1 00:00:00,518 --> 00:00:03,092 Open to season 7 of Firearms Trainer podcast 2 00:00:03,549 --> 00:00:06,979 episode 19 published on 07/09/2024. 3 00:00:07,537 --> 00:00:09,712 This episode will be talking with Brian Da 4 00:00:10,421 --> 00:00:12,484 talk about his experience, I train and learn 5 00:00:12,484 --> 00:00:13,277 20 24. 6 00:00:13,674 --> 00:00:15,578 1, unfortunately, that I was unable to make 7 00:00:15,578 --> 00:00:17,482 it, but sounds like he had a really 8 00:00:17,482 --> 00:00:18,117 good time there. 9 00:00:18,847 --> 00:00:20,358 If you like a podcast, give us a 10 00:00:20,358 --> 00:00:22,211 flash star review in your favorite podcast 11 00:00:22,586 --> 00:00:23,699 application share it with a friend, 12 00:00:24,336 --> 00:00:24,813 train and learn. 13 00:00:25,544 --> 00:00:27,290 Great event when I went to 20 23, 14 00:00:27,369 --> 00:00:29,433 he'll I'll make it in 20 25. 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Before we jump into the topic of 71 00:02:33,634 --> 00:02:35,065 today, can you give our listeners a little 72 00:02:35,065 --> 00:02:36,838 bit about who Brian Da is 73 00:02:37,149 --> 00:02:41,055 And what Pallet academy does? A, Pal Academy 74 00:02:41,055 --> 00:02:43,229 is my brainchild from, 75 00:02:44,324 --> 00:02:44,882 after I... 76 00:02:46,092 --> 00:02:47,784 Jumped into the firearms 77 00:02:49,272 --> 00:02:49,590 lifestyle. 78 00:02:51,259 --> 00:02:52,928 1 of the things that I believe is 79 00:02:52,928 --> 00:02:56,132 that a good instructor, teacher is a better 80 00:02:56,132 --> 00:02:56,451 student, 81 00:02:57,328 --> 00:02:57,828 and 82 00:02:58,684 --> 00:02:59,982 I feel that 83 00:03:00,519 --> 00:03:04,125 being able to teach also improves my skills. 84 00:03:05,004 --> 00:03:07,584 So that's where Pallet and Academy came from 85 00:03:09,564 --> 00:03:11,164 Pallet and Academy, basically, 86 00:03:12,457 --> 00:03:13,355 going off of, 87 00:03:13,729 --> 00:03:14,229 prior 88 00:03:14,604 --> 00:03:15,160 prior guest, 89 00:03:16,750 --> 00:03:17,068 Peter, 90 00:03:18,419 --> 00:03:21,281 about setting up academy sci lessons, 91 00:03:21,774 --> 00:03:24,331 So that's what I've based my classes around 92 00:03:24,331 --> 00:03:25,930 as an academy style lesson, 93 00:03:26,649 --> 00:03:30,106 and Pal is an ultimate defender of 94 00:03:31,058 --> 00:03:31,558 the 95 00:03:32,414 --> 00:03:32,914 romantic 96 00:03:33,371 --> 00:03:34,509 chi era 97 00:03:34,966 --> 00:03:35,764 that I enjoy. 98 00:03:36,801 --> 00:03:39,513 So that's where Pal and academy actually came 99 00:03:39,513 --> 00:03:39,752 from. 100 00:03:40,802 --> 00:03:41,041 But 101 00:03:42,787 --> 00:03:46,518 I'm in Southwest Michigan, North Central Indiana, and 102 00:03:47,630 --> 00:03:48,288 I just 103 00:03:48,599 --> 00:03:51,071 run my classes as best as I can 104 00:03:51,071 --> 00:03:51,571 and 105 00:03:53,065 --> 00:03:55,139 getting the knowledge that I can from anybody 106 00:03:55,139 --> 00:03:55,857 and everywhere. 107 00:03:59,378 --> 00:04:00,491 That's good. And 108 00:04:01,922 --> 00:04:04,068 it's it's neat to see people taking that 109 00:04:04,068 --> 00:04:05,681 academy approach with what Philip 110 00:04:06,389 --> 00:04:08,145 talked about, and I'm sure he would be 111 00:04:08,145 --> 00:04:09,901 very pleased to hear that that's 112 00:04:10,859 --> 00:04:13,652 that you're applying that information to your classes 113 00:04:13,652 --> 00:04:14,051 and such. 114 00:04:15,815 --> 00:04:15,974 Hey. 115 00:04:16,846 --> 00:04:18,828 Last year, you and I met at the 116 00:04:18,828 --> 00:04:21,206 train learn event, 20 23 with 117 00:04:21,841 --> 00:04:22,158 Katie. 