpha females, "special types" in health & wellness, psyche and often extreme opinions, - in step with increasing caliber. 
• 100 % has experienced well-functioning normal shooter associations – after some failed attempts…” 

The search for answers - why did we experience this in 19 Danish shooting associations on Zealand?

We came with a humble approach to the various shooting associations; We wanted to see how far the wings could go by dry training every day, training several hours for each shooting training several times a week, complying with all legal and association statute regulations, contributing to the associations with manpower, taking all the necessary shooting training at the highest level, and seek out and travel for the very best best shooting instructors nationally and around the world, so we could learn to shoot in the shortest possible time.

In the world of martial arts and in all other sports we know of, this is an absolute dream for students and members to get in. But definitely not in the shooting world! It was a very big surprise for us.

Instead, we were met with distrust and both obvious and hidden harassment from association management, which we have never experienced before, despite most of us each having between 20-35 years of experience with voluntary and unpaid association and organizational work.

Questions were asked about our motivation and agenda, from whether we were training our own militia! to whether we were about to take over their association, and by the way, what the f…. we imagined ourselves shooting as much, shooting with the best nationally and internationally and thus drawing attention to ourselves, and so often!
Since it was extremely unusual in the shooting world, and if we didn't know our place!

It is not always nice to join a sports association where you are looked at askance and you feel unwelcome because you want to learn a sport as quickly as possible and therefore train a lot. They are also extremely illogical - and, well, unsporting...

We found out that the shooting world "raises" new shooters in place through active use or rather abuse of the Danish legislation.

This is done through transport permits and local rules for new shooters when you do not yet have a skv2 (weapon permit), which can only be obtained after 2 years of activity in a shooting association.

As a minimum, you must be registered as present in your shooting association at least 4-6 times a year for 2 years, after which the archery chairman must approve you and can apply for a Skv2 /carry permit) for you, which takes from 2 weeks to 12 months in the application process.

12 months, when the chairman unfortunately keeps forgetting to submit the statutory papers, so the application process cannot be initiated.

This also happens with Skv4 - association weapons, which are quite important, as it is optimal to shoot with the same weapon with the same reticle setting, every time, as this otherwise gives a different analysis and learning curve for a new shooter.

Transport Permits (TP) are ultra important when you have to train in several different shooting associations, as most shooting associations only have training once, maybe twice a week.

Here, all chief instructors experienced that either the shooting association's board members grossly exploited their position of power and expected "gifts" or "humble submission" for signing these TP on a regular basis, to direct harassment and abuse by refusing to issue the TP or dragging this out with all sorts of excuses, so the shooting training had a big break. Eg. an association management tried to prevent a chief instructor from getting a TP the day before he was due for his DSkyU DSF IPSC A license! Fortunately, another shooting association helped here, so that the chief instructor could go to his IPSC A license course test - with a borrowed gun.

Other shooting associations have also financially exploited the situation with a general requirement that all new members must shoot at least 3-6 months with 0.22, then revolver and finally coarse pistol, and at each transition, the shooter must pass a test with a minimum requirement.

A good example can be given here. A shooting association had the rule that all shooters had to have a professional competence in three levels; .22 pistol, revolver and finally 9mm pistol. The point requirement for each part was just 200. I could understand the idea of this concept for new shooters. But I couldn't understand why all new shooters were forced to shoot between 4-6 months with each gun - regardless of whether they could already shoot 200, 210, 270 or 300 points. If it is then added that you already have a DSkyU DSF IPSC A+ license, are an international competitive shooter and at that time shot between 5-10,000 shots per month, then it suddenly makes no sense - shooting skills. But simply that everyone is – brick.

Unless, of course, the main purpose is to enforce a general rule that pumps new very active shooters financially for money if they do not want to follow the traditional beaten path of few trainings and few shooting series. All new shooters who do not have a skv2 (weapon permit) must therefore first rent a 0.22/revolver/pistol, then buy ammunition and possibly targets, and if this new shooter shoots 6-10 times more shots than the normal old shooter, then it is a gold mine for the shooting association.

