Insight Firearms Training-Insight To The Front Sight-The “GIP”
Insight To The Front Sight the “GIP”
By Matt Seibert & Sherrie Seibert
Insight Firearms Training Development
Insight Firearms Training Development
Describes What the Gip is and How to Use it.
As Published in The Firearms Instructor – Issue 48
IALEFI-International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors
If you feel it is important for your students to see their front sight to make a precision shot with a pistol, then you need to know about the “Gip.” The proper use of the Gip during Firearms Training will virtually guarantee that your students will be able to see their front sight with perfect focal acuity. As you know, the more clearly you see the front sight, the more accurate your shot will be.
Insight Firearms Training’s Gip becomes an “eye magnet” to direct the eye to focus specifically and exclusively on the front sight. We use a “magnet metaphor” in combination with hypnotic suggestions that attracts the eye to the front sight and forces the pursuit movement to the Gip. If you don’t have a Gip on your front sight, then you need to create one.
In this article, we are assuming that your students (i) already know how to create a neuro pathway which isolates the trigger finger from the rest of their hand, (ii) have mastered the skill of trigger compression, and (iii) know how to enter the required emotional trance-state of “Detachment” to produce machine-like precision. Read more
Insight Firearms Training-The Magic Pill
Insight Firearms Training
The Magic Pill: Shoot, Don’t Shoot Decisions Made Easy
As Published in Concealed Carry Magazine
April 2009
by: Matt Seibert and Sherrie Seibert
Insight Firearms Training Development
Insight Firearms Training is proud to have had this Article on CCW Concealed Carry Published in the Concealed carry Magazine.
The Shoot, Don’t Shoot question is one of the core topics addressed in every self-defense class. Many instructors ask themselves how to communicate to students a clear picture of (1) When to use deadly force, (2) When to get involved in a situation that involves coming to the defense of someone else, (3) When they should carry their gun, and (4) Why it does not make sense to use deadly force to protect property.
For years I have tried to ingrain the laws and concepts of responsible gun-ownership and repeatedly stress the justification and implications of the financial and emotional costs of taking a life. Regardless of the teaching method used, the boundaries of when to or when not to escalate to the use of a firearm for personal protection is extremely difficult for many students to grasp. The numerous what-ifs combined with emotional issues, personal beliefs and values, and legal requirements, all seem to confuse the students. I searched for a magical spell that I could recite in class, one which would assist the students in resolving the complexity of making the shoot, don’t-shoot decision. I finally found a powerful visual image to simplify all the what-ifs and satisfy even the most difficult students. This is not intended to replace the block of instruction on the laws regarding self defense, firearms ownership, proper storage, and justification. It is a supplement that pulls all the information together and puts the concepts into an easy to understand format. Read more
