NATIONAL TACTICAL CONFERENCE 2011
Tom Givens’ National Tactical Conference and Polite Society match finished up last weekend at the fabulous US Shooting Academy range in Tulsa. About 100 attendees picked from a smorgasbord of hands-on fighting classes, live-fire...
REFLECTIONS ON A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Woo-hoo! Just finished competing in the World Championship of IDPA, the International Defensive Pistol Association (www.idpa.com), held at Frank Garcia’s splendid Universal Shooting Academy in Frostproof, Florida. The tournament continues through the weekend.
It was...
CHICKS RULE, REDUX
I’m a father of daughters and have had the privilege of training multiple female shooting champions, including both of those daughters who each won national titles while still in their teens. I’ve also spoken...
ALL WOMEN SHOOTING MATCH
A few weeks ago, I attended a way cool pistol match. Usually, I go to these things as a competitor. This time, my function was reporter, spectator, and “ammo boy.”
The occasion was the first...
TOWARD REALISTIC SHOOTING PRACTICE
As a teenager, I discovered “turkey shoots” in New Hampshire. Turkey shoots are run different ways in different places, but in the Granite State they revolved around shooting full-size deer targets at 100 yards,...