Defensive Drills

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10-10-10 Drill

Ten rounds, ten seconds, ten yards — a clean triple-ten proves you own the fundamentals under a real clock.

Intermediate Pistol
10 rds 10 yd 10s

Barricade Drill

Twelve rounds from four barricade positions. This drill forces you to shoot accurately from cover while managing body mechanics and…

Intermediate Pistol
12 rds 15 yd 20s

Box Drill (Rifle)

Two targets, four rounds, one gear change per target — body then head on T1, transition, body then head on…

Intermediate Rifle
4 rds 15 yd 4s

CQB Warmup

Full CQB skills assessment across 6 stages — start at 40 yards and close to 7, finishing with a rifle-to-pistol…

Advanced Pistol + Rifle
48 rds 8 yd 36s

El Presidente

Turn, draw, engage three targets, reload, engage again. El Presidente is the ultimate all-around pistol test combining speed, accuracy, transitions,…

Intermediate Pistol
12 rds 10 yd 10s

Emergency Transition Drill

Rifle loaded with one round — fire, click, transition to pistol for two. The transition happens on stimulus, not on…

Intermediate Pistol + Rifle
3 rds 10 yd 4s

Failure to Stop (Mozambique)

Two to the body, one to the head. The Mozambique Drill trains the transition from center-mass to a precision head…

Intermediate Pistol
3 rds 7 yd 3s

FAST Drill

Two to the body, reload, four to the head. The FAST Drill combines every core pistol skill into one brutally…

Intermediate Pistol
6 rds 7 yd 5s

First Shot Drill

One draw, one shot, one chance. The First Shot Drill isolates the most critical moment in any defensive encounter —…

Intermediate Pistol
1 rds 7 yd 2s

Hackathorn 3-Second Head Shot Standards

Three strings of fire, three head shots each, three seconds per string. Ken Hackathorn's classic drill exposes every gap in…

Advanced Pistol
9 rds 5 yd 3s

NSW Lateral Drill

Two rounds, lateral step, two more rounds — all on one IPSC at 15 yards. A fundamental fight-from-the-X drill that…

Intermediate Rifle
4 rds 15 yd 8s

Positional Transition Drill (Rifle)

Two rounds standing, two kneeling, two prone — all on one target at 100 yards. The clock doesn't care how…

Intermediate Rifle
6 rds 100 yd 20s