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 […]
“Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.” I’m not sure who first coined that phrase, but he or she was only right about half the time. For I know from first-hand experience that if you want to get really good at something, try teaching it. Once you have a room of students asking every […]
Recently, I had a conversation with a gun owning friend that I think of as being a “typical” gun owner. He has no specific training, but goes to the range on occasion and is safety conscious. However, he doesn’t carry, and in fact does not yet even own a holster. I mentioned (again) the need […]
Please read all of what follows while keeping in mind the mission of the Civiliangunfighter blog as outlined in this first post we made over 18 months ago. Several months ago I wrote an article describing how to take classes with a critical eye. When techniques that are taught are questionable due to reasons of inefficiency or […]
I enjoy the brief “American Gunfighter” videos. I have seen them all, regarding some as better than others, but Episode 7 really resonated with me. For those of you who are not familiar with these brief videos or perhaps missed this one: I think it is only natural, after viewing a video like this, to stop […]
Readers cannot necessarily make assumptions about how much I like or value an instructor or his work if I have only taken one course with that instructor. It might be that I never plan to take another, or it could be that I just have not YET taken another class with that instructor. However, with […]
One good thing about working on the blog with John for the last year has been the opportunity to meet some cool people. Because of my involvement with the blog and my presence on a local firearms forum, John Murphy of FPF Training reached out to me in late 2015 and invited me to take […]
My previous article on instructor pedigrees stimulated at least a little discussion here on the blog, on Facebook, and between John and me. I had a few thoughts as it relates to this topic that I did not address in the first article, so I thought our readers might appreciate my sharing. Beware of Talent Whether […]
I hope it is not getting tedious for our followers to read of my IDPA matches. I am including brief write-ups here on the blog for a number of reasons: To describe what shooting in such a match is like, especially for newer shooters who may be interested, but hesitant; To disclose more about my […]
This is a topic that comes up fairly often in the online forums and social media, and a recent “version” of this discussion spurred a chat between John and I. Given how often it comes up, I thought it worthy of a blog post. Typical Pedigrees In my mind and experience, the pedigrees of firearms […]
