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When you miss the 1st target, take a 2nd shot Shooting is a core skill for males serving National Service (NS), especially when you are in a frontline vocation. I served NS in the Singapore Police Force. We carry a side arm, a pistol, when we go on patrol. We have to pass an annual shooting classification test, to be able to qualify to carry the side arm while on patrol. Failing the test meant that we either do a backend duty, or still being deployed in the frontline <without> a side arm. No one wants to be on patrol and not carrying a side arm. I was not good in shooting in my early years of NS. I barely made the mark, and I always want to do better. I just could not figure out how to shoot better. I thought I did not have the right skills. Then one day I walked into the air gun range in HomeTeamNS. I signed up for an air pistol course. The rest, they said, was history. The instructor was so clear in his lessons that I finally realised what I was doing wrong. My years of bad habits in handling a gun had to change. And when those changes were made, I understand how to handle the weapon better and also take better shots. These shots were good enough to make me a marksman in the annual classification shoot. And I've not dropped in my certification from my shooting since. What made the change? I relearned evey thing about shooting form a new perspective. The instructor was good. I understood the principles of shooting better. The new found knowledge were clearer to me. We sometimes beat ourselves not doing better in an area we felt we can excel in. Maybe it is because we did not fully understood the concepts, the principles of the subject matter. We need to give ourselves a 2nd chance when we missed the 1st target. Take a 2nd shot, learn from it. In one of my coaching sessions, my coachee shared that when he read the same book over again, he gained new insights and new perspectives. Same principle 😀 Have you encountered a time you need to re-do something from another angle or perspective? Where you missed the 1st target, and needed a 2nd shot? Happy to hear your story. Connect with me for more stories : Jonathan Wan #coaching #mentoring #facilitation

MAINTAINING A TACTICAL TRAINING FACILITY - WHAT NO-ONE SEES BUT WHAT EVERYONE EXPECTS... 👉 I have the best job in the world. 👉 But there is more to running a tactical firearms training company than just the “training”. 👉 A facility this size (1,500 acres) needs constant care, attention, maintenance and, dare I say it, love. 👉 The sheer amount of work that has to go into this, is insane. 👉 There aren't many of us (3) who are responsible for the maintenance of this facility...the REAL work is continuing to make this facility, one of the best training facilities in the state of Florida. 👉 Best job in the world…

As I prepare to start another course next week (Dec 2-4) at Alamance Community College, I sit here contemplating an issue that I've had since I began teaching the Specialized Firearms Instructor Development Course, and have an announcement to make. This particular class was something I had wanted to do for years at NCJA however, I was so busy teaching other classes that I never had the chance to get it to fruition. Upon retirement I wrote the lesson plan and began teaching the class as an opportunity for continuing education for firearms trainers. I taught the very first class at Coastal Plains Law Enforcement Training Center at Wilson Community College and some of the shooting drills were still being developed at that time. One of my student instructors is and was, a great guy named Kevan Anderson of the Garner Police Department. Josh Bissette of Wilson County Sheriffs Office assisted me with the class and both Kevan and Josh gave me suggestions during the training. I had developed a drill years before that did not have a name and I had made it a part of the skills testing in the class that, upon recommendation from Kevan, became the Fast Fucking Five Challenge that students now shoot to obtain their F.F.F Challenge Coin. In absolute fairness, the test wasn't named, it didn't have a par time and it was just to see how fast the students could shoot it during this first SFID Course. Well, Kevan Anderson shot it in 8.11 seconds clean (the best in that first class) and then recommended to me that I name the test and begin to offer something like a challenge coin to students who could complete it. I took his advice however, I needed to find a good par time to hold the students to in order to make it consistent. I then had quite a few other instructors shoot the challenge, looked at their average times and decided that 7 seconds was THE par time for this course. Now, as a result of: Kevan making the suggestion that I name the test and offer a coin; the fact that Kevan shot it fastest in the first class; that I didn't have the par time when he shot it; that I receive intermittent (good-natured) nagging from Kevan and Josh about Kevan not having a coin, I have decided to award Kevan Anderson a F.F.F Challenge Coin, number one with an asterisk next to it!! Kevan may not be listed in past postings as I hadn't made this decision at the time but will be listed in all future postings from any and all classes. To loosely quote President Wilson, "friendship is the cement that holds the world together." Yes Josh, I will actually engrave the asterisk into the coin LOL!!! Chad (CMT) Thompson #professional #training #shooting #pistol #tactical #ncja #ncdoj #lawenforcement #firearms #uspsa #deeprivercustoms