118 00:04:22,807 --> 00:04:24,555 But, this year, I was unable to make 119 00:04:24,555 --> 00:04:26,246 it to the train and learn events. So 120 00:04:27,732 --> 00:04:29,558 got... You've reached out to me. I think 121 00:04:29,558 --> 00:04:30,194 it's really good. 122 00:04:31,163 --> 00:04:31,323 Event. 123 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:33,715 Sorry. I missed it. And I think it's 124 00:04:33,715 --> 00:04:36,745 something that the other instructors here, on, the 125 00:04:36,745 --> 00:04:39,376 podcast could really benefit from. Kinda knowing what's 126 00:04:39,376 --> 00:04:41,858 there. And hopefully, hopefully, maybe, 127 00:04:42,494 --> 00:04:45,062 they will go long and sign up for 128 00:04:45,199 --> 00:04:46,472 train learn 20 25. 129 00:04:47,362 --> 00:04:48,398 So the first question, 130 00:04:49,035 --> 00:04:50,788 yep. This is Friday, Saturday Sunday. 131 00:04:51,505 --> 00:04:53,417 What was for... What was Friday at? Because, 132 00:04:54,771 --> 00:04:55,966 Kevin Dixie had it. 133 00:04:56,777 --> 00:04:58,367 New location this year. It wasn't out in 134 00:04:58,447 --> 00:05:00,197 Saint. Louis. It was down in Atlanta. So, 135 00:05:00,356 --> 00:05:01,708 you know, how how was Friday? 136 00:05:03,553 --> 00:05:06,046 So Friday was the basic 137 00:05:06,583 --> 00:05:07,083 business 138 00:05:07,619 --> 00:05:08,735 development courses. 139 00:05:09,532 --> 00:05:10,032 So 140 00:05:11,779 --> 00:05:12,677 That 1 was 141 00:05:14,568 --> 00:05:16,959 speakers from across the industry, we had, 142 00:05:17,756 --> 00:05:19,350 Mike Bauer from Delta Defense. 143 00:05:19,922 --> 00:05:22,009 And he was dealing with 144 00:05:23,890 --> 00:05:24,390 sustainability 145 00:05:24,922 --> 00:05:25,422 and 146 00:05:26,668 --> 00:05:28,017 social media though, 147 00:05:28,828 --> 00:05:31,940 the bulk of the the business building was 148 00:05:31,940 --> 00:05:33,536 centered around social media. 149 00:05:35,372 --> 00:05:35,850 We had... 150 00:05:37,303 --> 00:05:40,021 We had Jared Yara from guns and gadgets 151 00:05:40,021 --> 00:05:40,521 of 152 00:05:40,900 --> 00:05:41,379 Youtube fame. 153 00:05:43,457 --> 00:05:44,736 So social media there, 154 00:05:48,254 --> 00:05:51,215 Beth A had a presentation about reading 155 00:05:52,383 --> 00:05:55,260 reading the room and what how to read 156 00:05:55,260 --> 00:05:59,186 the room and how to engage with the 157 00:05:59,244 --> 00:06:00,041 leadership of the room. 158 00:06:00,758 --> 00:06:03,069 Again, Mike Bauer was there from Delta Defense. 159 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:04,758 And 160 00:06:05,316 --> 00:06:08,188 he had some good pretty pretty decent talking 161 00:06:08,188 --> 00:06:08,508 points. 162 00:06:10,103 --> 00:06:11,321 Ken Ross from 163 00:06:12,192 --> 00:06:15,458 primary arms also gave a presentation during the 164 00:06:15,458 --> 00:06:15,857 business, 165 00:06:17,609 --> 00:06:19,043 business building of 166 00:06:19,840 --> 00:06:20,876 creative marketing. 167 00:06:21,448 --> 00:06:22,903 Since he's the marketing, 168 00:06:24,472 --> 00:06:26,779 1 of the marketing big w for primary 169 00:06:26,779 --> 00:06:29,724 arms. The zeke stout was also there again 170 00:06:29,724 --> 00:06:30,224 from, 171 00:06:30,694 --> 00:06:31,912 modern guns school 172 00:06:32,769 --> 00:06:33,169 and 173 00:06:33,887 --> 00:06:34,605 presenting that 174 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,198 that aspect of 175 00:06:40,050 --> 00:06:40,449 his 176 00:06:41,569 --> 00:06:43,810 his spit his his spiel that... 177 00:06:44,610 --> 00:06:46,209 It it was the same spiel from last 178 00:06:46,209 --> 00:06:48,129 year with a little bit of the different 179 00:06:48,129 --> 00:06:48,629 twist 180 00:06:49,979 --> 00:06:53,158 of, you know, not repeating it, but it 181 00:06:53,158 --> 00:06:54,748 was the same it was the same 1 182 00:06:54,748 --> 00:06:56,576 that you were there for. Mh. 183 00:06:57,550 --> 00:06:59,649 And that was pretty much the 184 00:07:00,270 --> 00:07:03,009 the business building aspect of the 185 00:07:03,550 --> 00:07:05,310 of the of the conference. 