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This skill builder class will help you to focus on developing and improving your Natural Point of Aim (NPA and retention fire skills by utilizing drills that specifically require the use of multiple shooting positions. Natural point of aim and retention fire are two defensive handgun techniques that are often overlooked or even difficult to practice in traditional range settings.

This foundational course covers the fundamentals of handgun shooting. If you are a first time handgun owner or unsure how to hold your handgun, load your magazine, shoot what you are aiming at, or act in the range, this course is for you. We start in the classroom covering safety, range etiquette and proper stance to hit your target. The rest of the class will be on the range, and you will shoot up to 150 rounds of ammunition. You will leave with the foundational knowledge so you can come to the Handgun Proficiency class and feel prepared to learn additional skills.

Our Rifle Proficiency course will help you further build and improve the skills necessary to successfully prepare you for Defensive Rifle. Building on the knowledge you have previously acquired in Beginner Rifle, you will learn and practice basic movements, additional shooting positions and further understand the concepts of using a rifle in a defensive manner.

Women sometimes just feel more comfortable learning from other women in a supportive, low stress environment.  It's very empowering to take responsibility for your own self-defense, and to have the tools and skills in place to be your own first responder.  Our Women's Handgun course was created to help you get familiar with your own firearm and feel comfortable using it, understanding the mechanics of the handgun, being accustomed to the way it feels in your hands and how it reacts when you fire it.  This course is designed to ensure you have an adequate foundation and understanding of safe gun handling, along with a new level of confidence in your ability to handle and shoot your handgun.  

It is crucial that you understand the “Proper Use of Force” doctrine in your decision making process to defend yourself or others. This class will build on the skills of Rifle Proficiency, and our cadre will give you suggestions to improve those skills. This class will have scenarios to expose you to real life events and help you to make split second decisions. 

Students will become more proficient, smooth, and confident with their marksmanship and gun handling skills, which will take them to the intermediate level and prepare them for Defensive Handgun and the advanced courses beyond.

Each month we do this course we add to the prior month. We build up to the top every six months. We challenge you to use your background, experience and training to react to the scenarios we put you through. You will have to legally justify your reactions after your run through your scenario. Understanding the legal use of force is not mandatory for this course but it will help.

Fighting in a diminished light capacity is difficult. In the modern world, there are low light areas even in broad daylight. These shadows and dark spots are a prime location for an adversary to attack you. Proper identification is an integral part of any armed encounter. The use of a light will assist with that proper identification in periods of darkness.

Defensive Handgun is our benchmark course and is highly recommended for individuals that have decided to carry a firearm for self-defense. Our professional staff will teach you modern handgun fighting techniques to effectively win an armed encounter, including drawing from the holster with concealment, quick sight acquisition, malfunction clearance, retention fire, and movement. We also discuss the legal and moral considerations of carrying a firearm for self-defense.

This is the perfect course to do in order to keep your skills up after you complete the Handgun Proficiency or Defensive Handgun course and keep your skills up that you learned in those courses. We focus on the fundamentals of grip, stance, draw from the holster, sight alignment and trigger squeeze. We hope to have you in this course soon.