NRA, USCCA, and SABRE Certified Instruction

TRAINING

At Strategic Firearm Training  we work to equip you with the essential, critical skills and knowledge necessary to protect yourself and your loved ones confidently.

Whether you are a beginner or looking to enhance your skills, our shooting, firearm self-defense , and non-lethal defense training provide the perfect blend of practical instruction and vital safety practices. Take the first step towards empowering your own personal safety.

Begin the journey for your own transformation. Refuse to be a victim.

INDIVIVIDUAL COURSES

WI CCW Permit

This course provides the knowledge that mets and exceeds the Wisconsin requirements for applying for the WI CCW permit

OUTCOME: Preparation and certification to obtain the WI CCW permit.

WHO: All WI residents who are age 21 and older and can legally obtain the WI CCW permit.

TOPICS:

- Firearm Safety

- Legal Use of Force

- Handgun manipulation - load/unlload

- WI Laws and Regulations

- Self-defense Aftermath and Actions to Take

First Shots (NSSF)

This is the flagship course course by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) to give a first time shooting experience in safe, fun, environment. Their idea is to introduce a person who has never shot firearm to shooting. This is for a person who has no commitment to having a firearm but just want check it out and get a taste to see what it is.

OUTCOME: First time shooter gets exposure firearm safety and shooting a 22lr pistol on the range. Have fun. Learn new things.

WHO: All adults who want a first time experience with a handgun. Minors, 12 years and older, if accompanied a parent/guardian.

TOPICS:

- Universal Safety Rules

- Basic handgun components

- Handgun manipulation

- Handgun shooting on ranges

- Debrief and Next steps

New Shooter Accelerator

The New Shooter Accelerator course is a fun, safe, introduction to shooting. This for people who seriously considering getting a firearm, perhaps even a CCW, but want get some exposure and considerations of what this is about before they commit.

OUTCOME: Develop confidence. reduce anxiety. Assess your needs and desires to determine what are the next steps for you. Have fun.

WHO: Adults 21 and older.

TOPICS:

- Firearm Safety

- Basic handgun components

- Handgun manipulation - load/unload, trigger press

- Debrief

- Assess and next step

Civilian Safety Awareness & Self Defense

This is non-lethal personal self-defense course. The core of this training is based on the SABRE Civilian Safety Awareness Program, but goes into more depth and covers situational awareness, defensive combatives techniques against an assailant. The proper deployment of Pepper Spray will be covered.

OUTCOME: Equipped with the knowledge and tools to be situationally aware and defend yourself from assault by an attacker.

WHO: This is great for college students, real estate agents, moms shopping at the store, salespersons who travel, dads out with the kids, or anyone who wants the basics of protecting themselves from violence.

TOPICS:

- How to discourage dangerous threats.

- Ways to identify and avoid potentially dangerous situations.

- Protection at a safe distance.

- Proper application of defensive spray.

- Combatives techniques to get away and/or survive a attack.

- Personal safety skills for smart living

Handgun Maintenance & Mastery Workshop

This course teaches students how to establish a safe cleaning environment, understand the basic components of a handgun, perform manufacturer-recommended routine field maintenance, inspect the firearm for obvious problems, apply appropriate lubrication, reassemble it according to the owner's manual, and identify situations that require qualified professional service.

Everyone who owns a gun should have this knowledge!

OUTCOME: Properly maintain your handgun so that it operates consistently as expected when needed.

WHO: Anyone who owns a firearm.

TOPICS:

- Safety and Preparation

- Know your handgun.

- Cleaning equipment.

- Field Stripping

- Cleaning.

- Lubrication

- What not to do.

- Reassembly and function checking

- Post cleaning storage.

Family Firearm Safety

This course provides the knowledge and understanding to a family to be safe with firearms in their home.

OUTCOME: The household has clear, shared expectations about firearm safety and knows what to do when a firearm is present, and/or, when children are away and in someone else's home. Gets your whole family on the same page!

WHO: All age appropriate members of the household. Assumes 2 adult and up to 2 children.

TOPICS:

- Household firearm-safety orientation.

- Safe handling and storage principles.

- Ammunition awareness.

- Transportation basics.

- Household rules and communication planning.

- What to do if an unauthorized person encounters a firearm.

- Age-appropriate safety discussion for minors, as applicable.

- Basic firearm identification and safe-response concepts.

- Optional maintenance demonstration.

- Written household safety checklist.

Range Safety Officer (NRA Certification)

This course develops NRA Certified Range Safety Officers with the knowledge, skills, and attitude essential to organizing, conducting, and supervising safe shooting activities and range operations.

The NRA Range Safety Officer (RSO) is the premier certification training for those desiring to become a RSO. The person who completes this will be certified as an NRA RSO and that credential is recognized at gun ranges and training facilities nationally.

