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 […]
It has been quite some time since I did a “media review” for the blog. Indeed, the only one I ever did was this one featuring Pat McNamara. One could argue that my training journey began with the Magpul “Art of the _____” DVDs released back in the 2008-2009 time-frame. While I had had friends […]
This past week, I spent some time working on my concealed draw at the range. As I mentioned in a recent AAR, lately I’ve been practicing the draw as taught by Mike Seeklander. He teaches a one handed draw that can basically be described as drawing a large circle around the gun. The strong hand […]
Ten months ago I wrote an article entitled Shooting the FBI Handgun Qualification. In that article, I outlined some reasons for shooting law enforcement—in particular the FBI—qualifications. I also described the course of fire, which consisted of 60 rounds fired over 15 stages shot from 3 yards out to 25 yards. The course incorporated one […]
One of the side benefits of taking classes is the opportunity that sometimes presents itself to sample someone else’s gear. Students show up to classes with all sort of gear—some good, some not so good—and I have found members of the community in such venues to be very open and accommodating when it comes to […]