186 00:07:06,444 --> 00:07:08,201 Yeah. And the 1 thing I gotta say, 187 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,495 really kinda missed that Friday night, especially because 188 00:07:11,713 --> 00:07:13,549 you get there, most of the time people 189 00:07:13,549 --> 00:07:14,348 are traveling in, 190 00:07:15,146 --> 00:07:15,386 starts. 191 00:07:16,676 --> 00:07:18,767 Early in it or later in the afternoon, 192 00:07:19,461 --> 00:07:19,961 and 193 00:07:20,973 --> 00:07:23,701 you get to talk to these industry people 194 00:07:24,156 --> 00:07:26,404 because train learn is about guns, 195 00:07:27,123 --> 00:07:29,041 but it's not all about shooting them It's 196 00:07:29,041 --> 00:07:30,340 it's a lot about networking. 197 00:07:30,799 --> 00:07:32,797 And there were a lot of times there 198 00:07:32,797 --> 00:07:34,715 that gives you the ability to go on 199 00:07:34,715 --> 00:07:35,850 network with these people. 200 00:07:36,330 --> 00:07:37,769 And to say, hey, this is what I'm 201 00:07:37,769 --> 00:07:38,089 thinking. 202 00:07:39,209 --> 00:07:40,170 This is what I'm doing. 203 00:07:40,810 --> 00:07:42,569 And really kinda helps you, 204 00:07:43,864 --> 00:07:46,033 You know, it's it's not a intense coaching 205 00:07:46,089 --> 00:07:48,871 session, but you're there all 3 days, and 206 00:07:48,871 --> 00:07:51,017 you can talk to them. You know, you 207 00:07:51,017 --> 00:07:52,868 can... You you can sit around and just, 208 00:07:52,948 --> 00:07:53,907 you know, bs with them. 209 00:07:54,866 --> 00:07:56,224 But you really have the ability to pick 210 00:07:56,224 --> 00:07:57,742 their minds as well as go along and 211 00:07:57,742 --> 00:07:58,382 form some 212 00:07:59,181 --> 00:08:01,350 friendships because just like, yourself and I. 213 00:08:02,545 --> 00:08:04,617 You never know when you... When somebody... You 214 00:08:04,617 --> 00:08:05,732 might wanna reach out to him them and 215 00:08:05,732 --> 00:08:07,724 say, hey, what about this? You know, I 216 00:08:07,724 --> 00:08:09,795 had this idea. I've got this going on. 217 00:08:10,288 --> 00:08:10,788 And 218 00:08:11,243 --> 00:08:12,039 everybody... I know... 219 00:08:12,915 --> 00:08:15,064 Well, listeners know there were several people that 220 00:08:15,064 --> 00:08:16,815 came back from train learn last year and 221 00:08:16,815 --> 00:08:18,583 and brought on the podcast. To talk about 222 00:08:18,583 --> 00:08:19,939 what what they were doing. So I thought 223 00:08:19,939 --> 00:08:20,518 they had 224 00:08:21,055 --> 00:08:24,565 great information to to share. And that's where, 225 00:08:24,724 --> 00:08:26,718 you know, from a long term perspective, you 226 00:08:26,718 --> 00:08:28,647 wanna be able to have a know, wide 227 00:08:28,647 --> 00:08:32,394 network of different people that can help you 228 00:08:32,394 --> 00:08:34,865 down the road. You know, from 111 thing 229 00:08:34,865 --> 00:08:35,344 or the other? 230 00:08:36,460 --> 00:08:37,195 You that's 231 00:08:38,154 --> 00:08:40,154 that's exactly 1 of the the the points 232 00:08:40,154 --> 00:08:41,855 that I wanted to make is 233 00:08:42,554 --> 00:08:45,599 there is no other conference. That is, like 234 00:08:45,599 --> 00:08:47,268 train and learn in that regards. 