Teaching in Pittsburgh
pistol-training.com will be holding its first open-to-the-public class in Pittsburgh, 9-10 August, called Aim Fast, Hit Fast. Click here for details on what will be taught,…
Category: Teaching
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Come on, seriously?
We’ve all seen some wild stuff at the range. The photo, left, was taken in 2006 at Ken Hackathorn’s 60th Birthday “Party” match, of a…
New Contest: Design a Drill of the Week
As the number of subscribers and participants at pistol-training.com continues to grow, we realize there is a huge resource of ideas that goes untapped. In order…
Doh!
Day 2 at the Rogers Shooting School Intermediate/Advanced Pistol Class and we’re down to nine students. It seems that one gentleman, who’d traveled halfway down…
Pay Attention!
Sometimes, being at the range is really frustrating. Last night, I saw two different instructors teaching new shooters and both instructors were paying absolutely no…
New Article: Keep an Open Mind!
Contributor Rich Verdi has provided us with another excellent article, this one called Keep an Open Mind! Rich discusses a critically important lesson about the importance…
The Israeli Draw: A Timed Comparison
Although many people have heard of the Israeli method, there is little available information about how much time the extra step of racking the slide…
The “Israeli” Draw
The so-called “Israeli” Draw is a technique advocated by some for presenting a pistol from the holster. The gun is carried with an loaded magazine…
Drill of the Week: Reactive Response Drill
Last week, we began breaking the “two shots per target” habit with Rich Verdi’s Non-Standard Response Drill. Now we’ll expand on that concept to simulate…
Self-Inflicted Glock 18 Wound
Thanks to YouTube, here we see a fine example of what happens when someone who isn’t qualified to teach hands a gun to someone who…