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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Welcome to the KR Training June newsletter! July and August are hot so we are offering shorter and indoor afternoon classes, along with some shorter morning classes. We’ve added a LOT of classes to our July-September schedule. Check the schedule page on the KR Training website for the full list. If you aren’t already a …
Claude Werner, the Tactical Professor, shares our interest in defining useful minimum standards for different levels of pistol training. Claude recently shared a draft of a new course of fire with us. It’s intended for students at the Basic Pistol 1 level, evaluating the abilities to shoot at 3, 5 and 7 yards, manipulate the …
Thoughts as Father’s Day 2017 comes to a close: Earlier this week we returned from Anderson, Indiana, where my father in law Mike Riggs was laid to rest. His obituary is here. Those who worked with him said he was always “first in, last out” on every call: a role model and a mentor that …
In addition to teaching group classes, I offer private lessons. Here are some of the observations and lessons learned from those classes, which I taught at KR Training’s A-Zone Range facility. Private lessons are available, by appointment, on most weekdays and weekday evenings. Often these take the form of private versions of our regular group …
KR Training recently hosted and co-taught the Medicine X Every Day Carry course, taught by Caleb Causey of Lone Star Medics, at the A-Zone Range. The two day course teaches hands on medic and scene security skills useful in that time between the injury and the arrival of first responders that can provide a higher …
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I taught a lot of private handgun lessons over the past two weeks, and I wanted to share some of the observations and lessons learned from those classes, which I taught at KR Training’s A-Zone Range facility. Private lessons are available, by appointment, on most weekdays and weekday evenings. Often these take the form of …
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Michael Riggs My father-in-law, Michael Riggs, passed away early Monday morning after a very long fight with cancer. His official Texas obituary is here. Mike spent his life helping others, as a firefighter/EMT for 34 years, in the Air Force during the Vietnam War, through his church, as a Knight of Columbus, in his kitchen …
I taught a lot of private handgun lessons over the past two weeks, and I wanted to share some of the observations and lessons learned from those classes, which I taught at KR Training’s A-Zone Range facility. Private lessons are available, by appointment, on most weekdays and weekday evenings. Often these take the form of …
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I taught a lot of private handgun lessons over the past two weeks, and I wanted to share some of the observations and lessons learned from those classes, which I taught at KR Training’s A-Zone Range facility. Private lessons are available, by appointment, on most weekdays and weekday evenings. Often these take the form of …
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I taught a lot of private handgun lessons over the past two weeks, and I wanted to share some of the observations and lessons learned from those classes, which I taught at KR Training’s A-Zone Range facility. Private lessons are available, by appointment, on most weekdays and weekday evenings. Often these take the form of …
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In 2015 & 2016 KR Training partnered with the Texas A&M Huffines Institute to jointly fund and conduct an academic study comparing shooter performance using iron sights, green lasers, and slide mounted red dot sights (with and without backup iron sights). This blog post summarizes the key findings from that work. My motivation for doing …
If you aren’t already a subscriber to receive this newsletter each month, you can subscribe here or follow this blog. JUNE CLASS DISCOUNTS AND DEALS Deal #1) Beyond the Basics and Defensive Pistol Skills 1 – Houston area June 17 $160 combo (plus $20 range fee) Deal #2) Basic Pistol 2 and Defensive Pistol Skills …
Small Gun Class Every year I offer a special 3 hour session of our Defensive Pistol Skills 1 class, with drills modified specifically for small guns, pocket guns, and guns carried in anything that’s not a belt holster. I do this because of this silly idea I have that people should train with the guns …
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Over the past weekend I made a trip to the NYC/New Jersey area with old friend Andy Wimsatt, who has interesting Twitter and Instagram feeds. We went to two shows: Opeth/Gojira/Devon Townsend at the Starland Ballroom in New Jersey, and Japanese Breakfast/Slowdive at Brooklyn Steel in Brooklyn. It was my first trip to NYC, so …
April is almost over, and it was another busy month, with Massad Ayoob and Gail Pepin visiting to run a MAG-40, and Tracy Thronburg, John Kochan and I teaching multiple sessions at the national A Girl and a Gun conference, and full classes in our regular program. If you aren’t already a subscriber to receive …
The A Girl and a Gun club started as a small group in Austin and quickly grew to a national level organization with members and chapters all over the country. In April 2017 they held their 5th annual conference, a multi day event attended by over 300 women shooters and dozens of instructors. Events included …
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For the past year and half, my wife Penny has been working on building a new exhibit for the Bush (41) Library here in College Station. The exhibit shows the history and legacy of ranching in Texas. As part of the work, Penny and Dr. Russell Cross from the TAMU Animal Science department and a …
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The Beyond the One Percent presentation explores the topic of how many people train, why they train, what courses they choose and why, and ways to possibly motivate more than 1% of adult gun owners to take training beyond their state minimum. It is based on my presentation at the 2017 Rangemaster Tactical Conference. Part …