LF-Brian Enos Practical Shooting, Beyond Fundamentals
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Sorry memorizing that book is impossible,
It has so much esoteric stuff in it your brain starts to turn to jelly, or you will knock yourself out drifting off half way through a paragraph. I’d recommend a full face helmet if you’re planning to read more than 3 pages at one sitting.
This is a very analytical “be the bullet type stuff”, it more designed to help your mental game than your shooting game. I’ve read the Keith Code soft science of Motorcycle Road racing (back in the day when I raced) and it did the same thing as Brian Enos’s book but was a much easier read.
And no you can't have mine <g>
Dillion still sells it by the way. http://dillonprecision.com
It has so much esoteric stuff in it your brain starts to turn to jelly, or you will knock yourself out drifting off half way through a paragraph. I’d recommend a full face helmet if you’re planning to read more than 3 pages at one sitting.
This is a very analytical “be the bullet type stuff”, it more designed to help your mental game than your shooting game. I’ve read the Keith Code soft science of Motorcycle Road racing (back in the day when I raced) and it did the same thing as Brian Enos’s book but was a much easier read.
And no you can't have mine <g>
Dillion still sells it by the way. http://dillonprecision.com
Ive got that Brian Enos book,must say that I didnt find it all that good,its pretty esoteric and dull to read.IMO,a better book for someone getting into the sport,and having chapters on both the practical aspects of shooting as well as the mind game,is Matt Burketts,"Practical Shooting Manual",lots of great tips on practice ,training etc
Enos
BLASTPHEME!
Perhaps once you've gone through the Burkett stuff a few times the Enos approach will make more sense to you. I thought when I read it the first time...and still think all these years later...that it is the best book out there on the subject of practical shooting, period. That is because it goes beyond the pedantic, intructional stand-like-this, hold-the-gun-like-this philosophy of teaching. The book goes into levels of detail in all imprtant areas of practical shooting that no other book to date comes even close to. And all the while as it reveals the methods and thought processes of a champion, it is just incidentally guiding the reader to an understanding of how to approach a problem, break it down, and come up with the best solution FOR THEM, rather than a solution/technique that that was concieved by someone else for someone else. In other woe=rds; we accidentally learn how to learn.
sevoman said:
BLASTPHEME!
Perhaps once you've gone through the Burkett stuff a few times the Enos approach will make more sense to you. I thought when I read it the first time...and still think all these years later...that it is the best book out there on the subject of practical shooting, period. That is because it goes beyond the pedantic, intructional stand-like-this, hold-the-gun-like-this philosophy of teaching. The book goes into levels of detail in all imprtant areas of practical shooting that no other book to date comes even close to. And all the while as it reveals the methods and thought processes of a champion, it is just incidentally guiding the reader to an understanding of how to approach a problem, break it down, and come up with the best solution FOR THEM, rather than a solution/technique that that was concieved by someone else for someone else. In other woe=rds; we accidentally learn how to learn.
3 or 4 years? I can't remember anything that long.
We should start quoting passages from the book like you would verses from the bible. You know, just to freak people out. "In Enos, chapter 4, paragraph 79, line 6, he sayeth unto his flock......."
We should start quoting passages from the book like you would verses from the bible. You know, just to freak people out. "In Enos, chapter 4, paragraph 79, line 6, he sayeth unto his flock......."
The Mystical Egret Stance
If I had to make a complaint about his book it would be that he dosen't have an in-depth look at his Egret stance.
pic http://www.brianenos.com/images/theEgret.jpg
vid http://www.shred2.net/~shred/ipsc/50AEGRET.wmv
Next time the Black Badge course gets revised, this should become part of the shooting stances portion.
If I had to make a complaint about his book it would be that he dosen't have an in-depth look at his Egret stance.
pic http://www.brianenos.com/images/theEgret.jpg
vid http://www.shred2.net/~shred/ipsc/50AEGRET.wmv
Next time the Black Badge course gets revised, this should become part of the shooting stances portion.
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True it tends to have that effect on people the first time they read it. I usually just loan them the movie "Double Tap" and then they are fine after that.
Watching that movie really improved my shooting too! That’s how I made GM…… one of our Production GM has a copy too,…………. perhaps a trend is developing.
Maybe we should offer an intervention for those who have read “Practical Shooting, Beyond Fundamentals” we will tie you to a chair and make you watch Double Tap until you are "one with you gun"…..then shortly you will start moving up in class!
ipsc1 said:ha, I did that with a guy last year, lent him the book to read, which screwed him up, then would pull the mystic guru schtick at the range, "be the bullet, grasshopper"
True it tends to have that effect on people the first time they read it. I usually just loan them the movie "Double Tap" and then they are fine after that.
Watching that movie really improved my shooting too! That’s how I made GM…… one of our Production GM has a copy too,…………. perhaps a trend is developing.
Maybe we should offer an intervention for those who have read “Practical Shooting, Beyond Fundamentals” we will tie you to a chair and make you watch Double Tap until you are "one with you gun"…..then shortly you will start moving up in class!
What a GREAT book!!
I picked it up about 5 or 6 years ago. It sits on the night table right next to my bed constantly.
If I can't get to sleep, I pick up Brian's book and start reading. No problem sleeping now for .....5-6 years.
Can't wait till I get to chapter 2 !!
I picked it up about 5 or 6 years ago. It sits on the night table right next to my bed constantly.
If I can't get to sleep, I pick up Brian's book and start reading. No problem sleeping now for .....5-6 years.
Can't wait till I get to chapter 2 !!
I think its a great book I've bought and distributed several copies... Buy his "seconds" direct from the website. Its cheap and its worth it.
And yes Matt Burkett's book is a great "technical" accompaniment to the "mental" guide in Enos' book.
And yes Matt Burkett's book is a great "technical" accompaniment to the "mental" guide in Enos' book.
