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December 2009: Karl contributed content to a recent article on Slate.com about the origin of the "rapper" shooting stance. He also served as technical advisor to Western author James. J Griffin, whose new short story collection The Faith and the Rangers is now available from the KR Training Amazon a-store.
All scheduled Jan and Feb 2010 classes are now shown on our main and schedule pages. The December 2009 e-news is now online.
November 2009: Karl contributed an article on what to do in an active shooter situation to the BattleSwarm blog. Instructor Claude Werner from the Rogers shooting school will be offering two one-day snubnose revolver courses at our facility in February 2010.
October 2009: The October 2009 KR Training e-news is now online.
An additional Low Light Shooting class was added to the October schedule. Southnarc is returning to the Austin area to teach his Practical Unarmed Combat and Extreme Close Quarters courses at The Farm in Smithville in December. NRA instructor classes for Jan 2010 added. Photos from our 2009 trip to Australia, including match photos from an Australian IPSC club match, are here. Leslie Buck will be offering an Edged Weapon Defense 1 class November 8 at his Tactical Arts Academy school in Austin. It will be co-taught by former DPS Defensive Tactics instructor Erwin Ballarta.
PDF versions of the October 2009 Gun World and Concealed Carry articles on the Polite Society conference now online in the archive section of this website.
September 2009: KR Training Airsoft scenario based training featured in articles in the October 2009 Gun World and Concealed Carry magazines. The September 2009 KR Training e-news is now online.
August 2009: The August e-news is now online. The Central Texas match schedule has been updated to show new matches being held at the Austin Rifle Club.
July 2009: Check out our new youtube channel. The July 2009 KR Training e-news is now online. Local martial arts instrutor (and KR Training student) Leslie Buck will be offering an Edged Weapon Defense 1 class August 9 at his Tactical Arts Academy school in Austin. It will be co-taught by former DPS Defensive Tactics instructor Erwin Ballarta.
May 2009: The KR Training May 2009 newsletter is now online. Lots of new classes added for July-November 2009, including the new Defensive Pistol Skills 2 class. Check the schedule page for details. Due to the ammo shortage we are now allowing students to use .22 caliber guns for all non-LTC courses we offer. LTC students must continue to use handguns .32 caliber or greater as required by the state.
We are back from a very successful trip to Tulsa, OK for the annual Polite Society Training Conference. Our force on force scenarios were recorded by the Shooting Gallery show, and they will be seen on national television on an upcoming episode of the Outdoor Channel's Shooting Gallery show. Michael Bane talks about the event on his current podcast. Massad Ayoob's blog post about the Polite Society conference is here. A few pictures and a short writeup is on the KR Training website here. What's N
May 2009: Lots of new classes added for July-November 2009, including the new Defensive Pistol Skills 2 class. Check the schedule page for details. Due to the ammo shortage we are now allowing students to use .22 caliber guns for all non-LTC courses we offer. LTC students must continue to use handguns .32 caliber or greater as required by the state.
We are back from a very successful trip to Tulsa, OK for the annual Polite Society Training Conference. Our force on force scenarios were recorded by the Shooting Gallery show, and they will be seen on national television on an upcoming episode of the Outdoor Channel's Shooting Gallery show. Michael Bane talks about the event on his current podcast. Massad Ayoob's blog post about the Polite Society conference is here. A few pictures and a short writeup is on the KR Training website here
April 2009: The April edition of the KR Training e-news is now online. Read a recent student's blog post about attending a KR Training class. May and June classes added to the schedule. Due to increases in the cost of ammunition, the price for Basic Pistol 1 will increase to $75 starting May 1. An article about Texas gun laws related to schools added to the archive.
KR Training shooting team member Roy Stedman won the Open division of the 2009 Space City Challenge. Assistant instructors Tom "Eddie" Hogel and John Daub taught the NRA Eddie Eagle gun safety program to a children's group. KR Training was mentioned in a newspaper article about western author Jim Griffin and his recent book signing tour.
March 2009: March 2009 edition of the KR Training e-news is now online. Just added another Basic Pistol 1 class on March 21 from 2-5 pm, and a Women on Target clinic on April 25.
February 2009 : February 2009 edition of the KR Training e-news is now online. More courses added to our March and April 2009 schedule. NRA Instructor class added for May 29-31. Airsoft Force on Force instructor class added Jun 27-28. Check the schedule link for summer classes. Photos added from the January Defensive Long Gun course.
January 2009 : More courses added to our January and February 2009 schedule. January 2009 edition of the KR Training e-news is now online.
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