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 These are habits you build on the range that are based on bad, outdated or insufficient information.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…
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…
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
What Does Branding Mean To Instructors? If you are a firearms instructor, you are likely operating as a business. Usually it’s a bare bones operation and you are required to wear a lot of different hats, including owner, operator, accountant, marketing director, scheduler, not to mention the actual job of instructing. If you are focused on…
I can promise you that if you spend enough time around gun owners, you will start to notice that while everyone talks about safety, few practice it like a skill. Taking care to learn safety as a skill requires discipline. If you can master the skill of safety, of following the 4 rules (or 5…
When it comes to protecting what is important to you, whether it’s your rights or your family when you are attacked, it’s up to you to take the action. Politics makes great conversation, but true change happens when you invest in your future.
When was the last time Facebook made you feel good about being on their site? How much worse do you feel using Facebook despite the fact that you know they are unequivocally anti-gun? It’s no secret that Facebook is not friendly towards guns and gun owners. Yet we stay attached to them because we justify…
Directory service is just one of the goals of Firearms Training Central. What else do we do? What else DON’T we do…
When it comes to firearms training, the one excuse that I hear the most is “Someday”. There is no more debilitating word when it comes to getting stuff done because it gives you the false sense that you will get it done eventually. Make a plan, get it done. The last thing you want to…
