Tactical Training Courses

The course lays the foundation for the defensive use of the handgun. This “Core Skills” course revolves around close engagements when the shooter is ‘Threat Focused.’

No advanced training can be conducted without thoroughly understanding these fundamental skills. Any level of shooter can benefit from this course.

Course Content:

• Mindset/Behavior and Stress Management
• Behavior-Based Training Theory
• Weapons Handling/Manipulations
• Fundamentals of Threat-Focused Marksmanship
• Tactical Sustainability Methods
• Handgun Stoppage Reductions skills
• Live Fire Safety Brief
• Intro to Threat-Focused Shooting

Continues into “Contextual Shooting Skills” by understanding how to use your handgun sights depending on the orientation of a threat. Any level of shooter can benefit from this “Core Skills” course.

Course Content:

• Review of Weapon Manipulations
• Into the Combative Draw Stroke
• Marksmanship Fundamentals of partially and fully sighted fire
• Live Fire Contextual shooting drills
• Multiple threat engagement drills

Progresses into “gunfighting skills” by executing the fundamentals on demand. By combining shooting fundamentals with Tactical Movement, we can increase our chances of survival in close-quarters engagements. Students who have a thorough understanding of safe weapons handling and possess fundamental shooting skills may attend this course.

Course Content:

• Review of Threat Focused shooting
• Contextual Shooting Drills
• Turning and shooting
• Intro to Tactical Movement for Close Quarter Engagements
• Linear lateral and Lateral Movements
• Integrated Handgun manipulations with movement

Continues into more “gunfighting skills” by introducing the student to how to use Cover and Concealment. Combining shooting fundamentals with the Use of Cover and Tactical Movement prepares the defensive-minded citizen for a wide variety of variables that are factors prevailing in a violent, close-quarter engagement. Students who have attended Xtreme Handgun 1 and 2 or are intermediate/advanced shooters may attend this course. (Or Approved Prerequisite Courses)

Course Content:

• Review of Contextual Shooting
• Behaviorally Compliant Use of Cover/Concealment
• Movement to Cover
• Live Fire Engagements From the Cover
• Alternative Shooting Positions from Cover
• Integrated Handgun manipulations with the Use of the Cover

Takes the shooter into the “Bad Breath” distance or Extreme close quarters gun fighting range. By integrating empty-hand combative skills with close-quarters shooting face up close and personal violent encounters. An intermediate-level shooter or one who has completed Xtreme Handgun Level 1 minimum is required to attend this course.

Course Content:

• Into to Empty Hand Combative skills
• Handgun Retention Methods
• Integrated Combative skills and Live Fire Shooting Drills
• Live Fire Retention Shooting Skills
• Alternative Force Options

The Urban Defense Carbine Course is designed for the absolute novice, immediate, and even the experienced carbine shooter. The course is built upon a strong foundation of weapons handling/ manipulation skills, the fundamentals of marksmanship, and being able to make accurate shots on demand at close-quarter distances out to several hundred yards.

Whether the purpose is to improve your general shooting skills for use in hunting, competition, or self-defense, the end user will come away with a complete and effective system in which to run their carbine with confidence and consistency.

Course Content:

• Carbine Function/Overview
• Dissection/Inspection and Diagnostics
• Support Equipment Considerations
• Dry/Live Fire Safety Brief and Line Procedures
• Weapons Ready Positions
• Fundamentals of Marksmanship
• Zeroing the Carbine 50-200 Yard BZO
• Use of Irons, Red Dot, and Magnified Optics
• Positional Shooting
• Reloading Methods (Sustainability)
• Stoppage Reduction Methods
• ‘On Demand’ Engagements at 200 Yards

• Contextual Shooting and Moving
• Point shooting Module for Handgun and Carbine
• Maximizing Complex Environments - Building artificial support positions for shots on demand
• Dynamic Lateral and Linear Movement and Application
• Dealing with stoppages, transitions, movement to cover, and prioritizing actions based on threat, proximity, availability of cover, and efficiency 
• Culmination “All the Answers to the Test Drill” 
• Intro to 2-Man Team movement Fire and maneuver, AKA Bounding Overwatch drills

This is an introductory course focused on proper Mindset, conflict resolution, empowerment, Understanding Criminal behavior, and how to recognize and avoid it. The physical portion is based on simple gross motor skills that can be learned in a minimal training session and literally executed in the parking lot if you were accosted after leaving the course. These are 'ON DEMAND' Skills that work under sudden violent conditions that anyone can learn and employ. When you need physical skills to keep you safe, you need them now, not 5 years from now.

