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I'm gonna try and make it. Hopefully I'll see you all there.Skiprr wrote:Any other Forum members planning to be at Hoffner's 9:00 a.m. seminar this Saturday at Pruett's Guns & Ammo in northwest Harris County? I know of two, but wondering about a show of hands so we might be able locate each other, and maybe have lunch after.
Thanks Skiprr for the input. I guess you've kinda nailed it. Style hopping is expensive and time consuming. I don't want to take 5 tac. pistol 1 classes with 5 different instructors. This would take too long to gain any proficiency, not to mention a lot of money. I want to take entry through advanced with 1 instructor who fits my style and perspective and then perhaps move on to other instructors, e.g. styles, for a more rounded approach. The trouble is knowing what the instructor and style is prior to taking the course. That's what I'm researching and the only way I know how is to obtain first hand experiences. Thanks for all the assistance. It's invaluable!I personally think trying different systems is a very good thing. It allows you to apply your own judgment about what is the best in each, and what you think might not be the best and can be discarded. Heck, no single approach is perfect, and certainly not perfect for you as an individual. But it can get pretty expensive to do "style-hopping."
Something I think you're doing correctly is researching the course progression and availability for each system. They do differ. Paul Howe, for example, has a small operation in terms of number of instructors, and he focuses first on the LEO and military clients. Last year around March, I contacted him because there were no civilian classes showing on his Website for the remainder of 2007 or even into 2008. He was booked solid with Law Enforcement, and couldn't--until late 2007--even schedule his next civilian class. But for combat strategy and tactics, his CSAT is hard to beat (that's why he stays booked up with non-civilian cla