{"id":7827,"date":"2013-12-06T14:13:46","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T14:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramworks.net\/blog\/?p=7827"},"modified":"2014-12-19T18:12:40","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T18:12:40","slug":"the-head-wag-also-known-as-the-tactard-nod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/the-head-wag-also-known-as-the-tactard-nod\/","title":{"rendered":"The Head Wag also known as the Tactard Nod"},"content":{"rendered":"

HERE<\/a> is my original article on scanning from June 2011. This senseless head wagging is a pet peeve of mine and no where have I seen it more aptly demonstrated than in this Ninja video. After a lifetime of firearms training and countless trips to Gunsite, I just don’t think I can turn my head from side to side this fast, even if I knew Kate Upton<\/a> was standing off to the side. Course, if she \"KU\"<\/a>was there I would not look away so quickly! Check out MY ARTICLE<\/a> and then watch the video.<\/p>\n

Maybe this was best addressed by Karl who commented, “Amen to the goofiness of this \u201cI\u2019m more tactical than you\u201d dance.”<\/p>\n

For your morning laugh….(The video below has been removed by what I assume was some embarrassed shooters. You can read a related article HERE.<\/a>)<\/p>\n


\nThanks again to Sheriff Jim Wilson<\/a> for sharing an entertaining video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HERE is my original article on scanning from June 2011. This senseless head wagging is a pet peeve of mine and no where have I seen it more aptly demonstrated than in this Ninja video. After a lifetime of firearms training and countless trips to Gunsite, I just don’t think I can turn my head from side to side this fast, even …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[138,366,367],"class_list":["post-7827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-firearms-training","tag-goofy-gun-stuff","tag-scanning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hujZ-22f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11917,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/win-a-trip-to-gunsite-academy\/","url_meta":{"origin":7827,"position":0},"title":"Win a trip to Gunsite Academy","author":"gunwriter","date":"August 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Not too long ago I helped Crimson Trace set up a training course with Gunsite Academy. 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