INSTRUCTOR NOTES
You can run.
Therefore you can run and win a marathon.
Hardly. We all know it takes hard training to be able to run that kind of distance and even more work and dedication to do it competitvely.
You can shoot.
Therefore you can win the lethal force encounter.
Hardly. That too takes dedication and training. The bad guy has every advantage; he has chosen the time, the place and the victim. Generally he also has experience on his side. Through proper training you can tip those scales.
The first quarter of 2012 is in the tank. It was a great quarter for us. We had plenty of interesting courses, and plenty of interesting people. Many of you have commented on our higher profile these days, we are showing up on more internet seraches and have broadened our training offerings. More course offerings although always within our specialty has always been our goal. We hate that we are not as much the unheard of little place that we used to be. Something in our profile had to change, too many folks were going to lesser facilities based on hype. We refuse to enter into that game.
Along with our challenging open enrollment courses for vetted civilians and gun pros, our professional division is charging out with a more rigorous line up. Of course, you gun pros are welcome to enroll in our open enrollment courses. You will enjoy the experience and you will most certainly be challenged; we work you to your pace, not those of the guy beside you. Anytime we can bring our gun pros and civilians together in a training environment building respect and cohesiveness among them we know we are doing a very good thing. Despite extreme budget problems our law enforcement clients are coming on board as they can. They realize how important this training is. We are hoping to be able to bundle our road trips to several entities and pass the savings on to the contracting agencies. Help us make this happen so we can get ths intense training to more departments.
As for the local folks, we hope to see more of you. You will find that we teach in a non-intimidating way and you will also find how important and pertinent what we teach is. From minor life style alterations to cues of impending trouble, you will find that the situational awareness techniques that we teach can keep you out of deadly encounters. Our skills for managing the situation once it goes lethal are top tier and we break those down into simple fundamentals to teach to you. Training is challenging and fun. If those of you in the lowcountry do not see the incredible increase in crime in our community we encourage you to take a long look around. We live in a beautiful but increasingly dangerous area. You folks in Savannah and Charleston, we are a quick drive and you folks from farther away there are very reasonable accomodations and good food within less than ten minutes of the range.
One of the changes of 2012 is that we are going to be expanding our availability to train internal church protective teams. Churches are very desirable soft targets for the enemies of this country and even for the criminal element among us as desperation and depravation within the society seem to be rising. Please visit our page dedicated to this service.
Another change is that the boss is going to be teaching less of the lower level courses particularly the concealed weapons permit course. We have been grooming a couple of our guys for some time now and they are just about read to go solo. The development and teaching of the pro level courses are simply too time consuming for the boss to continue to be at the head of every class.
Many supporters have come on line with us. Our Daniel Defense rifles are in with more in the works. These are available for you to T&E when you work with us. Daniel Defense is the official rifle of ManAloneTactical. Cannot say much more about the great things we have in the planning stages, but Daniel is the best rifle manufacturer in the business and the folks that manufacture key components and assemble the uppers used by our special forces fighters. We anticipate a fine collaboration. Keep an eye on this in that we have some great offerings in the works.
We are working with another manufacturer for a product of significance for all our fighting men related to their recovery time and health. Through our testing of the product we discovered an overlooked benefit. Over 2012 we will be working to quantify this success and bring this effort to fruition. Check back here for more! We refuse to be locked into what we are doing with blinders on and are committed to enhancing the body of knowledge and what we can do to improve the training/fighting paradigm.
At MAT we are always learning and expanding. As I have said, when I stop learning I am hanging up my spurs. Working with some Special Forces guys that were only days back from downrange, we are adapting some of our TTP's. The enemy is evolving, our gear is evolving, so must our training.
We have expanded our credentials and licensing here at MAT. We have earned yet another Carbine Operator Certification. When we train with others there is no professional courtesy. We go in as a regular guy, set up intentional obstacles to make us work harder and learn. We have completed coursework for licensing for body guard certification with advanced pistol endorsement in a Virginia and will now be taking what we do to that fine state. More on that on both in our professional division resume'.
We have worked to bring us to this point very hard. When we haven't been making students better we have been making ManAloneTactical better and we have been tireless in that pursuit. That is our committment to you. We have even expanded and improved our web offerings to get the information to you in a more enjoyable fashion. If you did not work with us this year but had in prior years, you need to get back in for a refresher in 2012. These are perishable skills and our dogs have new tricks. If you have not worked with us, then check the schedule and join us. Our committment to excellence is unwavering.
Over the course of 2012 we anticipate developing fully the items mentioned here along with a few more. We've got some publishing to do; we have information to add to the body of knowledge. We've got some serious training to do with another major police force SOT coming on board along with several others in the works, we are planning a banner year in 2012.
GOD BLESS US EVERYONE.
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