KR Training February 2026 Newsletter

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2026 OVERVIEW

Thanks to everyone that has signed up for January, February and March classes! The shotgun and Defensive Pistol Skills classes coming up are all sold out. We do still have some classes in March and April with space available. Greg Ellifritz will be teaching two classes in April (Close Quarter Shooting and Cane/Baton Defense), and two classes in July (Knife Skills for CCW and Tactical First Aid). Don’t miss out on these specialty courses. They are all suitable for people at the carry permit level. You don’t have to be an expert or an advanced student to attend.

Courses marked with *** count toward our Defensive Pistol Skills Program coin.

UPCOMING CLASSES

These upcoming classes still have space available:

Handgun Beyond Basics & Personal Tactics Skills – March 14

On March 14 we will offer two courses: Handgun Beyond Basics is our “performance pistol” short course teaching techniques to improve speed and accuracy at 10 yards and beyond. The focus of that course is to educate pistol shooters about the differences between the three modes of shooting: “quickly” (maximum speed), “carefully” (medium speed with higher accuracy), and “precisely” (precision shooting). Most pistol shooters fire every shot with a medium grade sight picture and a too-quick trigger press, which results in too-slow hits on close targets, and poor hits on targets past 7-10 yards. This course explains appropriate sight picture (irons and optic) for the three modes, and teaches the differences in how the trigger is manipulated and pressed for each mode, to balance speed and accuracy regardless of target size and distance.

It’s a required course for those working to complete their Defensive Pistol Skills Program challenge coin.

That afternoon we will offer our Personal Tactics Skills class. It’s part two of our three course tactics curriculum; teaching “what to do” for the most likely scenarios people might encounter outside the home. Training includes use of the Image Based Decisional Drills materials, inert pepper spray, non-firing inert “red guns” and other training props to provide hands on instruction.

It’s a required course for those working to complete their Defensive Pistol Skills Program challenge coin.

Rifle Classes With Doug Greig

Doug Greig will offer three different rifle classes in March: Basic Rifle and Intermediate Rifle will be on the same day, so people that want a full day rifle course can attend both. Basic Rifle is for people with limited/no rifle experience. We have loaner guns available for all of the rifle courses. These courses focus on the technical aspects of rifle shooting. For those wanting rifle instruction specific to personal defense with a AR-15 platform rifle, Doug will offer Armed Citizen Defensive Carbine on March 28.

Red Dot Pistol Level 1

Curious about the benefits of upgrading your pistol’s sights to an optic? Have an optic on your gun but always struggle to find the dot? Haven’t zeroed your dot, or don’t know the right way to zero? Doug will offer a four hour introduction to pistol optics (Red Dot Pistol Level 1) on Sunday, March 29. Loaner guns will be available for those that want to try an optic sight without modifying their own gun.

STAFF & ALUMNI NEWS

In February KR Training supported the Lee County Wildlife Association and the Central Texas Food Bank by donating class gift certificates and books as fund-raising auction items. Paul Martin and Tracy Thronburg represented KR Training at the “Skip the Line” CTFB fundraiser at Franklin’s BBQ in Austin. Paul received a special award from the Central Texas Food Bank. This year’s fundraiser brought in over $40K, and to date Paul’s events have raised over $260K in funding feeding the needy in the Austin area.

KR Training instructors Dave Reichek and Clark Victorin attended the Tim Herron/AJ Zito performance pistol classes held at the A-Zone in February. Three cadets from the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets Marksmanship Unit were also able to attend and observe the training. KR Training supports the CCMU with range time and coaching from Dave and Karl.

During the last weekend of February, Karl Rehn and Tracy Thronburg will be traveling to Louisiana to attend a 3-day FlexCarry (off body carry) instructor course taught by Vicki Farnam, to get certified in her program.

In March, most of the staff will be in Dallas for the Rangemaster Tactical Conference, the premier training event of the year, where dozens of national trainers teach short courses for 3 days. There might be a few slots still open. Register here.

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.

MUSIC VIDEOS OF THE MONTH

In February my trio did a special “Triple Tribute” show where we performed the music of Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley. Here’s a video of me with bass player Brian Lippman doing Ray Charles’ classic “I Got a Woman”. In the second video we are joined by singer Terry Price doing his Elvis-inspired version of the Frank Sinatra classic “My Way”.

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We look forward to training you!
Karl, Penny and the KR Training team