KR Training January 2026 Newsletter

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2026 OVERVIEW

January 2026 started out strong with two weekends of sold out courses for pistol and rifle. We have one more January class and a full schedule for February and March, with more classes being added for April-October. We just added four Greg Ellifritz classes, two in April (Close Quarter Shooting and Cane/Baton Defense), and two in July (Knife Skills for CCW and Tactical First Aid). Details on the KR Training website.

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

UPCOMING CLASSES

JANUARY & FEBRUARY

Two Person Team and Partner Tactics February 15

We will offer our special Two Person Team and Partner Tactics class on the Sunday after Valentine’s Day.

The class is suitable for anyone at the carry permit level or higher. This is not a SWAT team course for advanced shooters. It’s a practical course teaching how two people can work together in realistic situations, even when one person has significantly less skill than the other, or different equipment.

For example, two parents moving together from their bedroom to a child’s bedroom, one skilled shooter with a handgun and another less skilled person with a long gun, or pepper spray, medical kit, or just a cell phone and flashlight.

Another example: two co workers, church or school security team members working together to move to and neutralize an active shooter.

The class will include indoor “red gun” training and live fire drills on our big range and in our shoot house.

We only offer this class once a year. Again, it’s suitable for anyone at the carry permit level or above, and it covers material not presented in any other class we teach.

Defensive Shotgun 1 and 2 February 28

We will offer both of our half day shotgun courses back to back on February 28th. Defensive Shotgun 1 is an introduction to the defensive shotgun: proper fundamentals, understanding shot patterning and basic applications including shooting from cover.


Defensive Shotgun 2 teaches mitigating recoil using the Haught technique (push/pull or stretch), shotgun manipulations (reloads, malfunctions) and performance under stress.

MARCH

MARCH IS DEFENSIVE PISTOL SKILLS PROGRAM MONTH

In March we will offer all of the core Defensive Pistol Skills Program courses along with some rifle and red dot pistol courses. Come enjoy the spring weather and make progress toward earning your challenge coin! We will offer all the core courses multiple times in 2026.

STAFF & ALUMNI NEWS

Karl joined Matt Little for an episode of Matt’s “The Way Is In Training” podcast. It should be online in the next few weeks. Link will be in next month’s newsletter and on our Facebook page.

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.

Kevin Creighton used a KRT-2 target in this video

MUSIC VIDEOS OF THE MONTH

In November I played a lot of private parties with the Black Cat Choir. We recorded high resolution video and multi-track audio. Here’s our version of “God Blessed Texas” with me on lead vocals.

Here’s one of us doing SRV’s “Pride and Joy” where I get a long piano solo.

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