TECHNIQUE and BIOMECHANICS in CQB
Based on what we have said so far, let’s try to understand how we have to build Technique and Biomechanics aimed at CQB.
As we said in the first part of this article, in order for an individual to be able to apply in CQB he must have a solid base of the fundamentals of shooting and mechanical firearm manipulation, otherwise he will never be able to be effective.
To build an effective Technique I have to build an effective biomechanics, but for this to be such I must necessarily build it according to the application in an artificial three-dimensional environment.
The first step I have to take is to scan the subject and sew on him a biomechanics that is functional to his characteristics and abilities.
Since it is a CQB Single Man in the civil field, the reference firearm will be the pistol but at 75% of the didactic matrix it will also be applicable to the rifle.
First of all I will have to separate the work by dividing it between Upper Body and Lower Body:
Upper Body (from the waist to the head): the arms and hands will build a “barbell” that will have the task of managing the firearm according to the space. This barbell will lengthen and shorten according to the environment and the micro-context. I will also need the barbell to have an inertial booster with which to perform some quick and emergency movements or shifts. The firearm will always and without exception be handled in an area between the tip of the nose and the upper part of the sternum, I will never go lower than my sternum. Will be borne by the upper body, twists, rotations and extroversions.
Lower Body (from the waist to the feet): the lower is responsible for mobility, stability, dynamics and explosiveness. My lower stance will be very similar to that applied by a boxer but contrary to what we normally apply in the shooting range when we shoot, the torso will be set back and to compensate for the displacement of the center of gravity axis, the hips, pelvis and legs will have to absorb the variation. I need this to create distance with the walls and with the vertical environment in general. The feet are the absolute focus, good footwork is 75% of the biomechanics of the lower body in CQB.
Displacements: The displacements will be mainly short and the speed extremely variable according to the needs and the environment. The problem is that the displacements may require continuous changes of the center of gravity axis and of the hips / pelvis / feet depending on the vertical and horizontal environment. The feet will be our strength and compensation. There may be displacements of even a few centimeters that will require great explosiveness and control.
Rotations: We will have to learn to synchronize opposing rotations on 3 different axes: head, torso, legs, we will have to learn to make them work separately and in disjoint form, but always synchronized with each other. we will use the legs to compensate for the inertia of the rotations, especially if explosive or rapid, which otherwise could induce the “Drift” problem, thus generating a target override
Cognitive: If you think that the physical part, biomechanics applied to the environment is difficult, you are wrong because the cognitive part is by far the most complex to acquire and the most complex during the application phase.
The cognitive interaction with the environment that our brain will have to sustain will be very high, this means enormous information flows to be processed in real time, multisensory stimuli, continuous motor patterns of compensation to the vertical and horizontal environment (mainly borne by the cerebellum) , cognitive analysis of space in real time and creation of new cognitive response patterns.
The amygdala will perform a very important function by recalling previously addressed schemes (training or real context), this to list only some of the functions.
However, our brain will have to face its worst demon: the Stress Stroke and the related pathologies, for our cognitive system to work, we should train our brain to withstand high levels of stress while maintaining a high level of cognitive reactivity.
Breathing: this is really a fundamental parameter and must be managed in an absolutely functional and strategic way because we will have with absolute certainty an alteration of the breathing cycle and this will automatically create an alteration of the oxygen cycle and therefore we will often find ourselves at the threshold of hypoxia (more likely) or hyperoxia (less likely). Both combined with the high level of stress would create a motor and above all cognitive alteration at a systemic level that would drastically affect our performances.
End of part 2
