Training Bite: Scanning For Additional Threats
Statistically it is very common to have to deal with multiple threats in a self defense situation, and in many classes this is not only acknowledged, but practiced. One common […]
Training Bite: Developing Speed Safely
In any armed confrontation with an attacker there are many factors that determine whether or not the potential victim will survive, the most important of which is shot placement. Regardless […]
Your Wife Does Not Need A Revolver
Too often I hear guys shopping with their wives for guns, making statements like “if you can’t get them in 5 rounds you might as well give up”, or “all […]
Can We Really “Train Like We Fight”?
We hear the phrase “Train like you fight” all over in firearms training, and it is supposed to mean we should be training in the manner we intend to fight…pretty […]
“Be Like Water”…Training To Be Situation Independent
“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you […]
How Good Is “Good Enough”
Saving your practice targets is a great idea…it helps you track progress and patterns with your shooting and documents your journey and development as a shooter, while also helping to […]
What’s All The Hype About Pistol Optics…And Why You Need One
There has been a lot of talk lately about “Pistol Red Dots” as they are commonly called, and they are showing up on the ranges, in competitions, and in the […]
The Night Before Training
So I am sitting here in a hotel the night before a 2 day Master Defensive Pistol program with an instructor I have been wanting to train with for close […]
The Training House of Cards
All too often I work with people who have been through a class somewhere that taught them what I would consider to be more advanced techniques, yet they are struggling […]
Training Bite: How Far Away Should I Practice?
When we see people at a range practicing there is seldom consistency in the distance they are shooting. What we see more often than not, particularly at indoor ranges where […]