A very long time ago I believed some very ridiculous things. I believed them because they were told to me by people who appeared knowledgeable or were in a position to teach me, so I trusted their imparting of knowledge completely. I can’t say I picked everything up...
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“Mental Models” for Training
Today's Guest Writer Matt Powell Explains "Mental Models" for Training. Matt is a martial arts instructor with a varied background and an outlook that many of our wretched minions like, which is why we bequeathed this honor of writing for us upon him (none of our...
Spring Training Week: A Primer on Using Airsoft for Training
Airsofters often take a beating in the "real world." Often this is a just and well-deserved mockery. Other times it's unwarranted, unnecessarily critical and even inaccurate. Several of us have used airsoft weaponry for training for years now, finding it to be an...
Spring Training Week: Performance Walls
Spring Training Week continues. Today we bring an article about training walls, courtesy of our minion COWAN!, who is also the HMFIC of Sage Dynamics. He's going to take some shots at a few sacred cows. Let the butt hurt commence. Mad Duo At some point in our...
Pushing Outside Your Comfort Zone
When you train, do you do it on your own, or do you bring some friendly rivalry into it? Do you train outside your comfort zone? Are you willing to set ego aside and ask for help where you need it? COWAN! thinks that's just the thing to do, as long as the shooters...
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Train Like a Samurai: Ten Arrows
Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. Imperfect practice makes rehearsed. You've heard a lot of advice on different training philosophies - ways to maximize the results you achieve. The fact is, desultory training (grunts: desultory) is a...
Why is Reality Based Training Critical?
Why is reality based training critical? Well, because any skill set you want to be proficient in and to master requires training and practice. We were going to have Breach-Bang-COWAN! tell you, but he got roofied by a tranny stripper and wound up writing a guest...
Training on the Cheap: Downtime Battle Drills
You guys know our opinion of Pete Nealen. He's written some great op-ed for us in the past, bringing his own mutant-like powers of observation and skewering wit to bear on things. This is one of his best yet. Sequestration and (lack of) money can be as much a drag on...
Musings on the Zimmerman Trial from a Gun Carrier
Today we'll no doubt see more of the courtroom dog and pony show from Florida that seems to preoccupy every reputable news network in the US (as well as MSNBC). So let's look at that, and talk about a couple of things that could cause us some problems. In order to do...
Range Planning: A Reminder for the New Year
First off, Happy New Year! Second off, resolve to yourself to spend more time on the range this year. Get off your ass. Going once a month and putting two magazines downrange in good, planned use is better than a single thousand-round weekend annually. Now more than...