Your Defensive Handgun Training Prog. - Mike Seeklander - White Hall, AR - Apr 13/14
Mike Seeklander will be at Last Resort Firearms Training in White Hall, AR on April 13-14, 2013 teaching his Your Defensive Handgun Training Program. You can register at shooting-performance.com.
Course Name: Your Defensive Handgun Training Program
Course Length: 2 days
Course Cost: $395.00 (with class minimum of 10) **Note: all range fees for guest range are the responsibility of the student, not S-P.
Open to: Anyone. This class assumes a minimum skill level with the firearm is possessed. Brand new shooters should take a familiarization course prior to attending.
Course Description: Your Tactical Handgun Training Program is a complete tactical handgun training program designed to teach you how to train for combative purposes with a handgun as your primary weapon. The program will take your shooting to the next level. The program is like nothing else available today, focusing not only on the execution of skills but in the process to properly train those skills and subsequently improve your results. Self-defense context is also thoroughly covered in this program, defining the distance related concepts of a fight with a handgun. This course is ideal for anyone who carries’ a handgun for combative (self-defense) purposes, and will benefit both the novice as well as experienced shooters. It is the pre-requisite course for those wishing to take other Shooting-Performance advanced handgun courses.
Course Learning Objectives:
•Principles of Adult Learning
•Heart Rate Management /Combat Breathing
•Self Defense Observe, Orient, and Defend Principles
•Mental Preparation for the Fight
•Physical Preparation for the Fight
•Legal Preparation for the Fight
•Principles of an Effective Training Program
•Carry Gear and Firearm Setup
•Principles of Dry Fire Training (manipulation training)
•Principles of the Firing Cycle (high performance marksmanship)
•Live Fire Micro and Macro Drills (firing cycle)
•Low Light Handgun Operation
•Concepts of a Proper Live Fire Training Session
Required Gear/Support Items (** please read and bring all items):
•1200 rounds *Note, this is an estimated quantity students may shoot more or less
•Firearm and all related equipment (3 magazines minimum)
•Notebook and pen
•Personal protective gear (eye and ear protection)
•Handheld (button activated) flashlight/ or a weapon mounted light (if owned)
•Dummy rounds appropriate for their caliber handgun (10)
Mike's Bio:
Most people know me as a nationally ranked competitor on the practical handgun competition circuit, but fail to realize that I have extensive formal training and experience in the military and law enforcement, as an operational officer/Marine as well as in all phases of training development.
I actually began my competitive shooting training to increase my skill level in the event of a future fight with a handgun or rifle as a Marine and Law Enforcement Officer. After getting my feet wet I found myself training to win national competitions, while analyzing and applying those performance rules to key areas of a performance. I have authored more than 20 lesson plans specifically related to basic and advanced firearms training, and am trained in curriculum design. I have chaired numerous curriculum development conferences. In addition to developing curriculum for federal agencies, I am a published author with two books and one DVD on the market, and will soon be releasing a third. (Please see the books and DVD’s page for more information)
Previously I was the President, C.O.O., and the Director of Training at the United States Shooting Academy. I am a federally certified instructor, curriculum developer, and adjunct instructor and have extensive experience teaching firearms, combatives, tactics, and control tactics. Previously, I was a Senior Instructor at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Charleston, S.C. Prior to that I served as the Branch Chief and Lead Instructor for the Federal Air Marshal firearms division, as well as instructing in the tactics and physical training divisions at the Federal Air Marshal training center in Atlantic City, N.J. I was responsible for the development, implementation and supervision of all firearms and tactical shoot-house instruction for the Federal Air Marshal service basic training. In addition, I was credentialed as a Federal Air Marshal, providing counter-terrorism security to commercial American air carriers nationwide.
I am A combat veteran of Desert Shield and Desert Storm, with five years of active duty and four years of reserve duty in the U.S. Marine Corps, as an intelligence specialist and primary marksmanship instructor. Prior to receiving my honorable discharge in 2000, I was attached to a federal multi-agency task force investigating large-scale international drug trafficking.
From 1995-98, I was employed by the Knox County (TN) Sheriff’s Department’s Corrections division and was a member of its highly trained Special Operations Response Team. From 1998-2001, I worked as a police officer for the Knoxville (TN) Police Department where I was assigned as a patrol officer and also as an investigator for the Organized Crime section, investigating narcotics and vice-related crimes at the local, state and federal levels.
I am the recipient of numerous awards and honors in the law enforcement community, and as a semi-professional shooter. While training part time, I have placed highly in every major practical type championship on the circuit and have more than a dozen titles at major matches including state and area matches in IPSC and IDPA style matches including a second place finish at the 2007 European Handgun Championships, and top 5 finishes at the U.S. Nationals, the World Speed Shooting championships and NRA Action Pistol championships. I am currently ranked as a grandmaster (the highest rank obtainable) by the United States Practical Shooting Association. Shooting has not been my only passion, and I have more than 15 years of experience in various martial arts holding multiple ranks including a Black Belt in Okinawan freestyle karate
