By Claus Hansen, Member until 2017
TLUS POMW 1 "dry training" conditions are limited by an ordinary gymnasium
We therefore use simulations of distances, and protect what we borrow and therefore use wooden boards and shock absorbers
7 m simulate a distance up to approx. 12 m and 10 m simulate a distance up to approx. 21 m to the goal
POMW uses standard targets for 5 m distance, and DDS DSkyU targets for 10 m, 15 and 25 m,
We use DSkyU DSF IPSC discs 1/1 and 2/3, Airgun standard poppers and Plates, as well as other range aids
POMW "Dry training" uses; CZ 75 no blowback co2 airguns, professional SIRT laserguns, toy and water guns
It was 26 expectant Shindenkans who showed up on a Saturday morning in May to start at POMW B. The day started with small talk in smaller groups between the participants. Everyone was dressed in compulsory GI, as this was a shindenkan competence course on an equal footing with all others. The only difference was that everyone, with a few exceptions, was wearing indoor shoes and carrying safety glasses. The atmosphere was nice, "old friends" and training buddies exchanged stories and joked with each other, it had been some time since everyone had been together so there were many things to talk through. Everyone had the opportunity to study the setup for the upcoming day's events. This was set up earlier by the Chief Instructors with helpers, of course following strict guidelines from Kimu sensei.
It was with only a few minutes over schedule that everyone found a place to sit and the day's program could start.
The first part of the course was a short review of Pomw A, since it was some time ago, so everyone could refresh why POMW had been created. It stems from Minouchi Sensei's theory of the 3 paths.
The Budo way with the main emphasis placed on the interior of clarification through philosophy and meditation supported by martial arts techniques.
The Bujutsu way with the main emphasis placed on inner clarification through martial arts techniques supported by philosophy, meditation and ki techniques.
Unconventional path with emphasis on survival through war possibly with sporadic meditation and philosophy.
The purpose is to prove that one can achieve greater clarification and understanding by switching from one path to another, if this happens no densho degree joden. When pomw A had thus been reviewed, sensei could move on to the pomw B theory part. All the courses I have attended in shindenkan have had a ryghi (theory) and ryha (practical) part. Only a few courses have been purely ryghi courses.
The Ryghi in POMW B was first about some of the things that, among other things, Kimu sensei had experienced in his course in the preparations for pomw and some of the prejudices that the chief instructors had also encountered in their course and preparation between pomw A and Pomw B The head instructors had been through a course since Pomw A and up to Pomw B, as their credibility must be higher than the other students and as the requirement for completed courses is higher than for the other students. It will be optional if you would like to participate in POMW D, which will be "wet" training primarily with 0.22 Cal and will run in Q2 2013. For chief instructors it is mandatory. When asked who was interested in POMW D, everyone raised their hand. Personally, I wouldn't miss it either. There is not much credibility in sitting at a dinner party and saying I have the theory and understanding of shooting, but I have never shot with anything other than an airgun. No, well it gives a lot more credibility to say I understand the theory and have shot with different calibers and have a license to shoot.
Kimu sensei also mentioned that Pomw has created a lot of "touches" both in the shooting world but also in the military world. Fortunately, it is not all the shooting associations where the chairman has seen himself as a self-appointed judge of the firearms law and association rules, so all instructors have succeeded in finding one or more shooting associations with reasonable chairmen. And within the military there have only been positive expressions of the POMW project, "finally someone who tries to understand us". And in the big world outside little Denmark, we have only been met with openness and curiosity.
One of the big questions from shooting associations was, among other things, what prerequisites Kimu sensei had to teach POMW. The starting point was that Kimu Sensei had no shooting training process as of August 1, 2011. Since then, a lot has happened. Kimu sensei has an A+ pistol license, is a RO (Range officer), which is a range judge. He has taken the hunting mark and shot his way to the Gold mark with Egeløv and free shooting marks. You could probably say he is a complete shooter. He has structured shooting lessons for us and sanity checked it with some of the best shooters in the world by shooting against them at ranges all over the world. It was indeed an impressive list of shooters.
