There are older instructors out there who continue to learn and innovate yet are well grounded. Guys like Tom Givens, Dave Spaulding, and the late Pat Rogers come to mind. You know who else was an innovater, Jeff Cooper. Now once he got to where he wanted to be he stopped. AIWB is not new, it is just more popular. Contemporaries of theirs like Bruce Nelson and Chic Gaylord were using it and building holsters for it decades ago.
I can't remember now which trainer said it recently but it was something to the effect of pretty soon normal classes will be red dots and some will offer "special" irons only classes. I can't say if that will actually happen but it says something to the popularity of the dot. I don't really see where a cirriculum needs to specifically center around only one.We may see some contraction amongst the traveling trainer circle should the ammo drought continue long-term or get worse. With millions of new gun owners in the market, "where the bullet comes out" classes should be sustainable.
As for red dots and the training contraction question, those instructors who have built their curriculum specifically around the dot will have to adapt once the dot becomes so commonplace that students don't see the need for a specific class on the dot.
There will always be a segment of the market that pays to hang out with their favorite shooting celebrity more so than for the content of the classes...
Why would they? That's a horrible business model, and that is what teaching is for guys who do this for a living.Curious. Any of these trainers offer and encourage you to come back for a free eval to see if you actually put into practice the curriculum or not?
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That makes sense. Especially where it is on the student to put in practice what he paid for in time and money for top notch training. Those that do are very responsible shooters and usually continue being a student of the gun forever. Some however, get the tshirt and give up and that’s on them.Why would they? That's a horrible business model, and that is what teaching is for guys who do this for a living.
I don't care what a trainer that teaches marksmanship 100 hours a year at his home range does. There is probably a reason that person is only teaching how often and where they do. If I want training from a top-notch instructor, I'm willing to pay for it, and they won't need to woo me back with offers of a free checkup.
Whether I am willing to dedicate the time to practice their curriculum or not is up to me. I don't need to have the teacher sign off on my homework