Saturday, October 10, 2015
In conjunction with TNT Firearms we offer a state of the art computer simulation shooting system. The in the defensive shooting portion of the system there are 150 scenarios available. These scenarios are based on real incidents and are interactive. When used in the instructor mode we provide training in how to handle the aftermath of a shooting. It is this portion of a shooting that can result in your being arrested, tried, and convicted even though the shoot itself may be been justified. The way you handled the aftermath compromised your self defense claim.
Value of laser sights for shooting
In the past few months I have experienced the value of using laser sights on handguns. In our computer simulation system we can either turn on a laser sight or turn it off. Using this approach I have been able to verify that the vast majority of people shooting on our system benefit by using the laser aiming option.
In addition in my classes many of my students have been able to use lasers when they shoot my guns as most of them have lasers on them. I have been successful in turning complete novices into capable defensive shooters in a very short amount of time. They are able to hit their targets even while incorporating movement while shooting.
All of my carry guns have lasers and I would not consider carrying a defensive handgun that was not equipped with a laser.
In addition in my classes many of my students have been able to use lasers when they shoot my guns as most of them have lasers on them. I have been successful in turning complete novices into capable defensive shooters in a very short amount of time. They are able to hit their targets even while incorporating movement while shooting.
All of my carry guns have lasers and I would not consider carrying a defensive handgun that was not equipped with a laser.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Use of Lasers in Training
Lasers are an excellent tool for learning to shoot and also to improve your shooting. I use them in everyone of my training classes. My website under the products and services page lists all of the laser products that I own and have used.
One product stands out from the rest. That product is the SIRT Training Pistol. Depending on the model the pistol has a red and green laser or two red lasers. The pistol is a duplicate of a Glock 17. It weighs the same as a fully loaded Glock. The trigger is just like the one on a stock Glock. It even supports trigger reset. When the trigger is slightly depressed a red laser is activated. This laser shows where the pistol is pointed. When the trigger is fully depressed a second red laser or a green laser is activated. This one shows where the shot would have hit the target. There is a switch that can be used to turn off the first laser so only the shot activation laser is active.
With this product my students can learn shooting fundamentals very quickly. The visual feedback provided by the lasers allows my students to quickly understand what they must do to learn to use the sights on the pistols when doing sighted shooting. The SIRT Training Pistol is even more valuable when learning to point shoot. The visual feedback provided by the first laser enables my students to quickly learn when their pistol is pointed at the target. Acquiring the muscle memory needed to be an effective point shooter can be done in the classroom without expending hundreds of rounds on the range. Once they have the feel for point shooting I take them to the range where they are able to hit the target in the vital areas around 98% of the time.
One of the real values of the SIRT Training Pistol is how it facilitates learning to shoot on the move. This is one of the few training tools that lets us do this in a classroom setting. One can do this with Airsoft pistol but now we need protective gear. With the SIRT no protective gear is required.
With this training tool one can set up and run scenarios in almost any setting be it the office, home, or other places. Since the SIRT is the same as a Glock 17 all holsters and other accessories work as well. The magazines support mag changes and magazine access so everything one needs to be able to do can be practiced with this pistol.
The initial offerings cost almost as much as a real Glock 17. Later models became available at lower price points. The latest model features a composite rather than a metal slide and two red lasers. This model has an MSRP of $219. A person can quickly amortize this cost with ammunition saving to say nothing of time saved by not having to go to the range.
It is often said that the key to shooting well is dry firing. The SIRT Training Pistol takes this concept to a whole new level.
Take one of my classes and experience what it is like to training with this superb training tool.
Lasers are an excellent tool for learning to shoot and also to improve your shooting. I use them in everyone of my training classes. My website under the products and services page lists all of the laser products that I own and have used.