235 00:08:49,175 --> 00:08:51,717 Friday night, when everybody was winding down at 236 00:08:51,717 --> 00:08:52,615 the hotel 237 00:08:53,004 --> 00:08:56,353 pretty much everybody that that traveled in and 238 00:08:56,353 --> 00:08:59,223 was at the same hotel because the business 239 00:08:59,223 --> 00:09:01,478 building part of the conference was at that 240 00:09:01,536 --> 00:09:01,695 hotel. 241 00:09:02,822 --> 00:09:03,322 So 242 00:09:04,093 --> 00:09:07,530 after that after that particular conference, there is 243 00:09:07,586 --> 00:09:08,959 no other conference. 244 00:09:09,984 --> 00:09:11,763 Like train and learn, where 245 00:09:12,222 --> 00:09:13,660 I was able to sit out on the 246 00:09:13,660 --> 00:09:14,160 patio 247 00:09:14,938 --> 00:09:17,995 with Jared Jar from guns and gadgets 248 00:09:18,309 --> 00:09:19,990 and we were just shooting the breeze. 249 00:09:20,549 --> 00:09:21,529 You know, just 250 00:09:22,230 --> 00:09:23,529 it was just a, 251 00:09:24,070 --> 00:09:24,470 you know, 252 00:09:25,110 --> 00:09:26,870 getting to know him, him getting to know 253 00:09:26,870 --> 00:09:27,190 me, 254 00:09:27,763 --> 00:09:29,512 you know, the same with Kd, 255 00:09:30,625 --> 00:09:32,851 you know, just sitting out there just just 256 00:09:32,851 --> 00:09:36,111 talking about the weather or whatever. Mh. 257 00:09:37,479 --> 00:09:38,379 There's no 258 00:09:39,237 --> 00:09:41,394 there's no other conference where I would be 259 00:09:41,394 --> 00:09:42,673 able to go and say, 260 00:09:44,031 --> 00:09:44,910 hey, Jared, 261 00:09:45,324 --> 00:09:46,842 You know, I'm such and such, 262 00:09:47,641 --> 00:09:48,520 you know, what... 263 00:09:49,478 --> 00:09:52,215 It's not because he's not nice and not 264 00:09:52,528 --> 00:09:54,142 not pleasant or 265 00:09:54,597 --> 00:09:56,826 polite enough to take the time to do 266 00:09:56,826 --> 00:09:59,453 that. It's just... He... You don't have the 267 00:09:59,453 --> 00:10:01,465 time to do that in these other conferences 268 00:10:01,522 --> 00:10:04,242 where there's thousands of people in attendance. If 269 00:10:04,242 --> 00:10:05,912 you go to conferences and like, it's, you 270 00:10:05,912 --> 00:10:07,503 know, yeah nice Nice to meet you, but 271 00:10:07,582 --> 00:10:09,809 I I've got a scheduled, you know, 272 00:10:10,939 --> 00:10:12,534 talk that I gotta do. I gotta meet 273 00:10:12,534 --> 00:10:14,528 these people, you know, for dinner. I gotta 274 00:10:14,528 --> 00:10:15,565 do this... And 275 00:10:16,841 --> 00:10:18,755 there's a lot of people, you know, to 276 00:10:18,755 --> 00:10:20,451 come to those conferences and 277 00:10:22,196 --> 00:10:23,707 if you get to know some of the 278 00:10:23,707 --> 00:10:27,047 industry, people, you realize that those conferences are 279 00:10:27,047 --> 00:10:28,161 a heck a lot of work for them 280 00:10:28,161 --> 00:10:29,926 because they get there and Okay. I gotta 281 00:10:29,926 --> 00:10:31,679 be here. I gotta show up there... I'm 282 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:34,386 gonna be closing a deal here. And 283 00:10:34,864 --> 00:10:36,616 if you don't... They don't know you ahead 284 00:10:36,616 --> 00:10:38,859 of time. It's hard to get... Much more 285 00:10:38,859 --> 00:10:41,160 than just, you know, brief picture of nice 286 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:41,954 and handshake at. 287 00:10:43,303 --> 00:10:45,946 Yeah. And at train and learn that is 288 00:10:46,001 --> 00:10:48,161 completely the opposite. It because it is such 289 00:10:48,161 --> 00:10:50,148 a more intimate environment, 290 00:10:52,453 --> 00:10:52,953 because 291 00:10:53,963 --> 00:10:56,679 Kevin Kevin limits it, you he he will 292 00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:57,633 sell out the tickets. 293 00:10:58,427 --> 00:11:00,676 There isn't even a hundred participants 294 00:11:01,685 --> 00:11:02,798 in the past 2 years. 