EDC Defensive Tactics
Course Description
This course builds on the essential skills taught in “EDC Pistol Foundations” by introducing the use of defensive movement and tactics proven to help you succeed and survive deadly force encounters. Truly be prepared for everyday life with your EDC skills.
Topics covered include: Fighter Mindset, Situational Awareness, Defensive Optics Considerations, Instinctive/Combat Shooting, Achieving A One Second Draw, Compromised Shooting, One-Handed Weapon Manipulations, Dynamic Movement (shooting while moving), Ambush/Counter Ambush, Engaging Mass Shooter Threats, Post Engagement Procedures, and much more.
Training System
Our proprietary system of Defensive Firearms skills and tactics training has been carefully crafted with the best principles from top law enforcement and warfighter experience to give you the ultimate training advantage. Our approach puts these complex concepts and techniques into simple, easy to learn principles that have the power to save your life. This is unlike any training you’ve ever taken.
Training Mission
We are not here to simply teach you how to shoot a pistol because knowing “how to shoot” is not enough when it comes to real life self-defense. Our mission is to give you the knowledge and skills you need to be an effective protector and succeed in high-stress deadly threat encounters where milliseconds count and the wrong moves could have long lasting consequences.
Training Facilities
That’s right, this is not some “shooting in the desert” type of opperation. Our firearms courses are taught at a Professional State-Of-The-Art shooting range located in Southern Utah just 15 minutes from St. George! This allows us to integrate advanced drills and instruction techniques to help you quickly become a more prepared protector.
Course Pre-Requisites:
Basic Pistol: While it is not required for you to take the course, you must be able to demonstrate the skills learned in Basic Pistol. This amounts to safe handling of a gun under live-fire circumstances. This is NOT an entry level course but one that builds your skills off of a foundation of safety and proper foundation learned in Basic Pistol. If you are competent handling a handgun safely on a range in a live-fire setting, you will be able to take Defensive Pistol.
Course Outline
- Protector Mindset
- Skills assessment
- Fundamentals of marksmanship review
- Firearm safety and handling
- Situational Awareness
- Draw Stroke
- Malfunction procedures
- Multiple shot engagements
- Target transitions
- Range safety
- Grip diagnostics
- Alternate shooting positions
- Cover & Concealment
- Barricades and Obstacles
- Ambush/Counter-Ambush
- Defensive Optics Considerations
- Emergency & Tactical Reloads
- Malfunctions Clearing
- Post Engagement Procedures
What To Bring
- Pistol (preferably the one you plan to carry concealed)
- Kydex style belt mounted holser
- 300+ rounds for your pistol
- 2+ magazines for your pistol
- Spare magazine carrier/pouch
- Sturdy Gun Belt
- Shooting Eye Protection
- Shooting Ear Protection
- Comfortable clothing for the weather
- Comfortable sturdy shoes you can move in
- Water and snacks
Meet Your Instructor
Woody Woodbury
Woody is the founder of Black Desert Survival and a lifelong student of personal preparedness. He pulls from his vast experience living around the world and traveling extensively to develop personal security and safety considerations which are critical to protecting yourself and your family in today’s dynamic environments.
Course Pricing
Private Training
Just you and the InstructorSmall Groups
2 to 6 peopleJoin The Movement
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