Kyle Defoor discussed his first meeting with Jason Falla and paid him a backhanded compliment in his blog.
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Competition Experience Works
March 25, 2015
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Precision Under Pressure
January 10, 2015
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Have standards!
The specific standards are less important than the fact that you have some and they are currently challenging for you.
“I’m a better shooter now than I was while with the [SEAL] teams.”
You have to have some type of scale to score yourself on and that scale needs to be difficult to you in your training. [Good standards] hit every aspect of weapons manipulation, hits things done under pressure in front of people, and smaller hit zones that might be needed real world.
When we take a timer and scoring rings into the equation to get guys to work under stress, what I’ve found over the years is guy capable of 80% or better on the Hackathorn Standards or pretty much any other challenging standard has dramatically better results in real world engagements. Like astronomically better.
This improves first encounters, such as a cop in the U.S. getting into his very first gun fight ever. Before we’re talking low hit rates, like 50% hit ratio or 5 out of 10 [or only 3-4] hits. Now we’re hovering around seven or eight hits out of ten [70%-80%]. Significantly better results. Guys over seas seeing fight every night or every other night has the same results as the cops but now here, after the first two or three, it becomes a routine for them.
– Kyle Defoor
Having standards and striving to perform well is critical to real world performance. Shooters performing well on challenging, scored shooting courses perform better under stressful, real world encounters.
Full interview and podcast:
http://ballisticradio.com/2014/01/20/podcast-ballistic-radio-episode-45-january-19-2014/
Kyle Defoor: How To Train
January 7, 2014
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Defoor Proformance – Pistol Test #3
December 25, 2012
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Defoor Proformance Shooting
Pistol Test #3
Equipment Needed:
Pistol
Holster
Concealing Garment
IPSC Target
One six round magazine
Marksmanship Skill
Physical Fitness
Course of Fire
Standing touching the target, at the signal run 50 yards to the 50 yard line, draw from concealment and fire two shots at an IPSC target. Without command, run to the 25 yard line and fire two more shots to the body. Run to the 12 yard line and engage the head box with two rounds, run to the 6 yard line and reengage the head box with two more rounds. Time limit is one minute.
Scoring
Score A zone=5 points, B/C zone=3 points, D zone or miss scores 0 points. The body and head must have at least 16 total points each with at least two in the upper A zone (“credit card”.)
For match use, this can be a Conventional Shooter scored for points only (adjust time limit down as needed.) For Sensible Shooter run this as Time Plus or Time Factor scoring (no set time limit.)
Run 50 yds to 50 yd line and fire 2 rds in body
Run to 25 yd line fire 2 rds to body
Run to 12 yd line fire 2 rds to head.
run to 6 yd line fire 2 rds to head.
Video Demonstration:
Defoor Proformance – Pistol Test #2
December 15, 2012
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Defoor Proformance Shooting
Pistol Test #2
Equipment Needed:
Pistol
Holster
Concealing Garment
IPSC Target
One six round magazine
Marksmanship Skill
Physical Fitness
Course of Fire
Standing at 25 yards, from concealment draw and fire two shots on an IPSC target in four seconds.
Scoring
For qualification, each string is given a four second time limit. Scoring A zone=5 points, C zone=3 points, D zone, head shot or miss scores 0 points. Pass is 25 total points.
For match use, this is a Sensible Shooter (Time Plus or Time Factor) course with four strings rather than a fixed time.
Video Demonstration:
Defoor Proformance – Pistol Test #1
December 10, 2012
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Defoor Proformance Shooting
Pistol Test #1
Equipment Needed:
Pistol
Holster
Concealing Garment
IPSC Target and NRA B-8 center (line up bottom of repair center with the D/C zone line on the IPSC target.)
One 15 round magazine
Marksmanship Skill
Physical Fitness
Course of Fire
String 1: 25 yards from the 25 yard line (start touching target and run to firing point.) At the start signal, run to the 25 yard line, draw from concealment and fire six rounds in 30 seconds or less. Score the target. Must score 50 points or better (60 points possible) for a Go.
String 2: 6 yards. Draw from concealment and fire one round into the now-reduced A zone in 2.0 seconds. Hitting the repair center or anywhere outside the A zone, or shooting over the time limit is a fail.
String 3: 6 yards. Draw from concealment and fire 6 rounds (Bill drill) into the reduced A zone in 4.5 seconds. Hitting the repair center or anywhere outside the A zone, or shooting any shots over the time limit is a fail.
String 4: 6 yards. Draw from concealment and fire 2 rounds into upper A zone head box (“credit card”) in 3.5 seconds. Any shots over the time limit or hitting outside the A zone “credit card” is a fail.
Scoring
For qualification, each string is scored as Pass-Fail and all four strings must be passed for a Go. For match use, this is a Conventional Shooter (points only) course with any overtime shots minus ten points on String one, minus five for the others.
