Trainer Paul Gomez passed away in 2012, at the young age of 40. Paul was a colleague, a friend, a teacher and a student. He took classes from me, I took classes from him, I hosted classes he taught, including some of the first ECQC classes he and Craig Douglas offered, and we had many …
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John “Hsoi” Daub’s series on minimum handgun proficiency standards was featured in the July 25, 2017 edition of The Tactical Wire. The series discusses, among other things, the process we used to create the Three Seconds or Less shooting test. Functional standards A well designed training class has learning objectives. They are often defined by …
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Welcome to the KR Training July newsletter! July/August highlights include Defensive Pistol Small Gun, Handgun Beyond the Basics, and Historical Handgun. Check the schedule page on the KR Training website for the full list. If you aren’t already a subscriber to receive this newsletter each month, you can subscribe here or follow this blog. You …
Over the past year I’ve been developing a new course for KR Training, Historical Handgun, that teaches the history & evolution of defensive handgun skills. Part of that effort has been seeking out and reading old books on shooting, purchasing copies signed by the authors when possible. In 1935, WW1 veteran William Reichenbach published a …
Because I have my phone number listed online as my primary business number, I get a lot of unwanted phone calls: offers for credit card processing services, offers for business loans, website builders, office supply companies, promotional product sales, as well as all the common scam calls from “Google” and “Microsoft” and “Windows Support” and …
Last Saturday, the KR Training family lost another close friend and team member: Tom Robertson. Tom was a former Texas A&M police officer, NRA high power competitor, USPSA competition shooter, and NRA instructor, as well as a former homebuilder and skilled craftsman/salesman in the construction industry. He was a pretty good singer too! Tom was …
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Over the past year I’ve been developing a new course for KR Training, Historical Handgun, that teaches the history & evolution of defensive handgun skills. Part of that effort has been seeking out and reading old books on shooting, purchasing copies signed by the authors when possible. In 2016, Penny had a chance to visit …
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