Last week, I was fortunate enough to get to train with Bill Rapier again. For those that may not know, Rapier is a retired Nayy SEAL and the owner and lead instructor of Amercian Tactical Shooting Instruction, LLC. Back in 2017, both Robert and I attended his Integrated Combatives course in Pennsylvania. I didn’t make […]
This past weekend, I made the long trek out to Arizona to attend Rob Haught’s “Shotgun Skills” course. This was one of those grail classes for me… I don’t remember exactly how I became aware of Rob Haught and his push-pull shooting technique (probably either from reading his article in Surefire’s “Combat Tactics” or perhaps […]
Regular readers of this blog have seen, over the last two years, how John and I have written more and more “shotgun articles”. We have both been enjoying an increasing interest in the “scattergun” over that time, leading to articles about shotgun modifications, buckshot reviews and patterning, and reviews of some classes we have taken […]
Since I began training in earnest back in 2013, I have made it a point to take at least one dedicated handgun class per year. A look back at my AARs will reveal such classes with Steve Fisher, Tom Perroni, Jeff Gonzales, Kyle Defoor, John McPhee, John Murphy, Tom Givens, and Darryl Bolke. After having […]
As discussed by Robert in his own extensive AAR, he and I recently took the opportunity to travel to Alliance, OH to take Will Petty’s VCQB class. In addition to Petty, we also had Chase Jenkins of Talon Defense on the range teaching, as he has recently joined the cadre of Centrifuge Training instructors. I don’t […]
I first became aware of Will Petty’s Vehicle Close Quarters Battle (VCQB) course back in 2015. Honestly, it was not really on my radar as a potential class to take at that point. I had assumed (DANGER DANGER!) that it was a course geared more towards police officers working patrol scenarios rather than something applicable […]
This past weekend, I made the trek down to Culpeper, VA to attend “Contextual Handgun: The Armed Parent/Guardian,” offered by Citizens Defense Research, and hosted by John Murphy of FPF Training. This class had been on my radar for quite some time, so when I saw that it was offered within driving distance, I made […]
In this article I wrote back in January, I mentioned how some of my training may start moving in new directions. The differences may turn out to be subtle, but they exist. At the time I wrote that article, my training plans for the year had not yet been fully formulated. This was partly due […]
As Robert mentioned in Part 1, last weekend, I was able to attend the annual Rangemaster Tactical Conference, held at the NOLATAC Training Center just outside of New Orleans, LA. Despite the crappy weather and hotel screw ups, I’m always happy to go down south, especially considering that my father was born and raised in […]
I attended my first Rangemaster Tactical Conference (TacCon for short) in 2017. I skipped last year’s conference for a variety of reasons, but was eager to get back this year and so registered quite early (I registered March 28th, 2018!). John attended with me and has shared his thoughts here. This year’s conference was held […]
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