Training
Carrying a concealed firearm involves building and maintaining a wide variety of shooting and tactical skills. From basic handgun training to more advanced shooting practice, we'll help you stay sharp.
Why NOT .22 LR For Self-Defense?
The most abundant of the sub-calibers is .22 LR, but instead of the obvious question of ".22 LR for self-defense,"...the...
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Laser Training Systems: Pros and Cons
Step into the world of laser training systems, where honing your shooting skills is now more convenient than ever. In...
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July ’23 Drill of the Month: The X Drill
One of the more challenging parts of shooting a pistol well is transitioning from target to target quickly while maintaining...
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June ’23 Drill of the Month: Immediate Incapacitation
This month’s drill is especially relevant to a realistic defensive skillset. In the shooting discipline, we tend to equate small...
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Everyday Lessons from Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT)
What is HEAT? Hostile Environment Awareness Training, or HEAT, is provided to persons who are being fielded internationally to high-risk...
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Live, Practice, and Compete from Concealment
There are over twenty million issued carry permits now in the United States, and bear in mind that this is...
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Strategies for Dealing with Aggressive Street People
Sadly, the epidemic of homelessness in this nation has increased, substantially, in the past few decades, for a variety of...
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Rolling Thunder: The Classic Shotgun Drill
If you go to many shotgun classes, you will eventually come across a drill called Rolling Thunder. Since shotguns require...
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Pain is Temporary, Death is Forever: Cultivating Mental Resilience in Violent Encounters
Tony was a former British Royal Marine who had served on South Georgia Island during the 1982 Falkland Islands War....
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AAR: Symtac Consulting’s Shotgun Skills
If you have run in defensive shotgun circles for very long, you have probably heard the name, Rob Haught. If...
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An Object Lesson in Situational Awareness
Kandahar, Afghanistan April 2010 All is Well Kandahar is the second largest city in Afghanistan. It was always known as...
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May ’23 Drill of the Month: Single-Hand Draw to Three
This month I offer a drill that is not among the cannon of established shooting drills, but it is an...
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