Quote Originally Posted by Gunservant View Post
I recognise the benefits of unarmed combat skills, but personally it comes down to prioritization for me:
I don't have a lot of time on my hands: I work full-time plus studying after hours (and I'm married , which comes with its own responsibilities), so I really have to choose carefully what I am going to focus on. Personally it makes more sense for me to spend the scarce free time I have mastering handgun techniques and drills, as opposed to trying to squeeze unarmed combatives in there too. My EDC handgun is afterall what I consider my primary weapon, and I am paranoid about maintaining (if not improving) my proficiency with it.

Perhaps I'm looking at this wrong, but then again that is what a forum is for: debate.
Ah a new member, from SA no less... Welcome.
My point of contention with your post is simple- what do you do when a threat disarms you, or puts you into a position where you are physically unable to draw your weapon? I'm a big advocate of training in all aspects of EDC, and one of those is self defense without a weapon. There are several disciplines that teach disarming techniques that can be easily attained for anyone with the desire to- I personally improve my current LE training with Krav Maga, but other mixed martial arts gyms teach various techniques that once you get the basics and fundamentals down are easy to continue learning and begin to introduce into muscle memory (as Foxtrot so eloquently put it). Until training becomes an instinctive reaction, keep going. And then when it is instinctive, keep training. Many things, like shooting, driving, and hand-to-hand are perishable skills.