295 00:11:05,672 --> 00:11:06,172 So 296 00:11:06,864 --> 00:11:09,032 it does it does make that 297 00:11:09,962 --> 00:11:10,462 networking. 298 00:11:12,676 --> 00:11:15,372 It really drives the networking aspect of train 299 00:11:15,372 --> 00:11:16,085 and learn home. 300 00:11:17,037 --> 00:11:18,171 Mh. Because 301 00:11:19,750 --> 00:11:21,689 like I said, there there is 302 00:11:21,990 --> 00:11:23,829 no way on this earth that I would 303 00:11:23,829 --> 00:11:25,350 be able to go up and talk to 304 00:11:25,429 --> 00:11:29,304 Jared it a at even the Usc conference 305 00:11:29,605 --> 00:11:30,504 that they 306 00:11:31,845 --> 00:11:35,059 recently just shut down, but looking to rebuild. 307 00:11:35,539 --> 00:11:36,179 But Mh. 308 00:11:38,259 --> 00:11:39,699 I wouldn't be able to go up and 309 00:11:39,699 --> 00:11:40,759 and shoot the breeze 310 00:11:41,220 --> 00:11:42,659 like I was at train and learn, 311 00:11:43,874 --> 00:11:46,591 Right. And that's and... Yeah, we said enough 312 00:11:46,591 --> 00:11:49,467 about networking, a big big plus forward even 313 00:11:49,467 --> 00:11:51,145 if you don't... It they don't shoot anything. 314 00:11:52,277 --> 00:11:54,749 Yeah. It's still the networking great. Well, what... 315 00:11:55,068 --> 00:11:56,424 How did... How did Saturday go? 316 00:11:57,222 --> 00:11:58,019 That's more more 317 00:11:58,737 --> 00:12:00,891 We're doing stuff. So tell us how that 318 00:12:00,891 --> 00:12:01,050 went. 319 00:12:02,581 --> 00:12:04,096 Saturday is the range day, 320 00:12:04,734 --> 00:12:05,053 and, 321 00:12:06,489 --> 00:12:07,786 we had pistol rifle, 322 00:12:10,078 --> 00:12:10,716 Mike Martin, 323 00:12:11,686 --> 00:12:13,614 did the, first aid 324 00:12:14,383 --> 00:12:16,470 that he was talking about 325 00:12:17,081 --> 00:12:18,454 on the podcast 326 00:12:18,906 --> 00:12:19,406 before 327 00:12:19,874 --> 00:12:21,789 train and learn that he was going to 328 00:12:21,789 --> 00:12:22,348 be in... 329 00:12:23,625 --> 00:12:25,062 He was going to be there in May. 330 00:12:26,738 --> 00:12:27,477 And then 331 00:12:28,668 --> 00:12:31,460 The other aspect that they had was 332 00:12:31,939 --> 00:12:32,418 Nicholas 333 00:12:32,976 --> 00:12:34,572 Davenport from brain range. 334 00:12:36,104 --> 00:12:37,323 This was an interesting 335 00:12:37,782 --> 00:12:38,682 interesting aspect. 336 00:12:43,056 --> 00:12:43,376 He 337 00:12:44,907 --> 00:12:47,612 he presented some things that I actually already 338 00:12:47,612 --> 00:12:49,306 use in some of my drills 339 00:12:49,919 --> 00:12:51,829 as drills for some of my classes. 340 00:12:53,753 --> 00:12:56,219 It's ASII 341 00:12:56,219 --> 00:12:58,765 forget... I forget what exactly it's called. 342 00:13:01,009 --> 00:13:02,149 The target has 343 00:13:02,769 --> 00:13:03,169 words, 344 00:13:03,649 --> 00:13:05,809 so it spells out yellow, 345 00:13:06,769 --> 00:13:09,649 but the color of the word yellow is, 346 00:13:10,223 --> 00:13:10,542 red. 347 00:13:12,058 --> 00:13:13,914 And then they give you the command of 348 00:13:14,451 --> 00:13:16,684 c red and you would have to shoot 349 00:13:16,684 --> 00:13:18,758 the target where the color is red. 350 00:13:22,526 --> 00:13:24,283 It's a really interesting drill. 351 00:13:25,561 --> 00:13:27,890 Like I said, I've used it already in 352 00:13:27,890 --> 00:13:30,201 my classes. So I I was familiar with 353 00:13:30,201 --> 00:13:31,794 the process that he was doing. 