Dear Chris,
I want to compliment you on your presentation of the Defensive Handgun 101 & 102 classes together with Guy Coursey.
The attention to detail that you and Guy gave all of the class participants, including me, led to significant improvement in our skills. Practical work on the range provided challenges that afforded the opportunity to identify and correct individual issues. Those discoveries made each of us better shooters.
Both of the courses were excellent and I highly recommend them for experienced shooters as well as those new to handguns.
I am looking forward to the next classes !
Thank you,
D. Gould

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Registration for this course enables you to attend both the Defensive Handgun 101 and the Defensive Handgun 102 courses on the same day at a discounted price! See each of the course descriptions below.

Patriot Training and Consulting and Common Man Training are teaming up to bring you the Defensive Handgun 101 & Defensive Handgun 102 Courses, combining decades of experience and knowledge.

Defensive Handgun 101

This course is for beginning or novice handgun shooters, for those who have been away from shooting handguns for a while, and also for those who want to improve their handgun skills.
This course is designed to build solid foundations for practical defensive use of the handgun. The shooter will be introduced to foundational concepts and techniques necessary to properly utilize the pistol in a practical defensive manner to achieve first round hits, including fundamentals of safety, marksmanship, and gun handling.
The course will consist of brief classroom instruction (this may take place on the range) followed by practical application from the standing position and range drills inside 10 yards.

Pre-requisite: None.

Topics include:

• Firearms and Range Safety
• Parts and Operational Characteristics of modern semi-auto pistols
• Marksmanship Fundamentals
• Fundamentals of Gun Handling
• Loading and Unloading
• Slide Lock Reloads
• Handgun Shooting Drills

Students who attend this course AND the Defensive Handgun 102 Course in the same day receive a 20% discount versus attending the two classes separately.

Defensive Handgun 102 builds on the foundational skills covered in Defensive Handgun 101, and is offered as a second course on the same day/dates as Handgun 101.

Defensive Handgun 102

This course builds on the foundational skills covered in Defensive Handgun 101 taking students to the next level.

After a Firearms and Range Safety Review, shooters will learn about human target areas to stop a threat, Engagement Sequencing, an introduction to Strong/Dominant Hand Only shooting, and other defensive skills.

Drills will include longer distances, higher accuracy standards and shorter time frames than demanded in Defensive Handgun 101.

Pre-requisite: Defensive Handgun 101 or equivalent

Topics include:

• Firearms Safety Review
• Human Target Areas
• Engagement Sequencing
• Non-Standard Responses
• Failure Drills
• Shooting with the Dominant-Hand Only
• Flash Sight Picture
• Effects of Stress on Shooting Skills

If you plan to attend both the Defensive Handgun 101 and Defensive Handgun 102 Courses on the same day, you should instead register for the Defensive Handgun 101 & 102 Combined Course. By registering for this combined course, you will save money.

What To Bring:

• Ammunition – 150
• FMJ
• Long Pants
• Thick Belt
• Close-toed Shoes
• Brimmed Hat
• Handgun
• Water / Beverage
• Lunch
• Rain Gear
• Pen & Notebook
• Eye & Ear Protection
• Extra Magazines – 2
• Magazine Pouch – 1
• Range Bag

What Is Provided:

• Targets
• Snap Caps

Notes
Patriot Training and Consulting and Common Man Training are teaming up to bring this carefully blended two-class training day to those who want to become confident in their use of a defensive handgun.

Who should attend this training:

– Those who are new to shooting a handgun
– Those who are returning to handgun shooting
– Those who have completed their Concealed Carry Handgun training and want to strengthen their skill sets
– Those who would like to learn new skills

This course is designed in a progressive format that allows you to expand your skills at a comfortable pace.

This course is scheduled to take five hours to complete; however, it may run longer depending on student skills, and to allow for extra practice drills of the lessons learned.

The course fee includes all instruction, targets, pasties, and other additional course materials and INCLUDES a $25 Range Fee.

*Students should bring an appropriate handgun (true micro-compacts such as the Ruger LCP not allowed) .

If needed, handgun rentals are available for $25, which includes a holster, mag pouch and 2-3 magazines. PPE, holsters and pouches for non-rented firearms may also be available in limited quantities for loan. Appropriate factory-loaded or factory re-loaded ball ammunition may be purchased from the instructor (when available) for an additional fee or brought to class by the student.

VALID PHOTO IDENTIFICATION IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND ALL FIREARMS COURSES.

Individual Equipment Required:
• PPE (eye & hearing protection required (Electronic
hearing protection is recommended); closed collar
shirts and/or baseball hat (recommended)
• Appropriate handgun (true micro-compacts such as
the Ruger LCP not allowed)
• Gun bag or case
• Magazines (2-4 per student)
• Sturdy belt (double-thick nylon or leather preferred)
• Strong side OWB holster (Optional, but
recommended)
• Support side mag pouch (1-2)
• Factory loaded or factory re-loaded ammunition
• Note taking material
• Water and snacks