One product stands out from the rest. That product is the SIRT Training Pistol. Depending on the model the pistol has a red and green laser or two red lasers. The pistol is a duplicate of a Glock 17. It weighs the same as a fully loaded Glock. The trigger is just like the one on a stock Glock. It even supports trigger reset. When the trigger is slightly depressed a red laser is activated. This laser shows where the pistol is pointed. When the trigger is fully depressed a second red laser or a green laser is activated. This one shows where the shot would have hit the target. There is a switch that can be used to turn off the first laser so only the shot activation laser is active.
With this product my students can learn shooting fundamentals very quickly. The visual feedback provided by the lasers allows my students to quickly understand what they must do to learn to use the sights on the pistols when doing sighted shooting. The SIRT Training Pistol is even more valuable when learning to point shoot. The visual feedback provided by the first laser enables my students to quickly learn when their pistol is pointed at the target. Acquiring the muscle memory needed to be an effective point shooter can be done in the classroom without expending hundreds of rounds on the range. Once they have the feel for point shooting I take them to the range where they are able to hit the target in the vital areas around 98% of the time.
One of the real values of the SIRT Training Pistol is how it facilitates learning to shoot on the move. This is one of the few training tools that lets us do this in a classroom setting. One can do this with Airsoft pistol but now we need protective gear. With the SIRT no protective gear is required.
With this training tool one can set up and run scenarios in almost any setting be it the office, home, or other places. Since the SIRT is the same as a Glock 17 all holsters and other accessories work as well. The magazines support mag changes and magazine access so everything one needs to be able to do can be practiced with this pistol.
The initial offerings cost almost as much as a real Glock 17. Later models became available at lower price points. The latest model features a composite rather than a metal slide and two red lasers. This model has an MSRP of $219. A person can quickly amortize this cost with ammunition saving to say nothing of time saved by not having to go to the range.
It is often said that the key to shooting well is dry firing. The SIRT Training Pistol takes this concept to a whole new level.
Take one of my classes and experience what it is like to training with this superb training tool.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Principles and Strategies
Principles
A principle is a law or rule that has to be, or usually is to be followed, or can be desirably followed, or is an inevitable consequence of something, such as the laws of nature or the way that a device is constructed. In our case we are talking about principles that apply to violence.
Some examples of principles that apply to violence are:
- Injury is serious debilitating trauma
- Penetration is striking sufficiently hard to reach a vulnerable part of the
body
- Rotation refers to the follow-through in striking.
Two conditions must be present to be successful in the Cause-State. They are:
- Intent - Intent is a single focused desire to inflict serious injury
- Targeting - Targeting is striking at the precise point on the human body
that is susceptible to serious injury.
The principles of the Cause-State are:
- Injure your assailant
- Strike now
- Continue causing injury until the assailant is reduced to a
nonfunctional state i.e. incapacitation, unconsciousness, or death.
The principle of the Effect-State is animals move away from negative stimuli. There are elements common to all reactions.
- The head and hands will move towards the injury
- Strikes to either side of the spine rotate the body in the direction of the
strike
- Strikes above the solar plexus bend the body backward
- Strikes below the solar plexus bend it forward
Learning Template
A useful template for learning what to do when faced with a felonious assault where you might be killed or seriously injured is the following: "Situations dictate Strategies, Strategies Dictate Tactics, and Tactics Dictate Techniques." This approach was developed by Roger Phillips and is explained in great detail in his book, Point Shooting Progressions
This book is highly recommended and is a must read for anyone who wants to learn point shooting. Roger also has authored two DVD's on Point Shooting. These DVD's are worth purchasing as well.
Situations
Situations refer to the context of a felonious assault. A felonious assault should be thought of as a "fight for your life." Some of the items that are pertinent to understanding the situation are:
Strategies
Strategies refer to the responses that are hard-wired into our DNA. These include freeze, flight, fight, posture, and submission. While each response can have value in specific situations the ones that can benefit from reality-based training are flight and fight. In our courses the use of a flight strategy will be developed by teaching students how to recognize and use flight strategies (movement) that are appropriate to specific situations. Our students will be asked to identify situations where each of our hard-wired responses are appropriate and to understand how to employ different strategies in a smooth fashion. Fight strategies will be taught as well.
