Cruel Hand Luke

Quick reminder, this pair of classes is coming up in about a month.   This is an excellent opportunity to get a 1 day pistol class and a 1 day shotgun class all in the same weekend.   I hope to see you there!!! 

Less than a week to go ! It is looking like this class will be on the small side so if you were looking to get a lot of personal attention and one on one coaching in the skills of fighting at two arms length and closer then this is your chance! 

ONE WEEK TO GO ON THIS ONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THREE DAYS TO GO!    Weather is supposed to be 65 and partly cloudy ...perfect weather for this type class. 

One week to go!!!! This event is THIS COMING SUNDAY.  If you ever wondered how you'd react to a touching distance attack, how you'd be able to get to your gun and how you'd keep from getting the gun taken away from you this is the perfect opportunity to add those tools to your toolbox. Hope to see you there!

November 22, 2014 Suarez International COMBAT PISTOL MARKSMANSHIP Chattanooga, Tennessee Price: $200 Instructor: Randy Harris In this class you will learn how to fire an accurate shot with your carry handgun, from concealment, in situations replicating what may be necessary to prevail in a proactive street gunfight. This course is perfect for the novice or new CCW licensee (although no licenses are necessary to attend). DURATION: 1 day   TIME: 9:00AM to 5:00PM (Central Time)   AMMUNITION: Approximately 150 rounds (Minimum)   YOU NEED TO BRING: Spare clothing appropriate to the weather, lunch/snacks and water (minimum of 1 gallon per person) for the entire day, baseball or other style hat, sun screen, bug repellent, allergy medication (if needed), chair (if you have a problem with sitting on the ground, note taking paper/pen/pencil and a boo boo kit (band aids, gauze pads, antiseptic wipes, antibiotic ointment and tape)   REQUIREMENTS: Modern Defensive Pistol, Holster specifically made for that pistol and designed to be worn on the belt at the "strong side", 3 Magazines and One Magazine Pouch, A Belt of the same width as the belt loops for the holster and magazine pouches, Range Safety Gear (Eye protection and ear protection) To register......http://www.suarezinternationalstore....anooga-tn.aspx And then on Sunday..... November 23, 2014 Suarez International DEFENSIVE SHOTGUN Chattanooga, Tennessee Price : $200 Instructor: Randy Harris The shotgun is the top choice among Americans for limited role home defense. In its niche it is a devastating weapon. This one day class will teach you everything you need to know to employ this iconic American fighting tool to its best utility. DURATION: 1 Days   TIME: 9:00am to 5:00pm (Central Time)   AMMUNITION: Approximately 100 rounds of Birdshot, 50 rounds of Buckshot, 15 Slugs and 50 rounds of pistol ammunition.   YOU NEED TO BRING: Clothing appropriate to the weather. Lunch, snacks and water (minimum of 1 gallon per person) for the entire day. Baseball or other style hat, sunscreen, bug repellent, allergy medication (if needed), folding chair, note taking paper/pen/pencil and a boo boo kit (band aids, gauze pads, antiseptic wipes, antibiotic ointment and tape).   REQUIREMENTS: Shotgun (any caliber pump or semi-auto). All shotguns must be equipped with a sling and a stock. Pistol with at least two magazines, suitable belt, holster, and magazine pouches. A method of carrying extra shotgun ammo (for example: shoulder bag, ammo pouches, side saddle, or butt cuff). Ear & eye protection.     To register.....http://www.suarezinternationalstore....anooga-tn.aspx Sign up for BOTH classes and save $50! Both classes together for the discounted price of $350

Just a reminder...this class is coming up in about 3 weeks!

AWESOME.    The little details being accounted for makes the difference in a match and an excellent match....Hognut runs an excellent match.

Hey Hognut, as to the lunch situation will there be "extra lunches" for non shooters to purchase?   Making sure that we don't run into a situation like at the Nationals where they made no provision for "non shooters" who were there with the "shooters".  Apparently their plan was to feed all the shooters and then if any lunches were left over then non shooters could purchase lunch...   The first problem with that plan was that lunch was already over before you would even know if there would be any extra left over and the other problem was they apparently didn't have enough lunches for the shooters...much less the non shooters....so the non shooting spouses etc either had to go without lunch or then had to try to leave the range after lunch was over and navigate a strange city to find food instead of being there watching the shooters when they started back shooting.......

