Firearms Training

Dr. Piazza,

I took your endorsement of Tim’s materials seriously and the DVD’s just arrived at my place outside of Philadelphia.

Needless to say, I’m like a kid with a new Christmas toy, staying up late to study them.

So far, they have revealed the gap between my understanding of the true application of violence in a life-saving way.

This is a similar situation as what I experienced on my first day at Front Sight. I was excited to be there, yet “humbled” by the knowledge gap I had.

Lucky for us, there are those like you and Tim who have provided a path to levels of competence in critically important subject matters.

Just wanted to say, Thank You!

Regards,
Marc Johnson
Prospect Park, PA

Dr. Piazza,

I read your newsletter with your first TFT endorsement.

I must say that I was skeptical at first, but when you said, “TFT is to unarmed combat what Front Sight is to a gun fight”, I thought, “If the founder of Front Sight is saying its that good, them I’m in”. I wasn’t disappointed.

I devoured the DVD set. From the first DVD to the last, these guys are the real deal. No fluff. No BS. No Martial Arts mentality. No bowing to Grand Master Fubah.

Like Front Sight, they focus only on getting you quickly and efficiently to the point where you can be effective in a real life situation. Their teaching approach is remarkably similar to Front Sight. They, like you discard all the fluff and BS and refine the essentials. The instructors are trained experts themselves.

This is hard core training to do violence with your bare hands, feet, elbows, any tool you have, without the drill sergeant mentality.

I actually find the Front Sight and TFT to be quite complimentary. While I can use my AR-15 or my Tactical 12 gauge for home defense, or my trusty .45 ACP for my personal carry, there may be times when I can’t access those weapons quickly enough. In those cases, TFT teaches me to injure the other person now, make him non functional either by fists, boots, knife or gun, which ever tool is the best option at the best time. At a minimum, causing an immediate injury will give me the 1.5 seconds I need to draw from concealment and fire two, well-placed shots to the thoracic cavity like Front Sight taught me.

It is fantastic.

Alan Jacques
San Diego, CA

Dr. Piazza

I signed up for Target Focus Training’s offer and I’m working my way through the videos and books.

I gotta tell you, this program is indispensable and absolutely required stuff if you hope to fulfill your responsibility to beat the predators.

Tim Larkin’s method is simplicity itself. It’s how the predators do it.

Thanks big time for telling us about it!

James Bell
Telecom Engineer
Oakland, CA

Dr. Piazza,

I want to report an incident which took place in Rome.

We had toured the city on the open-top buses, and just enjoyed a glass of wine at an outdoor cafe near the bus terminal.

We were walking toward the taxi stand and I noticed a small group of ruffians lounging around the entrance to the subway. As we walked along two of them left the group and began to follow us and close the distance.

When one of them reached into my back pocket I grabbed him by the neck, rotated through and bounced him off the wall of a building. I put him on the ground and ascertained that he had nothing of mine in his hands. I looked around for his companion and discovered that he had run off. (My significant other was holding her walking stick ready to strike at either of them).

Now let me describe myself… I am 57 years old, 5′ 11″ and 330 pounds. I am in lousy physical shape, as I work behind a desk and eat too much and don’t get enough exercise.

My significant other is older than I am, and neither of us is likely to run away from a dangerous situation successfully.

How did I become an old, fat, out of shape killing machine? Well the old, fat, and out of shape part took years to perfect, but sometime in 2006 I became aware of Tim Larkin and Target Focus Training…

I was interested in the philosophy expressed on the TFT web-site. https://m260.infusionsoft.com/go/FSHWZ/FS/

Two things impressed me immediately. The first was the concentration on function, not form. The objective is to cause a disabling injury to your opponent. Second, the training is available to people of every size, gender and physical condition. The size or condition of the opponent is of secondary importance because the physiological reactions to the TFT strikes and kicks are involuntary.

If one learns to deliver a disabling injury and follows through, no opponent can prevent one’s successful self defense.

I ordered the DVD set and it arrived promptly.

Tim Larkin made the point that criminal violence doesn’t depend on skill or practice, but on inflicting injury on a victim. I watched the DVDs every night for a week and realized that this information was useful and of vital importance.

The sessions are well described, the instructions are clear, and the practice shown is illustrative and helpful. I learned a good deal from this abbreviated set of DVDs and was determined to get more TFT training.

When the sixteen disc course became available I immediately sent for it. It took me a couple of weeks of evening sessions to watch the whole series, which essentially condenses the three day live course into about 16 hours of instruction.

This set of DVDs is terrific!

https://m260.infusionsoft.com/go/FSHWZ/FS/

The whole course is presented logically, with the sections on asocial violence, legal responsibility and post incident considerations thoroughly handled.

Each section on different types of injuries is concisely covered, and the demonstrations are just as real as when you are attending the class. No one is seriously injured, thanks to the quality of the instruction, but some of the instructors and mastery class members come away with bruises. You watch real people practicing the moves, being coached by first class instructors and learning to strike, rotate and follow through.

I have re-watched almost every one of those discs and find each time that I learn more and reinforce the training. The technical side is thoroughly and carefully explained and the time devoted to practice and coaching makes it clear how the training works and why it does.

I cannot endorse them highly enough, and would cheerfully buy them again at full price, which is remarkable for someone as frugal as myself.

I like to travel and to walk around the various cities we visit both in the U.S. and abroad. In the past I have been apprehensive in various neighborhoods and wondered how I would react if we were confronted by bad guys.

I regarded many younger larger and probably stronger individuals as threatening, especially in unfamiliar neighborhoods and unknown cultural situations.

I stayed aware, and tried to appear confident but I was uncertain what I would do if violence began.

With the benefit of the TFT training DVDs I know that, while anyone can be outnumbered (and TFT is excellent on dealing with multiple adversaries) I have the tools to protect myself and my significant other against an attacker.

Since viewing and reviewing the TFT DVDs I look at bad guys on the street as potential Targets, not as Threats.

It is hard to convey in words how profound the transformation has been.

https://m260.infusionsoft.com/go/FSHWZ/FS/

The TFT training DVD course is extremely thorough, dealing with everything from the nature of violence to the physics and physiology of inflicting injury to dealing with armed attackers and multiple adversaries.

I do not believe that anyone can watch the whole sixteen hours or so and not come away prepared to defend him or herself effectively from violence in our society.

I’m a great example of how anyone of any age or physical condition can learn how violence works, and how to counter it by causing injury to an opponent.

I can’t think of a better opportunity to learn how, than these TFT training DVD’s and want to thank you for bringing this information to the attention of your Front Sight students.

You are right, an unimaginable amount of freedom and self confidence is gained through knowing how to incapacitate a violent opponent within 5 seconds or less. Take it from me, you are also correct that everyone should own this amazing DVD collection!

Sincerely,

John Rapinchuk
Importer
San Francisco