Tactics
Tactics define the specific ways that a given strategy is implemented. For example, if your strategy is flight then thought needs to be given to the direction of the flight (movement) along with which movement techniques are most appropriate to implement the movement. If the strategy is fight, then what shooting or other techniques are appropriate to use in the situation.. Within a given strategy, the tactics must be flexible enough to be adapted to fit changing situations.
Techniques
Techniques are the specific skills that the person has available for use. Since no two situations are likely to be exactly the same, it follows that having a limited set of shooting or movement techniques available for use is not the best way to go. Techniques should never dictate your response. In our classes we teach techniques as a continuum. Learning techniques this way provides the maximum flexibility for adapting a technique as the situation changes which is likely to happen in an assault. For example, the type of shooting that will work at contact distances is not appropriate to use at 25 yards. As the distance changes so must the ability to employ a shooting technique that is appropriate to the distance. If you have trained only to use your sights what happens when there is not enough light to see your sights even though you can still see your assailant? The same for movement techniques. A movement technique that will cause an assailant to miss you at 3 feet is not likely to be as effective if the assailant is 50 feet away from you. In the latter case, if available it may be best to move to cover.
A principle is a law or rule that has to be, or usually is to be followed, or can be desirably followed, or is an inevitable consequence of something, such as the laws of nature or the way that a device is constructed. In our case we are talking about principles that apply to violence.
Some examples of principles that apply to violence are:
- Violence is an essential survival tool
- Cause-State is you doing violence to your assailant. Every act of violence begins in the Cause- State. Whoever causes the first effect stands the best chance of winning the violent encounter. In the cause-state if you are able to produce an effect you will be acting as the stimulus in the violence. Action always is preferable to reaction.
- Effect-State is the assailant's specific response to serious injury. The human body reacts in specific ways to injury. For example if a man is kicked in the groin, rupturing his testicles, he doubles over and extends his chin. In the Effect-State you get the assailant to react to stimulus.
- Injury is serious debilitating trauma
- Penetration is striking sufficiently hard to reach a vulnerable part of the
body
- Rotation refers to the follow-through in striking.
Two conditions must be present to be successful in the Cause-State. They are:
- Intent - Intent is a single focused desire to inflict serious injury
- Targeting - Targeting is striking at the precise point on the human body
that is susceptible to serious injury.
The principles of the Cause-State are:
- Injure your assailant
- Strike now
- Continue causing injury until the assailant is reduced to a
nonfunctional state i.e. incapacitation, unconsciousness, or death.
The principle of the Effect-State is animals move away from negative stimuli. There are elements common to all reactions.
- The head and hands will move towards the injury
- Strikes to either side of the spine rotate the body in the direction of the
strike
- Strikes above the solar plexus bend the body backward
- Strikes below the solar plexus bend it forward
Learning Template
A useful template for learning what to do when faced with a felonious assault where you might be killed or seriously injured is the following: "Situations dictate Strategies, Strategies Dictate Tactics, and Tactics Dictate Techniques." This approach was developed by Roger Phillips and is explained in great detail in his book, Point Shooting Progressions
This book is highly recommended and is a must read for anyone who wants to learn point shooting. Roger also has authored two DVD's on Point Shooting. These DVD's are worth purchasing as well.
Situations
Situations refer to the context of a felonious assault. A felonious assault should be thought of as a "fight for your life." Some of the items that are pertinent to understanding the situation are:
- Time of the assault,
- Place where the assault happens,
- Amount of light available during the assault,
- Weather conditions
- Type of criminal doing the assault
- Type of weapon being used by the criminal
- Distance from the criminal to the person being assaulted
- Age and physical size of the person doing the assault
- Your age, size, and physical abilities
- Number of persons involved in the assault
- Proximity of loved ones to the person being assaulted
- Whether the person being assaulted is armed
- Whether the person being assaulted can be proactive or must be reactive
Strategies
Strategies refer to the responses that are hard-wired into our DNA. These include freeze, flight, fight, posture, and submission. While each response can have value in specific situations the ones that can benefit from reality-based training are flight and fight. In our courses the use of a flight strategy will be developed by teaching students how to recognize and use flight strategies (movement) that are appropriate to specific situations. Our students will be asked to identify situations where each of our hard-wired responses are appropriate and to understand how to employ different strategies in a smooth fashion. Fight strategies will be taught as well.
