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Joh has some great material!

These just make me laugh. High Speed Dalai Lama has some great advice for self-defenders!

These just crack me up, and the advice is sound in each one.

Add your favorites in the comments (following page guidelines, please!) and I will add good ones to the album.

Friends,

Lee Weems must be desperate; he had me on his podcast for the second time in a couple of months. :p.

This time, Lee, Patrick Flores, Darren, and myself discuss a few different types of shooting matches, and what makes one successful versus another.

https://youtu.be/Eiy8hnXOllw?si=3RMo2Ht640u7zX3d

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17RAdk2Ytn/

6-hour Texas License To Carry Course — TDR.Training This is the course required by the state to obtain a Texas License to Carry (“LTC”). Please ensure your first and last names are entered *exactly* as they appear on your driver's license. There will be approximately 5 hours of classroom time and 1 hour of outdoor range time.

If you want to get a sampler platter of classes from some top notch trainers, sign up soon.

I’m told that it’s about half full already.

TacCon 2027. April 2-4 at the Dallas Pistol Club

Friends,

Tickets for next year’s TacCon should go on sale in the next week. TacCon is the premier annual event for self-defense-minded folks, both new and experienced.

It’s three days of 40+ nationally recognized trainers, about 350 attendees, live-fire range blocks, classroom blocks, and hands-on training in medical, legal, empty hands, managing unknown contacts and much more.

The event has sold out in a very short time in most previous years, so if you want to reserve your spot, be sure to check taccon.info often.

Photo credit: Tamara Keel

NOTE: Anyone offering to sell or transfer their tickets to you is a scammer. TacCon tickets are not transferable.

Friends,

Lee Weems invited me to be one of his guests on his podcast last night.

We discussed some of the issues and challenges and rewards of teaching a live fire block at the 2026 Rangemaster Tactical conference. 

Presenters' Take Karl Rehn, Tim Reedy, and Cecil Burch join me to discuss how they developed their blocks for TacCon.https://krtraining.com/https://tdrtraining.com/https://ww...

Targets are ready for tomorrow!

Listen to my friend!

New student with amazing natural talent

I had a new student for 90 minutes today. He amazed me with his safety, his marksmanship, and eventually his speed.

“LC” had never shot a firearm before, so we started with the basics.

We established his dominant eye was his left, making him cross-dominant, same as I am.

We practiced stance, grip, trigger, and aiming using a Mantis TitanX.

Then we did a little Tom Givens “Quickly, Carefully, Precisely” work. This helps determine how much care needs to be given to each target, depending on its size (or distance, for same size targets).

After that, out came the .22s; a G***k 44 with plain sights, and a Ta**us TX22 with a pistol-mounted optic (red dot).

I had five 12-inch steel plates staggered at 10, 12, and 15 yards.

First, the G***k with a magazine with a single round. Ding! Next, 5 rounds. Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

We switched to the Ta**us with the optic. 5 rounds: I suggested one round on each of the different plates. Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

I told him how impressive that was, and suggested we try a challenge—dominant hand only.

10 rounds, one on each plate then repeat: Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Once more, 10 rounds, speeding up and still no misses.

30 rounds in, and he has not missed once. Time for non-dominant hand only! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! STILL no misses!

So I added the Trigger Interactive system, which pops up a flag on each plate that stays up until the plate is hit.

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

We tried a G***k 19 with SRO, a Ta**us G3 with a Gideon optic, and a Sig 365XL with optic. Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

Finally, I brought out my R***r 10/22 with an American Flag wrap, named “Glory.”

15 rounds: Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

I think that in the entire session, LC missed a total of about 5 or 6 rounds.

I know that I’m a fairly good instructor, but his performance was nothing short of phenomenal. Fi****ms are not commonly used in his home, so I suggested that he move to the USA as soon as possible. :-)

It was a spectacular day.

TacCon 2027. April 2-4 at the Dallas Pistol Club

Friends,

Tickets for next year’s TacCon should go on sale in the next week. TacCon is the premier annual event for self-defense-minded folks, both new and experienced.

It’s three days of 40+ nationally recognized trainers, about 350 attendees, live-fire range blocks, classroom blocks, and hands-on training in medical, legal, empty hands, managing unknown contacts and much more.

The event has sold out in a very short time in most previous years, so if you want to reserve your spot, be sure to check taccon.info often.

Photo credit: Tamara Keel

NOTE: Anyone offering to sell or transfer their tickets to you is a scammer. TacCon tickets are not transferable.

Friends,

Robyn of A Girl & A Gun hits the nail on the head here.

Drawstroke is a sorely neglected part of carry skills.

I fully agree that teaching it earlier in the journey is important.

Come see me if you would like to improve your skill at getting your tools into play.

Carrying Isn’t Enough: What Our Data Reveals About the Gap Between Carry and Capability Women's Fi****ms Training: Carrying Isn’t Enough: What Our Data Reveals About the Gap Between Carry and Capability from A Girl & A Gun

Excuse me, I am a Central Texas Trainer.

I did NOT sign up for this weather! (I know, all you northern folks are probably laughing, but this is serious). :p