{"id":7071,"date":"2021-12-13T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=7071"},"modified":"2021-12-12T19:52:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T00:52:33","slug":"last-class-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/last-class-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"LAST CLASS OF THE YEAR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We wrapped up teaching for the year last Friday with a MAG-120, our third-level class. The numerical designation of the class indicates the number of cumulative hours training with us at Massad Ayoob Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 All 25 students passed the extremely difficult triple-speed handgun qualification.  (Kudos to the top shot in class, Jonny Bath, who passed it with a 99% score.) They left with three certificates apiece: MAG-120, certified practitioner in handgun retention, and certified practitioner with the Persuader \u2122 mini-baton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Almost all of the shooting drills were some sort of qualification, often at faster speeds than required by law enforcement.  We went to triple speed on the carbine and shotgun quals.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This program encompasses defensive handgun and long gun, and also includes introduction to fully automatic weapons. Part of the reason for the buzz guns is that after a hundred and twenty hours with me, I think they deserve a little fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Evil Princess and I usually try to take a sabbatical from teaching during the period of mid-December through the end of January. We take the time to sort out administrative stuff and also to catch up on writing.  I\u2019m afraid that won\u2019t happen this year: after eighteen months of COVID-closed courtrooms the dam has burst, and the expert witness side of what I do has me scheduled to testify in three trials in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our teaching schedule comes alive again in February. For anyone interested in our classes around the country, information is available at\u00a0http:\/\/massadayoobgroup.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The December 2021 class and teaching team., Ya done good, folks!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Every student had to give a 10-ninute presentation to the class. Here Atty. George Lyon talks about some of the Second Amendment cases he has helped to win in DC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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MAG has great teaching teams around the country, but none are better or more experienced than our Florida crew who did the latest MAG-120!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One portion of the class had each student teaching a kid how to shoot — a completion of the learning circle, if you will. They and the kids did great.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Every single grad passed a police-type handgun qualification shooting at triple the standard speed. Note aggressive forward body postures from the StressFire (TM) shooting system to more quickly overcome recoil and get back on target.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Carbine and shotgun qualifications were shot successfully at triple speed, too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jonny Bath was top shot in trip speed pistol with 297 out of 300 possible points, earning a MAG challenge coin. Like each graduate, he earned MAG-120, handgun retention certification, and Persuader mini-baton certification.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We wrapped up teaching for the year last Friday with a MAG-120, our third-level class. The numerical designation of the class indicates the number of cumulative hours training with us at Massad Ayoob Group.  All 25 students passed the extremely difficult triple-speed handgun qualification.  (Kudos to the top shot in class, Jonny Bath, who passed it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7071"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7080,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7071\/revisions\/7080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}