I hesitate to post in these types of threads, but there is validity in some of the techniques that they are trying to teach. Not saying that I am comfortable with their safety / overall handling however there is a good relation or very similar techniques in more advanced combat shooting, especially up close stuff. However the context in which it is used and the skill of the shooter and fully understanding basic fundamentals, concepts, intermediate and advanced shooting skills and safety handling is critical. I don't think you should teach a new shooter who's safety handling is still questionable to use such techniques, even though they might look effective for hits up close. That is only part of the puzzle.
I prefer more common terms that are a bit more accepted in the shooting community as valid techniques especially when regards to aiming the weapon but a lot of it is based off of some type of indexing which still has some degree of visual confirmation of the weapon which can still be considered aimed fire, as opposed to classic point shooting which is often confused with actual aimed or visual confirmation of the weapons orientation.
Of course there are ECQC techniques that are valid where you may never see the weapon but that is generally bad breath / contact distance. I just get a bit bothered when some instructors / companies attempt to package their techniques as something they created or packaged into a "system", label it as their own and often refer to it being better than sliced bread. I will admit that some instructors / groups do this to a much lesser degree than others.\
ETA - Just to clarify there is validity in body mechanics in getting the weapon quickly in the quick orientation of the target during the presentation of the weapon, however the visual confirmation of the weapon using some type of "aimed fire" (flash front sight, slide indexing etc) is the norm. As has been mentioned Mr. Middlebrooks is very good at this, but IMO he is still using a type of aimed fire and not point shooting as he refers to it as. Language does not detract from the skill of what he does however.
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