Blessed by my bosses with the Friday before Christmas off (odd, considering Christmas was on a Tuesday this year), I decided to treat myself to the Friday half of a Friday-Saturday IDPA match. As it happened, heavy rain for more than 24 hours prior, and more predicted rain for the Friday I would be attending, […]
I must admit that I have been intrigued with the advent, over the last few years, of appendix inside the waistband (AIWB) holsters that incorporate some sort of magazine carrier, either integral or one that attaches. The idea has appealed to me for two reasons. First, the concept of an all-in-one, grab-and-go package sounded good […]
I really did not think I would be shooting another match this year, but a friend asked me if I would be shooting this particular match and, if so, if I’d like to carpool, so I said what the heck? By Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend, I figured I could use a break from everyone at […]
It has reached the point in the training industry where there is no shortage of “Combative Handgun” or “Carbine Operator” courses. Indeed, I often have to make hard decisions between different such courses offered. However, there are not many instructors out there, in my experience, who choose to offer different things that would probably prove […]
Ever since I had a very positive experience with Green Ops in the spring of 2017, I had been eager to take another course with them. I was most interested in following up the Carbine I course I had taken with, naturally, Carbine II, but was unable to make it later in 2017. I believe […]
This past weekend I was able to once again get away for a few hours and shoot my third IDPA match of the year (fourth match overall…I shot a carbine match and two prior IDPA matches, here and here). Much like the last match in which I participated, this was a fun, challenging match with […]
About two-and-a-half years ago I wrote an article for the blog entitled “The Dangers of Inbreeding”. In it, I outlined the “dangers” inherent in training with only one instructor/company. A few days ago I was surfing the web and came across some folks who clearly did not read that article (Why would they? They are […]
