T1T Tier 1 Handgun

Course Length: 1 day or 2 day options.

Course Description: Tier 1 handgun introduces or refreshes the basic handgun skills required for effective real-world operation of the handgun.  Students will have fundamental skills instructed or enhanced through focused teaching on stress performance, threat confrontation and confronting 3-D threats.  This is a reality-focused course tailored to the use of force situations.

Identifying the techniques and skills most lacking in foundational handgun training, Tier 1 Handgun primary goal is to provide students with a more functional and realistic approach to handgun use in a violent encounter.

Blocks of instruction include:

• Real world safety
• Handgun selection
• Ammunition selection
• Equipment selection
• Concealment clothing
• Fundamentals of marksmanship
• Psychological and physiological effects of stress on the body
• Mindset and the effects of stress on the body
• Human anatomy and the three dimensional threat
• Drawing from IWB/OWB
• “Want to” and “Need to” reloads
• Malfunction clearing (immediate and remedial action)
• Shooting positions
• Movement
• On cover/ off cover shooting
• Austere shooting positions
• Practical and precision accuracy
• Transitioning to/from less lethal equipment and restraints under threat
• Managing compliant threats
• Judgment shooting
• Contact with Emergency services/ First responders

Course cost: R2000.00

Mandatory Equipment:

Handgun with 3 magazines (single stack, 5-7 magazines)

• OWB/ IWB holster (cross-draw prohibited)
• 250 – 500 Rounds handgun
• 50 round carry ammo
• Weapon mounted light (if carried)
• Ear and eye protection
• Hat
• Long sleeves recommended (pants mandatory)

Optional (recommended) Equipment:

• Gloves
• Jacket (Weather and season dependent)
• Sunblock
• Hydration
• Field cleaning kit
• Basic maintenance tools
• Additional magazines for all weapons

Class size: Minimum of 4, no more than 12 students

Prerequisites: None.