2025 UPDATE
We have scheduled most of the classes we plan to offer through March 2025 with plans to add a few more based on student inquiries. Weekday private lessons are available with Karl at the A-Zone, by appointment on any gun, at any level on any topic we offer.
Doug Greig is teaching classes at the newly reopened Impact Zone range in Hempstead. The January class will focus on 100-300 yard carbine shooting – something we can’t offer at the A-Zone.
2024 YEAR IN REVIEW
2024 was an amazing year for KR Training, with more than 100 classes presented at home and on the road (Ohio, Nashville, Dallas, Houston, Austin). Six KR Training staff members taught as lead instructors (Karl, John Daub, Dave Reichek, Greg Howard, Doug Greig and Tracy Thronburg), and we hosted 13 traveling trainers (Greg Ellifritz, Ben Stoeger, Chris Cypert, Caleb Causey, Jeremy ORarden, Tom Givens, Massad Ayoob, Gabe White, John Hearne, Eric Wise, Steve Moses and Ed Monk). We also held 13 USPSA matches on summer weekdays. Between classes, matches and private lessons I spent over 120 days on the range in 2024, not counting range maintenance and personal practice session days.
Upcoming classes and events:
JANUARY 2025
- Paul Martin 11th Preparedness Conference (3 slots left)- Jan 4-5
- YeagerFest (Karl, John Holschen, Lee Weems, John Hearne, Andy Stanford) at Tactical Response, Camden, TN – Jan 11-12
- Mid Range (100-300 yards) Carbine Class (**Impact Zone range**) – Jan 11
- ***Red Dot Pistol Level 1 – Jan 12
- Sensible Self Defense Match – Jan 18
- ***Basic Pistol & LTC Range – Jan 25 am
- ***Handgun Coaching – Jan 25 pm
- Active Shooter/School Safety – Jan 28-29
SENSIBLE SELF DEFENSE “SHORT RANGE” MATCH
Eric Lamberson from Sensible Self Defense runs a monthly “Short Range” match testing defensive pistol skills. The stage designs are based on actual incidents, using 3D reactive or clothes-wearing paper targets. Scoring is similar to IDPA but this is not an official IDPA or USPSA match. I’ve invited Eric to run one of his matches at the A-Zone in January. Participants can shoot using their carry gear, concealed or unconcealed, or USPSA gear (pistol or pistol caliber carbine). The registration link is here.
FEBRUARY 2025
- Pepper Spray (OC) Instructor /w Chuck Haggard – Feb 1
- Pocket Rockets (small gun class) w/ Chuck Haggard – Feb 2
- Shotgun 1 (Fundamentals) – Feb 8 am
- Shotgun 2 (Manipulations) – Feb 8 pm
- ***Two Person Team Tactics – Feb 15
- Basic Rifle – Feb 16 (details TBA)
- ***Basic Pistol & LTC Range – Feb 22 am
- ***Home Defense Shooting Skills – Feb 22 pm
SHOTGUN CLASSES FEBRUARY 8
On Saturday, February 8, Dave Reichek (Rangemaster-certified Advanced Shotgun Instructor) will offer two half day shotgun courses. Shotgun 1 is suitable for anyone with any shotgun and is an introduction to defensive shotgun basics. Shotgun 2 is suitable for graduates of any of our previous shotgun courses – and if you’ve taken any of our full day or level 2 shotgun classes in the past, you can re-take the October Shotgun 2 course for half price!
MARCH 2025
- ***Defensive Pistol Skills 1 – March 1 morning
- ***Top 10 Drills – March 1 afternoon
- ***Defensive Pistol Skills 2 – March 8 afternoon
- ***Low Light Shooting 1 – March 8 evening
- ***Personal Tactics Skills – March 22 am
- ***AT-2 Scenarios – March 22 pm
- Rangemaster Tactical Conference, Dallas Pistol Club (SOLD OUT) – March 28-30
- Intermediate Rifle w/ Doug Greig – March 29 (details TBA)
GUEST INSTRUCTORS 2025 (check our schedule for more information)
- Massad Ayoob Group MAG-20 range April 10-11
- Massad Ayoob Group MAG-80 April 12-16 (5 day course)
- Gabe White Pistol Shooting Solutions – June 21-22
- Pistol Skill Development w/ Greybeard Actual July 12-13
- John Holschen Sept 13-14
- No Fail Pistol (Chuck Pressburg) Oct 4-5
- Rangemaster Instructor Development Oct 9-11
- Rangemaster Advanced Instructor Development Oct 12-13
We will be adding at least one Greg Ellifritz class to the calendar in 2025.
Courses marked with *** are classes that count toward the Defensive Pistol Skills Program challenge coin.
Prices and registration links are at www.krtraining.com
Click HERE to register for any class.
STAFF & ALUMNI NEWS
Tracy, Dave Reichek and David Tschirhart attended the Cougar Mountain Solutions (Erick Gelhaus) Pistol Mounted Optic instructor class in Dallas in December. Dave was top shooter in the class, with high scores on multiple drills.
Eric Victorin earned his TCOLE (Texas law enforcement) firearm instructor and Rangemaster Advanced Pistol Instructor ratings this fall.
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 open the email and scroll to the bottom to find them. It’s a reward for actually opening and reading the email!
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.
BLOG O RAMA
All the articles you missed if you don’t follow the KR Training Facebook page and Instagram feed. The busy holiday season has kept me from writing much on the KR Training blog, but I have a lot of material in the queue. I also have two articles that will be appearing on the NRA’s Shooting Illustrated online site in early 2025, and a contract to write two more articles for them in January and February.
- What To Do is Someone is Burglarizing Your Vehicle (KXAN News)
- Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Prepping (Paul Martin)
- Find Your Tribe – Connecting with Other Preppers (Paul Martin)
- A Primer on Night Vision for the Preparedness Community (Paul Martin)
- Fun With Data, Unsubscribers and the Future of My Efforts (Paul Martin)
- 5000 Rounds and Counting with the CZ Shadow 2 (Uncle Zo)
- 2024 Year in Review (Uncle Zo)
- KR Training’s Three Seconds or Less Drill (Uncle Zo)
- Breaking My Drought: Deer Hunting (Uncle Zo)
- Why Shoot Single Stack in USPSA? (Uncle Zo)
- Dan Wesson Pointman after 1000 rounds (Uncle Zo)
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE MONTH
The Black Cat Choir performed at the Junk Gypsy Prom, which was a big event at the end of the October Antique Show in Round Top, Texas. James Pharaon recorded video with multiple fixed and mobile cameras, and we recorded the soundboard audio, which I mixed for sync with the video. Our cover of the Doors “Light My Fire” is one the videos produced from those recordings. I played 131 shows as a solo act, as the Karl Rehn Trio and with 6 larger bands in 2024.
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We look forward to training you!
Karl, Penny and the KR Training team
