Post your Training Resume

[Fenway]

We have been posting pictures of all our gear and gun show finds. Now lets see where we have trained.

My brief history reads like this

-Several Coachings with Shay VanVlymen

-Fighting Pistol - Tactical Response

Future Training Plans

-Intro to the Defensive Pistol with Sheriff Campbell

-More Tactical Response classes

-Hopefully put together a class for members of INGO

 

[Lars]

-- Already completed --
Lots of Tae Kwon Do at Park's Black Belt Academy in Waukesha Wisconsin.
X2 Matt Pierce, PD Training Basic Handgun & Marksmanship in Newcastle
NRA Basic Handgun class @ Atterbury
5 Hours of personal Training with someone I respect.
INGO Training day with Shay VanVlymen

-- Upcoming --

 

[RogerB]

Military: Army Nat'l Guard Field Artillery, 4 years enlisted, 4 as an Officer.

Martial Arts: Taekwondo for 3 years. Aikido for 3 years, with and w/o weapons including Aikido based bodyguard/personal protection and street fighting techniques.

Just recently got back into shooting. Embarassed at how badly my parishable skills have parished.

 

[Jeff]

Though I have handled guns since the age of nine, the only formal training (if you can call it that) is listed below.

USAF Basic Training
Indiana Army National Guard
USAF Reserves

Future plans are to attend some classes held by Bragg, Burkett, Max or Travis for USPSA competition.

 

[bigcraig]

So far I have only had one "serious" class.

Strike Tactical, 2-day pistol and rifle class. (all close quarters drills)

This was also Henk Iversons first all "civy" class.

 

[rhino]

I only started keeping track in late 2002, but the list is a little long to post here. I have over 360 hours of formal instruction (i.e. "paid") in various defensive shooting and tactics-related topics. I've had more informal instruction than I can remember. Among others, I have studied with Ken Campbell, Louis Awerbuck, Henk Iverson, Tony Barrera (aka Doc Gunn), and most recently Rob Pincus. I've completed a lot of classes with pistol, carbine, tactical medicine, and a few other things here and there. In addition to continuing those studies, I intend to branch into long range precision rifle shooting soon.

Here is a snippet of some classes I have completed from my spreadsheet:

Introduction to the Defensive Pistol Ken Campbell
Tactical Handgun - Stage I Louis Awerbuck
Tactical Rifle Louis Awerbuck
Tactical Rifle Louis Awerbuck
Tactical Handgun - Stage II Louis Awerbuck
Tactical Carbine Operator Course Xxx Xxxxxx
Tactical Carbine/Handgun Louis Awerbuck
Tactical Handgun - Stage II Louis Awerbuck
High Intensity Tactical Training (HITT) Louis Awerbuck
Tactical Treatment of Gunshot Wounds Tony Barrera, MD
Problem Solver Louis Awerbuck
High Intensity Tactical Training (HITT) Louis Awerbuck
Tactical Carbine/Handgun Louis Awerbuck
Gunsite 123 (off site Indiana 3-day carbine) Ken Campbell
Tactical Treatment of Gunshot Wounds Tony Barrera, MD
Tactical Carbine/Handgun Louis Awerbuck
Handgun Level I Henk Iverson
Carbine Level I Henk Iverson
Combat Focus Pistol Rob Pincus



In addition to continuing with the instructors above as long as I can, I would also like to patronize the following schools/instructors (in no particular order):
David Elderton (the Ky-Tac guy)
Clint Smith
TJ Pilling of Tiger Valley in Texas
The Badlands in Oklahoma
TDI in Ohio
Massad Ayoob
Randy Cain
Kyle Lamb of Viking Tactics
Tom Givens of Rangemaster
FIRE Institute in Pennsylvania
Hany Mahmoud and Steve Moses in Texas

I've also been shooting in combat/action shooting games for over 13 years. Some dismiss the defensive training benefits of doing so, but they are excellent tools for improving marksmanship, gunhandling, movement, and a few other defensive skills while under external pressure of a clock and an audience. The gun games are also an excellent testing ground for your weapons and how you carry and use them.

