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Welcome to the Reality Based Training Association NewsfeedThere is no right way to do the wrong thing – Big Boy Rules gets a sniper killed
Big Boy Rules - any time I hear an idiotic phrase like this it means to me one thing. "We are going to violate inviolable safety principles because we believe we are impervious to the consequences of not following them." Today, LCpl Spencer if the British Army is...
Training “On Purpose” – the Opposite of Mindlessness
At the RBTA we have questioned the "wisdom" in the Four Basic Safety Rules for many years. I won't get into the politics or parsing of words ... what we teach is what we teach, and it is more about deliberateness of intention than anything else. Our senior staff...
Another example of terrible and dangerous training
Tnanks to Bearing Arms and Rob Pincus for a great article on why some training goes wrong. Give the article a read here https://bearingarms.com/tom-k/2017/09/30/not-all-training-is-good-training/
Funker Tactical’s Todd Fossey on the topic of “Entertrainment”
Mike Hughes of SIRT Pistol fame sent over an article today from the always informative Funker Tactical. If you don't follow either of them, you should! Always top notch training advice and devices. Go visit Next Level Training by clicking above on Mike's name if you...
Unintentional/Negligent Discharge – When It Happens …
On May 23, 2018 at a range in Ohio, Massad Ayoob (one of the most famous firearms trainers) had a gun go bang when he did not intend it to do so. You can read about it here. Rob Pincus, another famous trainer, had a great post on the subject on Facebook here. He...
What are they thinking??? NRA with a VERY bad idea …
I spend my life traveling the world trying to educate people how to avoid doing stupid things in training so that we can do smart things in the real world. But a firearms and ammunition industry that is consumed with style over substance continues to do idiotic...
RBTA Instructor Jeff Johnsgaard teams with Missouri Western State University to discuss Use of Force considerations
This past week, Det. Sgt. Jeff Johnsgaard from Saskatoon Police Service presented a discussion at Missouri Western Siate University where Dr. Greg Vecchi, formerly the chief of the FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit, is now an assistant professor of criminal justice at the...
The epidemic of enthusiastic amateurs running well intentioned, yet unnecessarily hazardous training
On the newsfeed today is yet another example of where a "veteran" officer is putting together scenario based training for civilians. http://fox17.com/news/local/nashville-neighbors-learn-proper-response-to-home-invasion-with-realistic-training Such sites are popping...
Living on the Peak of Mount Stupid
On Wednesday, September 27 2017 in a training event near Jacksonville, something stupid happened. Again. During a training exercise, one of the trainers playing the role of a bad guy was disarmed by one of the students and shot with his own gun that was loaded with...
“Let me quickly show you something …” How many times are these words used prior to a horrible tragedy
Here we go again. Sgt. Rod Lucas is dead. Killed by a colleague during a careless demonstration of a loaded firearm. Another police officer shot and killed by some careless gun handling by yet another well intentioned person. I don't care how short a demonstration of...