
2024 UPDATE
This newsletter includes information on classes we’ve added to the schedule for April through August. Waiting for a particular class? Let us know and we’ll try to find a date for it in our remaining open dates!
PRIVATE LESSONS
I am available for private weekday training. Doug Greig is also available for private weekday and some weekend sessions. Contact us for details.
REFRESHER DEALS
Re-take any class you’ve taken before for half price! Contact me to get the alumni discount code. Firearms skills deteriorate without practice. Most ranges don’t allow drawing from a holster, shooting quickly, moving or shooting from cover. If you don’t practice the skills you learned in class, they won’t be there when you need them.
NEW COIN HOLDERS
Six students earned their Defensive Pistol Skills Program challenge coins in March, by completing 40 hours of coursework, including all the required classes, a few elective courses, and passing the written and shooting tests. We have more DPS program courses coming up in April and May. Spring is a great time to go shooting. Come see us and check off more courses toward your own challenge coin!

2024 CLASSES Upcoming Texas classes with space available:
APRIL
- Basic Pistol 1 – April 6, 9a-noon (Howard)
- **Basic Pistol 2 – April 6, 1p-4p (Howard)
- PTG 3D Approach to Defensive Shooting- April 12 (Palisades Training Group)
- PTG Defensive Carbine – April 13 (Palisades Training Group)
- PTG Defensive Shotgun – April 14 (Palisades Training Group)
- **Defensive Pistol Skills 3 (NRA CCW) – April 20 (Rehn)
- **Appendix Carry Inside the Waistband Carry Skills – April 27, 9a-1p (Daub)
- **Personal Tactics Skills – April 27, 2p-6p (Daub)
- Church Security Conference (Austin) – April 26-27
- **School and Church Security Range Session – April 28 2p-6p (Rehn)
MAY
- **Basic Pistol 2 – May 4 (Howard)
- **Defensive Pistol Skills 1 – May 4 (Howard)
- Dynamic First Aid – May 11 (Causey)
- **Intro to Competition Pistol – May 18 (Greig)
- Beyond Basics Rifle – May 19 (Greig) details TBA
- Rangemaster Instructor – May 24-26 (Givens)
JUNE AND BEYOND
- TCOLE Firearms Instructor Course – June 4-8 (Wise)
- **Handgun Foundations – June 8 (Wise)
- Advanced Handgun – June 15 (Rehn)
- **Church Security Range Training – June 29 (Greig)
- **Red Dot Pistol (full day) – June 30 (Greig)
- **Church Security Use of Force Training – July 20 (Greig)
- Armed Citizen Defensive Carbine Essentials – July 21 (Greig)
- Massad Ayoob Group MAG 20 Range – August 8-9 (Thronburg)
- Massad Ayoob Group MAG 20 Lecture – August 10-11 (Ayoob)
Courses marked with *** are classes that count toward the Defensive Pistol Skills Program challenge coin.
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PALISADES TRAINING GROUP CLASSES IN APRIL
We are hosting Palisades Training Group for 3 one day courses in mid-April. Lead instructor Steve Moses and Doug Greig (who is an assistant for PTG and KR Training) will offer these classes:
3D Approach to Defensive Shooting (Friday April 12, 1p-5p)
Defensive Carbine (Saturday April 13, all day)
Defensive Shotgun (Sunday April 14, all day)
If you’ve taken our courses on these topics, they would be a great refresher from a different perspective, and of course they are suitable for those that have never taken courses in these topics before.
Defensive Pistol Skills 3 (NRA CCW) April 20
If you’ve completed DPS-1 and DPS-2 and are ready for the next course in our Defensive Pistol Skills Program sequence, DPS-3 is for you. Or if you haven’t taken DPS-1 and DPS-2 but want to see what the NRA’s national “Concealed Carry Weapon” course includes, you can still attend the DPS-3 course. It’s a 6 hour course working from concealment.

