DEFENSIVE PISTOL COURSES

Course Level 1

  • DEFENSIVE PISTOL
    Phase 1
  • $125
  • A firearm and a safe reliable holster and magazine carrier is required for this course.
  • SKILL LEVEL - INTERMEDIATE
  • CLASS HOURS: 2
  • RANGE HOURS: 2
  • AMMO NEEDED: 200 rounds
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COURSE INFORMATION

Fitted hard leather or plastic holsters that are ridged and designed for exterior wear on the shooters strong side hip are required for the Phase 1 course. Holsters must facilitate and hold up to repetitive drawing and re-holstering drills.

  • Proper fighting stance
  • Body positioning (also known as stance or shooting position)
  • Drawing and firing from the draw
  • Recoil management
  • Multiple shots, multiple offenders
  • Failure drills
Start small and slow — speed will come with deliberate practice while maintaining accuracy!

A complete equipment review will be gone over with examples for students to handle. Additional equipment such as magazine pouches to include number of magazines and placement will be gone over during and at the end of the class.

Additional equipment will be required for Phases 2, 3, and 4.

Phase 2

  • DEFENSIVE PISTOL
    Phase 2
  • $125
  • You must have magazine pouches that hold 2 magazines and at least 3 magazines for your pistol.
  • Must have Phase 1 completed.
  • CLASS HOURS: 2
  • RANGE HOURS: 2
  • AMMO NEEDED: 250 rounds
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COURSE INFORMATION
  • Review draw
  • Handgun reloads: tactical, speed
  • Malfunction drills: failure to fire, stove pipe, double feed
  • Identify and clearing malfunctions
  • Barricade shooting: cars, walls, distance
  • Slicing the pie: lights, lasers, back light
  • Cover vs concealment

Phase 3

  • DEFENSIVE PISTOL
    Phase 3
  • $125
  • Techniques taught here are different than those used by IDPA and IPSC shooters.
  • Must have Level 2 completed.
  • CLASS HOURS: 1
  • RANGE HOURS: 3
  • AMMO NEEDED: 250 rounds
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COURSE INFORMATION
  • Review barricade shooting
  • Review malfunction drills
  • Moving and shooting

The rest of the class will be spent developing the technique to move forward, backwards and laterally while engaging a target or multiple targets. This level is the most fun part of the course and also the most challenging.

All aspects of Phases 1 and 2 are incorporated into these drills.

Phase 4

  • DEFENSIVE PISTOL
    Phase 4
  • $125
  • Skills taught in this course are meant to help you in a fight for your life.
  • Must have Level 3 completed.
  • CLASS HOURS: 1
  • RANGE HOURS: 3
  • AMMO NEEDED: 300 rounds
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COURSE INFORMATION
  • Review moving and shooting.
  • Begin scenario shoots utilizing all the techniques learned during the courses.
  • Engaging targets at unknown distances while moving from points of cover.

Skills taught in this course are meant to help you in a fight for your life against a motivated attacker that has decided to do harm to you or your family. While we can teach you the techniques needed to defend yourself it is up to you to practice and hone those skills into a practical applicable skill set to defend yourself.

Failure in practice is expected and accepted as a learning tool to ensure that failure is never encountered in a life and death encounter.

General Overview

This dynamic and fast paced pistol course is designed with beginners in mind. Through out this four level program you will learn in a fun and energetic atmosphere how to perform with your combat pistol. This four level course is designed to walk the participant through the learning process of combat pistol marksmanship.

We developed this course in segments that designed to build the participant skill level, with each level building on the previous set of skills. At the end of level 4 the student will qualify to come to additional trainings hosted by the instructors through out the year to help build their skills, practice the skills they have learned, and learn more advanced techniques.

Range fees are included in the price of the class. Each student is required to provide his or her own firearm and ammunition. Ammunition requirements will differ between levels. The requirements for each level are listed below.

Semi automatics are recommended but revolvers may be utilized if that is the participants preferred firearm. (Contact the instructors in advance if you intend to utilize a revolver during class.)

Chest, shoulder, ankle and cross draw holsters are not allowed for any defensive pistol level.