We are just a month away from these classes. There has been a lot of interest lately in combatives work (especially firearm retention). Being a great "shooter" may not help you if you don't have a gun available. Combatives tactics and techniques are essential for armed or unarmed defense.
Mar 17th: Flashlight Combatives
Mar 18th: Firearm Combatives & Retention
Flashlight Combatives:
A high intensity white light is a compact and powerful tool for personal defense. It can typically be carried anywhere in the world to provide protection in locations where other weapons are not permitted.
The content of Flashlight Combatives is geared toward the average citizen who wants to carry a flashlight in addition to a knife and/or handgun. We briefly cover shooting techniques with hand-held lights, but students in this one day class will learn, practice and test methods for using hand-held flashlights as searching, lighting, deterrence and impact tools. This class has minimal lecture time to focus instead on practical techniques and dynamic, combative lessons. As with all Mindset Laboratory classes, you will not leave without personally testing what you have learned.
This class is not so physical that you need to be in perfect shape to attend, but you will be expected to move and participate in active drills. Any prior injuries and disabilities can be easily accommodated.
Required gear:
Class length: One Day
Class times: 9 AM – 5 PM
Class cost: $150
Firearm Combatives and Retention:
Learning to fight with firearms requires more than just shooting skill. In a defensive situation, there may be times when you have a gun in your hand and you cannot shoot an attacker due to legal, tactical or ethical reasons. Even if your gun is empty or malfunctioned, you can still use it to great effect as a striking weapon. Additionally, if you are close enough to hit someone with a firearm, they are close enough to take it away from you.
This Firearm Combatives and Retention course will give you a foundation in better ways to use handguns and long guns as impact weapons as well as provide you some techniques to retain your own weapons so that they are not used against you.
As with all Mindset Laboratory classes, this course is not just theory. We train combative techniques that will still work when you are under stress and then we test them so you leave the class knowing what YOU are capable of.
This class is not so physical that you need to be in perfect shape to attend, but you will be expected to move and participate in active drills. Any prior injuries and disabilities can be easily accommodated.
Required gear:
Class times: 9 AM – 5:30 PM
Class cost: $150
Mar 17th: Flashlight Combatives
Mar 18th: Firearm Combatives & Retention
Flashlight Combatives:
A high intensity white light is a compact and powerful tool for personal defense. It can typically be carried anywhere in the world to provide protection in locations where other weapons are not permitted.
The content of Flashlight Combatives is geared toward the average citizen who wants to carry a flashlight in addition to a knife and/or handgun. We briefly cover shooting techniques with hand-held lights, but students in this one day class will learn, practice and test methods for using hand-held flashlights as searching, lighting, deterrence and impact tools. This class has minimal lecture time to focus instead on practical techniques and dynamic, combative lessons. As with all Mindset Laboratory classes, you will not leave without personally testing what you have learned.
This class is not so physical that you need to be in perfect shape to attend, but you will be expected to move and participate in active drills. Any prior injuries and disabilities can be easily accommodated.
Required gear:
- Hand held high intensity flashlight (loaners available)
- Fresh batteries for your light
- Pen or pencil and paper for taking notes
- Drinking water and snacks
- Bluegun and holster (Glock 19 loaners available)
Class length: One Day
Class times: 9 AM – 5 PM
Class cost: $150
Firearm Combatives and Retention:
Learning to fight with firearms requires more than just shooting skill. In a defensive situation, there may be times when you have a gun in your hand and you cannot shoot an attacker due to legal, tactical or ethical reasons. Even if your gun is empty or malfunctioned, you can still use it to great effect as a striking weapon. Additionally, if you are close enough to hit someone with a firearm, they are close enough to take it away from you.
This Firearm Combatives and Retention course will give you a foundation in better ways to use handguns and long guns as impact weapons as well as provide you some techniques to retain your own weapons so that they are not used against you.
As with all Mindset Laboratory classes, this course is not just theory. We train combative techniques that will still work when you are under stress and then we test them so you leave the class knowing what YOU are capable of.
This class is not so physical that you need to be in perfect shape to attend, but you will be expected to move and participate in active drills. Any prior injuries and disabilities can be easily accommodated.
Required gear:
- Groin protection (cup)
- Pen or pencil
- Drinking water and snacks
- Bluegun and holster (Glock 19 loaners available)
- Bluegun long gun
Class times: 9 AM – 5:30 PM
Class cost: $150