OK. When "the Knoxville group" did the back in 06 the guy who taught it was a certified Monadnock instructor. He mentioned that ASP certifies people to use ASP equipment only but Monadnock certifies the material you use.....not the weapon. So I was just curious as to who the certification was through.

Who was the training certified by? Was in Monadnock? 

Ok guys, this has been a long time in coming but it is here now! This is a full day of empty hand skills. No crouching tiger hidden dragon silliness, just good solid old school combatives combined with some modern influence and geared toward the street not the octagon. The class is priced accordingly and there is a hefty discount for anyone who is signed up for the Zero To Five class Oct 25-26.....http://www.suarezinternationalstore....x#.VCLOI_ldUas Students don't have to be a cross fit instructor, you just have to be in good enough condition to do one of our regular pistol classes.  TITLE- "Stayin' Alive" - Empty Hand Combatives in a Weapons Based Environment DATE- October 19  TIME- 10AM- 4PM CENTRAL TIME!!! LOCATION- Phillips Edwards Farm 763 County Rd 332 Pisgah Alabama 35765 (the usual place) PRICE- $100 (ONLY $50 if you are signed up for the Zero to Five October 25-26 ) Just bring check or cash to the Training Group.  AMMO - 50 rounds...this class is all empty hand techniques and transitioning to weapons but there is a little live fire to tie it all together.  EQUIPMENT NEEDED- Pistol , holster, Blue gun or Airsoft pistol (I do have loaners if your holster will work with a full size glock), Paintball mask or at a MINIMUM shooting glasses - getting poked in the eye sucks... OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT- mouthpiece and cup. Seriously, no one likes getting hit in the junk. A cup is a good investment . Training knife if you want to bring one. Focus pads-if you have 'em bring 'em. ANY kind of personal padding you want to bring.  This is NOT an MMA class. This is NOT a traditional martial arts class. This is a combatives class based on dealing with criminal assault initially with empty hands and bridging to weapons if needed. This is an awesome primer for our Zero To Five class.  The reason we are offering this is that when polled on what they want to work on the training group students say they'd like to do a combatives class. It makes sense. You cannot carry a gun everywhere...but you carry hands, feet, elbows and knees every where you go. Also you cannot just shoot everyone who hits you. And sometimes gunfights and knife fights start as fistfights and usually start before you get a weapon in hand. If all you have in the tool box is to stand and shoot ..well...good luck with that.  Hope to see you there!!!!!!!

So....how'd it go?

This one is coming up in about a month.....

This one is coming up this weekend. We still have spots available if anyone else still wants to get in on this one!

Then I'd strongly suggest you not run around handcuffing people...... ;)

Thanks man, been working with Mike Fielden in the evenings after work getting ready for the match. I'm about as ready as I'm going to get....now it is just up to me to steady the nerves and keep mistakes to a minimum. 

Yeah....cops tend to take a dim view of self appointed "citizen police"...... carrying a gun to defend yourself is one thing....carrying handcuffs or zip ties makes you look like either a cop wannabe or a sexual predator.....and I'd damn sure make sure I didn't have any gloves, duct tape, a hatchet, saw or a shovel in my car if I were going to carry cuffs on my person.....just sayin'....

Holy cow people.....this opportunity does not come along every day.    It is cheap, and only 4 hours out of your life and it will open up new options you previously did not have in carrying tools to defend yourself. It is ILLEGAL in TN to carry an impact weapon....unless you are certified in the use of an impact weapon.....go to this and get certified! I did the class to get certified back in 2006 but if I were going to be in town on the 13th I'd probably go do this one just because it would be a fun time.    Seriously....I don't know why more people are not making use of this opportunity......

