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Archive for September, 2011
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Front Sight Firearms Training Institute, the awesome gun training school in Pahrump, Nevada (just about an hour outside of Las Vegas) is more than just a gun training school. It is more than just a place where you can learn how to be a great shooter. Front Sight is a place where regular people can go and change their lives. When it comes to gun training and learning how to use a gun for self defense, people do not have to be rich or have tons of experience in shooting to succeed at Front Sight. Heck, they will be perfectly fine with NO TRAINING WHATSOEVER because Front Sight will provide all of the gun training that anyone could need.
Dr. Ignatius Piazza and his team of highly trained gun training instructors teach not only how to use a gun for self defense, but how to avoid using a gun in the first place. They train students to adequately defend themselves without the use of a weapon, only using a gun as an absolute necessity. Students of Front Sight will also be mentally prepared for the effects of using a gun: physically and mentally. At Front Sight, I learned what it means to be in the Combat Mindset. I learned how to decide what my limits are and what to do before and after reaching them. Ignatius Piazza and the Front Sight instructors taught me taught me that my life will change if I need to use a gun for self defense, what to expect and how to handle each situation. Their guidance goes way beyond that of a normal gun training school. Front Sight doesn’t just teach you about shooting. Front Sight teaches you about life.
I learned the Color Code of Mental Awareness from Ignatius Piazza’s gun training program. I learned how to be aware… always… no matter where I am or what I am doing. Being fully aware of your surroundings will protect you because you will be more able to know when a threat is going to occur. Now, when I walk to my car or down the street, I know how to be aware of what is going on around me, such as where people are standing in the parking lot and what they are doing. Being attacked by someone you see coming is a lot different than being attacked when you have no idea what is going on. The more aware you are, the more reaction time you have. The more reaction time you have, the greater your chance of escape. Front Sight teaches you that true self defense goes beyond the barrel of a gun.
Most of all, though, was what happened to my confidence level during my stay at Front Sight. Learning that I can protect myself (and learning that I can protect myself from someone more than twice my size), learning a skill that can save lives (and it’s a skill that is pretty awesome at the same time), and learning that I don’t have to live my life scared or in a paranoid manner… these things all raised my confidence level in myself as a person. I know I no longer have to be afraid of walking to my car at night or living alone. I know that I will be able to protect my kids when I have a family. I know that no one can have power over me that I cannot overcome… Front Sight doesn’t just offer great gun training. Front Sight offered me a better life. And I took it. What about you?
Tags: Front Sight, Gun Training, home protection, Ignatius Piazza, Las Vegas, Self Defense
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Monday, September 26th, 2011
When I shot the bad guys that were holding my hostage during the hostage situations scenario at Front Sight Firearms Training Institute, I hit the bad guys dead on. Literally, I could not see my bullet hole at first because the front sight of my gun was blocking my view. How in the world did I accomplish this? ESPECIALLY when, on the first day of my first self defense gun training course at Front Sight, I barely ever even hit my target at all? I had classified myself as the worst shooter in the world (or at least one of them) and now I was being 100% accurate? What? HOW did this happen?
There is this thing that about ninety five percent of the gun using population do, and it is a mistake that can critically affect the accuracy of shooting. My gun training at Front Sight from Four Weapons Combat Master Dr. Ignatius Piazza and his team of professional gun training instructors taught me how to recognize it, why we do it AND how to fix it.
In fact, my gun training at Front Sight was so good, that I actually learned how to recognize when people do this without even seeing them shoot. That’s right… I can now just look at the placement of someone’s bullets and know if they are doing this… all because of my gun training from Ignatius Piazza’s gun training instructors at Front Sight.
On the first day of my gun training at Front Sight, I did not understand that concept of “mashing the trigger” or a “surprise break.” I had no idea what it meant when someone said those things. But over the next couple days, my Front Sight gun training instructors taught me what those words meant and how much it could actually affect my shooting. When I first got that real surprise break, I was amazed at the accuracy of my shot. I almost thought it was an accident… and then I did it again. And again. And again.
