Al Thompson
Staff Alumnus
Saying good sight did not exist years ago is simply wrong.
Nobody said good sights didn't exist, but rather they weren't anywhere but on a custom handgun. Trainers in that age knew that the S&W or Colt their students would get issued had horrible sights that (as you note) would not work in "a trench warfare, the jungle, an alley". Luckily, now we do.
As time is taken with this drill, would not stepping forward be a safer conclusion, as in going immediately to hands on, deflecting, disarming?
Seems that as we use and evaluate "Force on Force" training, tying your opponent up prior to accessing your on weapons seems to make sense.