I have read that the Tueller drill has been expanded to 30 feet in some training scenarios ?
Movement and cover buys more time if the attacker INDEED comes from 20-30 feet
But
How many attacks start at that distance ?
Tueller applies this rule to an Officer facing a person with a knife.
I tell people I train that it applies to all people with any weapon or empty hand against all people with any weapon or empty hand .
If the attacker is close anything can happen and any thing can and will come into play.
so always be careful,diligent and ready to Act / React.
I run drills with a victim carrying a folder in his/her pocket and a person with a weapon,any weapon (except a firearm),charges with the weapon out and at the ready,now draw your folder from your pocket,deploy it and use it.
This problem as Tueller presents it,(to me) actually carries into all weapons use at 20-30 feet to much closer ranges.
Train to move at any time in the confrontation.
Train to step off and close the gap at an angle,when in real close, to afford you targets and remove the opponents targets and ability to use a weapon.
Learn to control an opponent with distance and time,(if and when available).
Learn to control an opponent with hands and movement,these are the only way to buy time to employ empty hands to weapons (to include a fire arm) and REACT to an Action made by an Opponent.
As far as shooting an attacker employ movement and just hit them and keep hitting them with rounds till they bleed out and drop.
If you are going to aim for targets like pelvis,head,legs arms,hands you are wasting time trying to aim at specifics rather than sticking the weapon straight out from your center and hitting the attackers body in general.
Just train against all distances,situations ,weapons,find the truth and ways to make surviving work.
