By: Jeff Gonzales

Jeff Gonzales — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 01:30:42 +0000

In reply to Oscar Lee James III. Nice job! Keep it up...

By: Oscar Lee James III

Oscar Lee James III — Sat, 22 Feb 2020 18:49:40 +0000

Thanks, Jeff. I first learned this lesson from Drill Sergeant Jett, at Ft Leonard Wood, in 1973. Forty years later, when I bought my first handgun, I stayed comfortable for too long. Training with you brought me back into focus. I always taught my soldiers that we must be comfortable with failing in training, as long as we are safe, and learn from the experience. I teach my sons the same thing. I had gotten too comfortable with myself and you shook me out of that. At every practice session, in each competition match, in every training class, I push myself in some aspect that takes me out of my comfort zone; speed, accuracy, marksmanship, technique. Learning something new or doing something better or faster.

Six months after taking your Pistol 2 class, I was training with John Correia. In two particular aspects of this class, six months of pushing myself paid off. First was timed drawing to an accurate shot. 1.34 seconds from a Safariland ALS without warm up. Then , with no other warm up, we shot a 1/4 scale steel IPSC target, starting at 10 yards and stepping back 5 yards after each shot. I hit the steel with the first shot at 10, 15, 20, and 25 yards. At 30, well outside my comfort zone, I missed with the first shot and hit with the second. Consistently insisting on better works.

Thanks again.

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By: Jeff Gonzales

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