The Front Sight gun training instructors do not teach you how to be a “good” shooter. They teach you how to be a PERFECT shooter. The change in my shooting (in just four days) is mind boggling and almost unbelievable. I don’t know if I would have actually believed it could happen to me until I saw it for myself. Let it be known that Front Sight Firearms Training Institute is the best fun training school in the whole world. If Dr. Ignatius Piazza and his gun training instructors at Front Sight can make ME able to shoot as well as I did on my last day of my first self defense gun training course, they can help you.
BUT… Front Sight does more than just turn regular people into people that can shoot better than professional shooters like police officers. It changed my whole outlook on life and feelings about myself. Come with me, one more time, into The Chronicles of Front Sight: My Experience, The Final Chapter, and see why Front Sight is so much more than just a gun training school.
Tags: firearms safety, Front Sight, Gun Control, Gun Safety, Gun Training, Ignatius Piazza
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Friday, September 23rd, 2011
What do you learn at Front Sight Firearms Training Institute?
You learn more than just how to shoot a gun; that is for sure.
The things taught at Front Sight far surpass the curriculum at other gun training schools. Dr. Ignatius Piazza, founder and director of Front Sight, wanted to make sure that at Front Sight, you will get the best and most complete gun training you can find. Unlike other gun training schools, you will walk away from Front Sight a different person: more confident, more aware and a better shooter than you ever thought you could become, even with years and years of practice… and you will achieve this all in a few short days. It may sound too good to be true, but before your first day of gun training at Front Sight has completed, you will understand.
Front Sight Firearms Training Institute first and foremost concentrates on gun safety. Front Sight is focused on keeping you and your loved ones safe, so Ignatius Piazza’s gun training courses are incredibly safe. The gun training instructors will teach you how to handle a gun properly and how to increase your safety while holding it. During my first self defense gun training course, I felt safe one hundred percent of the time. I went to a shooting range after attending Front Sight and immediately noticed that barely anyone knew the first thing about gun safety. I was on edge for most of the time spent there, due to how these people were carrying themselves and carrying their weapons. You will be glad to know that the practices of Front Sight’s staff will make you feel comfortable, and teach you how to be safe, during and after your gun training.
During a typical day of gun training at Front Sight, you will experience many things, including hands on tactical gun training, watching shooting demonstrations and listening to gun training lectures. Wait, lectures? Before you argue and say that lectures are boring, you should know that Ignatius Piazza’s staff members will give lectures that will get you thinking and prepare your mind for what you are about to learn. You will gain a new perspective on gun training, the use of guns for self defense and the life that comes along with it. You will learn not only riveting things about guns and gun training, but you will also learn how to AVOID using a gun in the first place. Front Sight emphasizes the fact that you only want to use a gun if it is your last and only option. I found it quite enjoyable and refreshing to learn different self defense techniques that I could use before presenting my weapon. I also found it interesting to learn about the combat mindset, the emotional side effects of using a gun and how to deal with the legal aspects of having to shoot a gun.
Many people hear that Front Sight includes lectures and they immediately shy away from the gun training course. But let me tell you, I think that the lectures may have been my favorite part of my gun training at Front Sight. I was so impressed and eager to keep learning, because Ignatius Piazza expanded my idea of gun training and made me realize that gun training is more than just learning how to shoot a gun. Front Sight really is the most complete gun training I have found.
Tags: curriculum, Firearms Training, Front Sight, Gun Training, Ignatius Piazza, Learning Styles, understanding
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Friday, September 23rd, 2011
Training almost fifty thousand students in the span of a year, Front Sight Firearms Training Institute ranks number one in the gun training industry throughout the world. Founder and director, Four Weapons Combat Master, Dr. Ignatius Piazza, has spent much time, effort and funds to create the best gun training school in the world. Today, Front Sight is a place where people can come together and take self defense gun training courses, practice competitive shooting and learn combat gun use. The wide variety of gun training courses include all levels of gun training, so every student can feel comfortable in his or her own gun training class.
