Pistol 

Rhino Tactical Tier 1 Intermediate Tactical Pistol class will progress and expand upon what was learned in the Beginning Pistol class, offering a more dynamic approach to practice and cadence of live fire drills. This course serves as a gateway between our intermediate and our advanced pistol course touching on many of  the class principles that students will refine in the advanced Pistol class. Students in this intermediate class, will learn how to shoot from the holster throughout a variation of stagnant, and moving  live and dry fire drills which will encompass:

• Mindset of a warrior
• Drawing from retention in stages
• Drawing and transferring to weak hand
• Safe re-holstering
• Drawing from concealment
• Cadence, smoothness and timing drills
• Advanced Dry Firing drills
• Mag Reloading, breaking the reload down into stages .
• Basic Theory and execution of 180 &90 degree pivots and transitions.
• Basic theory Kneeling, kneeling Barricades, Prone shooting
• Advancing and retreating drills.
• Working the standing Barricade, left and right side
• Weak-side shooting
• Malfunction drills
• Stress under time, and intro discussion on the affects of stress on the complex motor skills.

Students are required to bring their choice of pistols as well as 500 rounds.(revolvers ok!) Acceptable calibers are 38, 9mm, 40, 45.  Minimum 2 magazines in your caliber. Eye and ear protection is mandatory. Students are also required to wear long pants and baseball caps to avoid scrapes and burns from ejected brass. Knee and Elbow pads are also acceptable and encouraged. Class is an all day class so bring plenty of fluids.

Rhino Tactical Advanced Tactical and Practical Combat Pistol Class Tier 1. We will dive into efficient combat shooting from a wide range of dynamic positions. Students are required to have taken the Intermediate Rhino tactical Pistol class as a pre-requisite. Rhino Tactical will guide the student through a series of highly energized, aggressive and defensive movement oriented courses of fire that are designed to enhance the students reactive/responsive skills to targets and target acquisition under varied conditions and situations. This course is a fantastic course as a warm up for our Inside or Outside the home defense classes. The dynamic discussions and courses will include:

• Advanced Understanding and theories on training mentality of a warrior and how to practice at home or on the range to become a highly efficient and accurate defensive and aggressive combat shooter.
• Elemental shooting review
• Controlling and monitoring the breathing
• Heart rate and effects of stress, using stress as a trigger to relax.
• Awareness levels
• Gross, Fine and complex motor skills in regards to shooting.
• Reactionary shooting versus Responsive shooting.
• High Speed Flash sight picture /advanced point shooting
• Advanced Shooting on the move: advancing and retreating Courses
• Advanced Tactical walk / shuffle step  live fire exercises
• Advanced weak side shooting refined
• Reloading behind cover
• Reloads; Tactical And Tactical with retention: the differences…..and applying speed reloads under stress- Speed focus point reloads. Advanced strong/weak hand Injury reloads.
• Advanced Malfunction drills refined
• Defensive center mass marksmanship and marksmanship Steel plate shooting
• Extended range shooting refined
• Coming into a barricade/entrances and exits/advancing and tactically relocating.
• Advanced pivoting and shooting
• Advanced Kneeling theories kneeling behind cover.(Rhino power lunge)
• Advanced prone and prone behind cover theories and practices.
• Dry fire practice techniques and strategies refined
• Physical fitness and its role in shooting and awareness refined

This course requires 500 rounds of ammunition. The student must also wear long pants and have a baseball cap as well as well as mandatory eye and ear protection. At least 4 magazines are also required. Students must bring their own pistols and be of 38,9mm,40, 0r 45 calibers. Revolvers ok!!