354 00:13:32,671 --> 00:13:32,910 But, 355 00:13:33,547 --> 00:13:36,773 he was he was definitely a an interesting 356 00:13:37,788 --> 00:13:39,404 an interesting range 357 00:13:39,781 --> 00:13:40,839 exercise and 358 00:13:41,456 --> 00:13:42,333 aspect of that. 359 00:13:43,463 --> 00:13:43,941 And then 360 00:13:45,054 --> 00:13:47,918 we had the Ar, so Sean A and 361 00:13:48,077 --> 00:13:49,509 Beth A did that. 362 00:13:50,399 --> 00:13:52,471 And then the pistol was an introduction to 363 00:13:52,471 --> 00:13:55,500 the Us usc defensive pistol program that they're 364 00:13:55,500 --> 00:13:57,572 starting to push through. So that was quite 365 00:13:57,572 --> 00:13:57,731 a... 366 00:13:58,462 --> 00:13:59,414 An eye opening, 367 00:14:00,446 --> 00:14:00,923 experience, 368 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:04,098 and that was presented by Jack Shepherd and 369 00:14:04,257 --> 00:14:05,051 Carrie Dug. 370 00:14:06,100 --> 00:14:08,040 Yep. They're they're part of the Dp. 371 00:14:09,620 --> 00:14:12,660 Yeah. The counselor program. The training counselors for 372 00:14:12,660 --> 00:14:14,500 the Dp. Yep. Mh. 373 00:14:15,232 --> 00:14:17,320 How how do you like defensive a pistol 374 00:14:17,375 --> 00:14:17,772 program. 375 00:14:18,328 --> 00:14:20,154 They've come out really a little bit of 376 00:14:20,154 --> 00:14:22,059 information what the qualifications is gonna be for 377 00:14:22,059 --> 00:14:22,535 it. But 378 00:14:24,059 --> 00:14:25,578 What do you think it's shooting exercises? 379 00:14:30,693 --> 00:14:33,784 The shooting exercises were were drills that 380 00:14:35,094 --> 00:14:35,490 that 381 00:14:36,681 --> 00:14:38,506 they kinda go in line with the, 382 00:14:39,140 --> 00:14:39,640 old 383 00:14:41,459 --> 00:14:43,714 the old defensive pistol shooting 384 00:14:44,411 --> 00:14:46,645 program that that we used to have, 385 00:14:49,371 --> 00:14:50,588 the drills are 386 00:14:51,202 --> 00:14:53,374 are meant to make you more 387 00:14:53,909 --> 00:14:54,409 purposeful. 388 00:14:55,978 --> 00:14:56,478 So 389 00:14:57,189 --> 00:14:59,207 your shooting becomes more purposeful 390 00:14:59,905 --> 00:15:02,222 with the drills that they're implementing. 391 00:15:03,994 --> 00:15:05,113 It's not the... 392 00:15:06,551 --> 00:15:07,930 It's still the intuitive 393 00:15:08,549 --> 00:15:09,848 shooting, but 394 00:15:10,627 --> 00:15:12,145 you're making every action. 395 00:15:13,039 --> 00:15:17,055 To bert to learn the my culmination, the 396 00:15:17,115 --> 00:15:17,615 the 397 00:15:18,074 --> 00:15:20,651 the neuro my nation in the neuro pathways, 398 00:15:21,923 --> 00:15:24,493 you're doing it more intently, more purposefully 399 00:15:25,347 --> 00:15:26,086 so that 400 00:15:26,700 --> 00:15:29,009 those pathways are built faster. 401 00:15:31,254 --> 00:15:33,644 Is 1 of the the aspects that I 402 00:15:33,644 --> 00:15:35,396 think they were trying to push across. 403 00:15:37,244 --> 00:15:37,563 With 404 00:15:38,121 --> 00:15:39,658 the Dp programs. 405 00:15:40,753 --> 00:15:41,870 Mh. Yeah. It's 406 00:15:42,827 --> 00:15:44,901 from what I've seen or heard, I should 407 00:15:44,901 --> 00:15:46,597 say, it's a 14 408 00:15:47,308 --> 00:15:49,719 modules, which allows you to 409 00:15:50,174 --> 00:15:52,085 slice and dice it into what makes sense 410 00:15:52,085 --> 00:15:53,996 for you. And they're into a 2 day 411 00:15:53,996 --> 00:15:56,879 class or into you know, a couple evening 412 00:15:56,879 --> 00:15:59,032 classes or, you know, even a full day 413 00:15:59,032 --> 00:16:00,866 class but I'm picking and choosing. 