Ignatius Piazza designed his gun training program at Front Sight to emulate the best qualities of the gun training schools where he trained, but to leave out the negative aspects and anything else that was less than great. Thus, Ignatius Piazza ended up with Front Sight Firearms Training Institute, a perfect blend of all of the good and none of the bad. Front Sight’s gun training courses cover all types of learning styles, as to cater to many different types of people.
Audio learners get to listen to and participate in active lectures pertaining to gun training, gun safety, the legal side of gun use, The Combat Mindset, The Color Code of Mental Awareness and much, much more. Visual learners appreciate that the gun training instructors at Front Sight demonstrate each exercise and idea thoroughly and repetitively, so the students can see how each drill is carried out. In addition to seeing the correct way to use a gun, the Front Sight gun training instructors will also show how NOT to use a gun. (But don’t worry; they clearly explain when they are showing what not to do!) And of course, kinesthetic learners like myself get to participate in hands on tactical gun training such as stationary target practice, shooting a moving target, diagnosing and fixing gun malfunctions, night gun training, home invasion scenarios and even a shooting competition among other Front Sight students. Each type of learning style is emphasized in the gun training courses. This greatly increases the amount of information that is stored in each Front Sight student, which increases the effectiveness of the course itself.
I don’t know about you, but I find much more value in a gun training course (or any course, for that matter) from which I actually retain a lot of information, as opposed to a course where I only learn things to store in short term memory. The gun training courses at Front Sight are created to be stored in your long term memory… meaning that the information will be more readily at hand when you need it.
It is no wonder that Front Sight trains almost fifty thousand students in a year and is constantly growing. Every year, more and more students attend Front Sight… this is no coincidence. As soon as you attend your first gun training course with Ignatius Piazza at Front Sight, you will truly see and understand why.
Training almost fifty thousand students in the span of a year, Front Sight Firearms Training Institute ranks number one in the gun training industry throughout the world. Founder and director, Four Weapons Combat Master, Dr. Ignatius Piazza, has spent much time, effort and funds to create the best gun training school in the world. Today, Front Sight is a place where people can come together and take self defense gun training courses, practice competitive shooting and learn combat gun use. The wide variety of gun training courses include all levels of gun training, so every student can feel comfortable in his or her own gun training class.
Ignatius Piazza designed his gun training program at Front Sight to emulate the best qualities of the gun training schools where he trained, but to leave out the negative aspects and anything else that was less than great. Thus, Ignatius Piazza ended up with Front Sight Firearms Training Institute, a perfect blend of all of the good and none of the bad. Front Sight’s gun training courses cover all types of learning styles, as to cater to many different types of people.
Audio learners get to listen to and participate in active lectures pertaining to gun training, gun safety, the legal side of gun use, The Combat Mindset, The Color Code of Mental Awareness and much, much more. Visual learners appreciate that the gun training instructors at Front Sight demonstrate each exercise and idea thoroughly and repetitively, so the students can see how each drill is carried out. In addition to seeing the correct way to use a gun, the Front Sight gun training instructors will also show how NOT to use a gun. (But don’t worry; they clearly explain when they are showing what not to do!) And of course, kinesthetic learners like myself get to participate in hands on tactical gun training such as stationary target practice, shooting a moving target, diagnosing and fixing gun malfunctions, night gun training, home invasion scenarios and even a shooting competition among other Front Sight students. Each type of learning style is emphasized in the gun training courses. This greatly increases the amount of information that is stored in each Front Sight student, which increases the effectiveness of the course itself.
