Mike (Ox) Ochsner

Mike (Ox) Ochsner is an applied neuroscience consultant, a five-time bestselling author, and the founder of VisionTraining.com. He has spent more than 12 years in firearms training and applied neuroscience. His clients include elite military units and elite athletes, and he also works with executives. He holds Force Science Institute Analyst credentials and is a certified NRA Instructor. He is also a Reality Based Training Association force-on-force master instructor and has shot national and world championship matches.

Parrying In A Gunfight? (like a sword)

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I’ve got a crazy video for you today of a super-close-range gunfight that erupted as a couple was getting tacos. The good guy is behind the 8-ball…gun pointed at him while his pistol is still holstered. As it plays out, they’re SO close that their muzzles actually cross! **!!Warning!!**  Real Gunfight & blood. As a … Continue Reading →

Event/Media Driven Training & Modified Dicken’s Drill (8″target 60yards)

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I’ve got a couple of cool things for you today. First is a “drill” was created this week to commemorate Eli Dicken’s life-saving actions on Sunday at the Greenwood Park Mall in Greenwood IN. Latest reports from video analysis evidently show that Dickens fired from a braced position, behind a column, 43 yards away from the … Continue Reading →

Engaging high angle active shooters at distance. Can you? Should you?

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On the 4th of July, an active murderer started shooting at people along a parade from an elevated position in Highland Park, Illinois. Fortunately, it’s not incredibly common for active murderers to purposely take the high ground and use it to their advantage, but it does happen. 1966 – Texas Tower Massacre 2008 – Mumbai … Continue Reading →

Distract, get off-the-x, draw from IWB concealment, AND put 2 hits on target in less than a second

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This is going to be fun… Making a hit on target in under a second is a great goal.  It’s relatively useless in a gunfight on it’s own, but the smoothness, efficiency, and confidence that you build in the quest for a sub-second draw is INCREDIBLY valuable. Making 2 hits on target in under a … Continue Reading →

The 3 “Mass Shootings” you didn’t hear about, but should have…

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You probably already know about the career criminal and 4-time convicted felon who sped past a birthday party with 40 attendees in West Virginia a few weeks ago and was asked to slow down because children were playing near/in the street. He decided that the best course of action was to go home, get a … Continue Reading →

Handling Stress In Shooting (Qualifiers, Competition, Defense)

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I recently taught a class called “Qual Like A Boss” 🙂 at the A Girl and A Gun National Conference and it was an AWESOME class to teach. I was fortunate to learn a lot of lessons on how to perform at a high level under stress early on, but then I discarded them, thinking … Continue Reading →