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My training comes from many classes with Paul Howe at CSAT. He recommends a high ready (muzzle up at about 70-75 degrees and close to the body (you can find that on some of his you tube or Facebook videos). He does that so that we can see the adversary for solid target discretion and NOT have the muzzle pointing at any part of anyone's body. He has us go the Sul position, if needed, due to people very close around us or moving through crowds. What Correia teaches is not good on either where he is holding the pistol or taking repeated bad shots just to best the clock as he did in the video.

Paul is very demanding on shot placement (spine box/high thoracic). For those that don't know him, he was career military with 10 years in Delta including visits to Mogadishu (team lead in "Black Hawk Down" event) and Panama as well as a lot of other places he can't talk about. His last years in Delta were spent training other Delta Team members. He survived all of that without being shot so I listen to what he tells me as his methods have worked well in very difficult situations. His standards test has someone going from his version of high ready to a shot in the spine box (6" X 13" box) in 1 sec or less. That is very doable with practice (and should be practiced often to maintain proficiency).

I highly recommend his training classes. Reasonably priced and you will learn a lot. Just something to think about.