Airsoft prepares Taiwanese for 2022 IDPA National Championship

In a nation where threats of war constantly loom on the horizon, where official diplomacy with other nations is throttled and pushed in a corner, and where its citizens want nothing but to keep their way of life and universal values, what a civilian can do in an event of war has become a pressing discussion in Taiwanese society today.
This is a story of four Taiwanese civilians competing in 2022 IDPA National Championship in Colorado, USA, by training with Airsoft at home in Taiwan.
當台灣國旗在美國領土飄揚，這是個四位台灣民間射手的勵志故事：以氣槍(Airsoft)為練習工具赴美參加國際防衛手槍協會(IDPA)最高殿堂的國家盃賽事並獲取佳績的歷程。
「我們要的國防是否每個人都得拿著槍上戰場，我不這麼認為，可能他是一個工程師，他可以做好非常棒的事情，勝過他拿槍；但是如果他不知道用槍的危險，這會帶來更多的災難... 我們已經是個民主自由的國家...我覺得可以讓民眾多一點學習去了解他可能以後會面臨的危險，我覺得射擊運動是個好的開始。」IDPA Taiwan的Max 說道。
Timestamps/
00:00 Intro
00:52 Taiwan Airsoft
01:41 IDPA Taiwan
02:00 2022 IDPA National Championship
02:27 Story Begins
03:11 Shooter: 葉建廷
04:12 Shooter: 沈志亮
05:20 Instructor: Frank Xu
06:11 Shooter: 鄭嘉華
06:58 Shooter: 王茂榛
08:15 COVID Infection
09:44 Keep Training
11:19 D-Day
12:15 Competition Starts
14:26 Touching moment: Raising Taiwan’s National Flag
15:34 Competition Results
16:32 Back to Taiwan
18:15 Post-credits Scenes
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[@FrankXuFranktheTank]

大家都很棒！很高興能夠幫助台灣隊！

[@user-gs5jx3nh3z]

回味這一切 真是太感動了

[@TaiwanNewsEN]

我們也很榮幸見證

[@magawapa]

今天參加新訓後，現在看這個影片 發現台灣有一群好棒的人

[@AtlasArmsResearch]

This was fascinating to watch as an American in the real firearms industry with an interest in airsoft.

[@AndrewTooyak]

Beautiful story.

[@TheSideArms]

Nicely done

[@FrankXuFranktheTank]

我要提醒大家，雖然是美國國家盃。影片看起來只有台灣國旗。但是也有其他國家的選手來參加唷。迦納，南非，阿根廷等

[@vioo0412]

感謝TAIWAN NEWS的支持

[@sthsu7478]

把整個比賽活動拍成記錄片，夠水準！很棒！很有價值哦！

[@TaiwanNewsEN]

也是我們的榮幸

[@capseorg]

Saludos desde México 🇲🇽 !!! En donde podemos consultar las medidas oficiales de los IDPA Targets para airsoft? Gracias de antemano. Saludos!!!

[@soldierboyUSA26]

CONGRATULATIONS TAIWAN AIRSOFT - LIVE FIREARM IDPA CHAMPIONS!!! THE FUTURE OF TAIWAN DEFENSE.❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🇹🇼🇺🇲❤❤❤

[@howar31]

這影片拍的真好

[@TaiwanNewsEN]

謝謝您的支持！

[@saymeme]

VFC超厲害的

[@Spark0814]

真的很棒。

[@WEICHYU]

厲害

[@user-qr1bf8qj5d]

軍隊還是要現代化實戰訓練啦, 才不用在戰場上用人命換經驗. 實彈靶場也要多開一點, 費用平價一點, 讓大家可以多練習熟悉武器. 當然也會有點不好方面的影響出來, 但大體上還是有益的.

[@林睿程]

台灣之光！

[@user-uh7mu4bf6w]

支持

[@sokaflyrover]

當我知道我們台灣 也能參加國際殿堂的比賽 我也帶我身邊的朋友 一起參加IDPA的新進射手的課程

[@willywonka4340]

I competed in NRA Action pistol championship, AKA The Bianchi Cup, 2 years in a row- from 1996 to 1997. Though I have dual citizenships, I chose to compete as the sole entry from Taiwan. It was interesting that the flag flown at the range 😊wasn't the CCP ass-kissing Chinese Taipei flags. Hey, wasn't me who picked the flags, the match organizers did 😂

[@ccjh00341]

然而基層警方一直想盡辦法要搞我們氣槍玩家 全民國防 ㄏ

[@kirandilraj3324]

Unfortunately, instead of using airsoft to prepare Taiwan; the government and police seem to be hell-bent on killing the local airsoft industry (largest in the world?). Rules and laws that are put forward generally aren't thought of thoroughly. An example is the assumption that any airsoft gun can be made into a live fire gun. Not exactly an easy, safe or straightforward process, but using such rational logic isn't something they seem to want to do. The industry is try to push back, but seems that the government will implement laws regardless.

[@user-uh8jw8vr9b]

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