Class Updates & Space Available February looks like a slow month. The Brady, Texas Combat Team Tactics/Mobility class filled up (I can squeeze a couple  more on without breaking the number quality limit if there are takers). There are spaces available on other classes: Combat Patrol 6-8 February Combat 2 Gun Inaugural Class 6-8 February […]

I’ve been moving house. Still am. I didn’t have any internet until today, when they hooked up the satellite. Most excellent. Here’s an update and a candid admission on stupid: Knife safety. We all carry those little folded pocket knives right? Great. Well, a few months back, I stabbed myself in the thigh with mine. […]

The  MVT Rifleman Challenge Training Plan is ready for those interested in attending the MVT Rifleman Challenge.   This training plan is 12 weeks long and is designed to get you in shape and up to the standard of Rifleman.  The plan contains specific workouts preparing you for the demanding tests at the Rifleman Challenge.   For Advanced/fitter […]

The article below has been contributed by my father. He served for decades as an officer in the British Army Royal Corps of Signals (‘Royal Signals’). I was born in 1973 while he was serving in Northern Ireland. As a family we lived for many years in Germany while he served with BAOR (British Army […]

Mat Best brings it. I nearly shit my pants. Warning: non-civilian friendly language, obscenity, partial nudity, and breasts.   Marry Christmas! And don’t forget the serious blog article: Tactical Clearance: An Alternative CQB Technique Max

For those of you who have read my blog for a while, you will know that I have big issues with the way CQB is taught and conducted. Traditional dynamic entry/immediate entry style CQB clearance methods show obvious tactical disadvantages against prepared or barricaded defenders. What is needed is a shift in thinking and training in […]

Max Velocity Training After-Action Report – Combat Team Tactics (CTT) The Combat Team Tactics (CTT) course offered by Max Velocity is at its heart an instructional course on communication and coordination under stressful conditions. Knowledge of the fundamentals of marksmanship is an assumed prerequisite. The first day of the course was mainly devoted to clearing […]

In discussing with some students attendance over the winter months, I have had comments about them bringing their wives to the effect that “She would rather die!” Well, there is only so much I can do about that. At the Combat Shooting range site, I had already installed a fire pit surrounded by picnic tables […]

This is a video that Hunter and I made last weekend during the Combat Team Tactics (CTT) Class:   This is the type of training you should be doing for the MVT Rifleman Challenge, among other things. We have just brought out Tactical Fitness Training Plans, which include tabbing as a part of the tactical fitness […]

  MVT Rifleman Challenge Watch the Tactical Fitness Training Plans: shortly we will bringing out ’12 Weeks to the MVT Rifleman Challenge’ – this plan begins on the 6 January to dovetail with the first Challenge on 27 March. It will bring you to tactical fitness standard!