Registration Closed. Critical Edge has started offering a continuing series of “Study Hall” sessions. Each one focuses on a particular skill or concept related to personal security and includes a brief classroom session as well as practical exercises. A previous session addressed the basics of low-light defensive shooting. This session will focus on drawing a...
Registration Closed. The Refuse to Be A Victim program teaches the techniques and tips needed to be alerted to dangerous situations and to avoid criminal confrontation. It is not a physical self-defense or firearms class. Rather, it seeks to help people improve their personal safety practices and to provide insights into the tactics, techniques and...
The topics presented in the NRA Basic Pistol class form the core knowledge and skills used in all pistol shooting activities, from informal recreational shooting through hunting, competition and self-defense. Safety is foundational to the entire course. Included are segments on gun handling, shooting positions, pistol shooting activities, pistol types, ammunition, and selection of pistols,...
A shotgun can be a devastatingly effective apparatus for home defense. But a shotgun is not a magic wand. Like any tool, a shotgun has advantages and disadvantages. Critical Edge’s Home Defense with Shotgun course provides an overview of the advantages and disadvantages of a shotgun for protecting oneself and one’s family in the home. ...
Registration Closed. Critical Edge’s Home Defense with Pistol course addresses both the avoidance of attack and the use of force if necessary. Much of the course deals with techniques and strategies designed to deter burglars, home invaders and other criminals. Included are ways to make your home less appealing to criminals who will be inclined...
Registration Closed. Remember those study halls in high school and how painful they were? In theory everyone was supposed to be doing their homework. Actuality they were doing everything but homework. Come on, you remember giving that attractive person on the other side of the room a little smile. Well Critical Edge has come up...
Registration Closed. For many people, the term “personal protection” evokes movie images of Bruce Lee or characters such as John Wick with arsenals of weapons. In truth, the use of force is only one element of personal protection and is a last resort. Deterrence, de-escalation, escape, evasion or otherwise avoiding an attack are all...
Registration Closed. The focus of the NRA Basics of Shotgun shooting course is to help the students develop the knowledge, skills, and attitude to safely and effectively handle and fire a shotgun at a moving target. Included are sections on ammunition and shotgun types, ammunition selection, shotguns and accessories, gun handling, shotgun shooting. Safety is...
Registration closed. This is a ladies only version of the popular NRA Basic Pistol class. This is the same course as the regular NRA Basic Pistol class with the exception that all the participants are ladies. The topics presented form the core knowledge and skills used in all pistol shooting activities, from informal recreational shooting...
Registration Closed. Critical Edge’s Home Defense with Pistol course addresses both the avoidance of attack and the use of force if necessary. Much of the course deals with techniques and strategies designed to deter burglars, home invaders and other criminals. Included are ways to make your home less appealing to criminals who will be inclined...
For many people, the term “personal protection” evokes movie images of Bruce Lee or characters such as John Wick with arsenals of weapons. In truth, the use of force is only one element of personal protection and is a last resort. Deterrence, de-escalation, escape, evasion or otherwise avoiding an attack are all preferable resolutions. The...
Registration Closed. The topics presented in the NRA Basic Pistol class form the core knowledge and skills used in all pistol shooting activities, from informal recreational shooting through hunting, competition and self-defense. Safety is foundational to the entire course. Included are segments on gun handling, shooting positions, pistol shooting activities, pistol types, ammunition, and selection...