Tactics
Tactics define the specific ways that a given strategy is implemented. For example, if your strategy is flight then thought needs to be given to the direction of the flight (movement) along with which movement techniques are most appropriate to implement the movement. If the strategy is fight, then what shooting or other techniques are appropriate to use in the situation.. Within a given strategy, the tactics must be flexible enough to be adapted to fit changing situations.
Techniques
Techniques are the specific skills that the person has available for use. Since no two situations are likely to be exactly the same, it follows that having a limited set of shooting or movement techniques available for use is not the best way to go. Techniques should never dictate your response. In our classes we teach techniques as a continuum. Learning techniques this way provides the maximum flexibility for adapting a technique as the situation changes which is likely to happen in an assault. For example, the type of shooting that will work at contact distances is not appropriate to use at 25 yards. As the distance changes so must the ability to employ a shooting technique that is appropriate to the distance. If you have trained only to use your sights what happens when there is not enough light to see your sights even though you can still see your assailant? The same for movement techniques. A movement technique that will cause an assailant to miss you at 3 feet is not likely to be as effective if the assailant is 50 feet away from you. In the latter case, if available it may be best to move to cover.
New Shooting Range
JB Training LLC is pleased to announce our association with Oakwell Armory located in Kingsland, GA. This company has an excellent outdoor range that is open to the public for very reasonable prices. The facility is located just north of the Florida/Georgia line off of US 17. Their address is 103 Scrubby Bluff Road Kingsland, GA 31548 and their phone number is 912 729 7606.
We will be conducting training classes at this facility for persons located in South East Georgia and North East Florida. More information on Oakwell Armory can be found on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/oakwellarmory
It appears that we will be able to conduct the full range of courses we offer at this facility. The classroom is currently small but it is air conditioned and heated. The maximum class size will be six persons at present.
We will be conducting training classes at this facility for persons located in South East Georgia and North East Florida. More information on Oakwell Armory can be found on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/oakwellarmory
It appears that we will be able to conduct the full range of courses we offer at this facility. The classroom is currently small but it is air conditioned and heated. The maximum class size will be six persons at present.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Private Lessons - One-on-One Instruction
JB Training LLC offers private lessons. Why would you want to take a private lesson.
First you may want to learn specific tactics or shooting techniques and you do not wish to take a formal class with other students to do this. The big advantage of a private lesson is you get to specify what subjects you want to learn and how long you want to devote to your private lesson.
Second, you will have the undivided attention of our Chief Instructor who will guide you through your instruction. You will move through the instruction at your own pace and be able to change the direction of the training if you so desire. Our Chief Instructor is very experienced and is capable of teaching anything that is found in all of our courses.
First you may want to learn specific tactics or shooting techniques and you do not wish to take a formal class with other students to do this. The big advantage of a private lesson is you get to specify what subjects you want to learn and how long you want to devote to your private lesson.
Second, you will have the undivided attention of our Chief Instructor who will guide you through your instruction. You will move through the instruction at your own pace and be able to change the direction of the training if you so desire. Our Chief Instructor is very experienced and is capable of teaching anything that is found in all of our courses.
Proactive versus Reactive gunfights
Proactive - Being proactive in an assault situation means you have the ability to anticipate the assault and to take actions before the assault has taken place. This allows you to be able to anticipate what the criminal who is assaulting you is going to do before he or she does it.. If this is the case you may be able to preempt their actions or at least cause them to have to react to your actions. The person in a gunfight who is able to be proactive has greatly increased their chances of winning that fight. Being aware of your surroundings is taught as one of the best ways to be proactive. Often you can trust your instincts that may warn you if something does not seem to be "right." Learn not to ignore these warnings.
