Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…..
This is not going to be about a vain wicked witch. This post will be designed to show or remind you how a mirror can be more than just a something we use to fix our hair.
When practicing, your self-defense moves and/or your handgun techniques, do you utilize a full length mirror to see how your form and techniques looks? Do you ever use the camera on your phone as a feedback tool in your training?
Feedback is vital for learning and improving. It you do not have a full length mirror, consider getting one …for practicing your techniques. I also highly encourage you to use the video camera on your phone to get another perspective of how you look when practicing? Are you as smooth as you could be? Are you being precise with your movements? For handguns, when doing dry fire and drawing practice, do you see wasted motion or movement?
There is an old saying that practice makes perfect. That is not exactly true. Practice makes permanent. So they key is practicing good technique and reinforcing it. The more accurate expression is perfect practice make perfect. Part of the perfect practice is getting feedback so that you can