Appendix Carry Skills – April 27 morning
John Daub will teach a half day session of his Appendix Inside the Waistband carry skills course on April 27. If you are new to carrying, or want to experiment with appendix carry, this class is what you need. We have loaner AIWB holsters. Correct techniques for drawing from concealment, re holstering, and general tips on learning how to carry comfortably in the AIWB position will be discussed.
Personal Tactics Skills – April 27 afternoon
After the AIWB course John will be teaching a session of our Personal Tactics Skills course. This class is one of the most important courses in our Defensive Pistol Skills Program. It teaches what you should do in the most common personal defense situations, from the perspective of what is most legally defensible and gives the highest odds of the best outcome. This is a required class for those that want to earn their DPS Program Challenge Coin.

Church Security Podcast and April Conference
I was a guest on the Church Security podcast earlier this month. Listen to the episode here
The podcast hosts are putting on a 2 day conference in Austin in April I will be speaking at the conference and the Sunday Church Security Shooting Skills class is an optional part of the event as well.
The cost of the conference is very reasonable and they have a lot of great speakers lined up.
https://churchsecurityessentials.ticketspice.com/church-security-essentials-2024-austin-texas
Church and School Safety Range Session April 28, 2p-6p
This 4 hour, Sunday afternoon session will include the range drills from the Texas DPS Guardian Program, which is the state certified course for armed teachers. This material is very relevant for church security personnel. It’s being offered as part of a multi day Church Security Conference in Austin April 26-27, but you don’t have to attend the conference to attend the range session.

Dynamic First Aid May 11
Caleb Causey of Lone Star Medics will teach a one day general first aid class on Saturday May 11. This class is suitable for students of all levels. It teaches essential skills needed to keep yourself or another person alive before more trained medical personnel can arrive on scene. I have taken more than 3000 hours of pistol training, but I have used the medical skills learned in Caleb’s classes more times in real life than any gun skill. This is one of the most valuable courses we offer and I highly recommend it.

Intro to Competition Pistol May 18
Doug Greig and Greg Howard will teach a 6 hour intro to competition pistol class at the A-Zone on May 18. This will be great for those interested in coming out to shoot our summer matches, which will be on Wednesday evenings in June and July. (Details to be announced in the May newsletter). The photo shows a dry run on a stage using the SIRT laser pistol.

DISCOUNT CODES
I have collected up all the discount codes we have set up with vendors we recommend. Alumni of KR Training classes will find them in the monthly e-news email. You’ll have to actually open the email and scroll to the bottom to find them. It’s a reward for actually opening and reading the email!
BLOG O RAMA
All the articles you missed if you don’t follow the KR Training Facebook page and Instagram feed.
- Mexican and Yaqui Defense Courses – Notes from KR
- Harry Reeves Competitive Shooting Champion – Notes from KR
- 1918 Protection Pistol Course of Fire – Notes from KR
- Ronin Colman 1988 class video – Notes from KR
- FBI Practical Pistol Course 1946 – Notes from KR
- Revisiting the ACSS Reticle – Uncle Zo
- CZ Shadow 2 Compact – Uncle Zo
- Ben Stoeger Class AAR – Uncle Zo
- Reducing My Manual of Arms – Uncle Zo
- Jerry Miculek Performance Center 929 – Uncle Zo
- Dry Fire Part 2 – The Draw – Uncle Zo
- Shooting Drill “The Test” – Uncle Zo
- Armed Citizens Stop Active Shooters – John Lott
- Mapping 10 Essential Observations about Guns and Gun Owners – Gun Curious
- Ed Monk’s Active Shooter Instructor Course – Sensible Self Defense
- Staccato C2 – Uncle Zo
SONG OF THE MONTH
Back in November the Black Cat Choir played a Sunday afternoon show at the Vintage Hideaway near Round Top, Texas. It was our 3rd show that weekend, and the band was in great form. We recorded multitrack audio, but nobody recorded any video (sorry). I’ve been making some music visualizer videos from those tracks. This one is our cover of the Allman Brothers’ “Sweet Melissa”.
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We look forward to training you!
Karl, Penny and the KR Training team