Street Encounter Skills and Tactics with FPF Training - September 14-15 2024
Street Encounter Skills and Tactics
To be successful and effective in their own self-defense, citizens need a wide variety of skills beyond shooting.
This course is for the person who recognizes that there is much more to personal safety than simply carrying a gun. If you want to expand your knowledge and acquire skills oriented toward the layered nature of civilian self-defense, this class is for you.
Street Encounter Skills and Tactics prepares citizens for personal security challenges by equipping them with a comprehensive suite of “soft” and “hard” skills that are woven into a holistic approach to legal self-defense.
Among these skills are:
Stopping Bleeding (Medical Trauma)
Employing Pepper Spray (Less-Lethal Options)
Interacting with Law Enforcement (Legal Preparation)
Street Encounter Skills
Tactical anatomy and much, much more!
FPF Training - John Murphy Instructor: John Murphy
Fee: $525.00
Date: Saturday - 9/14/2024 End Date: Sunday - 9/15/2024 Time: 0830-1730 Duration: 5 hours video "view ahead", 16 hours practical experience and range time.
Gabe White - Pistol Shooting Solutions - September 28-29 2024
You already have the basics of shooting and gunhandling - you can load, unload, and draw from a holster safely, you have proper muzzle and trigger finger discipline, shoot reasonably accurately, you can keep your gun running by reloading and clearing malfunctions, and maybe have the basics of use of cover down. What do you do next to improve your capability to solve problems where the handgun is an appropriate solution? It's time to improve your ability to deploy the handgun better, shoot it better, and navigate movement, cover, and the presence of bystanders better. It's time for Pistol Shooting Solutions.
This class is two full days of intermediate to advanced level training, taught by Gabriel White (see instructor bio.) The class will use live and dry fire to improve our defensive use of the handgun, encompassing accuracy and efficiency in shooting, gunhandling, and personal tactics. This will include a heavy focus on developing students' technical skills and the application of those skills to solve problems relevant to defensive use of the handgun, including simple and complex spatial problems, and mitigation of danger to bystanders. Essentially, this class will focus on high performance in concealed carry and self-defense with a handgun. • Efficient drawstroke • Shot calling • Driving the gun on single and multiple targets (shooting mechanics) • Shooting on the move • Shooting on the move competitive exercises • Foreground and background mitigation • Basic and advanced use of cover • Use of cover competitive exercises • Technical skills challenge testing • Effective dry practice
Student Prerequisites • At minimum, you must continuously execute the four firearms safety principles and be able to safely draw from a concealed, belt-mounted holster or unconcealed duty holster. This class is not appropriate for beginners and should not be your first training class. • You must be at least 21 years old, a U.S. Citizen, and not prohibited by any Federal, State, or Local law from possessing firearms. • You will be required to sign at least one waiver at the start of class (Instructor waiver and potentially one or more club waivers.) • You should be able to hit a 6"x6" target on demand at 10 yards (equivalent of the A/B zone or head of a USPSA Metric or IDPA target) and reload and clear malfunctions. • Faster and more accurate shooting and gunhandling will be very helpful. A person with weak marksmanship or gunhandling skills may feel somewhat left behind. You may still be able to participate safely, but may not feel that the class is the best use of your time and ammunition. • If you are unsafe, or do not appear to be of sound and responsible mind, you will be asked to leave. If you are safe, and of sound and responsible mind, but lack the needed shooting skill, you will not be asked to leave, but the class will not be altered to cater to you.
Equipment Requirements • Eye and ear protection, plus brimmed hat. • Safe and reliable service caliber handgun, 9mm/.38 Spl or larger - this class is built around compact and full size semi-automatic pistols - revolvers are welcome but may be very challenging. Note: The SIG P320 handgun was recently discovered to have a vulnerability to discharge at a particularly egregious upward angle as a result of being dropped. The P320 is not allowed in Pistol Shooting Solutions unless it has received the upgrade/fix from SIG. • Strong-side or appendix, belt mounted holster that covers the trigger guard when the gun is in the holster, stays open when the gun is out of the holster, and attaches securely to the belt. Unsafe holsters will not be allowed. Please do not bring minimalist holsters that only cover the trigger guard and are designed to be removed from the belt before holstering. Please do not bring the BLACKHAWK! Serpa holster unless required by your agency. • Concealment garment or duty/retention holster. The class is intended to develop the highly skilled use of a pistol in self-defense. For most of us, that means either concealment or a duty/retention holster. Unconcealed range or competition gear is also welcome if you prefer. • Sufficient spare magazines to shoot at least 65 rounds of ammo before needing to refill magazines (for example, if you have 17-round magazines, bring at least 4 magazines to class.) • Magazine pouch (single, double, and combination pouches are all acceptable.) • Ammunition, ~1000 rounds (actual round count is likely to be over 950.) Please allow yourself the best class experience possible and bring ammunition that is going to function correctly! • Bring lunch, snacks, water, and personal hygiene products - we will be at the range all day and take short lunch breaks (approximately 30 minutes) - there will not be time to leave the range to get food! • This class is not the best time to break in a new gun, or use untested or unreliable guns, ammunition, or other equipment! Those issues will be a huge distraction from your training and I am unlikely to be able to solve those problems for you.