414 00:16:01,424 --> 00:16:03,040 I been through it and haven't seen anything 415 00:16:03,098 --> 00:16:03,816 official, but that's 416 00:16:04,389 --> 00:16:05,529 what I understand 417 00:16:05,990 --> 00:16:07,830 right now about it. And that's 418 00:16:09,750 --> 00:16:11,190 that that'll definitely, you know, 419 00:16:11,844 --> 00:16:13,997 help out a lot of instructors that have 420 00:16:13,997 --> 00:16:15,056 been looking for 421 00:16:15,593 --> 00:16:16,651 those kind of 422 00:16:17,666 --> 00:16:20,937 programs add to their classes they offer because 423 00:16:20,937 --> 00:16:21,596 we know 424 00:16:21,988 --> 00:16:23,742 lot of our students are busy with other 425 00:16:23,742 --> 00:16:25,655 things that going on. And at the same 426 00:16:25,655 --> 00:16:25,974 time, 427 00:16:26,692 --> 00:16:29,163 you know, we wanna make sure they get 428 00:16:29,163 --> 00:16:29,801 the skills. 429 00:16:30,373 --> 00:16:32,756 In are purposeful about what they're doing too 430 00:16:32,756 --> 00:16:34,448 because, you know, too many 431 00:16:35,298 --> 00:16:37,682 too too many internet celebrities, I guess, I'll 432 00:16:37,682 --> 00:16:38,658 put it that way 433 00:16:39,206 --> 00:16:41,274 make it sound too easy, and you've gotta 434 00:16:41,274 --> 00:16:43,024 make sure they get the proper mindset from 435 00:16:43,024 --> 00:16:44,376 a being purposeful. 436 00:16:45,092 --> 00:16:46,842 If they're gonna be, you know, concealed carry 437 00:16:46,842 --> 00:16:49,172 holders. Can't you can't yeah you can't fly 438 00:16:49,172 --> 00:16:50,131 off the handle for sure. 439 00:16:51,409 --> 00:16:52,847 If you're gonna be caring. 440 00:16:54,699 --> 00:16:56,051 1 of the other things is is that 441 00:16:56,051 --> 00:16:58,936 it definitely will help build an academy 442 00:16:59,311 --> 00:16:59,811 style 443 00:17:00,743 --> 00:17:01,243 class 444 00:17:01,936 --> 00:17:02,413 program. 445 00:17:05,545 --> 00:17:05,865 The 446 00:17:07,065 --> 00:17:09,865 the the modules that we were running through, 447 00:17:11,559 --> 00:17:13,559 each each group ran through a different module, 448 00:17:13,799 --> 00:17:16,360 but the modules that my group was running 449 00:17:16,360 --> 00:17:16,860 through 450 00:17:18,454 --> 00:17:21,331 we're building off of the the basis, the 451 00:17:21,331 --> 00:17:21,731 basics. 452 00:17:22,370 --> 00:17:22,870 So, 453 00:17:23,489 --> 00:17:25,007 you know, we did a couple of drills 454 00:17:25,007 --> 00:17:26,685 with the basics, and then they built up 455 00:17:26,685 --> 00:17:28,453 off of that. Then they built up off 456 00:17:28,453 --> 00:17:28,931 of that, 457 00:17:30,522 --> 00:17:32,135 just increasing the difficulty 458 00:17:32,749 --> 00:17:36,090 as we went along. And in 90 minutes, 459 00:17:36,582 --> 00:17:37,717 session, we were 460 00:17:38,645 --> 00:17:40,574 we were hitting stuff pretty tight 461 00:17:42,375 --> 00:17:42,875 if 462 00:17:44,375 --> 00:17:45,114 if you 463 00:17:45,726 --> 00:17:46,226 weren't 464 00:17:47,791 --> 00:17:48,927 of the caliber 465 00:17:49,618 --> 00:17:52,001 of hitting things tight from the start, 466 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:56,005 The way that they were teaching and instructing 467 00:17:56,060 --> 00:17:58,359 made it to the point where there was 468 00:17:58,359 --> 00:17:59,469 definite improvement. 469 00:18:00,596 --> 00:18:01,789 Well, that's good. That's 470 00:18:02,983 --> 00:18:05,528 a good mark of a good good program. 471 00:18:05,846 --> 00:18:08,494 That, you know, they can not just about 472 00:18:09,282 --> 00:18:11,136 shooting. It's about getting better 473 00:18:11,910 --> 00:18:14,538 because, you know, got shoot. It's whether or 474 00:18:14,538 --> 00:18:16,369 not you're getting better with what you're doing, 475 00:18:17,419 --> 00:18:18,932 you know, applying the fundamentals better. 