Pistol Fundamentals Levels 1 & 2.
Bronze Level
These courses represent our pistol fundamentals skills classes that are suitable for both armed professionals and legally armed citizens. For shooters beginning their training journey, this class can be taken prior to or after a concealed carry licence class.
Level 1 addresses platform (stance), balance, grip, trigger, and presentation from the holster. All shooting drills and related instruction focus on these foundational areas.
Level 2 begins with a review of Level 1 and then addresses reloads, malfunctions, target transitions, off-balance shooting, one-hand shooting techniques, medium and long range distance targets, and shooting from concealment.
Dynamic Pistol Levels 1 & 2
Silver Level
This series of courses builds from the Fundmentals classes and addresses shot cadence, balancing speed & precision, shooting from cover, one-hand shooting & reloads, and movement. Both levels feature scored qualfication shoots.
Level 1 covers the difference between speed and precision and determining shot cadence based on target difficulty. Drills also involve cognition which requires the shooter to involve thought and decision-making when shooting. Dynamic Pistol Level 1 also introduces shooting from cover and concludes with a scored qualification shoot.
Level 2 begins with malfunction drills and one-handed shooting/reloads. It picks up where Level 1 left off and emphasizes firing from cover and movement. Shooters will engage both paper and steel targets during this block. Dynamic Pistol Level 2 concludes with a scored qualification shoot.
Tactical Pistol (3 Courses)
Gold Level
This series "brings it all together" and applies the elements of the Fundamental and Dynamic Series into simulated real-world scenarios.
Active Threat Response places the shooter in the position of responder and begins with replicating two scenarios where an armed citizen stopped an active shooter. The curriculum then transitions into shooting on the move, threat scanning/target engagement (cognition and decision-making), dynamic movement, and a challenging drill which requires muzzle/trigger finger discipline and engaging targets with "no-shoot" targets close by. Active Threat Response ends with a scored qualification shoot.
Vehicle Strategies and Tactics (VEST) is a class that addresses legal issues and tactics, techniques, and procedures for defending oneself in and around a vehicle. Students first learns safety (drawing without muzzling themselves or passengers), vehicles as cover, firing from in/around vehicles, and shooting through windshields. VEST concludes with a qualification shoot.
Tactical Pistol Challenge is a dynamic course that involves dynamic movement, firing from multiple positions (to include kneeling, seated, prone, etc.), and a series of drills that require movement, engaging targets from varying distances, and bounding. Tactical Pistol Challenge utilizes a combination of paper and steel targets to push shooters to the next level and concludes with a qualification shoot.
The Paladin Protector Pistol Series
The Paladin Protector Pistol Series is designed for law enforcement, church security teams, and lawfully armed citizens.
It is a progressive series that begins with fundamentals and layers skills, tactics, and techniques through the three levels to produce confident, highly proficient shooters.
As students progress through the series, they earn distinctions at each level. Completing Pistol Fundamentals Levels 1 & 2 earns a bronze distinction, Dynamic Pistol is the silver status, and once the student completes the Tactical Pistol series, they reach the gold level.
Pistol Fundamentals and Dynamic Pistol should be completed in order, i.e., Level 1 then Level 2. The classes in the Tactical Pistol series may be completed in any order.