Reactive - Being reactive in an assault means you are in the position of having to react to what is happening in the assault. In most cases you will be at a disadvantage. Always being in a reactive mode greatly reduces your chances of surviving a gunfight.
A lot of self defense instructors seem to assume that you will be able to be proactive when you are being assaulted. If you are carrying a concealed firearm this is not likely to be the case as you are not allowed to brandish your firearm simply because you think an assault might happen. Legally, you must be in fear of death or great bodily harm before you can use deadly force. Drawing your gun in a situation where the conditions of ABILITY, OPPORTUNITY, AND JEOPARDY are not present can result in criminal charges being placed against you.
JB Training LLC and other companies we have trained with teach if you can be proactive then that is the best possible situation. However, the number of times a concealed carry person can be proactive is actually quiet limited. We cover those situations in our classes.
To handle the most likely types of assaults we teach techniques that are designed to work in reactive situations. These techniques are designed to turn the tables on your attackers and let you regain the initiative. You become proactive and your assailant must become reactive.
For example, if the person assaulting you has a gun pointed at you this is a reactive situation. In reality criminals look for situations where you will be placed into a reactive situation. Trying to draw your gun when someone has a gun pointed at you is a pretty poor strategy as you are not likely to be able to get your gun out before your assailant has shot you multiple times.
A way to convert this situation from reactive to proactive is to perform a dynamic movement while drawing your pistol or performing some other action that causes your assailant to have to react to what you are doing. Your movement will cause your assailant to have to react to your movement thereby gaining a tactical advantage for you. His reaction lag time can be used to buy you the time needed to take a proactive action such as getting your gun into action and delivering combat accurate shots on him. When the assailant is very close other close combat actions may be more appropriate. The gun should not be your only option.
If your instructor does not understand the vital differences between being proactive and reactive you are not likely to be learning the skills and techniques needed to prevail in a deadly assault situation. Knowing how to turn a reactive situation into a proactive one can be the difference between life and death.
Reactive - Being reactive in an assault means you are in the position of having to react to what is happening in the assault. In most cases you will be at a disadvantage. Always being in a reactive mode greatly reduces your chances of surviving a gunfight.
A lot of self defense instructors seem to assume that you will be able to be proactive when you are being assaulted. If you are carrying a concealed firearm this is not likely to be the case as you are not allowed to brandish your firearm simply because you think an assault might happen. Legally, you must be in fear of death or great bodily harm before you can use deadly force. Drawing your gun in a situation where the conditions of ABILITY, OPPORTUNITY, AND JEOPARDY are not present can result in criminal charges being placed against you.
JB Training LLC and other companies we have trained with teach if you can be proactive then that is the best possible situation. However, the number of times a concealed carry person can be proactive is actually quiet limited. We cover those situations in our classes.
To handle the most likely types of assaults we teach techniques that are designed to work in reactive situations. These techniques are designed to turn the tables on your attackers and let you regain the initiative. You become proactive and your assailant must become reactive.
For example, if the person assaulting you has a gun pointed at you this is a reactive situation. In reality criminals look for situations where you will be placed into a reactive situation. Trying to draw your gun when someone has a gun pointed at you is a pretty poor strategy as you are not likely to be able to get your gun out before your assailant has shot you multiple times.
A way to convert this situation from reactive to proactive is to perform a dynamic movement while drawing your pistol or performing some other action that causes your assailant to have to react to what you are doing. Your movement will cause your assailant to have to react to your movement thereby gaining a tactical advantage for you. His reaction lag time can be used to buy you the time needed to take a proactive action such as getting your gun into action and delivering combat accurate shots on him. When the assailant is very close other close combat actions may be more appropriate. The gun should not be your only option.
If your instructor does not understand the vital differences between being proactive and reactive you are not likely to be learning the skills and techniques needed to prevail in a deadly assault situation. Knowing how to turn a reactive situation into a proactive one can be the difference between life and death.
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