I don’t know about you, but I find much more value in a gun training course (or any course, for that matter) from which I actually retain a lot of information, as opposed to a course where I only learn things to store in short term memory. The gun training courses at Front Sight are created to be stored in your long term memory… meaning that the information will be more readily at hand when you need it.
It is no wonder that Front Sight trains almost fifty thousand students in a year and is constantly growing. Every year, more and more students attend Front Sight… this is no coincidence. As soon as you attend your first gun training course with Ignatius Piazza at Front Sight, you will truly see and understand why.
Tags: audio learners, Dr. Ignatius Piazza, Front Sight, Gun Training, kinesthetic learners, Learning Styles, visual learners
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Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
In regards to gun training, you may have heard of the fifty percent rule. In a situation where self defense or family protection is needed, you will only be about fifty percent as accurate as your best day on the shooting range. Basically, that means you are going to be a bit slower and your bullets are going to hit further away from your exact target. If, on your best day, you hit about four inches away from your target, adjust that by fifty percent. Now you are going to be about six inches away. When it comes to small amounts like that, the extra two inches doesn’t really seem like that big of a deal. But what if the bad guy has a gun to your sister’s head and is holding her up as a human shield? If you miss his head, you may have just hit your sister. Are you okay with that?
In stressful and life threatening situations, your brain reacts differently than in calm and controlled situations. While shooting targets at the shooting range, you have all the time in the world. When someone has a gun to your sister’s head, the seconds count. You need to be able to remain calm and keep your cool in these situations, so that your self defense mechanism will be more accurate, quicker, smoother and thus, more effective.
Four Weapons Combat Master, Dr. Ignatius Piazza of Front Sight Firearms Training Institute wants to give you the training you need to be able to keep your mind and hand steady, even in these horrifying situations. The gun training courses at Front Sight concentrate on gun safety, and teach how to use a gun for self defense and family protection in actual life threatening situations. Throughout your gun training course, you will hear interesting lectures, watch entertaining shooting demonstrations and practice hands on tactical gun training, performing drills and exercises repetitively until they are second nature to you. This repetition may sound boring, but the gun training instructors at Front Sight keep things exciting and fun, so the class never drags or feels stale. You will interact with other people and will get the chance to participate in scenario based training. You will learn what it feels like to be in a threatening situation, so if you should ever have to endure one for real, your response will come more naturally, since you have technically already been there and done that.
The idea of Ignatius Piazza’s dream for Front Sight is not to make you a good shooter. The idea is to make you a perfect shooter, so that the fifty percent rule need not affect you too much. If you are constantly hitting your target spot on, or even a couple centimeters away, even if you include that fifty percent decrease in accuracy, you are still doing pretty well when it comes to accuracy. Ignatius Piazza and Front Sight will train you to be the best shooter you can be, guaranteed.
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Thursday, September 15th, 2011
You may be pretty good at shooting. Heck, your bullets may hit pretty close to the bullseye of a target almost every shot you make. But did you know that while under stress, your shots will only be about fifty percent as accurate as your best day on the range? During my first Four Day Defensive Handgun Training Course at Front Sight Firearms Training Institute, I was shown just how much a stressful situation can change your shooting ability. In The Chronicles of Front Sight: My Experience, Part Eight, I talked about the Front Sight shooting competition, and what had happened because of my stress levels rising. Dr. Ignatius Piazza and the gun training instructors at Front Sight pay special attention to helping students learn how to remain calm in stressful situations, so their stress does not get the best of them in a real life threatening moment.
At Front Sight, I learned through scenario based training, which helps overall comfort levels when having to experience the situations in real life. Since a student of Front Sight has already, “been there and done that,” if you will, an actual life threatening situation experience becomes easier to handle. Think about it. What are the differences in the two following situations?
1. A masked gunman pulls a gun out at you. You have never experienced this type of situation before. You have only shot stationary paper targets with circles on them at the shooting range.
2. A masked gunman pulls a gun out at you. You have gone through this situation dozens of times with a professional gun training instructor. You have been forced to escape the situation several times in a row, and have even done it in front of people.
