“Condition Yellow is my Zen.”
— Thomas, Defensive Handgun Instructor & Course Designer
Classroom
- Safety
- Rules of Safety
- Gun shop and range etiquette
- Accidents vs. negligence
- Loading and unloading/making safe
- Chamber Checks & Function Checks
- Marksmanship
- Fundamentals
- Dry-fire methods
- Diagnosing deviation and common correctives
- Sighted fire vs. unsighted fire
- The Tai Chi of marksmanship: To be fast, be slow.
- Stoppages and Reloads
- Gun Handling
- Safe loading and unloading
- Installing reliable, effective habits
- 5-point draw
- Verbal Commands – Level 1, 2
- The Tueller Drill
- Getting off the “X” & Movement
- Dry Fire Drills
- Mindset and Law
- The attack cycle and counter surveillance
- Target indicators
- Threat management: OODA vs. O3R vs. ORI
- Use of force continuum
- Overcoming Denial and Deliberation and contemplation as proactive measure
- Situational Awareness & Threat Level Color Codes
- Condition Yellow: Overcoming complacency using bottom-up processing
- Environmental Intelligence and Sensory Data
- Environmental cues
- Balancing hypoarousal and hyperarousal to avoid exhaustion through the efficient use of attention
- Verbal Command and De-escalation
- Self-defense claims in court of law
- Colorado Revised Statues (C.R.S)
- Gun Laws
- Extreme Risk Protection Orders
- Firearms Transfers and Storage
- Structuring Range Practice: Guide to achieving intermediate marksmanship though “proving” your fundamentals.
Live-Fire Practical
- Grouping
- Target-to-target
- Rates of fire
- Controlled pairs
- Standard Response
- Reloads
- Qualification for CHP
- Drills (for advanced students)