After this review it got a little more serious as we moved on to the slightly more practical. We got an overview of the different disciplines within shooting, shooting for airguns where shooting is in the same classes as in IPSC, where Japan had some of the world's best airgun shooters. As you could see from the video, they were also pretty fast and it reminded a lot of IPSC shooting. Only difference was that it was air instead of real ammunition. But it required the same from the shooter. This was compared to modern competition shooting where they stand completely still with all kinds of aids. It was pretty boring to watch, I think if it hadn't been for the music I think I would have fallen asleep. There was far more speed and field in the airgun. To emphasize the connections between karate and martial arts and the military reality, a film clip from Ran was shown, where you see samurai being mowed down by guns, these were introduced to Japan in the middle of the 17th century. This greatly emphasized that if the general does not understand the weapons found on the battle badge, he will lose the war even if he has the best soldiers at his disposal. This was completed by a film clip from the D day landing on the Normandy coast and finally a clip from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This emphasizes to me that pomw is very relevant if you want a complete toolbox as a martial artist, as pistols have unfortunately become a part of our everyday life.
Finally, before the practical part, kimu sensei reviewed the shooting technical handbook and the safety rules for shooting.
Shooting technique consisted of 9 rules
- Security.
- Basic optimal shooting technique
- Security.
- Basic optimal shooting technique
- Security.
- Basic optimal shooting technique
- Security.
- Basic optimal shooting technique
- Security
So what should you check before you shoot alkaline.
- Correct double hand position
- Correct use of aiming devices
- Correct exhaust, PS (press and squeeze)
- Correct recoil Control, correct overall posture breathing and setting.
- Troubleshoot, put the gun down after each shot and evaluate your performance and learn.
This was relatively simple in theory and pleasantly difficult to remember and carry out in practice, which we were soon to see, done correctly, however, it led to surprisingly good results very quickly.
It was time to put theory to practical use and become familiar with pistols. Everyone put on the mandatory safety glasses and after a pair of good safety glasses that had been scratched after firing ammunition had been allowed to walk around, it seems that no one had any doubts as to why it was important to wear safety glasses when shooting . Some may have thought it was a bit excessive when it was only iarguns we had to shoot with. However, this would soon also prove to be a good idea.
After a few safety rules regarding the handling of the gun and ammunition and the possibility of being DQed, the cheerful atmosphere from earlier was replaced by a somewhat more serious and tense atmosphere. The guns had to be perceived as if they were real.
It had become time to shoot the first shots, we had been divided into teams of 2 people, each with an air gun to share. Wearing safety glasses, shooting started at first 3 m. No more than a few volleys had been fired before it was first DQed and thrown on benches for reflection, to have the finger on the trigger out to keep the gun on target. This helped to emphasize the seriousness. Today it was air pistols, "tomorrow" it would be real pistols and deadly serious. Subsequently, the distance was increased to 5 m, now it became somewhat difficult to hit the disc and now you could hear and feel why it was a good idea to wear safety glasses. The bullets that didn't quite hit the target reflected back at the shooters. Now the distance was increased to 7 meters. At this distance it became more difficult to hit the disc both because the disc was small, it did fit the distance, it just looked small. The reason for the problems with hitting was probably more because many forgot the basics and felt the pressure to hit. However, it is not important to hit the important thing is to perform all the steps correctly. If you do that, you will eventually also be able to hit. After limited success at 7m, the distance was reduced to 5m. This actually resulted in a better hit rate with people. Personally, I found that my shots were more collected the second time I shot at 5m than the first time. I attribute this to me starting to pay more attention to my basic technique. I still didn't shoot 10 every time, but I was happy that the shots lay more together, as it means you shoot consistently and you can work with that, as it's just about moving the aim. In addition, you can also see from the collection which mistake the shooter makes. In the end, it was finished with shooting from 3 m. As a goal, only the black target had to be shot away at this distance. Here, many people forgot that they still had to do the basics correctly, just like on 5 and 7 m. I frankly admit that it was very tempting to just hitchhike. I picked myself up and tried to use the time and practice.
With this, shooting was over and it was time for reflection, the time had also long passed. Personally, I thought it had been a really exciting day. Now it was up to the participants to practice every day for the next few weeks and become as good as they can before Pomw C.