Which situation would you rather be in? Ignatius Piazza made sure that his gun training at Front Sight would prepare his students for real life. He brought this to a personal level to me when, in one of my last exercises on the range, the gun training instructor placed a target in front of me that was a replica of a hostage situation. Each student in my gun training course had to name his or her hostage, and it had to be someone each person really cared about.
I named mine after my niece. Talk about a stressful situation! I knew how badly I would feel if I hit the wrong person on the target. However, because of my excellent gun training at Front Sight, I was able to focus on what I was doing and really put myself into the situation, as if it were real life… and I saved my niece.
Remember how on Day One of my Front Sight Self Defense Gun Training Course, I was pretty much the worst shooter that ever lived? Yeah… on Day Four at Front Sight, I was able to shoot a gun EXACTLY where I aimed it WHILE being put under an extreme amount of stress.
So why was I so accurate in my shooting? The Chronicles of Front Sight: My Experience, Part Ten will explain the differences between how I shot on Day One versus how I shot on Day Four. There, you will learn the mistake that so many people (about 95% of the gun using population) make, and most people don’t even know they are doing it. Come with me on our adventure and let me show you what I learned at Front Sight that made me able to shoot exactly on target.
Tags: Family Protection, Firearms Training, Gun Training, hard work, home defense, Ignatius Piazza, Self Defense
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Monday, September 12th, 2011
I told you that Front Sight Firearms Training Institute offers competitive gun training. Do I mean that Front Sight’s rates are competitive against other gun training schools? Well, of course they are… but that’s not what I am talking about here. Do I mean that Front Sight’s gun training is way better than any other gun training school in the world? Sure it is… but that is not what I am talking about here either. I am talking about actual competitive gun training… as in gun training for competitive shooting.
In my first Four Day Defensive Handgun Training Course at Front Sight, I got to participate in a shooting competition. Many people will think that this just is not necessary; that it is training to shoot for sport rather than self defense. I thought that at first, too. But let me explain something to you.
You stand on the firing line with one other person. You each have a certain number of targets to shoot, all placed at various distances. Your goal is to knock all of the targets down before the other guy does. Sounds simple enough, right? But then you realize that you have got about twenty or so other people watching you, including three Front Sight gun training instructors that are standing almost over your shoulder, calling the shots and announcing winners… and the NOT winners. If THAT doesn’t teach you how to shoot quickly AND effectively while under stress, I don’t know what does.
Up to this point in my Front Sight gun training from Dr. Ignatius Piazza, I had only had to compete against myself. Add another person to the mix and it surely changes things. Unfortunately, I let my nerves get to me and ended up getting creamed… but it taught me a giant lesson. SHOOTING WHILE UNDER STRESS GREATLY CHANGES EVERYTHING.
I was stressed and nervous, so my presentation speed slowed, leaving me less time to beat the other guy to the shots. My hands were shaking, so my accuracy suffered, leaving me to miss my targets. I watched the other guy’s targets fall on every perfect shot, increasing my stress level and decreasing my focus. What if it had been a real gunfight? My presentation speed was slowed, leaving the bad guy more time to take me down. My accuracy was off, giving the bad guy more chances to get me. He was calm and his shots were perfect, which could have been the shots to hit me.
Ignatius Piazza and Front Sight opened my eyes to what real life self defense shooting involves. I learned first hand the way it feels to be in a gunfight, while in a safe and controlled environment, so if it were to happen in real life, I will be way more prepared than I would have been without this shooting competition. Over the rest of my gun training course, my Front Sight instructors helped me gain and keep focus, increase my confidence and reduce my stress level, so, by the end of my four days at Front Sight, my hands were firm and steady.
THAT, my friends, was severely helpful… especially in the personalized hostage situation at the end of the course… I just might feel like talking about that in The Chronicles of Front Sight: My Experience, Part Nine.