Registration and Payment • Class location is in the Jackson, MS area. Range address will be sent to registered students. • Class will start at 8:00 am and will go until finished - 6:30pm is the estimated end time of class each day. • When you arrive, please do not handle firearms until instructed to do so. It's not a problem if you arrive wearing a loaded and holstered handgun, need to switch gear, or if you arrive not wearing a gun and need to put on your gear. Just leave the gun where it is and do not handle it until we show you when and where to do that. • Full tuition payment due to secure spot in class ($595.00 USD.) • Refunds of tuition available by request until 60 days before class start date, at which point tuition is 100% nonrefundable. • Class is limited to fourteen (14) students maximum. • If less than ten (10) students register (not including class hosts), then class may be canceled due to low enrollment - if this happens, full refunds will be issued. • Separate from tuition, a range fee of $40 per student is due on the first day of class, payable by cash only. • Failure to abide by all terms and conditions may result in forfeiture of tuition and/or being dismissed from class. Payment constitutes agreement to all requirements, terms, and conditions. • Email questions to classes@gabewhitetraining.com
PISTOL OPTIC PRINCIPLES with Brian Hill of The Complete Combatant - March 1st - 2nd 2025
Pistol Optic Principles
The Complete Combatant (Brian's Classes) - Brian Hill Instructor: Brian Hill
The way we aim our firearm is an area that sees constant improvement. Over a decade ago rifle optics went through significant changes with the introduction of "red dot" sights. These mounted optic sights offered a tremendous advantage in speed, accuracy, and application. Unfortunately, back then, optics for pistols were not as easy to set up or robust enough for every day use.
Times have changed and now most companies offer pistols ready to accept pistol optic sights straight from the factory. We now have a wide selection of sights that are ready for every day carry.
This class will focus on the draw to first-round hits from concealment unless you have an open rig. We will work on proximal extension relative to the attacker, using the red dot to the most significant advantage at different distances, multiple hand positions that the armed citizen encounters during a fight, and stacking complex cognitive tasks under pressure. Biomechanics of movement and the neuroscience of the decisional process and training methodologies will be explored. If you shoot competitively or carry a pistol for personal protection you will benefit from this class.
Pistol optic sights offer a number of advantages for the pistol shooter.
The most important is "target focus" which allows the shooter to clearly see the target with a red dot superimposed on it.
Secondly, the red dot is simpler to understand. With the red dot you are only "placing a dot" on the target. With iron sights you have three planes of focus which is obviously not as simple when compared.
Next, you have the ease when dealing with certain vision issues during shooting and it is found to be easier when dealing with difficult positions.
Last, is the ability to "track" in recoil and transitions. That bright red paintbrush of the red dot optic is hard to miss.
All of these factors are significant advantages for the shooter but IT WILL require an understanding of the red dot sighting system.
The 2025 Annual Mid-South PowWow Ladies Only Training Event- April 4th-6th, 2025
The 2025 Boondocks FTA™ PowWow will be held April 4th - 6th, 2025.
The PowWow is a regional training event, hosted by Boondocks Firearm Training Academy (FTA) and provides an opportunity for LADIES across the country to be exposed to manufacturers and industry representatives who offer demonstrations of products, services, and training.
A welcome reception will be held on Friday evening at Eagle Ridge Conference Center which will include a guest speaker and heavy horderves.
Saturday's events will include 4 different training session from some of the most experienced instructors in the country. Ladies will spend 1 and half hours on each the topics and rotate stations through out the day. Participants will also have time to peruse vendors row, which will include products and services from various providers. The weekend will conclude with a farewell address followed by door prizes donated by our event sponsors and firearm giveaways for a few lucky ladies.
All Firearms, Ammunition and Training Items necessary for the event will be provided for you. Heavy horderves on Friday Night, Lunch & Dinner on Saturday Night and Brunch on Sunday are all included in the price of the event.
2025 PowWow Agenda
Friday April 4th - Registration & Welcome Reception 6:00 - 9:00 PM. Heavy horderves provided
Saturday April 5th - Training Day
Training Session 1 - 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Training Session 2 - 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Lunch: Noon to 1:30 PM
Training Session 3 - 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Training Session 4 - 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Dinner provided and DJ & Karaoke - 6:30 PM - Until
