One would have thought, with the hundreds of hours of training that I have now accrued, that I would have taken several classes more than once. Honestly, I had to go through my AARs to confirm that I had never done so. Well it WAS true…until now. And how fitting it is that the first […]
Since I started shooting competitively in 2016, the articles I have written outlining each match have been some of our least read articles. I get it. READING about a match is not as interesting as participating or even watching one. So I thought this year I would just do a “wrap-up” article on my performance […]
My year with Kelly McCann (see reviews of my prior classes with him here, here, here, and here) continued a couple of weekends ago when I took his defensive handgun class. In my other (and future) coursework with Kelly I have been focused on physical violence of the up-close-and-personal variety. Really liking Kelly and how […]
I must confess that I was pleasantly surprised by the reception we received from my first article on this topic. Having top-tier instructors like Cecil Burch and Spencer Keepers comment right here on the blog, and also having the article shared by other top instructors like Karl Rehn and Greg Ellifritz, meant a lot to […]
I am not sure if this will become a regular series on this blog, but this article will connect with at least a couple of others already on the blog. While my last vindication article was all about why I choose not to carry a firearm at work (or some other places), this article will […]
Nearly three-fourths of the way through the calendar year, things have been going okay for me. I have taken 3 classes (see here, here, and here), shot in five matches (I have not written them up…..they are some of our least-read articles), continued to shoot as a member of the training group I joined back […]
John and I have taken at least a little flak over the years for not putting our full names, photos, videos, etc., out there. I have personally taken some flak (including in some comments right here on this site) for admitting that I do not “always” carry a gun. One recent event shared by a […]
This year makes the fourth time that I’ve attended the annual Rangemaster Tactical Conference (Tac-Con for short). I honestly wasn’t sure if I was going to go this year, although I had purchased a ticket when they first became available. The stress and time commitment of my recent job change have taken their toll, and […]
This was the second of four courses I plan to take with Kelly McCann this year. Hopefully, our readers have by now read the review I wrote of the ASP/Stickfighting clinic, where I outlined my rationale for wanting to train with Kelly in these areas. The Defensive Knife clinic shared a lot of similarities with […]
I’m late to the party with this brief post, but I thought it was worth penning nonetheless. Despite the fact that I say a prayer with my children every night before bed and also before flying, scuba diving, or climbing on a motorcycle, I consider myself a relatively secular agnostic. My wife, however, is a […]
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