Hideouts in High Gear: Running Back-Up Guns At Speed
How do .38 and .380 hideout guns stack up against a full-size service pistol up close and fast?…
Knife Attack: Edged Weapons Self-Defense
It’s 10:00pm and you’re walking to your car after work through a dark and desolate parking lot. You’ve…
High-Value Target: Reactive Beats Static
For most shooters, targets consist of a flat piece of paper with a scoring ring, a nebulous shape…
Going Mental: Psychology of Optimal Shooting
Instructors and students alike understand that we all learn in different ways. As an instructor, I’m always intrigued…
Welcome to Pleasantville: Mindset Laboratory Vehicle Force-On-Force Course
Driving through Pleasantville is mostly a bad thing. Pleasantville is one of the most violent places on earth. People are carjacked, robbed and stabbed multiple times every day. Gunfire erupts several times every hour. I spent a day there recently. I came through it, but not unscathed. No one gets out of Pleasantville unscathed.
Open for Learning: Restricted and Open Enrollment Courses
Some training companies offer both open and restricted enrollment courses. Is there a difference? At my outfit, EAG Tactical, I get enough questions to warrant a lengthy explanation, so here we go.
Don’t Bend the Nail: Carbine Fundamentals with Dynamic Training Strategies
The AR-15 is a platform that is so easy to shoot people often neglect finding their full potential…
Competitive Shooting: Substitute For Sustainment Training?
Shooting ranges and gun clubs throughout the United States offer many different styles of action shooting competitions. Each…
First Responder: Hardwired Tactical Shooting Pistol Class
The phrase “first responder” is overused. But the fact is that if you are present when violence erupts and threatens your safety, by default you become a first responder.
Realistic Range Requirements for Effective Training
I have seen a vast number of different live-fire range designs over the years. Some of these ranges…