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Steve Moses interviews FTA Member Rob Beckman the host of Firearm Trainer Podcast.

Posted: Thursday, May 6, 2021

SHOULD MODERN-DAY INSTRUCTORS HAVE REVOLVER SKILLS?

Steve Moses looks at why instructors might consider having and maintaining revolver skills.

Posted: Tuesday, May 4, 2021

TIFFANY JOHNSON AND AQIL QADIR ON THE ROLE OF THE ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR PT. 2

Steve Moses interviews Tiffany Johnson and Aqil Qadir on the role of an Assistant Instructor.

Posted: Tuesday, April 27, 2021

TIFFANY JOHNSON AND AQIL QADIR ON THE ROLE OF THE ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR PT. 1

Steve Moses interviews Tiffany Johnson and Aqil Qadir on the role of an Assistant Instructor.

Posted: Thursday, April 22, 2021

Steve Moses interviews FTA Member Tim Reedy of TDR Training.

Posted: Tuesday, April 20, 2021

MOTIVATING STUDENTS TO PRACTICE AFTER THE CLASS

Steve Moses talks about the importance of students practicing on their own after taking a class and several things instructors can do to encourage it.

Posted: Thursday, April 15, 2021

Steve Moses talks about the importance of teaching avoidance and de-escalation to students.

Posted: Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Jacob Paulsen of ConcealedCarry.com discusses cancelation policies for firearms trainers.

Posted: Tuesday, March 30, 2021

FTA Industry Partner Jeremy Tye talks about the tools he uses everyday to keep students guns up and running during training.

Posted: Thursday, March 25, 2021

Steve Moses talks about why teaching student defensive tactics at the same time they are teaching skills might be important.

Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Steve Moses talks about why teaching student defensive tactics at the same time they are teaching skills might be important.

Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2021

FIRST AMONG EQUALS: EVALUATING THE FUNDAMENTALS

FTA Industry Partner Jeremy Tye looks at how certain fundamentals can be more important than others for beginning shooters.

Posted: Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Warren Wilson discusses techniques to help students that have some fear of guns.

Posted: Tuesday, March 2, 2021

MEET THE FTA MEMBER SERIES: WARREN WILSON

Steve Moses interviews FTA Member Warren Wilson of defensivetrainingservices.com based out of Enid, OK.

Posted: Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Steve Moses interviews marketing professional and firearms instructor Tiffany Johnson about some things trainers can do to grow their business.

Posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2021

MEET THE FTA TEAM MEMBERS THAT HAVE YOUR BACK

Steve Moses goes into the history of the Firearm Trainers Association and introduces the FTA Members to the team that will act on their behalf in the event of a third-party claim.

Posted: Tuesday, February 9, 2021

THE USE OF BLUNT INSTRUMENTS IN CRIMINAL ASSAULTS

Steve Moses discusses the danger posed to concealed carriers by violent actors armed with blunt instruments and how instructors might address it with their students.

Posted: Thursday, February 4, 2021

Steve Moses interviews FTA Member Brian Hill. Brian is the owner and lead instructor for The Complete Combatant company in Dahlonega, Georgia.

Posted: Tuesday, February 2, 2021

WAYNE DOBBS ON TEACHING NEW STUDENTS THE MUZZLE WOBBLE DRILL (PART TWO)

Wayne Dobbs is one of the best firearms instructors that I know. Part Two of the article on why firearm trainers might want to consider teaching the Muzzle Wobble Drill to their students discusses why Wayne thinks the drill might work so well and a another drill that he teaches in conjunction with it that helps students understand an imperfect sight picture is perfectly acceptable at short ranges as long as it is accompanied by a strong grip and reasonable trigger control.

Posted: Thursday, January 28, 2021

WAYNE DOBBS ON TEACHING NEW STUDENTS THE MUZZLE WOBBLE DRILL (PART One)

Wayne Dobbs is one of the best firearms instructors that I know. Part One of this articles introduces (or re-introduces) Wayne Dobbs and describes the Muzzle Wobble Drill and how it can help the students understand that a perfect sight picture is not necessary at close distances as it is accompanied by a strong grip and reasonable trigger control.

Posted: Thursday, January 28, 2021

TALKING TO STUDENTS ABOUT HANDGUN CONCEALMENT

Steve Moses discusses the importance of actually working from concealment in basic concealed carry classes.

Posted: Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Video: Larry Vickers Interviews Jason Burton

FTA is the presenting sponsor of the Larry Vickers Podcast. In this episode Larry interviews world class pistolsmith Jason Burton of Heirloom Precision.

Posted: Thursday, January 14, 2021

Steve Moses looks at the "Fence" position as taught by Craig Douglas of Extreme Close Quarters Concepts.

Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2021

WHY DEFENSIVE HANDGUN CLASSES MIGHT BENEFIT FROM AN EMPTY-HAND COMBATIVES BLOCK

Steve Moses looks at some positive aspects of including unarmed defensive tactics into traditional handgun classes.

Posted: Thursday, January 7, 2021

Jeremy Tye looks at why repeating the same drills over and over in one range session may not be the best plan.

Posted: Thursday, December 31, 2020

MEET THE FTA MEMBER SERIES: ROB BECKMAN

SHOULD MODERN-DAY INSTRUCTORS HAVE REVOLVER SKILLS?

TIFFANY JOHNSON AND AQIL QADIR ON THE ROLE OF THE ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR PT. 2

TIFFANY JOHNSON AND AQIL QADIR ON THE ROLE OF THE ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR PT. 1

MEET THE FTA MEMBER SERIES: TIM REEDY

MOTIVATING STUDENTS TO PRACTICE AFTER THE CLASS

TEACHING CRITICAL DECISION MAKING

ANOTHER LOOK AT CANCELLATION POLICIES

TOOLS OF THE TRADE

TEACHING TACTICS TO STUDENTS PT. 2

TEACHING TACTICS TO STUDENTS PT. 1

FIRST AMONG EQUALS: EVALUATING THE FUNDAMENTALS

Coaching the Phobic Student

MEET THE FTA MEMBER SERIES: WARREN WILSON

MARKETING ADVICE FOR FIREARM TRAINERS

MEET THE FTA TEAM MEMBERS THAT HAVE YOUR BACK

THE USE OF BLUNT INSTRUMENTS IN CRIMINAL ASSAULTS

MEET THE FTA MEMBER SERIES: BRIAN HILL

WAYNE DOBBS ON TEACHING NEW STUDENTS THE MUZZLE WOBBLE DRILL (PART TWO)

WAYNE DOBBS ON TEACHING NEW STUDENTS THE MUZZLE WOBBLE DRILL (PART One)

TALKING TO STUDENTS ABOUT HANDGUN CONCEALMENT

Video: Larry Vickers Interviews Jason Burton

TEACHING THE “FENCE” POSITION

WHY DEFENSIVE HANDGUN CLASSES MIGHT BENEFIT FROM AN EMPTY-HAND COMBATIVES BLOCK

Drilling for Drills