Welcome to Episode 2 of Firearms Training Central Radio. In this episode, I spend some time talking with Robert Lyons of TrainingSights.com about his innovative product line. Training Sights are easy to use and versatile training aids to help instructors teach students about sight picture and sight alignment. These training aids are affordable, durable and…
Welcome to the inaugural podcast episode of Firearms Training Central Radio. This episode is a short journey into the mind of the beginner, and an encouragement to instructors to remember what it’s like to be brand new at a complex skill like shooting. Join us for Episode 1!
If you’ve spent enough time in the firearms training world, you’ve heard the term “Training Scars”. These are habits you build on the range that are based on bad, outdated or insufficient information. These habits can lead to disaster if they find their way into a real defensive shooting encounter. Training scars can be insidious…
What follows is a true story that I share with people when they ask why they should take a Tactical Emergency Medicine training class. Last year while working late one night in my home office, I heard a gunshot and I could instantly tell it was very close, like right outside. Part of me knew…
Stephen Cohen from Tactical U shares a video about the circumstances where you might need to utilize different moving and shooting techniques than you are used to. Did you know that most civilian gunfights happen in under 3 seconds, about 3 shots are fired and within 3 feet? Did you also know that both shooters…
When we think of bad guys, how much time do we spend exploring the mind, motivations and methods of the criminal? Are we setting ourselves up for failure by ignoring the important details of how the criminal operates when we seek out our self defense training? Does simply buying a handgun, loading it, and putting…
Many times, when people become interested in training for self-defense, they naturally gravitate to either gun classes or traditional martial arts. Often, the focus is on tools or tactics that they can use to protect themselves. This in of itself isn’t a bad thing, but one area that is commonly neglected is medical training. Granted,…
Firearms Training Central was proud to host Defense Techniques Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado on the last weekend of April, 2018. We spent two days building our defensive carbine skills from the ground up. Firearms Training Central is working in partnership with Civilian Gunfighter and we have posted a full report on the class on…
Chris Fry of MDTS is a thinker. Consequently, his blog articles are developed thoughtfully and with the student in mind. The way Chris breaks down a Home Defense plan is a great place to start for anyone who cares about their safety in their home. It’s easy to write these type of crimes off as…
I knew I had taken my first “quality” firearms class when, near the end, the instructor told us that we should train with as many different instructors as we could. While it is easy to be a cynic and say to oneself, “Ah, they’re all in this together. They all wash each others’ backs”, there…
