2025 UPDATE
We have scheduled many of the classes we plan to offer from Dec 2024 through March 2025 with plans to add a few more based on student inquiries. Weekday private lessons will be available with Karl at the A-Zone, by appointment, throughout November and December with weekday classes resuming January 2025.
Doug Greig is teaching classes at the newly reopened Impact Zone range in Hempstead (near Houston) in November, December and January. The January class will focus on 100-300 yard carbine shooting.
AMMO PRICES GOING UP JANUARY 2025
Multiple vendors and many industry insiders have been posting that ammunition prices will be going up by 5-10% effective January 2025. Raw materials used to make ammunition may be in short supply. I recommend planning ahead and purchasing ammunition you intend to use in 2025 as soon as possible.
Upcoming classes and events:
NOVEMBER – DECEMBER 2024
- AR Proficiency (**Impact Zone Range**) Nov 23
- 2 Wheel Drive Systems and Skills (Ascend Overland) – Dec 7
- 4 Wheel Drive Systems and Skills (Ascend Overland) – Dec 8
- Medical Skills Lab Delta (Lone Star Medics) Dec 14 (am)
- Medical Skills Lab Alpha (Lone Star Medics) – Dec 14 (pm)
- Armed Citizen Defensive Carbine Essentials (**Impact Zone Range**) – Dec 14
ASCEND OVERLAND 2WD/4WD GROUND SCHOOL
In early December we are hosting Jeremy with Ascend Overland for two separate one day vehicle classes. These will be classroom based vehicle courses, not guns-around-vehicles tactics, so there’s no live fire component and no off road driving component. Promo video for the 2WD class is linked below, and registration is open on the KR Training website.
JANUARY 2025
- Paul Martin 11th Preparedness Conference (SOLD OUT)- 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
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 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
APRIL-JULY 2025
- Massad Ayoob Group MAG-20 range April 10-11
- Massad Ayoob Group MAG-80 April 12-16 (5 day course)
- Pistol Skill Development w/ Greybeard Actual July 12-13
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
KR Training coin holder Randy Wallen shot the Glock Shooting Sports Match in Dallas in October, winning 3rd in Amateur Civilian and was High Senior in Amateur Civilian and Rimfire divisions. As a result of his wins he was promoted to Master division in GSSF.
Doug Greig was on the Big Tex Outdoors podcast, talking about his own program and his work with KR Training.
Paul Martin attended and wrote about the Thunderstick Summit. Karl worked with Texas Parks and Wildlife teaching youth pistol shooters in October, and did some coaching for the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets Marksmanship Trip in November.
Tracy Thronburg took a 2 day Armed Response to Terrorist Attack class from John Farnam in Slidell, LA and she will be instructing at the HAVA wounded warrior shooting event in San Antonio in November.
Tracy, Dave Reichek and David Tschirhart will all be attending the Cougar Mountain Solutions (Erick Gelhaus) Pistol Mounted Optic instructor class in Dallas in December.
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.
- What To Do is Someone is Burglarizing Your Vehicle (KXAN News)
- Eight Observations on Unfolding Crises (Paul Martin)
- Vang Comp Thunderstick Summit (Paul Martin)
- Always Be Memorable…By Putting in the Work (Paul Martin)
- Managing Emergencies During a 911 System Outage (Paul Martin)
- In Praise of OTC Meds and Treadmills (Paul Martin)
- Many Preppers Are About to Make a Huge Mistake (Paul Martin)
- Primary Arms SLx 1-6 Rifle Scope (Uncle Zo)
- Gabe White’s Pistol Shooting Solutions Yet Again (Uncle Zo)
- Staccato C2 and Holosun 507 Comp 2000 Round Update (Uncle Zo)
- KR Training Advanced Handgun Again (Uncle Zo)
- Lone Star Medics Virtual Course Review (Uncle Zo)
- 10K Trigger Presses Ace Virtual Shooting (Uncle Zo)
- Dry Fire Part 8 Back to Fundamentals (Uncle Zo)
- Build a Bug Out or Get Home Bag (Uncle Zo)
- Ace Virtual Shooting (Uncle Zo)
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE MONTH
The Black Cat Choir performed at the Stone Cellar in Round Top in early November. Our new sound engineer recorded some videos on his cell phone. This is a compilation of the best song snippets he recorded of Superstition, All Right Now and Maggie May.
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We look forward to training you!
Karl, Penny and the KR Training team
