Fighting Smarter by Tom Givens
Fighting Smarter: A Practical Guide for Surviving Violent Confrontations by well known instructor Tom Givens has now been released in a new, updated 3rd Edition available…
Category: Tacticality
10 Posts
All or Nothing: The Press-Out
As anyone who has followed me here or on pistol-forum.com has to know, I’m a big fan of a technique called the press-out. So following…
All or Nothing: Unsighted Fire
Hackathorn’s Law: under stress you won’t try to do anything you’re not confident you can accomplish. Lately I’ve seen quite a few discussion about sighted vs. unsighted…
Hardware vs Software
Does hardware or software matter the most, Todd? Yes they do, Other Todd. Yes they do. An accepted truism among shooters is that it’s better to…
LE UOF & TV vs FOF
My family consists of pretty well educated, intelligent, and fair-minded people. Nonetheless, recent events regarding law enforcement use of force (UOF) — Ferguson, NYC, etc.…
Quote of the Day, Smooth & Fast Edition
From my friend Jack “Failure2Stop” Leuba in another slow is smooth, smooth is fast discussion on pistol-forum.com: My problem is with the phrase itself with…
Carry Gun, Training Gun
Probably the worst habit I’ve adopted since beginning the pistol-training.com annual endurance tests back in 2008 was a policy of using the endurance test gun…
Teaching to Your Audience
If you teach basic CCW, do you teach those first time students about sight alignment and trigger control and breathing and the other fundamentals of…
“Looking Back” Series
I recently reposted these on my Facebook page. They’re the five greatest influences on me as a shooter and instructor over the years: Chuck Davis…
The Julie Method Flashlight Technique
At the 2006 (could have been 2005) S&W IDPA Match, my friend Julie Golob showed me a flashlight/pistol technique that she’d come up with… possibly…