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Everything Bill presented to us made sense, and I’m going to incorporate his suggestions into my own practice regimen for the times that I take my carbines to the range. The AR-15 is, after all, America’s rifle. Every American patriot (or partisan, if you prefer) should be competent with it. The Amtac Shooting Combative Carbine Course is excellent preparation.
Bill Rapier is humble and approachable, and he freely shares a wealth of knowledge in class. This was my second class with him, and it won’t be the last. – Read the article: AAR: “THE AMTAC SHOOTING COMBATIVE CARBINE COURSE” (BILL RAPIER), EAST GRANBY, CT, NOV. 4-5, 2019 by Amtac Shooting student John.

THIS ISN’T A CLASS FOR NOVICES, BUT YOU DON’T NEED TO BE A PROFESSIONAL TO TAKE IT
When you hear the word “Minuteman,” it typically conjures up images of the Revolutionary War — hard men running out of their houses with muskets, possible bags, and the rest of their sparse kit. But what about the Modern Minuteman? – Read the article: Modern-Day Minuteman: Can You Keep Up? by Amtac Shooting student Ivan Loomis

For the last two years, I have done the Sniper Adventure Challenge Race.  It has been a great way for me to have a goal to train for and to keep pushing the boundaries with training, fitness, shooting, and gear.  New for this year, one of my local friends (Jake Hoback) and another local buddy were going to team up and do the race.  This was great for me as it gave me other dedicated training partners. – Read the article: Guest Post: The Modern Minute Man and Other Standards – Bill Rapier of AMTAC Shooting Instruction LLC by Jerking the Trigger

After half an hour of girly small talk about chipped nail polish and our fear of a tick epidemic swarming Wisconsin wildlands, it was time to start. Each of us was assigned a personal station where we stored our weapons, ammunition, first aid, and other belongings during the course. Rapier then outlined what was ahead: introductory combatives, gun training, knife training, and a mindset talk involving thoughts on safety and personal accountability. Sounded like a good plan.
Before we started, Rapier wanted us to revise our vocabulary. From now on, any item that can be used in self-defense is a “tool.” A gun is a tool. A knife is a tool. A pen is a tool. There are tools all over the place. Read the article: TAKING RESPONSIBILITY Amtac Shooting Women’s Combatives Course by SWAT Survival Weapons and Tactics

The fight starts, and after a few minutes of moving around and trading blows, you have an opening. You drop your weight and send the hardest right cross that you are capable of sending. Your opponent grimaces in pain, shakes it off a couple of times, and gives you the boxer’s nod. What is going through your mind?
When I visualize this, I think to myself that if I can rock my opponent with a solid shot like that, I can repeat this a few more times and put him down. Read the article: Let It Burn by Bill Rapier

I received an email last month.  The guy emailing me wanted to know if I was going to be doing any “Advanced Pistol” courses in the local area this year. He was not interested in the “fighting or knife stuff”. Because he was asking for an “Advanced Pistol” course it probably means he has a baseline pistol capability, but when he says he is not into the “fighting or knife stuff”, he is showing that is exactly what he should be focusing on. Unfortunately within the community of guys that train there are still too many guys clinging to the “I don’t need to know how to fight because I carry a .45” mentality. A lot of guys training want to get incrementally better at something they are already pretty good at. They want to spend two days on the range, run through some drills, maybe shave a few hundredths of a second off of their split times, or clean that combat reload up a little. In other words, they want to stay in their comfort zones! Read the article: What Is Most Important In Training? by Bill Rapier