{"id":9418,"date":"2026-10-05T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=9418"},"modified":"2026-10-03T12:17:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T16:17:47","slug":"should-you-always-get-off-the-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/should-you-always-get-off-the-x\/","title":{"rendered":"SHOULD YOU ALWAYS \u201cGET OFF THE X\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In armed self-defense training, \u201cget off the X\u201d means don\u2019t be standing still in a gunfight. The theory is that a static target is easier for your opponent to hit. True enough, but the totality of the circumstances is sometimes such that \u201cstanding your ground\u201d and shooting from a solid stance is the defender\u2019s best bet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I discuss that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thearmorylife.com\/get-off-the-x-massad-ayoob\/\">here<\/a> on Springfield Armory\u2019s channel. They have it set up so you can read it or listen to it.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your thoughts, as always, are solicited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In armed self-defense training, \u201cget off the X\u201d means don\u2019t be standing still in a gunfight. The theory is that a static target is easier for your opponent to hit. True enough, but the totality of the circumstances is sometimes such that \u201cstanding your ground\u201d and shooting from a solid stance is the defender\u2019s best [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9421,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9418\/revisions\/9421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}