Average Guy
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Last weekend, while my jet pilot baby brother was in state, my buddy and I took him out to our secret desert shooting spot for some training. I'm former military; my buddy and I are F$ grads; and baby bro's training is limited to what he's read in Gabe Suarez's books and what I've showed him. We did some warm-up shooting, then progressed to multiple targets and then room-clearing scenarios (for fun...mostly).
Later, my buddy remarked that we'd spent as much time talking as we had shooting; frankly, I thought the "after action" analysis was the best part. I enjoyed working through the problems and then discussing pros and cons of the solutions based on not only what we'd been trained to do, but also based on common sense. (The classic "Does this work? What if we try this?" approach.)
We decided that it would be ideal to have someone knowledgeable come with us to teach and critique, and perhaps even expand his or her own knowledge. (I know a guy, but his schedule is not conducive to travel.) And that made me think of open training nights.
When I trained in kung fu San Soo years ago and also mixed martial arts more recently, the studio generally had an open training night (usu. Friday) when everyone (at any skill level) could get together and train in a less formal setting. It was an opportunity to ask questions of those with more skills, and work out solutions to problems you might have come up with (and maybe get your azz seriously kicked, too).
So to my question: Does anyone do anything like this as far as handgun training? I'm thinking red gun, CQB/H2H-type stuff in a studio/dojo or small warehouse. Set up scenarios and work through them, being open to all opinions. I know that trainers/instructors want to get paid for dispensing their wisdom, but I don't see this as a money-making deal--although if someone with the space wanted to do a low-cost rental, that might be feasible. (The only even remotely similar "program" I can think of is the "Martial Arms" program at Second Amendment Sports in Bakersfield, CA http://2ndamendmentsports.com/ --where you commit to, say, a course of 10 weekly classes--but I'm unaware of any open training.)
I don't know how many people would be interested enough to show up (monthly? biweekly?), but it seems to me that it could be a good (and valuable) time, as long as there was free coffee and maybe donuts. And provided, of course, that you could gather enough interested people in an area to even get started.
Thoughts?
Later, my buddy remarked that we'd spent as much time talking as we had shooting; frankly, I thought the "after action" analysis was the best part. I enjoyed working through the problems and then discussing pros and cons of the solutions based on not only what we'd been trained to do, but also based on common sense. (The classic "Does this work? What if we try this?" approach.)
We decided that it would be ideal to have someone knowledgeable come with us to teach and critique, and perhaps even expand his or her own knowledge. (I know a guy, but his schedule is not conducive to travel.) And that made me think of open training nights.
When I trained in kung fu San Soo years ago and also mixed martial arts more recently, the studio generally had an open training night (usu. Friday) when everyone (at any skill level) could get together and train in a less formal setting. It was an opportunity to ask questions of those with more skills, and work out solutions to problems you might have come up with (and maybe get your azz seriously kicked, too).
So to my question: Does anyone do anything like this as far as handgun training? I'm thinking red gun, CQB/H2H-type stuff in a studio/dojo or small warehouse. Set up scenarios and work through them, being open to all opinions. I know that trainers/instructors want to get paid for dispensing their wisdom, but I don't see this as a money-making deal--although if someone with the space wanted to do a low-cost rental, that might be feasible. (The only even remotely similar "program" I can think of is the "Martial Arms" program at Second Amendment Sports in Bakersfield, CA http://2ndamendmentsports.com/ --where you commit to, say, a course of 10 weekly classes--but I'm unaware of any open training.)
I don't know how many people would be interested enough to show up (monthly? biweekly?), but it seems to me that it could be a good (and valuable) time, as long as there was free coffee and maybe donuts. And provided, of course, that you could gather enough interested people in an area to even get started.
Thoughts?