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. …
On Thursday and Friday (April 6-7, 2017) I attended the MAG-20 range class, taught by Massad Ayoob, assisted by Gail Pepin, Tracy Thronburg, and Greg Taggart. It was part of the full MAG-40 (classroom and range combined) that I hosted at KR Training. I’ve hosted Mas several times over the past 3 years, including multiple …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. Here …
March is almost over, and it’s been a very busy month, with the Rangemaster Tactical Conference, our own classes and Craig Douglas visiting to teach his ECQC course. Here’s my AAR from the Conference and an instagram post from Craig about an interesting moment from ECQC. If you aren’t already a subscriber to receive this …
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 …
The results from the 2017 Rangemaster Tactical Conference live fire match are up. The spread between the top 20 was tight, only a few seconds between Kirk Clark’s 22.78 win, Dave Reichek’s 25.90 5th place, Massad Ayoob’s 26.86 7th place, and my own 27.51 11th place finish. The split between 18th and 19th place was …
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2023 UPDATE: the material in this blog post series was expanded, compiled and combined with previously unpublished material from other Rangemaster presentations into a book: Strategies and Standards for Defensive Pistol, which was originally published in 2019 and revised to include another 50 pages of new content in 2023. If this material interests you, I …
I just got back from the 2017 Rangemaster Tactical Conference, which was held at the Direct Action Resource Center near Little Rock, AR, March 17-19. This was the 19th annual event. TacCon is the event where many of the big names in the private sector training community get together each year to present on new …
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On February 18-19, 2017 I hosted (and attended) two days of unarmed training taught by Cecil Burch. I brought Cecil to KR Training because I had trained with him at one of the Rangemaster Tactical Conferences a few years ago, and because Craig Douglas recommended him as an instructor that could teach students skills that …
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FEBRUARY & MARCH CLASS DISCOUNTS AND DEALS Deal #1) Discounts on our Basic Pistol 1, Basic Pistol 2, and License to Carry classes on Groupon. Deal #2) $90 price for half-day training with Cecil Burch. Deal #3) $180 price for all 3 classes on March 4 (DPS-2, AT-2 and Low Light Shooting). Save $40. Deal …
JANUARY AND FEBRUARY CLASS DISCOUNTS AND DEALS Deal #1) Discounts on our Basic Pistol 1, Basic Pistol 2, and License to Carry classes on Groupon. Deal #2) $50 off the Dynamic First Aid class Saturday, Feb 4. Mention this ad when you register. Deal #3) Refresher pricing for Feb 5 (Sunday afternoon) Defensive Pistol Skills …
2016 was a big year, with the biggest news being that I retired from working for the state of Texas after 33 years of service (I started working for UT when I was 18) at the end of August. I worked for the Applied Research Laboratories at UT-Austin from 1983-2006, and for the Texas A&M …
On January 7th, KR Training, in collaboration with Paul Martin, hosted the 5th annual Preparedness Conference. Each year we’ve presented a series of speakers on preparedness topics. This year we were able to bring in a national level speaker, Dr. Omar Hamada, to speak about medical and personal preparedness, as well as some returning and …
On Dec 10-11, 2016, I hosted the new Armed Parent course taught by John Johnston and Melody Lauer from Citizens Defense Research. John and Melody are best known for the Ballistic Radio podcast. The concept of the course came from articles Melody had written on the challenges of carrying around small children. It’s a new …
This is a guest post from long time KR Training student Glenn M., who shared his thoughts on shooting several different guns over several months, at a local tactical match, with permission to use as a blog post. (He’s a left handed shooter. The most common shooting error for a left handed shooter is hits …
Class AAR: Close Quarters Pistol / Tactical Medicine 25-26 June 2016 Instructors: Darryl Bolke & Caleb Causey review by Karl Rehn and Mike Byrom KR Training recently hosted a 2 day class taught by Darryl Bolke and Caleb Causey. The course combined their skills and expertise to offer training in the application of shooting and …
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Lots to learn here in this slow motion video of a drawstroke recently shown on Guns and Ammo TV. It’s from a segment where the presenter defends the SERPA holster, dismissing anyone who claims the SERPA design is unsafe as “not being able to internalize keeping their finger straight and off if the trigger” or …
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