Two Person Movement Concepts

Here's another important video from the Personal Defense Network. When two people are moving through an environment and there's a perception that there may be a threat around the next corner, or maybe even behind you. One of the best ways to do that movement and be as safe as possible, is going to be back-to-back. With two people in an environment, the only way to try to get 360 degree coverage in fact, is for them to be back-to-back. If we were in a more traditional team environment, we might see someone on this wall, someone on that wall, with crossing areas of responsibility, knowing that there's the rest of the team taking up other danger areas and taking up other responsibilities. But when two people need to move through an environment, being back-to-back allows them to both, know where each other are and be able to watch as many potential danger areas as possible. Now again, this isn't training to be a SWAT team. This isn't training to be a commando raiding party. All this is doing, is trying to make two people as safe as possible, using our concepts of cooperation, coordination and communication. As we move through the environment, back-to-back gives people that idea of where each other are and the best possible circumstances to see danger coming at them, as they move to either get away or get others to safety Every once in a while, when you come up to a situation like this, where I know that I wanna move to the right, 'cause that's where I heard, whatever I heard, that is involving us inside this situation. But I know I have something off here to my left hand side. If I have two people in a two-man team tactics environment, it's best that we move back-to-back. When we go through this door, Jeremiah is going to be covering my back. I'm going to be watching all the things in front. Moving. Move. I'm going to the right. As you can see, we've covered 360 degrees security and there are no angles that really aren't covered. Now as two people are moving through the environment, getting ready to go through a doorway, what has to happen at some point, is using that concept of slicing the pie. Advancing forward with the upper body, seeing something in the next room, slicing off that piece of the pie and then moving the lower body in with it, while someone is still moving with you back-to-back. And that other person is of course watching the other danger areas that are not the primary one that you're focusing on. What's important to remember as you approach that door, is that the person who is closest to the door is going to control the movement. That person is still going to wanna stay at least two arms reach away from the door for as long as they can, if the environment and the hallways and the room permit. And as they go around that door, slicing the pie, the person to their back is going to stay covered from that potential danger area, by their body. And the person behind them, of course, is going to watch all the other danger areas, as much as possible. The lead person has to focus on slicing the pie and going through their primary danger area, which presumably is the door that you're through to avoid a situation or to get to other family members, to make sure that they're safe. Ready? Yep. Moving. Move. As I move up to the door, I wanna stay at least one arm's length away from the door. Just like we did when we're using cover. So up here I have worse angles. Right now I could see 15 to 20% of the room already. It's already clear. I know nobody's in that corner. The scream or the bang that we heard, whatever we heard to make us move through this room, is off to the right, in this scenario. So I'm worried about the door, but I'm not as worried as what could be on the right-hand side of this room. Moving. Move. As I come in, I'm staying away, using the angles, the cover, to my advantage. Coming through here, I can see 50% of the room already. 50% of the room is clear. So what I'm worried about is the area off to the right. I don't have eyes on, John's still covering rear. So I'm gonna turn the corner and John's gonna come with me. Moving. Move. Check out more videos just like this one, at the Personal Defense Network.