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<blockquote data-quote="tacmedic" data-source="post: 57499" data-attributes="member: 578"><p>Okay I guess I'll go first but most of you who read any of my post can guess what I'm gonna say.</p><p></p><p>To qualify my opinion here's a little background about me so you'll know I'm not totally full of BS. Been shooting all my life, no really I drew down on that sorry doctor who tried to spank me after I was born. ha ha No really I spent 10 year in the Army both active and reserve. Nine of it was in Special Forces first as a commo guy then as a medic and finally as a medic instructor at one of our clinical proficiency sites (Gallup IHS Hospital). Special Forces medics, SEAL corpmen, and Air Force Pararescumen all attend all or some portion of the 18 Delta course (Special Operations Medic Course) at Ft. Bragg. Gallup was the premier clinical training site in its day and we often had Dev Group and Operation Detachment Delta guys come out and bone up their medical skills while ramping up for a deployment. The Colonel who was the OIC at Gallup loved to shoot and I had the opportunity to shoot with these guys quite often during that time. While there I also volunteered as a reserve sheriff's deputy and medic for the SWAT team. Now I'm not claiming to be a great shooter I'm just telling you what experiences I have had to compare the guys I'm rating here against. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">The Defensive Shooting Academy of Tulsa (TDSA) </span></p><p>Marshall Luton has one of the most impressive schools I have ever been too. He is an incredible shooter but is an even more gifted instructor. His enthusiasm and love of shooting is contagious. Hell, he'd have Diane Fienstein (sp?) converted to a gun enthusiest if she ever took one of his classes. Marshall has matured enough as a shooter and instructor that he clearly has no ego issues and nothing to prove while on the range. This means when you take his classes his focus is about you and your performance. He never claims to be the best or know it all and he has put together a brilliant group of instructors who's talents are in some ways superior to his own which he will readily tell you. Eric Fuson, Eric Stacy, Shane Richards, Curt Nichols, Billy Smith, Travis Foster, Pat Harker, and Vince O'neill are amazing. They continually work to improve themselves and their courses never ceasing to be dynamic and open minded in their approach. They got both my wife and daughter shooting to a level where they could ace any military or law enforcement course. I highly recommend taking any of their classes! </p><p></p><p><span style="color: Lime">The Praesidium Group </span></p><p>When I asked Marshall where to find realistic and workable weapons retention training for my wife to carry concealed safely he went above and beyond by not only recommending training with Mike Brown and Brandon Bennett of The Praesidium Group he hosted one of their CQT (Close Quaters Tactics) courses this May. Not only did we learn weapons retention skills we learned tactics, edged weapons skills, psychological tools, the nature and contexts of criminal assaults, weapons access and use at extreme close range, night fire and flashlight techniques, as well as how we would be able to perform in a real situation through stress innoculation with live simmunitions training. This class was so awesome my wife insisted we join their monthly training group, to include our daughter, and to take the course again. I agree completely!!!</p><p></p><p>Looking over my past military and law enforcement training I am both dumbfounded and a little disturbed that none of this was incorperated into it. Major advancements are occuring in training and its because of dedicated experienced professionals like those above who are pioneering the way, challanging old ideas, and putting it to the test by suiting up and going at it 110% to see if it will really work or not.</p><p></p><p>I cannot give a strong enough recommendation for these guys. I served with some of the finest professional soldiers in the world, where the saying we had of 'you got my back and I got yours,' wasn't ever taken lightly. Thanks to TDSA and The Praesidium Group I am telling you now I'd go anywhere confidently knowing my wife had my back.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tacmedic, post: 57499, member: 578"] Okay I guess I'll go first but most of you who read any of my post can guess what I'm gonna say. To qualify my opinion here's a little background about me so you'll know I'm not totally full of BS. Been shooting all my life, no really I drew down on that sorry doctor who tried to spank me after I was born. ha ha No really I spent 10 year in the Army both active and reserve. Nine of it was in Special Forces first as a commo guy then as a medic and finally as a medic instructor at one of our clinical proficiency sites (Gallup IHS Hospital). Special Forces medics, SEAL corpmen, and Air Force Pararescumen all attend all or some portion of the 18 Delta course (Special Operations Medic Course) at Ft. Bragg. Gallup was the premier clinical training site in its day and we often had Dev Group and Operation Detachment Delta guys come out and bone up their medical skills while ramping up for a deployment. The Colonel who was the OIC at Gallup loved to shoot and I had the opportunity to shoot with these guys quite often during that time. While there I also volunteered as a reserve sheriff's deputy and medic for the SWAT team. Now I'm not claiming to be a great shooter I'm just telling you what experiences I have had to compare the guys I'm rating here against. [COLOR="Blue"]The Defensive Shooting Academy of Tulsa (TDSA) [/COLOR] Marshall Luton has one of the most impressive schools I have ever been too. He is an incredible shooter but is an even more gifted instructor. His enthusiasm and love of shooting is contagious. Hell, he'd have Diane Fienstein (sp?) converted to a gun enthusiest if she ever took one of his classes. Marshall has matured enough as a shooter and instructor that he clearly has no ego issues and nothing to prove while on the range. This means when you take his classes his focus is about you and your performance. He never claims to be the best or know it all and he has put together a brilliant group of instructors who's talents are in some ways superior to his own which he will readily tell you. Eric Fuson, Eric Stacy, Shane Richards, Curt Nichols, Billy Smith, Travis Foster, Pat Harker, and Vince O'neill are amazing. They continually work to improve themselves and their courses never ceasing to be dynamic and open minded in their approach. They got both my wife and daughter shooting to a level where they could ace any military or law enforcement course. I highly recommend taking any of their classes! [COLOR="Lime"]The Praesidium Group [/COLOR] When I asked Marshall where to find realistic and workable weapons retention training for my wife to carry concealed safely he went above and beyond by not only recommending training with Mike Brown and Brandon Bennett of The Praesidium Group he hosted one of their CQT (Close Quaters Tactics) courses this May. Not only did we learn weapons retention skills we learned tactics, edged weapons skills, psychological tools, the nature and contexts of criminal assaults, weapons access and use at extreme close range, night fire and flashlight techniques, as well as how we would be able to perform in a real situation through stress innoculation with live simmunitions training. This class was so awesome my wife insisted we join their monthly training group, to include our daughter, and to take the course again. I agree completely!!! Looking over my past military and law enforcement training I am both dumbfounded and a little disturbed that none of this was incorperated into it. Major advancements are occuring in training and its because of dedicated experienced professionals like those above who are pioneering the way, challanging old ideas, and putting it to the test by suiting up and going at it 110% to see if it will really work or not. I cannot give a strong enough recommendation for these guys. I served with some of the finest professional soldiers in the world, where the saying we had of 'you got my back and I got yours,' wasn't ever taken lightly. Thanks to TDSA and The Praesidium Group I am telling you now I'd go anywhere confidently knowing my wife had my back. [/QUOTE]
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