Training

2008 Civilian Class Dates:

January 19 & 20 - "Grinding the Stone" CFRPC, Orlando

February 2 & 3 - "Grinding the Stone" - Pistol, CFRPC, Orlando

February 5 & 6 - "Polishing the Mirror" / IPSC Match Prep, CFRPC, Orlando

February 23 & 24 "Grinding the Stone", CFRPC, Orlando

March 15 & 16 - "Precision Fundamentals" / Grinding the Stone, CFRPC, Orlando

NEXT SCHEDULED CLASS:

stand by for announcment.

Training Philosophy

At Reliant our philosophy is pretty simple, Train Hard, Win Easy. It doesn’t matter if “winning” for you is taking 1^st in your class at a local competition, serving a warrant as a SWAT officer, or an overseas tour with the military.  Winning doesn’t happen by accident. Winning is the result of preparation.

It’s not sexy gear or tactics named after you that make you a good shooter.  Gear just makes up the tool box, and tactics are how the techniques are applied.  The shooter's skill set is the bedrock everything else builds on, and nothing can replace solid fundamentals you’ve polished to the point you execute them flawlessly under pressure. 

At Reliant our classes run under the principle that there are no advanced techniques, only advanced applications. In general, there are two basic types of training, we call them “Grinding the stone” and “Polishing the mirror”. 

Both styles of classes focus on accuracy (how to get it and practice it), movement (how to do it correctly and practice it) and solid, modern, efficient, safe techniques for draw and reload. 

“Grinding the Stone” is a core technique course. "This is the A-B-C's of D.V.C.". These techniques are not specific to one competition or style, and shooters from an LEO, Military or concealed carry background will be well served with this type of class.  

If you want a solid base of precision fundamentals you can develop with, this is the class for you. This is a detail oriented class. The end goal being that students will understand where they want to get with the technique on their draw, reload or position entry, enough that they can teach themselves and continue to improve after the class.  Most shooters don't know how or what to practice, this course shows them. There will be practice drills, and plenty of shooting but it's less about immediate results through high volume hosing and more about deeper understanding and solid, long term gains. 

When you are ready to nail down solid, efficient, modern fundamentals, and start to improve your shooting “from square one” this is your course. 

“Polishing the Mirror” Once you have solid fundamentals down pat, you’ll want to polish things up, especially as a big match, deployment or competition approaches.  This course is less dissection of technique, and more practice of applying that technique to the utmost of each shooter’s ability.  While we will review and make subtle corrections, this course is about getting ready to execute those techniques in the near future.  You will leave a “Polish” course shooting better than you ever have, ready to perform your best. 

The techniques in both classes are the same, and one should not be construed as basic or advanced in comparison to the other. The difference is in the focus.  In “Grinding the Stone” we spend more time building the core techniques, making sure you understand what you’re doing so you can continue to teach yourself after the course.  There’s lots of dry fire, analysis and explanation of why things are done a certain way.

In “Polishing the Mirror” you have a goal date set, and this type of course is designed with an eye on immediate results.

Our classes are open to all experienced enough to run their guns safely.  Details like weapon type, duration and focus areas are determined by each group to be trained.