If you try to object, you simply get the message that such are the usual rules and methods in most other shooting associations as well, and otherwise you just have to stop shooting, or do like all other new shooters if you don't like it the conditions, then... Yes, that is what many people do when they come across these conditions and circumstances.

But in the spirit in which we were brought up within Shindenkan, with now nearly 50 years of history in Denmark, our curiosity was piqued and we set out to investigate in more detail which mechanisms and reasons could be the cause of these reactions from the traditional shooting world.

Fortunately, we got help with this through a newly released 195-page report from the Sports Analysis Institute (IDAN) commissioned by DDS, as well as a quantity of informative material on www.skytten.dk around votes on goals, attitudes and development. As well as lots of conversations with experienced elite shooters, ordinary shooters and high-ranking organizational people in the two shooting associations.

The search for answers and indications of; Why?
Why did we experience this resistance, attack, undermining and suspicion in Denmark?
The Danish shooters from DDS IDAN report 2012;

There are almost 172,000 shooters with a hunting license (2013), approx. 900 hunting associations and the hunting association with 100,000 members is one of the largest Danish green associations. Approx. 6 % of all hunters are women.
Since 2008, there has been an increase of 40 % in shooters taking hunting licenses.

In Denmark, there are approx. 770 shooting associations and a total of around 70-75,000 association shooters who are members of a shooting association or have multiple memberships. Most shooting associations are members of the main federations; DGI Skytter (formerly DDS) and/or Dansk Skytte Union under DIF.

• • The average Danish new hunting license shooter is;
    Male, 36 years old, wage earner, children living at home
  • The average Danish association shooter is;
    Male, 51 years old, wage earner, no children living at home,

If we go down a few more layers according to DDS IDAN report from 2012 about the Danish association shooters;

• 50 % probability of hunter background,
• 17 % is affiliated with the defence,
• "tradition" for relatively autonomous local associations,
• 50% of all members are family related
• The shooter annually shoots approx. 250 shots 0.22 and approx. 45 shot larger caliber.
• The average shooter shoots or is social every 3-4 weeks, equivalent to 10-15 times a year,
• 18 % shoots or is social 2 times per week.
• 2 % shoots or is social up to 4+ times weekly
• Barely 50 % only shoots rifle,
• 34 % only fires pistol.
• 82 % has been shooting for more than 8 years.
• Almost 50 % practice shooting because of the social nature,
• 83 % of all shooters receive no structured shooting instruction
• o – and over 50 % are not interested in this at all.
• 51 % of all shooters participate in competitions.
• 86 % thinks their association management is competent and skilled.
• The competences of the trainers/instructors are also assessed with great satisfaction.
• Existing members believe that the association welcomes new members

Internally, DDS/DGI works with a so-called 80/20 principle.

In short, the principle is that 80 per cent of the attention in associations is directed towards the social community, while the remaining 20 per cent. deals with the shooting sport itself.

In that perspective, the social element is a somewhat more important driving force and self-understanding in the associations' daily work than the shooting sports themselves.

Conclusion; the shooter's subject competence and structure in this;
The vast majority of Danish shooters participate in competitions without actually receiving instruction through participation in structured joint training. Is it optimal in terms of results and competence nationally? Continental? Internationally? Cf. national goal of Top10 ranking in the world. Or is there a connection to "It is more important to participate and enjoy yourself than to win" cf. DDS/DGI so-called 80/20 principle.
Is the goal compatible with the average Danish shooter's life cycle, motivation, willingness and interest in structured teaching, training and comparable standards? Is the common thread visible and understandable, so that the goal can be achieved in the long term? And economic reality, where the shooting world within a 10-year period is down to the same support kroner as other sports with medal targets?