Emergency First Aid Fundamentals

Explains the proper way to access a patient, covers in great detail the proper way to deal with significant issues such as serious bleeding, chest injuries, a compromised airway, spinal injuries, broken bones, and more. The goal is to sustain the person until EMT personnel can arrive.

Personal Training

  • Desire a more personal and informal training session?

  • Want to focus on certain skills development?

  • Prefer to train privately as a couple?

  • Have a court order issue you need to resolve?

  • Just want some shooting time under the watchful eye of an instructor?

  • Have a special self-defense or marksmanship need?

Please contact me at 262.440.8802 to discuss your specific training needs

TRAINING PACKAGES

Confident Gun Owner

Answers the question - "You've have a gun now what?"

WHO IS THIS FOR: New Firearm Owners

OUTCOME: Provides the minimum training that prepares you to be confident firearm owner. You develop the knowledge and habits needed to own and operate a handgun effectively and responsibly in or out of the home.

CLASSES:

- Shooting Basics

- Handgun I

- Handgun II

- Holster Certification

- Handgun III

- Handgun Maintenance & Mastery

Ultimate Protector I

IN DEVELOPMENT

OUTCOME: The student obtains a solid foundation of maintaining their handgun, carrying and drawing from the holster, strategies for engaging threats in and outside the home, and getting a baseline assessment in which to measure future improvement.

TOPICS

- Firearm Maintenance & Mastery

- Holster Clinic

- Mastering the Draw

- Self Defense In the Home

- Self Defense Out of the Home

- Range Day 1 — First Shots

- Range Day 2 — Track 1 Qualification

Ultimate Protector II

IN DEVELOPMENT

OUTCOME: You have now transformed to a confident, responsible, trained, and highly skilled protector. You have shooting skills and abilities greater that 99% of any threat you likely meet in the home or the street. You are now a criminal's worse nightmare and your family's ultimate protector.

TOPICS

- Range Ready Foundations

- Grip, Stance & Trigger Control

- Accuracy Under Control

- Recoil Management & Controlled Follow-Up Shots

- High Ready to First Hit — Speed & Consistency

- Emergency Reloads & Malfunction Fixes

- Positional Shooting & Target Transitions

- Precision Shooting Under Stress — Threat/Hostage Discrimination. -

- Defensive Shooting Under Pressure

- Ultimate Protector Range Test

"When it comes to self defense, it is better to have the power and not need it than to need it and not have it."

Personal Safety and Self Defense (non-lethal)

IN DEVELOPMENT

TBD

OUTCOME:

WHO: Adults 21 and older.

TOPICS

- Civilian Safety Workshop

- Deep-Dive Pepper Spray: Direct vs. Indirect

- Deep Dive Projectile Launchers

- Deep Dive Energy Devices

- Legal Use of Force

- Aftermath and Considerations

OTHER OFFERINGS

Home Defense

Develop a home defense plan. Best practices and tips on securing your home. Learn the mechanics of firearm and ammunition. Learn the legal use deadly force. Learn what to do in the aftermath of a self-defense situation. It’s your home, protect what you cannot replace.

Church Security

Increasingly, churches have been targeted for violence and disruption. However, there are other reasons why a well trained church security team is necessary when you have possible occurrence of inclement weather, power outages, domestic relationship incidents, etc., that may need to handled in the church setting. This course provides a solid understanding of the needs, planning and the ongoing training needed to safeguard your congregation. Be prepared.

Non-Lethal Devices: TASER / Energy Devices & Stun Guns

Understand the benefits, selection criteria, limitations, and potential legal restrictions of energy weapons such as TASER and Stun Guns. This training includes actual drills that will sharpen your ability to deploy these tools in your delf-defense

Non-Lethal Devices: Projectile Launchers

Understand the benefits, selection criteria, limitations, and potential legal restrictions of projectile launchers. These devices will deploy non-lethal projectiles that will stop or incapacitate your attacker allowing you to escape. Projectiles come in solid and/or bursting pepper. Proven effective. Legal in all 50 states. 

Non-Lethal Devices: Pepper Spray

Understand the benefits, selection criteria, limitations, and potential legal restrictions of defensive spray. These devices will deploy non-lethal pepper spray/gel/foam that will stop or incapacitate your attacker allowing you to escape. Defensive sprays can deployed in either a direct or indirect method. Training includes drills that will reinforce your knowledge and build your confidence to deploy these successfully. Proven effective. Legal in all 50 states.

Service Area
Kenosha, WI, Racine, WI, Bristol, WI, Salem, WI, Somers, WI, Zion, IL, Waukegan, IL, Winthrop Harbor, IL, Gurnee, IL