 

[Rotor Talker]

Started with 4 years JROTC in high school

Gunsite 150 pistol at NRA HQ

Tom Dresner's HK MP 5 class, twice, once in Georgia, one at Red Brush,Third MP 5 class and first of Tom's Pistol class coming this April at Red Brush.

Gunsite 150 pistol at Sheriff Campbell's place

Small Arms Firing School, Rifle at Camp Perry, by US Army Marksmanship Unit

Doing SAFS Pistol this coming July

While not shooting, have been thru Ned Christensen's 1911 Armorer Class, will do that one again too.

Always on the hunt for more.

Bob

 

[Rotor Talker]

Oh, and 30 years as an EMT, 10 at Wishard as a Paramedic, now at Lifeline as a dispatcher

Bob

 

[whiskeytangofoxtrot]

Well at this point I have numerous certifications in the Chemical Demil world (Hazmat/Decon) dealing with Nerve Agent VX.

Other than just myself feeling everything out, I have went to Oklahoma to the Badlands Tactical Training Facility for their Long Range Course and their Sniper I Course.

 

[abnk]

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[TomN]

I keep wanting to go to a "real" shooting school, but as of right now I've taken a couple NRA Personal Protection classes, and some tactical style training with a couple local instructors. Mostly pistol but some shotgun also.

 

[rhino]

Tuition for most three day classes is less than the cost of a good quality pistol, of which most people own several.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

So, we're doing gun stuff and martial arts?

Gun stuff: Gunsite, Thunder Ranch (multiple courses, multiple weapons), Shootrite, Chapman Academy, NRA Personal Protection Class, Boone County pistol course, LFI, Ken Hackathorn, Chuck Taylor, Louis Awerbuck (carbine, shotgun and pistol), and THE Pat Rogers, inter alia (have taken hard to categorize classes such as "Doc Gunn's" trauma class). Most recently Triad (2 days each of carbine, pistol and shotgun) with Clint Smith at Shootrite in Langston, Alabama. Try to do two or three courses a year with guns.

Martial arts: Wing Chun Kuen, Ip Man family, Siu Yuk Men sigung;
Seven Star Praying Mantis Boxing, Won Hun Fun Clan (Hong Kong), Chung family, 4 methods of boxing (hitting, kicking, wrestling, throwing), emphasis on long (staff, spear) and short (saber, straight sword) weapons; our club "specializes" in qin na ("seize and control"), i.e. "joint locks", under Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming, White Crane/Long Fist/Taijiquan, formerly of Boston (who has now moved to California to train full time).

Have also done numerous seminars in FMA (Modern Arnis mostly). Studied briefly both FMA (Eskrima) and BJJ (Machado). Attended a couple of knife seminars with IMA/FMA teacher Steve Tarani.

 

[TomN]

Holy crap Kirk... remind me never to **** you off!

 

[Fenway]

Holy crap Kirk... remind me never to **** you off!

 

[rhino]

TomN, don't worry ... he's too English to hurt you.

Unless, of course, you're in the wrong section of seats at a soccer game. That's when the good ol' English blood lust is a factor ... hooligans!

 

[JRG]

BUD/S however it was a long time ago...but I've always kept up with my handgun and other skills....I'm almost to the point of being too old to fight and I'll just have to kill you, age.....

 

[4sarge]

JRG - I second that emotion

too old to fight, I'll just have to kill you, age..

 

[rhino]

BUD/S however it was a long time ago...but I've always kept up with my handgun and other skills....I'm almost to the point of being too old to fight and I'll just have to kill you, age.....

Dude, if you made it through BUD/S, you're mentally tougher than 99% of the population!

 

[Fenway]

What was your class number?

BUD/S however it was a long time ago...but I've always kept up with my handgun and other skills....I'm almost to the point of being too old to fight and I'll just have to kill you, age.....