Freddie Blish and myself will be hosting John Murphy in Phoenix again for his HIGHLY recommended flagship course, Concealed Carry: Street Encounters and Tactics February 12/13, 2022. Take note that this class has a round count of only 300. Every single round has meaning and is about supporting the rest of the skills learned throughout the weekend. There is no ammo wasted.







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Concealed Carry: Street Encounter Skills and Tactics

This course is designed to provide students with a holistic and layered approach to effective self-defense, beginning with an understanding of criminal violence and then building skills and tactics to meet those challenges.

Course Syllabus

Online Instruction (4 hours)

To maximize the in-person learning opportunity, the first four hours of the class are delivered via Internet video. These presentations cover a variety of topics and are intended to inform and challenge students to assess their assumptions and current approach to self-defense. Topics include:

• Developing the defensive mindset

• Tactics and techniques to support the Awareness, Avoidance, De-Escalation, Evasion paradigm

• Conflict communications

• Implications of 3rd party defense

Numerous other novel topics that are designed to educate while prompting questions that only the student can answer for themselves

Onsite Instruction (16 hours)

Two full days of onsite instruction begin with a Q&A on the online video series, followed by a presentation of baseline “stop the bleed” skills and practical application. Classroom work ends with a discussion and application on methods to incorporate pepper spray into self-defense preparations.

During the remainder of the weekend, concepts and skills will be demonstrated, and then interwoven into highly effective tactics derived from studying the patterns associated social and predatory violence.

• Street Encounter Skills

• Tactical Anatomy and “Shooting in 3-D”

• Time and timing

• Your first, best, shot

• Decisive movement

• Interacting with law enforcement

• Much more that you will not see in other classes

Using a combination of live and dry-fire exercises these concepts and newly acquired hard and soft skills are then validated with shooting drills and highly controlled, non-contact force-on-force scenarios.

End state

Students will be equipped with an understanding of the threats they face and provided a comprehensive suite of skills and tactics that enable them to respond to these circumstances, ensuring prompt and decisive action within legal and moral constraints

Cost: $425, which includes the Eventbrite registration fee, but NOT any associated range fees, which will be location specific.

Requirements: 300 rounds of ball ammunition (factory is MUCH preferred), the pistol you carry, a QUALITY holster (No SERPA type or floppy nylon!) at least 4 magazines, eye and ear protection, weather appropriate clothing, food, water, sunscreen, bug repellent, notepad and pen…the usual stuff you need on the range. Students must have had prior formal training in safety, marksmanship, and drawing the pistol from concealment. All students are expected to arrive at the course well-versed in safe gun handling practices. Each student will receive two POM pepper spray trainers and one POM live agent dispenser as part of the course fee.