About Me

 Offering remarkable Firearm Training to those seeking basic fundamentals through advanced shooting skills.  Experiences includes utilizing Classroom instruction & Live-Fire drills.

I believe that for training to be of any value and use, training must be informative & interesting, stimulating & realistic, responsible & safe.

And that you have fun doing it.

That in times of peril and/or threat, I believe that you will perform exceedingly well based on your training.

That from this training, you gain newfound ‘Situational Awareness’ and that then becomes a way of life.

See me here: Bold Journey

"You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore, before you decide to be happy", 

 Jane Kristen Marczewski (December 29, 1990 – February 19, 2022), known professionally as Nightbirde, an American singer-songwriter. 

There are NO Problems!  There are only Solutions!

And there are no shortcuts!

The Customer is my most important visitor and concern.

They are NOT dependent on me.  I am dependent on them.

They are NOT an interruption of my work.  Rather, they are the purpose of my work.

They are NOT an Outsider of my business.  They are a part of my business.

I am NOT doing them a favor by serving them.

Rather, they are doing me a favor by giving me the opportunity to do so.

I learned to shoot on or about 2010.  I had shot firearms prior to then, but that was just plinking.
 

I attended a local USPSA match at that time to watch a 'then' friend compete.  Afterwards, he and I practiced, and I started to understand the basics.  From there, my first pistol was a Smith & Wesson MP9 with holster and mag pouch.  And, I have expanded further with my collection of firearms. My addiction to the shooting sports has continued with a few breaks in-between for shoulder and elbow surgery (not related to the shooting sports, more from the skydiving sport).
 

Long and short of it -- I started in USPSA and migrated over to IDPA.
 

Moving ahead a few years and attempting to keep up with the younger generation of shooters and the very much faster generation of competitive shooters became a challenge to me as I am very competitive.  These old(er) bones do not move that fast anymore. :)  So, as the saying goes; ‘Those that can, do.  Those who cannot, teach. :)  Hence, I started explaining what I knew about the sport to beginners.  Not that I was a champion with any sort of pedigree.  However, watching champions, talking with champions, you learn much.

And I have been very fortunate. One of my first students is now an IDPA Texas State champion - 1st & 2nd placer in IDPA Stock pistol competitions - and has been invited to the IDPA Nationals.
 

To be clear -- There is no 'handicap' in shooting sports or in life to even the score as in golf.  Shooting, especially competitive shooting, is 'full on' and in ‘real-time’, all the time. Just like life, there are no ‘do overs’.
 

My background is below.

• Competitive & Stage Shooting
• Individual Training & Group Lessons
• Basic to Advanced Classes with Live Fire - Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun
• TX LTC Classes

• Certified NRA Instructor -- Pistol, Rifle, & Shotgun
• Certified NRA Range Safety Officer
• TX DPS LTC Instructor