Nashville seminar, April 1-3, 2022

I am super pumped to announce that on April 1-3, 2022, I will teaching my fundamental coursework in Nashville, TN at the amazing Royal Range USA firearms facility.

Not only is it my first time in Nashville, it is also my first time at Royal and I cannot wait. Not only am I looking for the touristy stuff to do in the city, I am excited more than I can say to be at such an amazing location. I had a FaceTime tour and the place is jaw dropping.

Check out their website and the video tour:

https://www.royalrangeusa.com/

Some of the things covered are:

Surviving/defending/escaping from the bottom

Getting back to your feet / staying upright

Defending against strikes on the ground or clinch

Denying the attacker weapon access – understanding technique, positional hierarchy, and timing

Proper role of “dirty tactics”

Multiple opponents

Essential training principles, methods, and drills

Underlying concepts and mindset for the clinch in a self-defense context

Dealing with the sucker punch/ambush

Fundamentals of the clinch

Controlling the entanglement

Disengaging and making distance for escape, weapons access or orientation reset

Performance coaching and troubleshooting

Structuring and balancing your training for a real world lifestyle

Sign up here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/immediate-action-combatives-course-nashville-tn-tickets-169686076623?fbclid=IwAR2Vunem7nMFy2XT3dz0SxRT7wA_HrtFGFnPbo3ETH5XCalG9wWjuo-YbW0

Old books

Anyone who knows me is aware that I am a bibliophile of the highest order. I flat out love books. I love learning, and books tend to have the best bang for the buck in that realm.

One aspect of this that never fails to amaze me is how much knowledge there was before, that gets lost. We get a bit complacent in the 21st century with all the advantages to the internet age and assume that we know so much that prior generations did not, and to an extent, that is true. However, it is not true across the board. Often, we forget hard won chunks of information and knowledge and are forced to waste time and re-discover things.

A great illustration of the point is this book. It is about case studies in police survival situations, and it was written in 1975. Take a look at the chapter headings. How many of those are still being brought up in an effort to learn? Chapter 12 in particular stands out screaming at me, and is perfectly applicable to the armed private citizen and their self-defense needs. “Beware of the typical and average” could have been written on a social media or blog post yesterday. It covers how there truly is no such monster as “an average gunfight/self-defense situation”. Look at one of the pages from that chapter that just shows how many of these incidents start.

You still hear this kind of advice in the defensive hand gunning community – “the typical gunfight is …….” And yet in 1975 it was understood by some folks that there is no such thing. And yet nearly 50 years later we are still fighting to get that out. Just amazing to contemplate.

Upcoming coursework 2021-2022

Things are busy on the seminar side! Which is great, but I keep forgetting to get things updated to let folks know, so here is the latest for the next few months:

Close Contact Handgun, Oct 8-9, 2021 Chino Valley, AZ

https://independencetraining.square.site/product/close-contact-handgun/10?cs=true&cst=custom

Entangled Handgun (the only one until September of ’22) Nov 5-6, 2021 Chino Valley

https://independencetraining.square.site/product/entangled-handgun/20?cs=true&cst=custom

Immediate Action Combatives, Oklahoma City January 14-16, 2022

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/immediate-action-combatives-real-world-application-in-a-weapon-based-env-tickets-167916238991?ref=eios&fbclid=IwAR0IU5GVJwdUIOv4lqDeA4JXqcin3iNxxcNm3lSet6YMa1jy3HvfYupVrwM

Immediate Action Combatives, Sterling, VA February 25-27, 2022

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cecil-burch-immediate-action-combatives-tickets-172156995207

Immediate Action Combatives, Nashville April 1-3, 2022

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/immediate-action-combatives-course-nashville-tn-tickets-169686076623