Originally Posted by
JSGlock34
Last year I took Ernest Langdon's Advanced Tactical Pistol Skills course. I'd say his curriculum has an emphasis on shoot on the move skills. He made two points that have stuck with me - the first was "Proximity negates skill." At close range, even an unskilled adversary can place effective fire. Increasing distance between you and a threat favors the trained combatant.
The second was "Nobody stays still in a gunfight." Langdon's class incorporates a review of shooting fundamentals, shooting on the move, shooting moving targets, and finally shooting moving targets while on the move. This is the only class where I have ever performed the latter drill, and I was surprised that I was able to get effective hits on a mover while retreating myself.
Personally, I've noted a marked difference between shooting on the move in an IDPA competition setting and the same skill in a more tactical course. I've watched IDPA competitors take little shuffling steps while 'shooting on the move' - technically they were moving but what they were really doing was going as slow as possible so as to get '-0' hits. The instructors I've had with more of a combat mindset emphasized more urgent movement. Accuracy certainly suffered under these conditions, but not to the point where the shots weren't useful.