Another option: Vicki Farnam and a course that will occur the first weekend of March 2008.
John Farnam is a reasonably well known name in advanced self-defense circles, on par with Clint Smith, Massad Ayoob, Gunsite, etc.
His wife, Vicki also teaches, and in fact teaches the basic handgun self-defense course, and also has courses specifically for women. She and Diane Nicholl, another female instructor, have written and published two books on teaching women (specifically, female police officers, but the principles are the same) to shoot well. One book focuses on the female student, one on the instructor, male or female, of the female student. You and your wife may find these helpful. You can read about them and order them at:
http://www.dtipubs.com/
ALSO, the Farnams will be teaching handgun courses in Victoria Texas on the first weekend of March 08. PM or email me if you are interested, I can put you in touch with the organizer in Victoria, or you can go directly to the Farnam's website (
http://defense-training.com/ ) and email them -- John is very good about returning emails. I would highly recommend either course, the basic or advanced to anyone, male or female, regardless of what you already know, or think you know. Vicki's course is not limited to females (you could go too, and I recommend it), but usually there are several ladies in a class of a dozen or fifteen students. Lotsa excellent techniques in administrative and tactical gunhandling, and plenty of shooting drills, including at night. I wrote up a description of both the basic and advanced courses on this forum at these links:
Basic
http://www.texasshooting.com/TexasCHL_F ... f=8&t=7450
Advanced:
http://www.texasshooting.com/TexasCHL_F ... f=8&t=7479
You don't get "shorted" if you go to the basic course -- both courses cover the same handgun material, just the advanced course goes faster, more emphasis on accurate speed, and the Victoria course usually includes a short familiarization section on shotgun and rifle.
Vicki is an excellent instructor for anyone, man or woman. She teaches regularly, and her students have included citizens, cops, and Marines on their way to Iraq (the Farnams teach pretty regularly at Marine bases).
Can't recommend Vicki and John enough.
Best wishes to you and your wife,
elb
