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“I’d been involved in real violence in my life several times, and never before in training had I felt that kind of pressure.” -Shawn...
“ECQC is designed to teach deploying a firearm at extremely close ranges. But when we think that through for a second, the solution is...
“[Being] able to go ‘Okay, I’ve seen this before, I have a mental map for how this might play out,’ and work through that...
“The problem is, I think, when you’re new to this, you’re confusing one with the other; you’re confusing that goal as the end state.”...
“Many ads do both; they kind of reflect that people have an interest in this thing, say a subcompact gun, but they can also...
“I would say that mastering yourself and both having the discipline to work on your issues, and the ability to figure out successful ways...
“I think the biggest thing when training the newbies is that the how’s matter just as much if not more so than the whats.”...
“The things that appeal to gun buyers like size of the gun, wind up having some mythology attached to them.” –Jon Hauptman Jon...
“Well, when you look at it in the overview that use of the gun in self defense is an aberration of the norm in...
“How well you learn the skill is going to also insulate that skill against the effects of stress.” -John Hearne Fast talking John...
“As a pro-gun person, I think we have a little bit of a responsibility and a mission to advocate for our position in an...
“You have to paint a new picture every time you step up. And that means NOW you have to do it. You can’t do...
“…This whole idea of you can’t see your sights in combat really came from those eras, but, if you look at like an original...
“…and we have to learn as instructors to not only teach, not only lead, but to deeply understand the person we’re working with and...
“Because let’s face it, you and I and the rest of the training industry are not normal people.” -Claude Werner Does the training industry...
“So shooting fast is a very important skill, but, for defensive shooting and law enforcement type shooting it’s also important to be able to...
“You have to give them the broccoli, the student has to have the broccoli, but the student just wants to eat nachos. So you...
“You’ve got to expand a guy’s frame of reference. …we only know what we know, we don’t know what we don’t know. Especially in...
“In recent times diversity has become a four letter word …it’s now become popular to bash diversity as something that’s just for tree-hugging liberals...
“It comes back to the advertising model. If you say something negative about a product is that company going to advertise in your magazine?”...
“You start feeding it odd ammo out of odd magazines and all of a sudden it’s like putting the wrong gas in your car.”...
“Working in law enforcement is like being an offensive lineman. The announcers never talk about you unless you forget the snap count or you...
“You Can’t Shoot People A Little Bit” –Chuck Haggard Legendary Lawman Chuck Haggard of Agile Training and Consulting joins us to discuss what...
“People hurt themselves and each other, by accident, at a rate which absolutely dwarves intentional violence.” – Jon Hauptman Jon Hauptman of...
“Removing barriers to performance is the coach’s role.” – Michael Brown Joining us is Michael Brown, Retired Tulsa Oklahoma police officer, and one...
“The entire industry for the most part, with a few outliers, has approached recoil management the hard way.” — A.J. Zito A.J. Zito...
“You can’t predict the ways you might satisfy a truly bizarre urge.” – William Aprill It’s the Season 7 premiere and we are...
“If I had to pick someone who, on demand, can perform a sub-second presentation to a 3×5 card at 7 yards under real-world time...
“I don’t want you to be good at a qual course, I want you to be good. And then any qual course you shoot...
“If your only answer is, ‘I’m just going to shoot somebody.’ Boy, there’s an awful lot of problems that won’t solve.” — John Correia ...
“One of the things that competition really does… is that it gives you an impending date of your test.” –Gabe White If you’ve...
“You need to be learning. If you can do things and you don’t know how you did them, who cares? But if you make...
“… if you’re backed into that corner and there is no other way out than to fight your way out then you’ve got to...
“Violence for survival is literally the most natural thing a human being can do.” — Chris Understanding the difference between military, law enforcement,...
“There is no such thing as a perfect sight picture. There is only such a thing as an acceptable sight picture for the shot...
“[Some instructors are] not trying to teach. They’re trying to get people to come to their class and they’re trying to make money. And...
“The hard part is getting people to flip that switch to become very decisive, very aggressive, very dominating.”–Steve Fisher It’s been a while...
“Don’t let your desire to protect your life keep you from living a life worth protecting.” –Melody Lauer The Facebook user shows are...
“You don’t have to be a martial artist to know that if you’re going to kick somebody in the face your foot should be...
“Planning on winning also includes planning on the aftermath of winning and it isn’t good, it’s just better than the other alternative.” — William...
“The idea of a red dot revolver is an idea that’s I’ve had that I’ve wanted to do a work-up on for a long...
“There’s always a battle in product management in the companies in the firearms business of, ‘Hey, I want this product to do this,’ and...
“I honestly couldn’t tell you why I didn’t put more emphasis on the medical stuff. My mom’s a nurse, one of my aunt’s is...
“Every time we do something new, people’s lives depend on it.” — Tom It’s a show about holsters! If you are wondering about...
“I used to hear in my former profession, ‘the best way to learn is experience,’ and after having a few bad ones I realized...
“If you are known as a menace to your neighborhood and then you have the best shooting–it is the best textbook, self-defense shooting in...
“So, putting the finger on the trigger starts, at position three, which–to me–sounds too early but in actuality because the rest of the draw...
“There are certain scenarios where yeah, you can get away with [carrying empty chamber] and you’ll be fine and there are other scenarios where...
“When we think of scenarios as civilians… we tend to think of them in very black and white terms… When we start seeing the...
“Why would somebody want to hurt me?” The correct answer to that is, who cares? It doesn’t matter why they want to hurt you,...