A few days ago we lost John Holschen to a heart attack. After a long career in the military that encompassed special forces, he had been teaching armed self-defense in the private sector for many years.
An articulate man with a questing mind, John was a progressive thinker who stayed on top of the latest research on human performance from the sport training world and elsewhere and integrated it into defensive training. On the range he used high tech gear that projected colored laser dots on different targets as an advanced form of shoot/don’t shoot experience.
A fine instructor in his own right, he was also a featured teacher every year at the RangeMaster Tactical Conference.
Deepest condolences to his wonderful wife Martha, an ace shooter herself, and his family and many friends. John Holschen was a “thinking person’s trainer” in this field, and will be greatly missed.
As I recall from another of your posts, you are just a couple of days off my exact age. Same thing is happening to me in a completely different field. Another one yesterday. Unavoidable hazard of survival.
This seems to be happening way to regularly in our community. I guess it’s all part of living this long. An 86 year old friend told me that same thing 30 years ago. Im starting to see her point.
The only thing worse than watching old people die is watching young people die.
I agree wholeheartedly sir, it breaks my heart to see young people die. Especially when it was avoidable.
Excellent instructor and a fine man !
We are less without him, !
R.I.P: and God bless, ‘til Valhalla. 🙏📿🪖🎖️👲🎖️🪂🇺🇸🇺🇸🫡🫡
He sits at the Table of Heroes.