Why exactly are we carrying handcuffs?    As "intuitive" it might seem to put someone in handcuffs, (I mean really just apply to wrists and close right?)  there is A LOT that can go wrong when you go place yourself within arms reach of someone.   Generally speaking police would like to have 2 people there when cuffing someone. One is the cuffer and one is the cover man.  So now what are you doing with your gun? Holstering it? OK. So you now take your gun out of play in order to close with and apply cuffs to someone who was previously trying to cripple or kill you? Really?   Frankly , as a civilian if you can get away, that is plan A...plan B... and C. We are not empowered to arrest people. We either avoid 'em, run 'em off, or damage them to the point that they stop what they are doing.   You have no duty to detain people and if you have not had any practice and training in detaining people that can go very badly very quickly if they feign compliance long enough to get you within arms reach. And you applying hand cuffs requires you to get within less than arms reach......   There is a reason that cops spend a fair amount of time practicing cuffing people in the academy. Cuffing a resisting adversary by yourself is a lot different than cuffing a compliant and eager girlfriend.....

Yeah, I'm not going to do like last time...get up at 5:15 AM  and drive 3 hrs that morning...in a monsoon....I'll be getting a hotel room and be rested and ready this time.....

The Gen 4 was primarily designed around the .40 cal . The double recoil spring lasts longer than the single coil spring and gives better lock up. The issues with the gen 3 .40 were the pounding that the .40 cal operating pressure puts on the guns, the possible (not likely but POSSIBLE) "catastrophic disassembly" from it firing while slightly out of battery from weak (read that as should have been replaced long ago) recoil spring and the metal bodied weapon mounted lights causing malfunctions. The Gen 4 largely solves all of those problems......the problem is that they took the same internals and put them in the 9mm.... one size does not fit all. It worked OK with hot 9mm ammo like +P duty ammo but not for some of the  generic US produced  FMJ ammo.    So you had a gun "sprung" for 40 that folks were trying to shoot "softball" 9mm in. You run "weak" 9mm like Remington UMC ball ammo and you have malfunctions. So glock first tried to fix it with a different recoil spring for 9mm....a good start but that did not always solve the problem. Then they figured out that it really needed the ejector to be redesigned for the 9mm AND change the recoil spring. The current production 9mm all have the new ejector and new spring. If you have a Gen 4 with the older spring and ejector you can get Glock to send them free to an armorer for installation. They will send anyone a recoil spring but  I don't think they will send the "ejector with trigger housing" to individuals. They want a certified Glock armorer to put that in for you.    Just a bit of trivia....GLock did the same thing in reverse in 1990...when they introduced the 22 and 23 they essentially just put a .40 cal barrel in a 17 and a 19. So they had a .40 sprung for 9mm....  The Gen 2 and Gen 3 .40 cal guns (there is no gen 1 .40) have always been "sprung" for 9mm...hence the accelerated wear on .40 cal vs 9mm and why the .357 Sig chambered glocks are even worse for accelerated wear.    I have both an early model Gen 4 17 that would have random malfunctions involving ejection until I replaced the spring and ejector. I have a Gen 4 34 that is a year old that has been fine. SO it really is a matter of whether it has the newer ejector and recoil spring. The gen 4 .40 never had any of those issues as the gun was designed FOR that caliber. 

This one right around the corner......

Check your PMs Junkstack!

Just a quick reminder, this one is coming up in October....   This class is built around dealing with problems that become lethal at 3 arms length and closer. Many people think that merely having a gun with them will solve all their problems....they never consider what might happen if the other guy does not give them the opportunity and distance to get the gun out....   We cover how and when to create distance and when NOT to create distance. Sometimes you WANT to be dug in like a tick.  We cover using your hands to make the opening to access your gun or knife and to prevent him from accessing his gun or knife and when to go for yours...or go for his..... We cover shooting on the move...because standing still and shooting it out at 2 arms length when the other guy starts the fight is a recipe for getting shot to pieces...and it is tested with airsoft guns against live opponents, not just paper....   We cover solving grounded problems. If you end up on the ground do you have the skills to get back up? Can you access your weapons while mounted...and being punched? Can you protect yourself, gain dominant  position and access your weapons? These are all things we cover in this class.    This is probably my favorite class to teach, so come on out and join us and improve your survivability when things are close.