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Well, the second day was a long one. It started with the Manager and a crowd of people in the hotel parking lot waiting on the Police. 7 vehicles got broken into overnight. Turned out about 5 of them belonged to TDI students. A couple laptops were stolen, but I never found out whether or not any firearms were. I was one of the lucky ones. But I bring everything inside every night anyhow. In case anyone wants to know, this is the Comfort Inn in the town of Seaman, about 22 miles from TDI.
Now, on to the training. It began with 90 minutes in the classroom. The topic was "Winning the Confrontation". It was all about tactical planning, situational awareness, and stuff like that. Lots of examples and a few demonstrations were included. Then, out to the range.
It was all new stuff today, with minimal review of yesterdays drills. The first drill was de-slacking the trigger, and trigger resetting. It's pretty remarkable how quickly you can get shots off if you can master these tecniques. The instructors, of course, are very skilled, and made it look quite easy. I didn't find it so easy. Then it was on to quick target acquisition, and involved moving between several targets and popping them. It was actually more fun than it sounds like it'd be.
Next was a group of 3 topics: Smooth drawing, dealing with malfuntions, and reloads. The class was split into 3 groups, with one group doing each of the 3 exercises. Everyone was active at the same time.
Then it was on to firing on the move. This was particularly interesting to me, because nothing even close to that is permitted at any of the ranges around where I live. It involved moving forward, and backward, and even including reloads while moving.
Some students were there for the Ohio CCW permit training, and only needed level I and II. Those people went into the classroom to do the written test, and the rest of us that are staying for tomorrow went for an introduction of the Live Fire Houses. This is in preparation for tomorrow. They covered the basics of building clearing, and let us walk through the house so we'd be a little familiar with it. There is no roof on the house. It has catwalks over the top of it from where Instructors can observe.
The day ended in the classroom with a relaxation exercise, and a visualization exercise involving a mental clearing of the Live Fire House. It was done by a very talented instructor with a Psychology background. He said the purpose of the visualization exercise is that it helps reduce people's stress level for their first trip through the house.
We finished up about 6:30. Today's round count was 371.
Please watch for a final update about this time tomorrow night.
Now, on to the training. It began with 90 minutes in the classroom. The topic was "Winning the Confrontation". It was all about tactical planning, situational awareness, and stuff like that. Lots of examples and a few demonstrations were included. Then, out to the range.
It was all new stuff today, with minimal review of yesterdays drills. The first drill was de-slacking the trigger, and trigger resetting. It's pretty remarkable how quickly you can get shots off if you can master these tecniques. The instructors, of course, are very skilled, and made it look quite easy. I didn't find it so easy. Then it was on to quick target acquisition, and involved moving between several targets and popping them. It was actually more fun than it sounds like it'd be.
Next was a group of 3 topics: Smooth drawing, dealing with malfuntions, and reloads. The class was split into 3 groups, with one group doing each of the 3 exercises. Everyone was active at the same time.
Then it was on to firing on the move. This was particularly interesting to me, because nothing even close to that is permitted at any of the ranges around where I live. It involved moving forward, and backward, and even including reloads while moving.
Some students were there for the Ohio CCW permit training, and only needed level I and II. Those people went into the classroom to do the written test, and the rest of us that are staying for tomorrow went for an introduction of the Live Fire Houses. This is in preparation for tomorrow. They covered the basics of building clearing, and let us walk through the house so we'd be a little familiar with it. There is no roof on the house. It has catwalks over the top of it from where Instructors can observe.
The day ended in the classroom with a relaxation exercise, and a visualization exercise involving a mental clearing of the Live Fire House. It was done by a very talented instructor with a Psychology background. He said the purpose of the visualization exercise is that it helps reduce people's stress level for their first trip through the house.
We finished up about 6:30. Today's round count was 371.
Please watch for a final update about this time tomorrow night.
