I finally had the opportunity to take a class with MDTS and I was highly impressed with how Chris Fry ran his class. The long and the short of it is that the class was structured in such a way that we got a ton of shooting time (I ran through about 350 rounds), good verbal lessons/overviews and personal attention. The morning briefing lasted about an hour, and it went very fast.
The day started off with an overview on the mindset it takes to be ready to defend yourself in the unfortunate case that something bad was going to happen to you. It covered what you need to do to be personally prepared, the legal aspect of it, and after action assessment. He was open to any questions, and even invited them. He engaged the class directly to keep us interested and active which is a great teaching method.
After that we went over the 4 main safety rules, and general safety. We then loaded up and got on the range. We got out there and he would explain the drill we were going to do, then he demonstrated it and made sure everyone was comfortable. We then ran the drills.
Its really tough to fully explain the benfits of this class, and how well it was taught. The best way I can describe how good it was is that we got to touch on many different aspects of shooting such as precision, speed, reloads, shooting with strong hand, support hand, malfunction drills, shooting with non dominant eye, drawing from the holster both open and concealed, and use of cover/concealment. We spent enough time on each of these techniques that everyone had a chance to test their own limits and try to improve on them, and also build a foundation of knowledge to practice on our own.
The reality is that he could spend days, if not weeks working on each of these things individually, but he managed the time in such a way that we got to touch on all of these without feeling cut short on any particular drills. Between drills there would be explanations of the drills as well as constant reminders regarding the fundamentals of mindset. I want to thank Chris for the great experience, and Im really looking forward to many more classes and years of training with MDTS.
- MDTS
The day started off with an overview on the mindset it takes to be ready to defend yourself in the unfortunate case that something bad was going to happen to you. It covered what you need to do to be personally prepared, the legal aspect of it, and after action assessment. He was open to any questions, and even invited them. He engaged the class directly to keep us interested and active which is a great teaching method.
After that we went over the 4 main safety rules, and general safety. We then loaded up and got on the range. We got out there and he would explain the drill we were going to do, then he demonstrated it and made sure everyone was comfortable. We then ran the drills.
Its really tough to fully explain the benfits of this class, and how well it was taught. The best way I can describe how good it was is that we got to touch on many different aspects of shooting such as precision, speed, reloads, shooting with strong hand, support hand, malfunction drills, shooting with non dominant eye, drawing from the holster both open and concealed, and use of cover/concealment. We spent enough time on each of these techniques that everyone had a chance to test their own limits and try to improve on them, and also build a foundation of knowledge to practice on our own.
The reality is that he could spend days, if not weeks working on each of these things individually, but he managed the time in such a way that we got to touch on all of these without feeling cut short on any particular drills. Between drills there would be explanations of the drills as well as constant reminders regarding the fundamentals of mindset. I want to thank Chris for the great experience, and Im really looking forward to many more classes and years of training with MDTS.
- MDTS