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It’s funny to read all the posts out there about why you should train with both your eyes open. For the most part, they all have good points and they're all valid. “You can see more with 2 eyes, better depth perception, you can move faster, and the list goes on.
The main point that just about everyone misses is the moment we encounter our first threat situation our brain is GOING TO FORCE both our eyes to remain open during our fight (or flight for some) due to stress. Your brain is telling your body “I’m in survival mode and I need to change things to ensure I survive.” Unless you’re David Copperfield and you can control the chemical reactions that take place in your body during this stress encounter, it’s going to happen. Other things are going to happen as well, including narrowing of vision, loss of fine motor skills, and loss of memory. Hence the reason our training includes repetition after repetition of getting your firearm out of the holster and on target - so it's automatic. Therefore, we must train that way. Everything we can do to train for a real-world threat experience we must do. I’m a big believer in telling my students what the goals are first so they can understand why we do the things we do.
There certainly are big advantages to keeping both eyes open for the modern soldier, including optic blockages, firearm transitions and increase field of view which are necessary skills to have as you advance your skill bucket. But for most of us, we should be focused on what we lose and what will change, and train for that day we hope never comes.