Course Content:

• Prevailing Mindset
• Combat Physiology
• Non-Aggressive Postures
• Spatial Control
• Close Quarters Combat Stance
• Combative Movement "Combative Shuffle"
• Universal Defense Technique
• Close-quarter Strikes and Gross Motor Targeting
• Power Development Methods
• Interactive Training with a Partner/s

This is a physical class, and participants may train according to their capabilities. These skills are easy to learn and require only minimal maintenance to maintain their effectiveness.

This is a stand-alone "Solo" Combative Course for women. If you have taken Level 1 then this is the next course. However, you do not need a PREREQUISITE to attend this course.

Course Content:

• Review of Level 1.0 Curriculum
• Understanding "Bad Guy" Behavior
• Spatial Control and "Choice Speech" Micro Drills
• Guard and CQC Stance
• Head and Neck Defense Methods
• Review of Close Quarter Empty Hand Defensive Skills

NOTE:

Come ready to work and sweat. This is a heavy repetition-based course, and our emphasis will be on power development and combination techniques.

This program of instruction on Edged Weapons Tactics is based on Western Knife Combatives. This program is principle-based, not heavily technique-based, and is easy to learn. It requires simple gross motor movements, and it is easily maintained with minimal periodic practice. This course is for anyone who is interested in learning simple, effective self-defense with an edged tool.

Course Content:

• Safety Brief for Live Blade Usage
• Case Studies
• Intro to Use of Force
• Predatory Assault Cues
• Identifying Primary Attack Methods
• Unarmed Combative Skills Integration Methods
• Live Blade Draws From Concealment (Folder and Fixed Blade)
• Edged Weapon Methods of Application
• Offensive Edged Weapon Techniques
• Defensive use of Edged Weapon (Snap Cuts)
• Proactive Edged Weapon Techniques (Slashes and Thrusts)
• Bio-Mechanical Cutting Skills
• Principle-Based Defense against Edged Weapon Assaults (EWA)

NOTE:

• Bring a Live folding knife that you carry daily.
• Bring a folding or fixed-blade trainer.
• We will provide training blades for those who do have them.

This course will cover how to manipulate your handgun and carbine to negotiate the geometry of everyday structures from homes to workplaces and houses of faith.

This will prepare you to be able to close quarters with other Individuals, crowds, and or venues where you may be the only "good guy/gal with a gun."

Course Content:

• Safety Brief
• Into To Behavior-Based Tactics
• Weapons Manipulation and Choreography
• Friendly v. Threat Recognition 
• Importance of "Earning the Right To Shoot" When Required
• Tactical Use of Cover and Concealment
• Intro to Low Light Tactics
• 1 Man Structure Clearing.
• 2 Man "Buddy Team" Structure Clearing
• 1 and 2 Man Response To Active Killer Threats

This course is ideal for everyday civilians who provide security for their Houses of Faith and/or business and those who have always wondered how to defend their homes should that be required.

• COMBATIVE
• Personal Self Defense Methods and Control/Individual and Team Escort techniques
• MEDICAL (Discussion on Care Under Fire Priorities)
• B.A.T.H. Acronym: Bleeding - Airway - Tension Pneumothorax - Hypothermia
• Direct pressure
• Tourniquet Application
• Blood Sweeps
• Wound Packing
• Airway Procedures
• Pressure Dressing Application Methods
• Chest Seals Application - Recognition of Pneumothorax development Recovery Positions, Casualty Carry Methods.
• FIREARMS – Dry Work Only
• Carry and Ready Positions
• Friendly Fire Avoidance
• TACTICS /CQB/CLEARING METHODS
• Use of Cover and Concealment
• Discussion about moving in environments without identification or high-visibility security or CCW markings, versus moving while employing low-visibility clearing to contact methods. Applicable for unarmed personnel as well.
• ACTIVE KILLER RESPONSE 
• Limited Penetration Behavior Based CQB methods for SOLO Responder.
• VIP PROTECTION
• 1 to 5 Man protective formation of a Close Protection Team
• Cover and Evacuation drills

Discussion of the Importance of Advance Work Crowds and Venue Ingress and Egress Methods.