About Bob: Bob is a former Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. He has also attended numerous classes at some of the nation’s top shooting schools and with leading instructors-Gunsite with Jeff Cooper, Thunder Ranch (directly under Clint Smith) and Masaad Ayoob’s Lethal Force Institute.

“One of the things I most appreciate about Sealed Mindset’s approach to training is the detailed attention given to shooting fundamentals.

Regardless of one’s experience level, this stuff is absolutely key. For instance, using the trigger staging function on a SIRT pistol: Larry showed me how my muzzle wasn’t coming straight up when executing presentations from the holster. The muzzle was wandering slightly. We were able to correct this, and while it is perhaps a minor tweak to something I’ve been doing for years, it has made a huge difference in the efficiency of my draw.

What Bob Likes:

“I’m particularly impressed by several unique features of Sealed Mindset’s approach to training. First is the on-going, progressive nature of the training program. As I mentioned, I’ve been lucky enough to attend some of the best firearms training in the country. All of these schools, however, structure their training around set three to five day courses. Once a student completes the course, that’s it (until the student returns for another course). If a student does not continue training, much of the skill developed in a particular course will fade with time. Sealed Mindset allows students at all levels to train and improve on a continuing week by week basis-building upon what has been learned the week before. I’m not aware of any other firearms training structured this way. It’s an absolutely inspired approach to firearms and self-defense training!

Second, the breadth of Sealed Mindset’s training opportunities are the most extensive I’ve seen-everything from solid shooting fundamentals, to force-on-force, movement classes, martial arts courses, crossfit, etc. Each of these supports the other.

Low Light Movement Training

For someone with my sensibilities, it’s like Christmas with guns!”

How Bob trains:

“I try to do at least a little dry-fire daily-even if it consists of just a few presentations and reloads. I recently ordered a SIRT training pistol from Sealed Mindset, and am looking forward to incorporating that into my home dry-fire practice. I’m currently doing live fire once a week.”