Video Demonstration:
Defoor Proformance – Carbine Test #3
December 3, 2012
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Carbine Test #3
200 Yard Rundown
Equipment Needed:
Rifle
NRA SR-42 target (High Power SR-3 300 Yard Prone Rapid target, scaled to 200 yards)
One 10 round magazine
Marksmanship Skill
Physical Fitness
Course of Fire
Start position: 100 yards from the 200 yard line (can begin on the 100 yard line if the range isn’t big enough.) At the start signal run to the 200 yard line, go prone and fire two rounds on the SR-42. Without command, run to the 100 yard line and fire two rounds kneeling, run the the 50 yard line and shoot two rounds standing, and two more rounds standing at the 25 and 10 yard lines.
Scoring
For qualification, this is scored as Pass-Fail with anything over 80 points passing. For match use, this is a Conventional Shooter (points only) course with any overtime shots minus ten points.
Run 100 yds to the 200 yd line, prone, 2 rds
run to the 100 yd line, kneeling, 2 rds
run to the 50 yd line, standing, 2 rds
run to the 25 yd line, standing, 2 rds
run to the 10 yd line, standing, 2 rds
Time limit 2 mins
Minimum passing score: 80 points
Video Demonstration:
Defoor Proformance – Carbine Test #2
December 2, 2012
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Carbine Test #2
100 Yard Rundown
Equipment Needed:
Rifle
IPSC Target
One 8 round magazine
Marksmanship Skill
Physical Fitness
Course of Fire
Start position: 50 yards from the 100 yard line (can begin on the 50 yard line if the range isn’t big enough.) At the start signal run to the 100 yard line, go kneeling and fire two rounds on the IPSC body. Without command, run to the 50 yard line and fire two rounds standing, run the the 25 yard line and shoot two rounds standing, and two more rounds standing at 10 yards.
Scoring
For qualification, this is scored as Pass-Fail with points only on a fixed time limit of one minute. A zone scores five points, C and B zone scores three, D zone and miss scores zero. The body and head must total at least 16 points, requiring a minimum of two of the four shots in the respective A zones and no more than two in the B/C zone or better.
For match use, this could be scored as a Conventional Shooter (points only) or Sensible Shooter (Time Plus or Time Factor scoring) event. At a Conventional Shooter event, have anyone posting a perfect score reshoot it with a reduced time limit for a tie breaker. Any overtime shots are minus five points.
Run 50 yds to the 100 yd line, kneeling 2 rds to body
run to 50 yd line, standing, 2 rds to body
run to 25 yd line, standing, 2 rds to head
run to 10 yd line, standing, 2 rds to head
Time limit 1 min
Minimum passing score: 16 points Body (A zone=5, C zone = 3, D zone=miss), All head shots with at least two in the upper A zone (“credit card”)
Video Demonstration:
Defoor Proformance – Carbine Test #1
December 1, 2012
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Carbine Test #1
10 To 2
Equipment Needed:
Rifle
One NRA B-8 target
One 30 round magazine
Marksmanship Skill
Physical Fitness
Course of Fire
Start position: 25 yards from the 100 yard line (can begin on the 75 yard line if the range isn’t big enough.) At the start signal run to the 100 yard line, go prone and fire ten rounds on the NRA B-8. Without command, run to the 75 yard line, go kneeling and fire eight rounds. Run the the 50 yard line and shoot six rounds standing, four rounds at 25 yards and two rounds at 10 yards.
This is scored as a Conventional Shooter event, points only with a fixed time limit of three minutes. For training, a score of 270 or higher is a Go. For match use, just add up the points.
Run 25 yds to 100 yd line, prone, 10 rds
Run to 75 yd line, kneeling, 8 rds
Run to 50 yd line, standing, 6 rds
Run to 25 yd line, standing, 4 rds
Run to 10 yd line, standing, 2 rds
Time limit 3 mins
Minimum passing score: 270
Video Demonstration:
Kyle Defoor on High “Proformance” Shooting
September 20, 2012
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Kyle Defoor, former US Navy SEAL and instructor for TigerSwan, now runs his own company, Defoor Proformance Shooting.
He describes his courses, such as Advanced Carbine Course, as athletic events:
“It’s an athletic event” is also an apt description for a gunfight. Stress, like that of a gunfight, raises our heart rate, quickens our breathing and otherwise affects our bodies much like physical exertion. If we’re not training under stress, we’re not really training for a gunfight. In the training environment, there are two ways of imparting that stress. The first is adding the pressure of time, which is common in most modern firearms instruction. The second is adding physical exertion, which is all too uncommon. Defoor utilizes both ways, setting himself apart from other trainers in the industry.
One important aspect of training is having ways to measure performance, both for establishing a baseline against which to measure improvement and for comparing one’s abilities to those of peers or given standards. Defoor had us jump right in with a basic rifle marksmanship test wherein we fired 10 rounds from 100 yards prone, 8 rounds from 75 yards kneeling, 8 rounds from 50 yards standing, and 8 rounds from 25 yards standing, all on an NRA B-8 target. Scoring was simply based on the scoring rings on the target.
http://www.tactical-life.com/online/special-weapons/advanced-carbine-under-stress/
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