I.C.E. Training Courses

Text Books can Stop Bullets….

In preparation for the first School Attacker Response Course Instructor Development class this weekend in Southern California, Rob Pincus stopped by the range for a demonstration of how typical text books can stop bullets and how a backpack full of books can be used as improvised body armor during a school attack event. Check out …

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School Attacker Response Course being formalized through a coalition of Instructors nationwide.

I.C.E. Training Company is working with a coalition of instructors nationwide to begin offering the “SARC” program to schools in 2013. More details will be made available soon. School Attacker Response Course … Cost $0 This seminar is being offered for free by a coalition of professional personal defense instructors to public school faculty and …

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Two Free Video Clips & More, for people who work in Gun Free Zones… How to stop a Spree Killer.

In response to a huge outpouring of requests for information, training and assistance from teachers and parents across the country, Personal Defense Network and I have taken a few steps to try to help: First:  Here are a couple of free clips that were taken from our Active Shooter Response DVD… these clips are actually …

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Why Rob Pincus recommends 9mm for Personal Defense … and why it is important to admit when you were wrong!

This article first appeared at the Down Range TV Blog and it has spread around the ‘net and become very popular. The point of the article was not supposed to be the 9mm V. .40 issue, but that is what caused most of the attention. I still hold that the Bigger Picture of understanding that …

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Evolution of the OODA Loop

Integrating Reaction and Recognition into the thought process for responses during an Ambush.  by Rob Pincus  Rapid decision making during a fight relies on well established patterns of stimulus and response that take into account our natural reactions. Many people in the training community use The OODA Loop concept when discussing this decision making process, …

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Personal Defense Network Training Tour Update

More than halfway across the country and through the schedule, the tour has been GREAT!  Earlier Today, in Augusta, Georgia at the Pinetucky Gun Club, the 2012 Personal Defense Network Training Tour got started with a Combat Focus Shooting Course, being conducted by Personal Defense Network’sManaging Editor Rob Pincus. Joining him on the 2012 Training Tour are many contributors to …

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Code of Professionalism for Defensive Shooting Instructors

Seven Tenets to Teach by!  by Rob Pincus  The number of people buying defensive firearms and the number of them seeking out training and Concealed Carry Permits are continuing to rise. Concurrently, the private sector training industry has never been busier and is also growing quickly. More and more ranges are hosting courses and allowing …

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