Tags: defense, Firearms Training, Front Sight, Gun Training, Ignatius Piazza, learning, Learning Styles
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Saturday, September 10th, 2011
I stood on the firing line at Front Sight Firearms Training Institute, waiting for the drill to start. I was about to find out how it felt to be attacked by more than one person at once. I did not know whether it was going to be two people, three people or four people. I did not know where they would be coming from or exactly which direction I was going to have to shoot. I did not know which ones were going to be stopped by a designated pair to the thoracic cavity and which ones were going to need a shot to the head, if any at all. All I knew was that I was going to have to figure out a way to stop them all.
I thought back to the lecture that the Front Sight gun training instructors had given, and the demonstrations they had done regarding multiple attackers. With a line of people watching me, I felt a bit nervous but I was going to do my best. Over the next few minutes, my shooting speed and accuracy was put to the test… but because I had paid attention to the lectures and demonstrations, I was able to do quite well in my hands on tactical gun training, even though… yeah, you guessed it… my gun malfunctioned. Twice in a row. But believe it or not, my gun training from Dr. Ignatius Piazza’s gun training instructors at Front Sight was so effective, that I was actually able to know BEFORE my gun malfunctioned.
Usually, when a gun malfunctions, the symptom happens when you press the trigger. You either get a dead trigger or a clicking trigger. At that point, you quickly check the gun visually, while moving out of the line of fire, to diagnose your malfunction. Then you can do what is needed to clear the malfunction and continue shooting. But Front Sight’s gun training is more than good. Front Sight’s gun training got me a step ahead. Because of Ignatius Piazza and my gun training instructors at Front Sight, I knew, by the way my gun shot, that the NEXT time I pressed the trigger would be a malfunction. This put me ahead of the game and gave me more time to diagnose and clear the malfunction, since I didn’t have that split second of the “OH, NO!” feeling. I actually had myself back to shooting position before some of the guys watching me realized what had happened. Now THAT is some badass gun training.
Because I was able to handle the situation at hand so swiftly, I was able to defend myself from the four attackers, having to take one of them down with a head shot, without running out of time or getting stressed. Bad guys often travel in packs, so Front Sight’s gun training for multiple attackers could really pay off if it is ever needed. How many other gun training schools will teach you that? Front Sight is the best.
Speaking of the best, Front Sight is as fun as it is educational, offering… competitive… gun training. The Chronicles of Front Sight: My Experience, Part Eight will show you just how competitive Front Sight is!
Tags: attackers, Defend, Firearms Training, Front Sight, Gun Training, head shot, Ignatius Piazza, stressed
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Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Front Sight Firearms Training Institute trained me so well. But during my first Four Day Defensive Handgun Training Course, I didn’t just learn how to shoot. I learned how to use a gun for self defense, which is more than just shooting a gun. Yes, I learned how to shoot… and, if you follow me to the end of these chronicles, you will see just how well I could shoot by the end of my first four day gun training course at Front Sight… but I also learned other self defense techniques that go into gun training.
One of these self defense techniques was learning how to diagnose and fix a gun malfunction. If you are like most people, you are probably wondering what a gun malfunction is. The first time it happened to me, I just about freaked out. My Front Sight gun training instructor quickly diagnosed the malfunction and cleared it for me, as we had not yet reached that point in our training, but he gave me a quick overview of what he was doing, probably because I was looking at him like he had just started talking in Portuguese.
So, my gun malfunctioned and I didn’t know what to do. What would have happened if I had been in the middle of a gun fight? What if someone had broken into my house and I was defending my kid, and all of a sudden my gun malfunctioned and I didn’t know what was happening? I don’t even want to think about it. As I have said before, Dr. Ignatius Piazza and Front Sight Firearms Training Institute prepare you for everything.