Shindenkan – from the Confederation Board's current statistics and analyzes 2012;

• Equal distribution of gender
• 50 % aged 5-14
• 50 % aged 15-70
• 25 % is familial
• 80+ % train at least 2 times a week
• 80+ % train for periods every year more than 3-4 times a week
• 100 % get structured local, national and international teaching every time
• 100 % gradually learns to perform maximally under pressure, e.g. graduations where 300-500 watch
• 100 % trains all armed and unarmed techniques through progression and standardized training with an emphasis on the most optimal and effective form of competence learning.
• Tradition for strong unity and development among local associations through a federation,
• 95+% think their association management and instructors are competent and skilled

Internally, Shindenkan works with a so-called 80/20 principle.

In short, the principle is that 80 per cent of the attention in associations deals with the sport itself, while the remaining 20 per cent. directed towards the social community.

In that perspective, the sport itself is a somewhat more important driving force and self-understanding in the associations' daily work than the social element

Collection and indicative conclusion, supported by IDAN's proposal

Comparison of subject structure in terms of competence – brief;

• In terms of training effort, a Shindenkaner can be compared to 2 % – 9 % of the gunners.
• In terms of structured teaching, a Shindenkaner can be compared to 2-3 % of the shooters.
• More in terms of competence, a Shindenkaner can be compared with under 1 % of the gunners.
• Maximum Performance under pressure training, a Shindenkaner can be compared to under 1 % of the shooters, since shooters most often shoot 5-10 at a time on a range or an IPSC Squad with 10-30 shooters.
• In terms of age, a Shindenkaner is on average in the 20-30 age group compared to the 50-60 years of the Sagittarians.
• 80/20 – the principles of Shindenkan and the Shooting world are directly opposite, and the approach as one team, set of values, cooperation and development together, is therefore very different.

The most often opposing differences perhaps explain the very different opposing culture, but also the purpose of our respective sports.

The IDAN report was commissioned by DDS, so DDS now DGI has been well aware of this problem.

But one thing is a report, something else is action and implementation, and thus change and development.

The comparison has been made between DDS and Shindenkan, but since very many shooting associations are both members of DDS/DGI and DSkyU/DIF, there is of course an overlap here.

But if you read on the DSkyU/DIF website about their purpose's paragraph about their sport, it is very comparable to Shindenkan's, and thus opposite DDS, now DGI purpose's strategy.

When IDAN's report was presented in December 2013 to all DDS, now DGI's top people, among the following were said and highlighted by IDAN conclusions;

• • IDAN has come up with four types of shooters that both the associations and DGI at regional and national level should think about when recruiting new members and developing new activities.
    • The social shooter – the community traditionalist (this group is the most numerous – here the community and social life play an important role)
    • The leader shooter – the lifestyle practitioner (this type of shooter has a formal role and helps to define the association's culture)
    • The mental shooter – the individualist (this type is a younger shooter with a few years of membership and is primarily a pistol shooter)
    • The sports shooter – competitively oriented (this group has many younger active shooters, where it is the sport that drives the work)
  • Think new
    • Henrik Brandt, director of IDAN, followed up with a broad briefing on the development within sports – both the commercial self-financed ones and those that take place under the auspices of associations with grants from Danske Spil. He had numerous examples of successful sports provision in the private sector, even if they were to manage on market terms.
    • He also used the opportunity to shake up the shooters a bit with questions such as: "Why do you need subsidies when private providers have to pay themselves?"
    • And then he drew attention to the fact that more women must join the associations and the boards if new thinking is to be done.
    • Sagittarians have not been particularly good at renewing themselves. If things go wild, you change a disc or a program from going from 10 shots to five shots. The organization has introduced aerial shooting without having an overall plan for what we want with it, said Jens Andersen

• The association as a social gathering place - Is it the association's noblest task (currently)?
  • There are very limited training offers
  • Few members train with an instructor
  • Are more training offers the way to recruitment and retention?
  • Focus on shooting – that is the way into the association for many
  • More focus on shooting can help create a more open association that opens up to the outside world

This article belongs to a series of concluding POMW articles, and will answer questions such as;

How and why did the POMW project come about?

How was it built and how did it proceed?

Which experiences were the most educational – both positive and negative?

Retrospective; Is there anything during the process that can be made more optimal or efficient?

The influence of the surroundings, the influence of Shindenkan and the influence of the participants on POMW

And other questions