Archive for the ‘Learning’ Category
Saturday, September 4th, 2010
Tom Jones has finished the first week of his 365 Days of Training. Quite a week it's been, starting with a pre-test to set a skill baseline using the F.A.S.T., IDPA Classifier, and Hackathorn Standards; then two days of Aim Fast, Hit Fast; followed by a dedicated bullseye session and ...
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Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Even wonder what happens when a former Top Gun instructor turns his attention to practical pistol/CCW skills?
Pk14 from FirearmsTrainingAndTactics.com has begun what will be a multi-part discussion of how he has taken his professional training as both a pilot and instructor and applied it to his personal approach towards mastering ...
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Thursday, August 19th, 2010
From Caleb at Gun Nuts Media:
Speed in a vacuum isn’t necessarily that valuable, but speed in action when combined with the will to defend yourself and the skill to act allows you to change the fight dynamic in your favor. Simply “being aware” isn’t enough. It doesn’t matter if you ...
Posted in Learning, Teaching | 16 Comments »
Friday, August 13th, 2010
"There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but some are quicker than others."
Becoming a better shooter involves a great number of things. You have to learn proper technique. You have to cultivate a good mindset. You need to practice. Do all those things and over time, ...
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Monday, August 9th, 2010
For those who may have missed out on the August class mentioned here at pistol-training.com last month, Ernest Langdon has decided to schedule another for 25-26 September. For more details, contact Terri at langdon93@cox.net.
Trust me, this is a class you should not miss!
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Cheaper Than Dirt recently began promoting itself through a blog called The Shooter's Log. Earlier this week, they published an outstanding interview with Dave Sevigny (who is famous for being a F.A.S.T. coin holder and maybe winning a few dozen other things, too). Read it all here.
Train hard & stay ...
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Friday, July 9th, 2010
In a new article titled Where to Start, pistol-training.com contributor TCinVA offers some tips on how, when, and where to choose your first formal training experience. That first class is a genuine tipping point for most folks, and finding the right instructor or school to match your needs is just the ...
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Thursday, July 8th, 2010
This may be considered Not Safe For Work for some, but there's no blood or gore.
Chinese policewoman shoots and kills hostage-taker. (from Liveleak.com)
She flinches. She turns her head away as she fires the shot. I'm willing to bet her trigger control wasn't going to earn her Distinguished Expert, either. But ...
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Thursday, July 1st, 2010
Few people in the firearms industry can claim the kind of background that Larry Vickers has.
No, scratch that. Absolutely no one in the industry can claim the kind of background Larry Vickers has. Larry is:
a highly respected retired member of the U.S.'s most elite military counterterrorism unit, 1st Special Forces ...
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Reader JodyH offers up a new drill, 1-2-R-3, based on the same target used for 3-Two-1. Increasing the utility of that target is a great thing. Thanks to Jody for allowing us to add it to the Drills page!
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
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Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
Copied verbatim and completely without permission from my friend Failure2Stop on M4Carbine.net:
The faster the sights are level in front of the eyes, the faster you will be able to make an aimed hit. So, if the need for a visual index exists, I want to draw my gun straight up to ...
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
My good friend The_Katar (Jay) has posted some very good advice on dry fire practice. While some people are religious about their devotion to dry fire, most of us -- myself included -- don't do it nearly enough. Jay spells out a simple set of drills you can do to ...
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Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Talking with joshs this evening, the issue of follow through came up. We agreed that like many aspects of handgun training, a lot of people talk about follow through but most don't really understand it.
For example, many shooters (and too many instructors) will tell you that follow through is the ...
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
Caleb over at Gun Nuts Radio announced he is having one of my all-time favorite shooting personalities as a guest tonight. And according to Tam over at View From the Porch, said guest is also "fast like a ninja." How could you not listen?
Check it out at Gun Nuts Radio ...
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Thursday, April 15th, 2010
Another "I was at the range last night and..." report:
Guy #1 is someone I've seen at the range literally a dozen times and who has asked me repeatedly for advice and tips. My advice has always been to take a private lesson from any of the two dozen instructors whose ...
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Monday, April 12th, 2010
It never ceases to amaze me how many shooters will spend beaucoup money on tactical super-retention thigh holsters and war belts and plate carriers and dump pouches and so forth... when they work in an office building and never put any of that stuff on outside of a training venue. ...
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
Two more drills have been added to the Drills Page.
The first drill, by popular demand from the Speed Kills students last weekend, is 3-Two-1. To be honest, it's something I threw together rather haphazardly but so many people asked me to email them a copy of the target, it seemed ...
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
"Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast."
Sorry, but I hate that line. Slow is not fast. At a certain point, speed comes from working at speed, not working to be smoother. Smooth is not fast. Smooth is smooth.
It's true that if you're not smooth you are probably not fast. But that doesn't mean ...
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
This morning, I received word from a club that after reviewing my class syllabus and description of how I run classes & drills they are declining to host an Aim Fast, Hit Fast class at their location.
The point of contention was my insistence on running a hot range. First and ...
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
I've had the distinct honor over the past seven years of working with the Federal Air Marshal Service in various endeavors and have always bragged on their outstanding firearms training program. When you think about it, the primary job of a FAM is to sit quietly until he needs to ...
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