Dahak

A quick review Don't skip the description. While there is shooting in low light conditions, this is life changing class. In the literal sense, I will be doing things differently in my life after having attended this class. How much does lighting affect your ability to distinguish a panhandler who need to be ignored versus a bad guy who needs to be stopped? More than you think and even more in low light when the ability to detect details is reduced. Makes sense when read on a screen, but now I have some practice reps that taught me that my personal space bubble needs to grow a lot as conditions worsen. How much depends on how bad the lighting is and the rest of the circumstances, but at least now I have some starting data points. A very valuable self-defense class that happens to include some fun shooting exercises in the dark. I highly recommend this class.

Lots of good experiences coming from this session, but the most educational part for me was the PPC "wrong" direction movement. Weak side shoulder placement and hand swap combined with movement was a welcome challenge. I encourage all to come to these in the future. You either get reps on techniques you already know or you get exposure to techniques that you should know.

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TN Code Ann 62-35-126 is the certification statue, and Tenn. Comp. R. and Regs. 0780-05-02-.11 is the enacting rules.

I took this course as my first real training course (the HCP course really doesn't count). Two primary components, lecture/classroom work and range work. The lecture portion was outstanding - nothing earth-shattering but presented in a way that allows you to convert that "this situation doesn't feel right" to I know why this situation feels wrong which will allow faster and more intentional responses. As someone subject to analysis paralysis, having the patterns of bad guy behavior explained will make it much easier to take action instead of standing on the street wondering why the situation feels wrong. The shooting component was great. As someone limited to a no draw from holster indoor range for most of my shooting, the ability to combine moving, drawing and firing was great. I got better and more importantly learned what better feels like so that I can monitor myself to prevent bad habits from coming back. We got a lot of drills in and there was a lot of personal attention to my technique and motion. I recommend Randy as an instructor and am looking forward to taking future classes from him.