Training Goals
As this year winds down and another is on the horizon, it’s time to review my self-improvement goals from last year and what I want to do next year. Goal #1: FitnessSemi-fail. Didn’t get better, didn’t get worse. It’s becoming…
As this year winds down and another is on the horizon, it’s time to review my self-improvement goals from last year and what I want to do next year. Goal #1: FitnessSemi-fail. Didn’t get better, didn’t get worse. It’s becoming…
There are two words you rarely hear in firearms training, and both of them begin with the letter F. The first word is fear. Let’s be honest, the reason why people get firearms training is because they are afraid there…
A comment on this Facebook post got me thinking... I've taken ECQC from Craig Douglas and John Murphy's Street Encounter Skills class. Both are terrific classes and both place an emphasis on a multi-spectral response to potentially dangerous situations. A…
The second class in the Pistol Technique Tuneup series, each of which concentrates on just one aspect of the concealed carry lifestyle. The first class, The Concealed Carry Draw, was all about getting your gun into play as quickly and…
Claude Werner, aka The Tactical Professor, has been a bit of guru for me. Other firearms instructors wander off in search of more refined, more esoteric drills that are shot with customized "everyday carry" guns that a) cost upwards of…
I noticed this morning that there's a rather huge gap in the firearms training world. As an armed citizen, I can take room clearing and home defense and CQB classes from any number of sources. Which is fine, but most…
Greg and Tam both talk about how the pistol skills of "the average gun owner" compares to what cops can do. So how good is the average cop? He or she is likely much better than the average CCW permit…
I was fortunate enough to go to Gunsite last year, a month or two before the world came crashing to a halt. My class was fairly large (about 20 people) and I had a blast. Everything we know about firearms…
Over the last year, three things have become very self-evident: Ammo can be found, but even so, it's more expensive than it was in 2019 Traveling anything more than a few miles from home is a royal pain People want…
I hang out with a fair number of high-level instructors and shooters and writers and the like, and I am DEFINITELY the Junior Member in that sort of company. It's not uncommon for one of that group to post something…