Of all of my friends and co-workers that own guns, I can count on one hand the number that have taken more than the basic class required to get their permit. I can only speculate at the reasons for this, but instead, I want to talk about why you should spend your hard earned time…
When the temperature drops and the motivation to pack up the range bag goes missing in action, how do you keep your skills from getting cold? Dan Lanotte of Falcon Personal Security in Falcon, Colorado has written a very insightful blog on how to maintain your skills when Mother Nature plots against you. His tips…
Gear Quality Matters As of this writing, I have logged over 400 hours of training in firearms (pistol, carbine, shotgun), edged weapons, empty hands, medical, and legal aspects of self-defense. Most of that training time has been with firearms, be it “fundamentals” type classes or more “tactics” oriented. I mention this to give the reader…
Firearms training is our passion and we have developed a series of articles to help newcomers get into their first training class. This post is designed to help readers narrow down what gear is needed for a training class. Just as important is identifying gear that is not necessary, especially for the beginner. The title of this…
The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. Except when the bad guy is heavily armed, 1000 feet away and 32 floors up. Without knowing every detail of the SWAT response to Stephen Paddock’s shooting spree in Las Vegas on October 1st, it’s still fair to…
Defense Techniques Academy is a firearms training company based in Arizona, but they also routinely instruct in Texas, New York, New Hampshire and Virginia. Carlos Roman is an instructor for Deftech, and he was kind enough to sit down with us for an interview last week. Carlos is an active DHS Border Patrol agent, Border…
Texas has no shortage of firearms instructors. It can be hard to narrow down what you’re looking for with so many choices. This week I sat down with one of those instructors, Mike Duff of Group 6 Training out of Dallas, Texas. Mike served for 32 years as police officer including SWAT, narcotics and as…
FTC Sits Down With – Aquil Bey of Tailored Defense Training Group To Discuss Firearms and Self Defense Training After struggling through some unreasonable technical difficulties, I was able to sit down for an interview with Aquil Bey, owner and operator of Tailored Defense Training Group out of Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Bey is a retired U.S.…
In any fight, usually the most aggressive party wins. We have the advantage in this country politically. But we do not help ourselves by sitting back and enjoying the advantage. We need to push harder. This video explains the absolute best way to do it. https://firearmstrainingcentral.com/?p=2294&preview=true
Scrolling through Instagram and hitting “Like” on videos of other people training does nothing at all. It accomplishes nothing. I’m all for a 5 minute mental break while you make your deposit in the white ATM, but don’t confuse “Likes” with action. If you are serious about using a firearm to defend yourself, get off…
