Israeli Combat Training in TN

Winter is coming and the winter weather is perfect for outdoor training.
If you have land and want to host a session with others, please keep me posted.

I will drive out to you and we will have a great, full day of Israeli Combat Training!

Please review the following that I wrote to a fellow TGO member when asked about what the training sessions consist of. Thank you! Ben
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Hi,
Thank you for your questions. My training sessions for individuals (up to 2 people per "private" session) last a minimum of 1 hour and typically run
for either 1 or 2 hours.

I currently train 3 people on a weekly basis for private training and I have been working with them for an average of 6 months each.

We start with the core base of Israeli Combat firearms training as well as the importance of an aggressive and constant Combat Mindset.

My training methods are unique as I not only train you in the physical aspects of the techniques and methods employed by Israel's counter terror units, but I also use psychological aspects of training for a combat situation (combat meaning anything that involves fighting for your life or the life of someone else) that help you push through your faults and weaknesses and allow you to work through high stress encounters.

This is anything BUT your average "Handgun Carry Street Defense level 1 (or any level for that matter)" class.

The training is intense and serious and I put you in the mindset immediately upon stepping onto the range. I get you out of the "square range" mentality.

The topics covered in a training session are:
1) Mindset: Combat Mindset and awareness is vital. It is the single most important aspect of all combat situations.

2) Aggression: Being able to perform various "Tacticool" techniques is worthless if you do not possess the aggression (and this relates to the Combat Mindset as well) needed to "Take the Attack to the Attacker." We never teach you a "dig in" and return fire mentality. It is always "Attack Attack Attack!!" (of course, if you have the option to escape the area unharmed, do so. I teach for worst case scenario encounters)

3) "Body, Gun, Shoot": The 3 stage core technique for proper combat shooting based on Israeli counter terror technique.

These lead in to the following:

Proper loading, magazine change, scanning, moving off the initial line of attack after you have responded to the initial threat, multiple targets, shooting from retention, shooting "ON THE RUN" (not "on the move, but rather fully charging your target), basic body guarding (if you must move a someone else out of the line of fire while responding to the threat), "Cutting the Cake" (how to properly enter a room or look through a window or get around an object),vehicle ambush and counter carjacking techniques (work these in Mississippi at an outdoor location) and more...

I also teach tactical rifle technique. All based on Israeli counter terror methods.

We will also employ Krav Maga training (especially paying attention to weapons defenses, meaning, disarming an attacker with a gun to your face or to your back or if you are in a hostage situation with a knife to your throat).

These are NOT Rambo techniques, nor should you expect to "learn" this after one 2 hour session. I am VERY much against courses that have people come down for 2 days, twice a year, and consider them to be "graduates" of the course.

Find me a special operator that trains for 4 days a year and I have a bridge to sell you!

I hope that people will train with me at least twice per month and PRACTICE at home in the interim. I tell people that you get just as much training by working through the techniques while dry firing at home than you get by training with me. Without personal training time at home, the 2 sessions per month with me are not worth my time, or yours.

I WANT you to become proficient in these techniques. I WANT you to be able to overcome your limitations, fears and shortcomings and become a fighter that is prepared and ready, if needed, to take the attack to the attacker(s).

I hope I answered your question and I am here to answer more if you need.

All I can leave you with is that this is my passion in life, this is what I am best at and I know it. I will pump you up without knocking you down emotionally. I will learn from you and expect you to ask questions to better understand the reasons behind the technique. I will push you, scream at you and I expect you to do the same right back at me.
THIS IS COMBAT AND I EXPECT YOU TO FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE!

Have a great evening.

Ben Goldstein

Here is a video I made on Sunday that shows the core base of the Israeli Combat Training techniques. Obviously we work on a lot more technique than what is offered on this video, but this is sample of what is considered to be the core stance and some other tips. Please feel free to comment, critique, argue etc...

3 video links, all the same video but broken down into 3 segments:

YouTube - Israeli Combat Training: BODY, GUN,...

YouTube - Israeli Combat Training: Body Gun Shoot...

YouTube - Israeli Combat Training: Body Gun Shoot...