training
Are You Spending Your Time At The Range Totally Wrong?
If you were attacked on your way home from the office today, and all you had to go on to defend yourself was your last range session, how would you…
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Upgrade Your Old Hearing Protection
I remember the first time I used electronic hearing protection. I placed the batteries, put them on, and was amazed at what I heard … I heard birds chirping,…
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The Benefits Of Shooting With One Hand
Shooting one-handed is a topic we’ve touched on before, but I like to put my own spin on things and add a couple other tidbits that I feel are important.…
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Episode 465: The Path of Focused Effort with Charlie Perez
Today, Riley Bowman interviews USPSA Grand Master Charlie Perez to talk about training methodologies and what he calls “The Path of Focused Effort.” It should be a GREAT episode, so tune in!
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Are You Using This Feature on Your SIRT Training Gun?
If you own a SIRT training pistol from Next Level Training, you likely have already seen why so many respected firearms instructors use and recommend this piece of gear. If…
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Episode 452: The Value of Visual Stimulus in Defensive Firearm Training
Matthew and Jacob talk about the differences between visual and auditory stimulus in defensive firearm training. Are you doing your training right?
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Keep Your Finger Out of the Trigger Guard, Off Trigger Until Ready
In continuing on with our series about gun safety and the rules needed in order to be safe, we move on to rule number 3. Some housekeeping to make sure…
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New Changes to USCCA’s Membership Programs
You may have heard about the USCCA’s recent program changes, and if you haven’t yet heard that’s what this article is about. And if you have heard about them but…
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The Importance and Value of A Visual “Go” Indicator For Defensive Training
As an industry, we’ve become accustomed to auditory “go signals” in our competitive and defensive firearm training. This generally takes the form of an instructor or range officer standing behind…
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Why Hollow Points Are The Only Option For Self-Defense
Every so often we come across opinions on the wonderful World Wide Web that makes me scratch my head a bit. One of those things is when I read comments…
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The Ultimate SIRT Training Pistol Buyer’s Guide
Are you are working to increase your shooting skills and think a SIRT training pistol may be in your future? If so, you’ll want to purchase the SIRT that is…
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How To Retain Your Shooting Skills During AmmoPocalypse 2020
Defensive shooting skills are perishable if they’re not used and practiced on a regular basis. What this means, is that if you don’t practice what you’ve learned your skills will…
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Live Fire Training With Drills That Use Less Ammo
Right now, training is hard to do. We should all likely have the goal of preserving our ammunition as much as possible but we still need to make sure we’re…
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Distance, How Close is Too Close? Lessons Learned From Self-Defense Encounters Caught on Camera
With nearly every officer in the country wearing body-worn cameras, we have an opportunity to analyze deadly-force encounters. From looking at the videos we can better understand how these violent…
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Episode 429: Protecting You & Your Property
Today, Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster discuss the recent events in St. Louis, Missouri where a couple stood outside their home armed with pistol and rifle to apparently protect themselves and their home from a mob of people that stormed their private community in an attempt to reach and protest outside the mayor’s home. There are MANY lessons to be learned from this incident, and that is our goal today…to make each of ourselves better, smarter, and more prepared for our worst day should it come.
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