Some unsolicited thoughts from a firearms guy regarding firearms training at a medium sized municipal agency. This is strictly one person's opinion and is based off conversations with other instructors throughout the state. The first thing that I will say is that I am glad the State of Alabama has started requiring ongoing training after a instructor's initial firearms instructor certification. This used to not be the case. That is definitely a step towards betterment. I am lucky that my department places value on training and allows me to better myself through ongoing training. This is beneficial as it brings more knowledge into the agency itself. Updates in training or coaching methodologies do occur with some regularity and you should always seek out ways to improve. You should also start developing new firearms instructors. You shouldn't have to start at ground zero if your only instructor retires or moves on. Go ahead and start developing those who show an interest in teaching. The other thing that I am glad to see starting to happen is the revision of range programs in general. There are things that I would like to implement at my agency that are (at the moment) a little out of reach due to costs involved. There are some things that I have been able to implement after attending training at another venue and seeing them do the same thing, but they've figured out a more affordable way of doing it. Another hurdle that I've seen is agency's not implementing new training methods due to the administration not buying into it. "Well, we've never done it that way" does happen. You should be able to show the admin why a particular training is needed. If you as an administrator send an instructor to a training update class and he brings back new information, listen to it. Have him demonstrate it. Work through it together and try to implement it. Again, costs could be a driving force or that may have to be looked at as well. Thanks for your time and this has been my TED Talk.

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I'm2A online educational Firearms Training Course(s) commercial and ZRANGE invite for live fire training. The "I'm2A" is a series of courses we are doing, covering various "Firearm" related subjects. Because these aren't of the "YouTube" quality it takes time not only to make them, but edit as well, if they were "cell phone" quality me would be done already. But then again, who wants that? For those wondering why we are doing these online courses? Well, first and foremost to promote are own company here in Las Vegas, Nevada. For those who have a Firearm but little training. Those who aren't close to us, to educate you on your own Firearm. Nothing is more dangerous than putting a deadly weapon in the hands of someone with little to no training, nothing good can come of that! Before we started creating our courses and offering them online, you would have to join a Firearm organization as a member, then pay for the course(s) you wanted. With ZRANGE, there is NEVER going to be a membership for these courses. You are the one who controls what course you want to take and do it in your own home. We hope you enjoy our commercial it will provide you of a preview on not only who we are, but how our courses look!

200% Defense Several years ago an article appeared in a New Orleans’ online publication that described how Krav Maga saved a man from a would be robbery. As the story was told, rather than giving up his wallet, at gunpoint, he executed a gun disarm that allowed him to keep his wallet and scare off his attacker. Unfortunately, he still took a bullet in the right shoulder. This was heralded as a major validation for Krav. While I'm grateful for the publicity of Krav Maga as an effective system in such circumstances, Initially I was struck by the fact that an experienced Krav Maga student would have known to simply give up their wallet rather than attempt a risky technique. Secondly, the article continued with a link to a video showing this same kravist in his group class learning this gun disarm from his instructor. Sadly, the video illustrated what I feared was true…the instructor taught the technique incorrectly. The student was correctly taught to trap the gun against the attacker's body with his left hand. What the instructor failed to teach was the body rotation which would have prevented the bullet from striking the defender’s shoulder. A key principle of Krav Maga is that with every technique, there is both a hand and body defense. The combination of which creates what is referred to as a “200%” defense. The first 100% is the hand defense which explosively redirects the threat out of danger. The second 100% is the body moving off the line of attack, thus creating further protection from the inbound threat. When Imi built the system, he wanted to protect every kravist from possibly being late or ineffective in their hand defense. He, therefore, insisted that every defender move off the “x” on the count of one. With this added precaution, a kravist is doubly safe. The body defense takes the attacker offline while the hand defense redirects the inbound weapon (regardless of whether that weapon is a knife, gun, stick or punch). When teaching the system, I repeatedly tell my students that “footwork saves your life, while hand position gives you options!”. In other words, I stress that each student follow Imi’s principle and move their feet at the same time they move their hands. Being flat-footed while performing any technique does not guarantee success in defensive maneuvers. To best train Krav Maga, all students need to focus on building proper footwork as well as hand speed. Remember, not only was Imi a black belt in Judo and Aikido, he was also an award winning dancer! Physical grace and fluid movement are both stressed in order to create opportunities for successful defense of all threats. At Krav Maga Personal Safety, we help build not just physical coordination and dexterity but also your defensive IQ. We make sure you take the time to learn how to use your whole body when learning self defense. To not do so is to expose yourself to potential injury, as was clearly shown in New Orleans. Imi would not approve.