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Director of operations at the Valhalla Training Center in Montrose, Colo., Rob Pincus has been a trainer and consultant in various combative fields for many years and is the developer of the Combat Focus Shooting Program.

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Archive - July 2007

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The High-Compressed Ready Position in Low-Light Combat

Contrary to popular opinion, you are better off using your light and your handgun as separate tools than trying to combine them in a shooting grip.

July 18, 2007

Traditional handgun and flashlight combination techniques, place the off-hand in contact with the firing hand and result in the firearm being pushed out in front of the body much more significantly than the high-compressed ready, thereby reducing your retention ability, increasing your exposure around corners, and also causing your muscles to fatigue faster.

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