There is another post regarding this class from another person who attended it. I also placed a review of the course under that post.
I will say this... This course was an attitude changer for me. If you carry concelaed and think your going to quick draw your way out of a robbery or assault or mugging then you are living a fantasy. It will simply not happen the way you think it will. It is a dynamic, violent, quick encounter that good people cannot fathom. The mindset of the criminal is not the mindset of us good people.
I learned from this course that you don't start the fight with your pistol.... you might end the fight with it or allow yourself to flee with it but when you get suprised (and you WILL NOT see it coming) you have to FIGHT your way to it. And if you decide to go for it at the wrong time then you will lose it and perhaps have it used against you.
As far as a folder knife for defense? Use it to open boxes with. Because you will not get it out of your pocket and you certainly will not get it open.
I learned a lot in this class. I learned I can strike pretty well. I learned I am aggressive. I learned i am impatient. And I learned that I need some serious training in clinching/grappling and especially wrestling. So I take these things I learned and am going to pursue some training in them.
I would like to thank Mike Brown, Brandon Bennett, and Dave Pyle and the other role players for their hard work. They are an impressive bunch of people who bring a touch of humor to a serious class. They bring pressure to the point that you start to fail and then back it off in order to allow you to solve the problem and succeed. And from that you learn what works and what does not.
I will say this... This course was an attitude changer for me. If you carry concelaed and think your going to quick draw your way out of a robbery or assault or mugging then you are living a fantasy. It will simply not happen the way you think it will. It is a dynamic, violent, quick encounter that good people cannot fathom. The mindset of the criminal is not the mindset of us good people.
I learned from this course that you don't start the fight with your pistol.... you might end the fight with it or allow yourself to flee with it but when you get suprised (and you WILL NOT see it coming) you have to FIGHT your way to it. And if you decide to go for it at the wrong time then you will lose it and perhaps have it used against you.
As far as a folder knife for defense? Use it to open boxes with. Because you will not get it out of your pocket and you certainly will not get it open.
I learned a lot in this class. I learned I can strike pretty well. I learned I am aggressive. I learned i am impatient. And I learned that I need some serious training in clinching/grappling and especially wrestling. So I take these things I learned and am going to pursue some training in them.
I would like to thank Mike Brown, Brandon Bennett, and Dave Pyle and the other role players for their hard work. They are an impressive bunch of people who bring a touch of humor to a serious class. They bring pressure to the point that you start to fail and then back it off in order to allow you to solve the problem and succeed. And from that you learn what works and what does not.