What Training Should You Get?

Rethinking What it Means to be TRAINED

If we want to be good protectors, we need good training. Accomplishing this though can be a bit elusive as the next question follows, ‘What type of training do I need?’ Sadly, most simply buy a gun and call it a day. Others still may take a pistol class or two, but please understand…the ‘fight’ is far bigger than your pistol draw and emergency reload.

It is about about seeing the fight before it happens, its about thinking quickly within the framework of what is tactically preferred, what is moral, what is legal, and then utilizing all the skills required to pull off the best decision.

It is my hope that we would be broad in our abilities so we would be more excellent protectors, as we never can predict what a situation will call for.

You can compile your own list based on your context, but here are some of the categories I have been trained in or am interested in training on in the future:

• pistol skills,
• rifle / carbine skills,
• shotgun skills,
• use of cover and concealment,
• situational awareness,
• surveillance and counter surveillance,
• reading threat indicators,
• verbal judo / de-escalation,
• martial arts, ex: Krav Maga, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu,
• weapons centered martial arts (using and disarming),
• emergency medical training,
• room clearing,
• force-on-force training,
• fighting in and around vehicles,
• gunsmithing and ammunition reloading,
• low light tactics,
• night vision employment,
• small unit tactics,
• military history,
• mission planning,
• defensive driving,
• land navigation,
• communications,
• survival skills.

If you want more on this subject, check out the video I did below. Train hard. Train smart.