Combat Focus Shooting Courses, Spring 2011... coast to coast

[Rob Pincus]

Here are the posted dates for Combat Focus Shooting and related programs for the spring of 2011.

Details and registration here: www.combatfocusshooting.com

March 2011
March 06th - March 06th
Delaware, Ohio
Instructed by Andy Loeffler
$100.00
Introduction to Combat Focus Shooting


March 06th - March 06th
Hillsboro, Oregon
Instructed by Jeff Varner
$80.00
Introduction to Combat Focus Shooting

March 12th - March 12th
Azusa, California
Instructed by Maura Geoghegan
$175.00
Introduction to Combat Focus Shooting


March 13th - March 13th
Vancouver, Washington
Instructed by Jeff Varner
$200.00
Fundamentals of Combat Focus Shooting


March 19th - March 19th
Painesville, Ohio
Instructed by Jamie Onion
$200.00
Fundamentals of Combat Focus Shooting


March 22nd - March 23rd
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructed by Rob Pincus
$450.00
Combat Focus Shooting


March 26th - March 26th
Conroe, Texas
Instructed by Matt Munson
$225.00
Fundamentals of Combat Focus Shooting


March 26th - March 27th
Azusa, California
Instructed by Omari Broussard & Cliff Byerly
$375.00
Combat Focus Shooting


April 2011
April 09th - April 11th
Delaware, Ohio
Instructed by Rob Pincus
$600.00
Combat Focus Shooting and Advanced Pistol Handling
This 3 day program combines the curriculum of the Combat Focus Shooting Course with much of the Two Day Advanced Pistol Handling Program into one 1700+ rnd course.In addition to exploring the principles and fundamentals of the Combat Focus Program and numerous drills to help students develop a better understanding of the Balance between Speed & Precision, this course will cover the techniques of 360 degree presentation from the holster, one handed (strong & weak) weapons handling, unorthodox shooting positions and much more.This course can be taught at any square range and will also expose students to making the most out of any range session to keep tactical pistol training in context!


April 09th - April 10th
Rochester, Minnesota
Instructed by Jon Abel
$400.00
Combat Focus Shooting


April 13th - April 14th
Winchester, Virginia
Instructed by Rob Pincus
$450.00
Combat Focus Shooting


April 14th - April 15th
Delaware, Ohio
Instructed by Rob Pincus
$600.00
Advanced Pistol Handling


April 16th - April 17th
Zanesville, Ohio
Instructed by Rob Pincus
$600.00
Combat Focus Carbine: Two Day



April 23rd - April 23rd
Rochester, Minnesota
Instructed by Jon Abel
$175.00
Fundamentals of Combat Focus Shooting



April 23rd - April 24th
Camden, Tennessee
Instructed by Rob Pincus
$500.00
Combat Focus Shooting

April 29th - May 1st
Van Buren, Arkansas
Instructed by Rob Pincus
$600.00
Combat Focus Shooting and Advanced Pistol Handling
This 3 day program combines the curriculum of the Combat Focus Shooting Course with much of the Two Day Advanced Pistol Handling Program into one 1700+ rnd course.In addition to exploring the principles and fundamentals of the Combat Focus Program and numerous drills to help students develop a better understanding of the Balance between Speed & Precision, this course will cover the techniques of 360 degree presentation from the holster, one handed (strong & weak) weapons handling, unorthodox shooting positions and much more.This course can be taught at any square range and will also expose students to making the most out of any range session to keep tactical pistol training in context!


May 2011
May 06th - May 08th
Springfield, Missouri
Instructed by Rob Pincus
$600.00
Combat Focus Shooting and Advanced Pistol Handling
Special event held at Crossbreed Firearms Academy, Springfield, MO.


May 07th - May 07th
Azusa, California
Instructed by Cliff Byerly & Omari Broussard
$275.00
Fundamentals of Combat Focus Shooting


May 07th - May 08th
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Instructed by Mike Riter
$400.00
Combat Focus Shooting

May 10th - May 12th
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Instructed by Rob Pincus
$600.00
Combat Focus Shooting and Advanced Pistol Handling



May 13th - May 13th
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Instructed by Rob Pincus
$250.00
Combat Focus Carbine: One Day

May 14th - May 15th
Baxter, Iowa
Instructed by Chris Ishmael
$400.00
Combat Focus Shooting


May 14th - May 14th
Delaware, Ohio
Instructed by Andy Loeffler
$100.00
Introduction to Combat Focus Shooting


May 14th - May 14th
Rochester, Minnesota
Instructed by Jon Abel
$175.00
Fundamentals of Combat Focus Shooting


May 19th - May 20th
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Instructed by Rob Pincus
$600.00
Advanced Pistol Handling


May 21st - May 22nd
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Instructed by Rob Pincus
$600.00
Combat Focus Carbine: Two Day

May 21st - May 22nd
Azusa, California
Instructed by
Omari Broussard & Cliff Byerly
$375.00
Combat Focus Shooting


May 23rd - May 24th
Searsboro, Iowa
Instructed by Rob Pincus
$500.00
Combat Focus Shooting


May 25th - May 26th
Searsboro, Iowa
Instructed by Rob Pincus
$600.00
Advanced Pistol Handling

 

[possum]

If you carry or there is any possibility what so ever that you might have to use a handgun to defend yourself or others; take CFS. I have been to many courses, but this is the only one that I would and plan to take again in the future. If you think that this is a point shooting course you are wrong. Take it and see for yourself what it is really all about. You will be blown away. CFS in My opinion is the most "complete" system there is. It is very specific in it's context, all of which you will learn when you take the course. You will be on your way to being a more consistent and efficient defensive shooter by the end of this course.

