DRZinn
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Last weekend a coworker and I drove up to Vegas to meet with Oleg. He took some great promo pictures of us with various cool stuff, and then we (along with Oleg and two local friends) went and took a course at Front Sight.
Part 1: Front Sight review
The course we took is called "Four-Day Defensive Handgun" and that's what it is. The emphasis is heavily on timed shots from a concealed holster. There's a lot packed into the course, and no breaks other than lunch.
The course is designed in such a way that beginning shooters and old hands can all get a lot of benefit out of it. Each technique is taught, then demonstrated, then practiced dry, then practiced live. Nothing tacticool here, just how to get the gun out and shoot it.
One of my favorite points about this school is what they don't do. As with any training, I have minor disagreements about a few small details of the things they teach. So where I have my own reasons for doing something a little different, I do it my way. At other training facilities I've been constantly "corrected" on this, to the point of harassment, and even belittled for having a different opinion. Here, they continued to correct me on things that actually mattered, but recognized the things I was doing my way on purpose and left me alone on those things.
The instructors were good-natured throughout, and never set themselves up to be anything more than competent instructors. This is another major contrast to other places, where every instructor is a super-duper-high-speed-low-drag-ninja-sniper-recon-blah-blah-frickin'-blah. Egos don't get in the way at Front Sight.
My nitpicks are few. For one, because they pack so much into the time, there's very little opportunity for more experienced shooters to help the less experienced (or less able for whatever reason). Not a big deal. There are a few others not even worth mentioning.
All in all, a very good course for any level of competence. (Just don't pay list price, which is $2000. There are plenty of people selling certificates.) I highly recommend it.
Part 2: promo photo shoot
Mike and Joe came down from Utah with a couple Broadswords, and Oleg brought various things from other companies, and we got some great pics out of it. Some of them are on Oleg's blog, others are on Crusader Weaponry's site, and others will be in advertising.
Part 3: Miscellany
I got out of California for a week, met some people, including Oleg, who I'd known online for a long time but never met in person before, met some new very interesting people, had some great training, and came back fully recharged and ready to deal with L.A. again. What's not to like?
Also, I discovered that there is Sushi that I like. It just has to be ultra-fresh and devoid of seaweed. Anyone in or near Vegas, go to Kaizen. Just go. And tip well.
Part 1: Front Sight review
The course we took is called "Four-Day Defensive Handgun" and that's what it is. The emphasis is heavily on timed shots from a concealed holster. There's a lot packed into the course, and no breaks other than lunch.
The course is designed in such a way that beginning shooters and old hands can all get a lot of benefit out of it. Each technique is taught, then demonstrated, then practiced dry, then practiced live. Nothing tacticool here, just how to get the gun out and shoot it.
One of my favorite points about this school is what they don't do. As with any training, I have minor disagreements about a few small details of the things they teach. So where I have my own reasons for doing something a little different, I do it my way. At other training facilities I've been constantly "corrected" on this, to the point of harassment, and even belittled for having a different opinion. Here, they continued to correct me on things that actually mattered, but recognized the things I was doing my way on purpose and left me alone on those things.
The instructors were good-natured throughout, and never set themselves up to be anything more than competent instructors. This is another major contrast to other places, where every instructor is a super-duper-high-speed-low-drag-ninja-sniper-recon-blah-blah-frickin'-blah. Egos don't get in the way at Front Sight.
My nitpicks are few. For one, because they pack so much into the time, there's very little opportunity for more experienced shooters to help the less experienced (or less able for whatever reason). Not a big deal. There are a few others not even worth mentioning.
All in all, a very good course for any level of competence. (Just don't pay list price, which is $2000. There are plenty of people selling certificates.) I highly recommend it.
Part 2: promo photo shoot
Mike and Joe came down from Utah with a couple Broadswords, and Oleg brought various things from other companies, and we got some great pics out of it. Some of them are on Oleg's blog, others are on Crusader Weaponry's site, and others will be in advertising.
Part 3: Miscellany
I got out of California for a week, met some people, including Oleg, who I'd known online for a long time but never met in person before, met some new very interesting people, had some great training, and came back fully recharged and ready to deal with L.A. again. What's not to like?
Also, I discovered that there is Sushi that I like. It just has to be ultra-fresh and devoid of seaweed. Anyone in or near Vegas, go to Kaizen. Just go. And tip well.
