Training & Technique

(This post is an entry in our spring content contest. If you’d like a chance to win a Beretta APX pistol, click here for details.)  By Mark S. Well maybe that hole was already in the wall and I...

The National Rifle Association gave an early Christmas present to their handgun instructors last year, announcing a rollback of "blended learning" NRA Basic Pistol classes. Details of that rollback have been announced at my...

The rain was coming down in buckets that Saturday afternoon. A good thing, given that all of southeast Michigan was in a drought at the time. Still, it curtailed most respectable outdoor activities. Luckily, I...

If you like TTAG's Defensive Gun Use of the Day stories, Chris Bird’s book, “Thank God I Had A Gun:  True Accounts of Self-Defense” belongs on your bookshelf. Mr. Bird puts you in the shoes...

Ron Grobman of Tactical Fitness writes: I'm always surprised by the number of gun owners who don't have the slightest idea how to take apart their gun. It's an essential skill; critical for proper cleaning, maintenance and inspection...

According to Texas-based gun guru Ron Grobman, "home is where you master technique, the range is where you practice it." Given the cost of ammo and the time and money required to get to a range, that's just...

Training with the same gear you plan to use in the field is a huge advantage. Building that muscle memory on the range translates directly to improved reflexes when it counts in the field....

Those of us with carry licenses sometimes must choose between discretely carrying in sensitive areas or forgoing our ability to defend ourselves.  Plenty of us choose to ignore non-legally binding policies and carry anyway. ...

“How do you win a confrontation?” It’s the classic question. The answer: “Don’t be there in the first place.” Indeed, the best way to win the confrontation is to avoid it entirely. That gun on your...

A Ft. Collins, Colorado, police video shows excellent use of good tactics and attempted de-escalation before officers shot and killed a suicidal, knife-wielding man back in August of 2016. We all could learn a...

Jake Saenz is a former Army Ranger, a combat veteran, a hunter and a shooter. He’s also one of my coaches at Atomic Athlete in Austin, Texas. Atomic focuses on structured training to achieve...

https://youtu.be/6h8NgvSQRr0 James Yeager gets a lot of grief for his take-no-prisoners STFU FOAD videos, including ones where, it's true, he goes completely off-the-rails. But it's also true that Mr. Yeager is pretty much a pussycat in person,...