Welcome to Episode 6 of Firearms Training Central Radio. Today I talk with my longtime business partner and the owner and founder of Guns For Everyone, the largest handgun training company in the state of Colorado. We dive into the Guns For Everyone business model and what sets this company apart. We hope you enjoy…
Welcome to Episode 4 of Firearms Training Central Radio. Today I sit down with Isaac Martinez, owner of Denver Firearms Training. We talk about some of the challenging aspects of being a new instructor, both on the training side and on the business side. We hope you enjoy Episode 4!
Welcome to Episode 3 of Firearms Training Central Radio. In this episode, Josh spends a few minutes discussing why branding is important for new firearms instructors who are just getting their business off the ground, or established instructors who have not taken the time to build their brand. We hope you enjoy Episode 3!
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 These are habits you build on the range that are based on bad, outdated or insufficient information.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…
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…