Over the next couple days, I learned the difference between every gun malfunction and how to clear each one. At the beginning of my Front Sight gun training, it took me a long time to clear each malfunction. By the last day, I could clear a Type Three Malfunction in under six seconds. I could clear a Type One in less than a second. Ignatius Piazza makes sure that his students know how to do things… and know how to do things fast.
Up until my Front Sight Night Gun Training, I had learned how to diagnose these malfunctions by sight and was pretty decent at it. But when my gun malfunctioned in the middle of the nearly pitch black shooting range, it was a totally different story. I had to completely rely on how my gun felt in order to learn that it was a Type Three. Then I had to hold my flashlight under my arm so I wouldn’t accidentally give away my location, while clearing and reloading my weapon. Talk about a real life situation right there! If it weren’t for my Front Sight gun training from Ignatius Piazza, there is no way I would have been able to do it.
Front Sight’s Night Gun Training was not only super educational, it was also one of the greatest nights I have experienced in terms of how fun it was. The whole way home, my friend and I could not stop talking about it.
So, by that point, we had learned so much about gun safety and defensive shooting, including how to clear a home invasion and how to shoot effectively in the darkness… AND what to do if you are attacked by multiple people at once. Ignatius Piazza thought of everything! So what DOES happen when you get attacked by several people at the same time? Check out The Chronicles of Front Sight: My Experience, Part Seven and find out!
Tags: Firearms Training, form, Gun Safety, Gun Training, Ignatius Piazza, learning, styles, Technique
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Monday, September 5th, 2011
I was standing in the doorway of the house with my gun training instructor from Front Sight Firearms Training Institute. I had just shot a guy (or hopefully shot a guy) that was holding a grenade at the other end of the house. Since I had been standing incorrectly in the doorway, I had no time to aim at Mr. Grenade Guy, and I just had to shoot and rely on the gun training I had received from Four Weapons Combat Master, Dr. Ignatius Piazza and his team of professional gun training instructors.
I was learning what it was like to have to enter into a home invasion scenario and save people’s lives. It was all time critical and I was learning how to utilize my Front Sight gun training in real life. After clearing the first room, shooting two bad guys so far and NOT shooting two good guys, my gun malfunctioned. Because my Front Sight gun training instructors had taught me how to diagnose and clear gun malfunctions, I was able to clear my type three malfunction in about seven seconds. (We learned more about clearing malfunctions later, and I was able to shave my time down to less than six seconds!) Upon entering the second room, I saw him: the bad guy that had a gun to my sister’s head. He started to count down, telling me that he would shoot her in five, four, three, t- BAM! I had aimed and shot.
Then it was time. I was about to see my results. Did I hit the bad guys? Had Front Sight’s gun training helped me actually shoot on target, even under the crunch of time and stress? First bad guy: I missed once, but my other shot was exactly on target. Second bad guy (Mr. Grenade Guy): Huh. Ignatius Piazza’s gun training really DOES work. From the other side of the house with no time to aim, there were two perfectly placed bullet holes in his thoracic cavity. Third bad guy (the jerk that had my sister): One bullet hole right in his face. Did I hit my sister? Nope.
Well then. I guess Front Sight’s gun training was actually helping me, the person who started out as the worst shooter in the world. I had already learned so much about guns, gun safety and gun training, besides the things I have already mentioned.
Learning how to shoot quickly and accurately in the daytime in a well lit area is challenging. But how many times will you actually need to shoot in broad daylight? The fact is, is that most attacks and robberies happen at night when visibility is low. That is why Ignatius Piazza includes night gun training in his self defense gun training courses at Front Sight. In addition to shooting in low visibility, you will learn how to hold and shine a flashlight so that you don’t give away your location. And… if you’re like me… you will have to learn how to diagnose and clear a malfunction without being able to see it, while not moving one arm because you’re hiding your flashlight in the proper place.
Come with me into my Front Sight Night Gun Training in The Chronicles of Front Sight: My Experience, Part Six.
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