Author: HeloMaster

MMA is one of the offerings that set Heloderm apart from other training organizations from the start. Many practice IPSC-style “target transition” drills like the El Presidente. But few understand that the bad guys aren’t just going to stand there and let you shoot them, no matter how fast you are. This course was based on actual multiple assailant events, and addressed real-world concerns like flanking, and what to do if you’re surrounded.

This Annotated Training Outline documents an in-home class for a single mom and her young adult son.

This course had two main goals and a few tertiary ones. Primarily, we aimed to develop safe “real world” gun handling skills the Army Explorers could take with them as they transition to adulthood, in or out of the military. Secondly, actually handling lethal instruments–whether it’s a rifle, a car, or a fork lift, develops personal responsibility in ways they can’t get from computer-based training. Tertiary goals included familiarization and just having fun.

This in-home class was for a family of four.

This course included didactic, in-home dry practice manipulations during the early afternoon, and an afternoon / evening live-fire component, for a father / daughter pair. It included hooded (blind) stoppage reduction drills, low light shooting (with and without flashlights), ground-fighting / downed operator drills, impeded slide movement, oblique / lateral movement, retention with and without a flashlight, RMR familiarization, and target discrimination (“shoot / don’t shoot”) drills.

This three-part course started in a home, with discussion of the Arizona state law regarding Use of Force, as well as more universal self defense principles. It also included scenario-based decision shooting drills and rape / abduction prevention in and around cars. Part II was a live fire qualification component from 1.5 to 25 yards. Part III was back at home and included off lines, disarms, retention, defensive tactics, and the use of pepper spray.

These clinics took place in three phases. The daylight and low light pistol phases focused on speed and accuracy while managing competitive stress, matching participant against participant in live-fire steel plate “dueling tree” force on force. The shotgun phase was more scenario driven, but covered a wide range of shotgun manipulations and techniques. The main goal of the shotgun clinic was for each operator to gain an intimate knowledge and feel for what their scattergun will and will not do at different distances and under various operational conditions.

This state licensed armed security guard was trained and qualified by his agency on a Glock auto pistol. Then they issued him a revolver. There is so much more to mastering a wheel gun than “point, pull and pray”–especially if, like this security professional, you might need to bet your life on it. Fortunately, there are still a few of us “Sgt Roger Murtaughs” around.