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The Neuroscience of Practice and Training (Video)

This is a 5 minute video of at TED-Ed worth watching to get a better understanding of the neurophysiology behind valuable "practice". The neuroscience of practice and training in general... View Content

Distance Education Through Our Expanded PDN Academy!

You might have noticed that we've expanded PDN Academy recently by adding a few classes to the offerings at the PDN Academy Distance Education Page. These three new courses are... View Content

Quality Defensive Training Can Be a Toss Up

Many folks leave their defensive practice to chance and actually spend very little time doing anything other than target shooting. Those folks show up a the range and send some... View Content

The 42 Most Important Ideas in Defensive Shooting

it’s not easy to talk about the most important terms and concepts in the world of defensive shooting — because it’s a little difficult to judge what makes something important!... View Content

If it Ain't Rainin, it Ain't Trainin!: How Weather Affects Firearms Training

I’m from the Pacific Northwest, commonly referred to as the “Pacific NorthWET” by those of us who live here. Having grown up in the region, I’m used to the rain,... View Content

Unintentional Discharges: The Mutant Cousin Under the Basement Stairs

I would like to discuss something that, in firearms instructing circles, seems to be the metaphorical mutant cousin living under the basement stairs. It’s something that many instructors (and shooters)... View Content

Games People Play: Fun Shooting Beats No Firearms Training At All

Anyone reading this is likely aware of the need for frequent and realistic firearms training with their defensive firearm. It should also come as no surprise that the vast majority... View Content

Survival Shooting Techniques: Why Train With One Hand?

What is the real reason we should train to use only one hand to manipulate and shoot the firearm? Lots of people might say, “Because it is common to get... View Content

How Should You Practice After Training?

Once we finish a personal defense training class, a question that should remain in our minds is, “Where do I go from here?” We trainers almost universally say that you... View Content