About the Course
The goal of the class is to develop a fighting mindset, not just acquire some new shooting skills. If you get injured during the altercation, you must keep up the fight. Do not give up!
We will start off with learning how to apply a tourniquet to an arm or leg so that if you get hit, you can finish the fight. Then, we go on to one-handed shooting exercises with both the strong-side and support-side hands. We’ll show you how to reload and clear stoppages with only one hand. For the final exercises, we will integrate all the new skills (and the mindset) into combat courses. Bring some old clothes because we will introduce some fake blood into the exercises to inoculate you to seeing the red stuff.
After this class, typical range days will seem easy!
Topics to be covered:
Touriquet application
One-handed shooting
Reloading and clearing stoppages with one hand
Casualty care under fire
Required equipment:
Handgun with outside-the-waistband holster
2+ magazines
200 rounds of ammunition
Eye and ear protection
Prerequisite: Basic Pistol, Intermediate Pistol, or equivalent class/experience
You must be at least 18 years old, a United States Citizen, and legally allowed to possess a firearm in order to attend this class.
Your Instructor
Dan Butler
Dan retired from the FBI after 24 years of service. He is skilled in crisis management, criminal investigation, intelligence, and law enforcement training. His assignments included SWAT Senior Team Leader (tactical commander), Weapons of Mass Destruction Coordinator, Chairman of the Bay Area Terrorism Working Group (BATWinG) and Supervisory Special Agent. Over the last 20 years, he has provided tactical/firearms instruction to hundreds of local, federal, and foreign law enforcement officers. He is certified as a firearms instructor by multiple agencies including the California Department of Justice. Dan has a Ph.D in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of California and is a nationally-registered Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).