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    1. the1kidd03

      Do you favor expanded background checks national POLL

      Poll: Do you favor expanded background checks for gun sales? Share it. Be heard. Don't let a loud minority continue to perpetuate myths to the masses.
    2. the1kidd03

      Boone County Sherriff Campbell steps down--training options

      Wonder how this is going to effect the available training options in the area? I know he's a big advocate that brings a lot of talent here year after year. Hopefully, his successor will be as passionate about the cause. :dunno: Boone County sheriff resigns after prostitution allegations -...
    3. the1kidd03

      Effective Instructor: "Combat" Experience Required?

      Can you think of any professional trainers who actually do?
    4. the1kidd03

      Effective Instructor: "Combat" Experience Required?

      They're called "studies" for a reason...... I would suggest you look up "cognitive biases" and/or heuristics....
    5. the1kidd03

      Effective Instructor: "Combat" Experience Required?

      Some examples of a difference I perceive between experienced and non. Haley was not just a contractor. If memory serves me correctly, he served in Recon for several years (12 I think?!?) He does not subscribe to the mantra of losing dexterity in a body alarm response situation, nor that of an...
    6. the1kidd03

      Effective Instructor: "Combat" Experience Required?

      Read my revised last statement. I'm actually not assuming that at all. I get what you're saying and don't disagree. There are a number of components at play. I'm simply saying that for many of the new up and coming instructors trying to make a name for themselves the larger target market may...
    7. the1kidd03

      Effective Instructor: "Combat" Experience Required?

      I'll have to look more into them later when I have time. I don't know a lot about them.
    8. the1kidd03

      Effective Instructor: "Combat" Experience Required?

      Sort of, but essentially "the masses" are their target market. Want to increase market share? Cater to the needs of the consumer, especially when your product isn't a necessity in most people's mind. After you edited: That's essentially what I'm driving at. In professional training...
    9. the1kidd03

      Effective Instructor: "Combat" Experience Required?

      Certainly agreed. I'm working with one such professor now. Usually, when they base a student's grade on their ability to properly cite a source rather than their content or understanding of material, it's a giveaway IME. Like the ones who ask for a paper on "your opinion" about something, but...
    10. the1kidd03

      Effective Instructor: "Combat" Experience Required?

      I was simply going to say you should find a better school, LOL. :dunno: I've actually come across only a handful of professors who don't have considerable experience in industry. Most are rather experienced and several teach out of passion and hold other full time and revered positions of...
    11. the1kidd03

      Effective Instructor: "Combat" Experience Required?

      Completely disagree. I'm not saying military personnel cannot teach well, but rather they are few and far between. They can teach well in a military environment where the students don't have a choice to leave necessarily and choosing to do so imposes negative consequences many times which the...
    12. the1kidd03

      Effective Instructor: "Combat" Experience Required?

      Fall of 89, nothing like my wife to make me feel old and INGO to make me feel young. ;) I think they all are in their own right. Each series of events or confrontation we enter present their own unique challenges to the men involved if not the services entirely. Just can't predict them all...
    13. the1kidd03

      Effective Instructor: "Combat" Experience Required?

      THIS. I wasn't fortunate enough to make such a cut. Prior to getting injured I was interviewed for selection process to an advanced unit, but was DQd due to an arbitrary question which they don't care if you can explain or not. However, I was fortunate enough to make several connections with...
    14. the1kidd03

      Effective Instructor: "Combat" Experience Required?

      He gives a lot of good info on mindset. In the situations I've been in throughout my life, everything he says about the topic is accurate and makes sense (IMO) even for a newbie to the industry. Of course, his military mindset is quite obvious so a lot of civilians may find it difficult to...
    15. the1kidd03

      Effective Instructor: "Combat" Experience Required?

      Although I'm not familiar with Army processes, especially at your time (as I'm not sure when that was) but DIs were certainly not where the combat instruction took place. That part is handled by experienced combat veterans at the School of Infantry (for Marines). Many are highly decorated, some...
    16. the1kidd03

      Hey trainers, how do you measure "success" during dry fire?

      I create a mark on a piece of paper in a color which contrasts that of your front sight. I make it in a size which is virtually the same size as the front sight when you're aiming at whatever distance you are. I use graph paper to help keep it measurable and consistent. The idea here is that if...
    17. the1kidd03

      Effective Instructor: "Combat" Experience Required?

      I teach specifically from my experience and research, but not that from military. I apply my experience as a civilian in confrontations to what I teach those I work with and leave the military out of it. In fact, I have a short section in my introduction class which specifically addresses the...
    18. the1kidd03

      Effective Instructor: "Combat" Experience Required?

      I would say that when it comes to gun mechanics/manipulations and fundamentals it doesn't really matter. You don't need to get shot at or attacked to learn those aspects well. In the converse, it's important to note that the military culture is one comprised of respect to hierarchy and...
    19. the1kidd03

      What's in a "Tatoo"? Or "Ink as a situational awareness indicator."

      Stereotyping information and subsequently "judging" (AKA cognitive biases and heuristics) the situation based on perceived information is part of our natural psychological functions. It enables us to process the ever increasing amount of information that enters our brains more efficiently...
    20. the1kidd03

      Sexual assault/rape

      Disrupting preconceived assumptions of reality is a necessary component of effective training and for the requisite "mindset adjustment" to occur and bring them to realize the brutality of real life. This goes for both sparking the interest in training and self-defense, as well as converting...
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