AAR: CRCD 26/27 Apr – Phoenix

If you want my “Max Is Awesome” post look at my October AAR. He is awesome. But that’s not what I wanted to focus on here. As usual the take away is more PT. Specifically endurance for me. I don’t fancy myself some sort of bad ass, high speed, front line guy. I’m just a […]

AAR: RMP/CRCD 26/27 April – Danni

My name is Danni and I am writing this to try to give a women’s perspective and hopefully try to convince other women that they can do this, they will be welcomed and they NEED to take this course. I will be the first to admit that I took this class initially to appease my […]

Combat Rifle Manipulation (CRM) Classes – Now Scheduled

I have now updated the Class Schedule page to reflect the new Combat Rifle Manipulation (CRM) Classes. HERE for the Full Class Schedule CRM Classes: 2014: May 31 – 01 Jun:  CRM July 12 – 13: CRM Aug 16 – 17: CRM Sep 20 – 21: CRM Oct 18 – 19: CRM Oct 25 – 26: CRM Nov 8 – 9: CRM […]

CRCD 26/27 April – 3 x AAR/Comments

These AAR/Comments on the 26/27 April CRCD came in as comments on this post: ‘A Great CRCD Class! + Comment’: __________ Brian B: Max, As the father of the 15 yr. old you mentioned at the beginning of this article, I have to say thank you for a great weekend of training. My son and […]

Rifle Stoppage Drills

A part of weapons manipulation training is addressing and dealing with weapons stoppages and  malfunctions. On the class description for the Combat Rifle/Contact Drills (CRCD) Class I include the following: _________ For those that are not attending the Rifle Manipulation Primer Class you should be able to demonstrate a basic level of competence at the following: 1) Muzzle […]

A Great CRCD Class! + Comment

I am back from this weekend’s CRCD Class. I forgot to take any photos, so I don’t have any for you. It was a full class of 12. Mention goes out to: 1) The father  and son team. The son being 15 years old, squared away, and able to run like the wind. 2) The […]

Training in Arizona

H/T To Mosby: New Training School in Arizona http://www.sierra12.com http://www.facebook.com/Sierra12DSG   I don’t know anything about it, but Mosby gives it the thumbs up. Jim: are you on the forum perchance? Now, all you guys in the South West, you can quit whining about how far West Virginia is, and go get some local training. […]

Comment: ‘Tacticool’ Weapons Manipulation vs. Weapons Manipulation Training

There has been an on running thread over at the forum: ‘Tacticool “Weapons Manipulations” will get you killed.’ Reading through the comments was an interesting journey, and there is a lot of useful stuff there. It has prompted me to write this post. We must remember that the reason I created the forum was due to […]

*New Classes*

Weapons Manipulation Classes The new ‘Square Range’ at the MVT site is under construction. I’m going to make sure it is not quite square, maybe rectangular. Photos to follow next week The Rifle Manipulation Primer (RMP) class is already scheduled to run prior to CRCD classes, as part of a TC3/RMP day. The following classes: […]

AAR #6:CRCD/Patrol April 5-9 – Big Al and Lil Al

Well where do I start.  After reading some of my classmates AAR’s its quite difficult to add more to what has already been written.  However, one cannot state this enough, Max is one of the most professional instructors that Ive had the privilege to learn from.  Also it really was quite incredible to learn and […]