Today’s Prepared To Defend Drill Of The Day is… Back OFF. This drill represents an encounter that has started off very close and teaches you to create distance while engaging the threat. This distance is not only important to get us away from an attacker but if you are using a Byrna Max or Byrna Pepper round it also assures that you will be outside of the affected cloud of chemical agent.

Since the vast majority of real-world encounters will start between 3 and 5 feet, we are going to start this drill just out of arms reach from the target. As you begin the drill, start by backing straight up to create as much distance as you can from the target while simultaneously drawing your Bryna from your normal carry position. After we draw and present the Byrna we are going to fire three rounds from our 5 round magazine and then re-assess our target.

The key to this drill is to keep moving through the entire iteration until you have created at least a 20’ gap from the target. Once you are able to move continuously through the drill and make solid hits, you can begin picking up the pace. You can also increase the difficulty by putting yourself on a shot timer seeing how fast you can both create that distance AND make accurate hits.