In Defense of the Traditional Double Action
The mere title of this post makes me sad. I have come to accept, begrudgingly, that we live in a world where the perception “one…
Category: Teaching
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Are You Too Cool for School?
In the comments section of the recent “Lamentations and Hope” post, my friend nyeti said something that really resonated with me: Up until recently we were taking…
Relays
Over the past few months I’ve received emails from three different students about a safety issue that is becoming more prevalent in classes from big…
The Goldilocks Zone
A buddy sent me a link to an article by an instructor that could be summed up as follows: anyone who shoots slower than me…
ToddG on Ballistic Radio Sunday 27-Oct
I’ll be the guest on 55KRC’s Ballistic Radio again this Sunday night. The show is hosted by pistol-forum.com regular J.M. “Sparks2112” Johnston. You can listen live via the…
Should Training Be Legislated?
The topic of mandatory training for Concealed Carry licenses has popped up online quite a bit over the past two weeks. My home state of…
Spreading Lies
An interesting conversation on pistol-forum.com over the past few days raised the specter of “too accurate” as it is being taught at some fairly high…
Great Minds…
Kathy “Cornered Cat” Jackson, Can I Teach That? at the Scratching Post MAC from the Military Arms Channel Blog The Bang Switch, The Fading 40 Caleb talks about How…
FOF: Pros and Cons, Part 1
Back in August 2012 I wrote an article called Competition: Pros and Cons. Today, it is followed up by a similar discussion about another oft-debated aspect…
Prerequisites
A thread over at pistol-forum about class prerequisites has been bouncing around in my head for a while and I wanted to talk about it in…