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The time of the hand...
Actions that only involve the “time of the hand” are the
fastest, since they only require using a
small portion of the body. These are
actions that only use movements of the wrist, hand and fingers to achieve the
required action.
How fast is fast? Bill
Lewinski, writing in The Police Marksman, wrote that if a pistol is
already pointed at a target, it takes just 0.03 of a second to confirm a sight
picture, before the trigger pull, if the wielder has his or her finger on the
trigger. If your finger is off the
trigger, it takes an additional 0.06 seconds to move your finger to the
trigger. This is consistent with
researcher J. Peters Blair, et al., who noted that it took 0.08 seconds to
complete the actual physical motion of moving your finger from a resting position
to a firing position.
The
time of the hand and the body...
Actions that require moving the hand, the arm and the torso to
complete take longer than those that only use the movements of the wrist and
hand, which is why the outlaw on the right is in trouble.
Researchers studying the “21 Foot Rule”1, found that an
average trained person can draw, aim and fire a handgun in 1.80 seconds. Other sources suggest that private citizens
should be able to draw from concealment in 2 seconds flat, while professionals should
be able to draw in 1.5 seconds or better, and experts in just 1 second.
The time of the hand, body, and
foot...
A step, the action of putting one leg in front of the other while
walking or running, involving motions of the arm and hand, the body and one leg,
is an example of “the time of the hand, body, and foot”. A step takes, depending on your pace, between
0.5 and 1.0 seconds, So, the motion of
taking a step forward into attack stance from a neutral position or swinging a
forward leg back to avoid an attack all add time and make any action requiring
a leg to move, to take longer than “the time of the hand and the body”
alone.
Even crumpling to the ground from a standing position, according to
the Force Science Institute, takes on average 1.1 seconds!1
The
time of the hand, body, and feet...
Charging an opponent is an example “the time of the hand, body, and
feet” and is the slowest of all movements.
This “true time” is demonstrated by the “21 Foot Rule”2,
and according to the “21 Foot Rule”, a person can charge forward and cover 21
feet, or 6.4 meters, in just 1.5 seconds.
This means a person can charge towards you at seven feet, or 2.1 meters,
every 0.5 seconds.
Against an aware and prepared defender, charging is asking to get
dead! This is because a prepared
defender, who has his or her finger on the trigger, with a sight picture, can
fire four times during the time it takes you to sprint 21 feet, or 6.4 meters!
But action always beats reaction, and against an unprepared defender a
charging attacker normally wins. This is
because the defender now must go through the entire reaction sequence of the perception,
decision and response phases, which on average uses up 0.31 to 0.56 seconds.
So, now we know just how long it takes to complete various actions, what
can be done in a second, and how it all applies to George Silver and his true
times?
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