Defensive Firearms Courses
Firearms Training
At Fort Worth Combatives, our firearms training is built on one guiding belief: skills must work under pressure, in real timing, with real decision-making. We offer foundational rifle and pistol instruction for responsible gun ownership, personal protection, and professional readiness. Due to time and location constraints, we currently run fewer stand-alone firearms courses than in previous years, but this page remains published for reference, history, and search intent—especially for students exploring practical defensive training pathways.
Basic Firearms Courses
MOST RECOMMENDED FOR BEGINNERS
This firearms course is much more laid back and a less formal class compared to the National Rifle Association NRA courses. Think of it as more of a advised trip to the range than a formal class. We will go over safe firearm handling and usage. Also most of our time will be spent shooting than in a classroom discussing. The level of instruction will be based off of the experience and skill of the students. It could be as simple trip to the range or something much more in depth. Accessing, movement, barricades, and the like are general not covered. You do not get a certificate for this "course" but if we end up at a match you might win an award. Generally ages 10 and up.
While we may not have a recurring public class scheduled right now, these fundamentals are reinforced monthly in our ALIVE!™ Core Skills workshops, which emphasize tool access, timing, movement, and decision-making in cooperative partner drills. Check out our weeknight ALIVE! Combatives class along with our Monthly Core Meetups
Check out our Events page for any upcoming Basic Defensive courses!
Defensive Firearms Courses
This course is not as laid back and informal as the basic course but it takes the ideas presented in it and takes it to the next level. Here we will work on the importance of:
- "Stable" shooting platform
- Movement
- Level changes
- Cover and concealment
- Accessing and presenting
- Ambidexterity
- Reloading
- Malfunctions
- Transitions
- And more
While we may not have a recurring public class scheduled right now, these fundamentals are reinforced monthly in our ALIVE!™ Core Skills workshops, which emphasize tool access, timing, movement, and decision-making in cooperative partner drills. Check out our weeknight ALIVE! Combatives class along with our Monthly Core Meetups
Check out our Events page for any upcoming Basic Defensive courses!
Force on Force
Force on Force is generally the oppositional use of airsoft firearms. Force on Force is one of the greatest training tools for firearm combatives. So if your not doing force on force of any kind then you are just fooling yourself. Force on force allows you to train and practice drills that include:
- Tueller Drill
- Getting off the X
- Stand and 'Deliver
- Movement
- Accessing and presenting
- Scenarios
- Close Quarters Battle (CQB)
- 3rd party protection
- Vehicles
- Transitions
- And more
We do short "Intro" courses of about 3-4 hours, to full weekend courses. The type of training you can do with FoF is limitless. Here are some of the Force on Force courses we offer:
- Intro to Force on Force
- Force on Force CQB
- Low Light Force on Force
- Force on Force 3rd Party Protection
- Scenario based Force on Force
- Vehicle based Force on Force
- And more
While we may not have a recurring public class scheduled right now, these fundamentals are reinforced monthly in our ALIVE!™ Core Skills workshops, which emphasize tool access, timing, movement, and decision-making in cooperative partner drills. Check out our weeknight ALIVE! Combatives class along with our Monthly Core Meetups
Check out our Events page for any upcoming Force on Force courses, such as our quarterly Trauma with Force on Force!
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