Category Archives: Brain Based Pistol Training
Making The Switch To a Pistol Red Dot (instantly & effortlessly)
Red dot sights on pistols, also called micro red dots or micro red dot sights (MDRS), are all the rage right now for defensive use after proving their effectiveness in the shooting sports for the last few decades. They are almost as big of a game-changer on pistols as they were on long guns. On…
Fun, powerful reaction light dry fire drills!
Most shooting drills today are meant to get people better at punching holes in paper… Not getting people better prepared for using a firearm in a self-defense situation. There are 3 parts to the process… How QUICKLY and ACCURATELY you can identify threats (visually). How QUICKLY and ACCURATELY you can decide what to do. How…
Self-defense shooting with corrective lenses (readers, bifocals, progressives, monovision, etc.)
A lot of times, the techniques that we use for plinking and having fun with guns doesn’t necessarily carry over to self-defense shooting. Take shooting with glasses or contacts as an example. The fact is, we may or may not have our corrective lenses handy when we need to defend ourselves. It may be bifocals,…
Isosceles, Weaver, or Combat Stance for Self Defense???
I got a great email from a shooter yesterday asking me why I liked the isosceles stance instead of the Weaver stance. In the isosceles stance, the shooter’s face, shoulders, hips, and feet are squared up to the target and the arms are outstretched, making an equilateral triangle with the arms and chest…like an arrowhead…that’s…
Spilling wine, missing reloads, and slow first hits…what’s the connection?
Next time you are at a party, pay attention to how people pour…whether it’s from a wine bottle or from a pitcher. I’m not talking about a “pro” at a restaurant who pours all of the time. I’m talking about watching “normals” pour. Here’s what you’ll normally see. Definitely not always, but normally. They’ll hold…
An LE Perspective on “Spreading Your Hits” On Paper Targets
I’m part of a professional firearms instructor group on Facebook and I want to share with you one of the conversations we had over the weekend… The original post was, “Recently talking with other cops–some who instruct–over the idiotic comments some department firearms instructors STILL say and have said over the years. The one that…
Busting the Myth Of The Iron Grip For Shooting
For some reason, I’ve been getting questions and finding myself in conversations about grip quite a bit lately. Now, there’s a lot of misinformation on grip…especially on how firmly you should grip, how to improve grip, and what to do about reduced grip from arthritis, carpal tunnel, and other pain issues. Take the 100% grip…
How “Twister” and a 99c app can help you “overtrain” beyond common pistol standards
Most training today is what is known as “training to a standard.” It may be passing a test, shooting a certain size & speed group, or checking a box on the amount of time & reps done. The problem is, that type of training doesn’t carry over to the real world. Going to the range,…
New Popup Targets!
As you can probably tell, we’re on a continual quest to make gun training more fun and more effective. Because the more fun you have doing it, the more often you’ll train AND the quicker you’ll learn. Today, I want to introduce you to our newest targets…Popup Targets 🙂 As you’ll see, I had some…
Beyond 20/20 Vision At Any Age
Roughly 80% of the sensory input that the brain gets comes from the eyes. Vision is key to keep your balance when standing, and it’s the primary sense that you use to detect threats, identify threats, avoid attacks, target strikes (with a firearm or empty handed), and more. When most people think about vision, they…
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