Rob, I am going to try to make the CFS and ADV Gun handling in Atlanta. I will have to see how the post army finances are going at that time.

 

[Hk Dan]

Geez Rob, you didn't even save a slot for your favorite group of ass clowns??? Al will be crushed. LOL

Glad you're busy, brother Pincus

Dan

 

[docnyt]

Possum,

I don't see any of the courses listed for Atlanta. Or is that a private course or something?

 

[possum]

docnyt,
Rob listed the classes for spring. The class in Atlanta is in OCT. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[westwood45]

Hmmm...really wish they had one in Utah, feeling a bit left out.

Anyone know if there will be more dates posted or is this it?

 

[possum]

westwood,
this is his website, and the current calender.
http://www.icetraining.us/training_calendar.php

also there may be a CFS Instructor that is near your area. They are certified by Rob himself, and they don't get the cert if they don't pass the course. The course is hard from what I hear, and something that I plan to do in the future. There is not a high success rate in the Instructor dev class. Anyone that you get that is certified will give you your money worth. I am glad that I got to take the class with Rob, but when I take it again, it doesn't matter who teaches. Rob is a great guy, and a great instructor, but you are gonna get the same out of it with any of his certified instructors.

 

[Rob Pincus]

Thanks Guys!

I'm ready to come to Utah as soon as we get a host for a course (hint!).

Dan, you know better... send me an email and lets set some dates!

-Rob

 

[Hk Dan]

Will do. Any idea when works for you? I'm thinking I want to do CFS/AGH and then another weekend of SPEAR and ECQ.

 

[Rob Pincus]

Spring 2012 or the weekend of May 28/29.

-RJP

 

[allank]

What would be considered reasonable pre-requisites and proficiency level before taking a CFS course? I know I would benefit, just wondering if I need to train more beforehand.

For example if I can pretty much hit the A zone of a USPSA target from stationary at 21ft with rapid fire would that be good enough?

 

[Hk Dan]

I saw Rob take a guy who bought his first gun 2 weeks before and had him shooting with the group by Day Three. Now there were some bruised egos in there and some tough lessons for the guy, but by Golly he got it. It does slow down the learning for the rest of the group some.

Most amusing in that class, Rob? When you told Pat that if his 1911 survived to Day Two you wanted to write a book on it. That was one big boy and you're one little guy, and he was PISSED. Luckily he has a sense of humor...LOL

 

[AJChenMPH]

Just took the course in Philly this week. I've known Rob for some 25 years or so (long before he got into this business), so the usual disclaimers about bias, etc.

BLUF: I thought the course was great, as did my boss (who's a part-time volunteer sheriff). The course took someone like me who is familiar with pistols and comfortable with them (but without any real formal training) and both taught me how to shoot well under stress (mainly simulated, some real) and give me the ability to develop my own training plan moving forward for when I go to the range.

This is not a shooting course. The course doesn't go over fine detail on how to hold the gun, which part of the finger to pull the trigger, etc. If you do IPSC/IDPA and you're hoping this course will help you with that, don't bother -- in fact, it'll seriously screw you up. This is a survival course designed to help you live through being ambushed in real-world situations.

Rob and his instructors don't just blather on about "you gotta do it this way because we've found it works"; they will take the time to answer your question(s) with empirical data and science to back up why they teach what they teach. As an example: my boss asked why reloads on semi-autos are done without looking at the pistol. Instead of simply saying, "because it could be dark and you can't see the gun", Rob actually went into a detailed explanation of how the brain and the eyes work under stress (you know how time seems to slow down when you're under serious stress?) and why you're much more likely to screw up a mag change if you're looking at the pistol.

Again, if you're looking to simply shoot better, it's probably not the course for you. But if you're looking for tactics and techniques to improve your chances of surviving an unexpected attack (and you go into the course with that mindset), then by all means make the investment (time and financial) to take this course.

Check your ego at the door. While Rob is very light-hearted in how he conducts the course, he breaks you down to the fundamentals of how to shoot when your body is under stress. You can't assume you're going to walk in and nail the course without trying. Heck, he was making us do self-defense shooting scenarios while in the middle of doing wind-sprints up and down the range.

Be prepared to ask questions. There is an extremely high level of intellectual discussion in the classroom part of the course. There's actually very little teaching in the classroom part, it's more of a presentation of a concept and then having a back-and-forth discussion to make sure everyone understands the concept before going to the range to shoot the concept. One of my fellow students is a researcher at an Ivy-league university (and I'm also an Ivy-league graduate), and we both really enjoyed the intellectual discussions that were occurring back and forth. At the same time, the self-proclaimed "dumb construction worker" was just at home in the course and with understanding what was being taught. (By the way, the "dumb construction worker" was arguably the best pure shooter in the group.)

Be prepared to shoot a lot of rounds. The course description says 500 rounds -- I actually shot closer to 600 rounds. (Then again, I probably overloaded myself with mags and shot well beyond others who ran dry during courses of fire.)

Highly recommended -- again, not for competition shooting, but for real-world survival shooting.