Essential Training

Change in Class Structure

By Vince at December 18, 2022 | 9:58 am | 0 Comment

Effective immediately: ALL CLASSES, CCW and shooting, will require a non-refundable $25 booking charge. This has to unfortunately be implemented due to a large spate of VERY last minute cancellations. While this is normally considered rude, it is even more so, when one has to take their limited productive time, time spent setting up […]

Surgery

By Vince at December 23, 2021 | 1:51 pm | 0 Comment

At the beginning of the year, January 8th, I had to have a small umbilical hernia fixed. No I didn’t lift a too heavy weight…it was actually a stupid movement and being hard headed. Early November 2020, I was reinforcing my ammo shelves with ¾ inch plywood. This required taking all the ammo off the […]

Specialist in Sports Nutrition

By Vince at July 24, 2021 | 3:56 pm | 0 Comment

So, on top of being a Certified Personal Trainer now…I am now a .. Specialist in Sports Nutrition!

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Essential Training , Opinion

Remembering…

By Vince at July 24, 2021 | 3:47 pm | 0 Comment

Around 1971 may parents and I took a trip to Spain. My Dad had wanted to go for years, as he still had some distant cousins in Barcelona. A Spanish friend/business partner had told us if we passed thru Valencia, to stop and visit with his family. So we planned on it and did just […]

ISSA Certification

By Vince at December 21, 2020 | 3:45 pm | 0 Comment

So while this year has been mostly pretty crappy, there have been some very good things that have happened. This is one of them! I am proud to say that I am now a Certified Personal Trainer! I have always been into fitness and now I am going to be doing it on a […]

State of Florida Safety Class for Concealed Weapons License (UPDATE)

By Vince at June 8, 2020 | 9:41 pm | 0 Comment

I am offering the firearms safety class required by the State of Florida to acquire the Concealed Weapons Permit. I have been teaching this class since 2003. I am an NRA Certified Pistol, Rifle and Shotgun Instructor. I am also a Range Safety Officer and an NRA Life Member. I have a safe way to […]

Going to the “Dark Side” Red Dot Pistol Sight

By Vince at April 11, 2020 | 6:48 pm | 0 Comment

So another year passes…and we are now in a new decade…still no flying cars. Now this is a good thing I think, as folks still have issue figuring out who goes first at 4 way stops. As it happens, even tho I’m probably in the best shape of my life, it’s been a past few […]

Fitness 2019

By Vince at July 25, 2019 | 2:43 pm | 0 Comment

Fitness I don’t recall if I’ve touched on this subject before. I most probably have, as I am a firm believer in being physically fit. Especially for martial artist and most especially for people who go into harms way: soldiers, police officers, EMT’s, firemen, security specialists, etc. A friend of mine Tom Furman calls […]

Bugging IN SoFla Style

By Vince at January 27, 2019 | 1:42 pm | 0 Comment

A lot has been made of over the years about “bugging out”. In other words being prepared to grab pre-prepared items and/or sets of items in order to evacuate/escape/evade a particular dangerous/hostile area/situation. The creations of a “BOB” (Bug Out Bag) has been, and still is, a popular topic on and off the web. […]

Shaw Strategies

By Vince at October 6, 2018 | 12:54 pm | 0 Comment

As it turns out thru one of my CCW students who also went to UM, I ended up the Faculty/Staff advisor for the University of Miami’s S2A Club. This is a Second Amendment club at U run BY Students. For those not in the know, UM is not a particularly conservative place, but such can […]