476 00:18:21,161 --> 00:18:24,027 That's good, was so how did saturday evening 477 00:18:24,345 --> 00:18:24,903 end up 478 00:18:25,793 --> 00:18:28,259 ask him because I know, you know, last 479 00:18:28,259 --> 00:18:31,282 year. The saturday evening was the fireworks display, 480 00:18:31,759 --> 00:18:32,259 and 481 00:18:32,808 --> 00:18:35,434 Kevin having a new location. Was just wondering 482 00:18:35,434 --> 00:18:36,469 what what kind of, 483 00:18:37,503 --> 00:18:39,333 fireworks did they have or did they? 484 00:18:41,415 --> 00:18:44,592 Actually, they didn't. Oh, okay. By the time... 485 00:18:44,830 --> 00:18:46,737 By the time everything was wrapping up, 486 00:18:48,326 --> 00:18:49,620 it was starting to rain 487 00:18:50,327 --> 00:18:51,123 Oh, and 488 00:18:52,795 --> 00:18:53,295 so 489 00:18:54,307 --> 00:18:55,899 they didn't even do the night shoot. 490 00:18:58,143 --> 00:19:00,288 So they they weren't going to bring the... 491 00:19:00,923 --> 00:19:03,307 They weren't gonna bring the goggles and everything 492 00:19:03,307 --> 00:19:04,920 out for the night shoot 493 00:19:05,452 --> 00:19:06,247 because of the weather. 494 00:19:07,940 --> 00:19:09,799 So, basically, we were just, 495 00:19:10,180 --> 00:19:11,799 again, a, a networking 496 00:19:12,259 --> 00:19:15,700 option or opportunity where we were sitting around 497 00:19:15,700 --> 00:19:19,168 the and just shooting the breeze and, 498 00:19:19,865 --> 00:19:20,185 you know, 499 00:19:22,180 --> 00:19:23,638 I was talking to Kd 500 00:19:24,016 --> 00:19:26,283 or higher I was talking to Jared 501 00:19:26,738 --> 00:19:28,511 or I was talking to 502 00:19:28,887 --> 00:19:29,387 Ken 503 00:19:30,001 --> 00:19:30,501 or, 504 00:19:31,752 --> 00:19:32,070 you know, 505 00:19:32,786 --> 00:19:33,605 anybody that 506 00:19:34,472 --> 00:19:36,303 That I had a notion to to go 507 00:19:36,303 --> 00:19:37,894 and talk to at the time, you know, 508 00:19:38,054 --> 00:19:38,554 is 509 00:19:38,929 --> 00:19:40,463 so it was just ultimately 510 00:19:40,838 --> 00:19:41,338 another 511 00:19:41,889 --> 00:19:45,421 laid back networking session as far as Saturday 512 00:19:45,479 --> 00:19:46,219 night goes 513 00:19:46,676 --> 00:19:47,953 until we got to the hotel. 514 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,207 Mh. Yeah. Well, that's that's great to have 515 00:19:52,343 --> 00:19:53,479 more because you can 516 00:19:54,011 --> 00:19:55,600 catch up with the onesie you hadn't cut 517 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,109 caught up with them from Friday night and 518 00:19:57,109 --> 00:19:57,507 also, 519 00:19:57,999 --> 00:19:59,198 kind of expand things 520 00:19:59,757 --> 00:20:01,755 you know, from those that you've already talked 521 00:20:01,755 --> 00:20:02,974 to. So 522 00:20:05,111 --> 00:20:05,830 well tell us 523 00:20:07,042 --> 00:20:08,233 how'd things go once to get back to 524 00:20:08,233 --> 00:20:09,423 the hotel in Sunday morning? 525 00:20:11,724 --> 00:20:14,502 Sunday morning, we kinda had some issues if 526 00:20:14,502 --> 00:20:15,137 you haven't. 527 00:20:15,629 --> 00:20:16,665 Heard already. 528 00:20:17,622 --> 00:20:20,015 I know Jared posted a video about it. 529 00:20:22,088 --> 00:20:23,683 There were a couple of vehicles that got 530 00:20:23,683 --> 00:20:27,511 broken into and we had some firearms stolen. 531 00:20:32,430 --> 00:20:32,930 That's 532 00:20:33,319 --> 00:20:35,788 pretty much the downer of the situation of 533 00:20:35,788 --> 00:20:36,823 the entire weekend. 534 00:20:37,221 --> 00:20:37,620 But 535 00:20:39,930 --> 00:20:40,647 other than that, 536 00:20:42,654 --> 00:20:44,412 everybody pretty much went back and went to 537 00:20:44,412 --> 00:20:45,231 bed and 538 00:20:51,054 --> 00:20:51,852 Yep. Well, those 539 00:20:52,809 --> 00:20:53,287 unfortunately, 540 00:20:53,686 --> 00:20:54,164 I mean, 541 00:20:55,122 --> 00:20:56,956 and ways as instructors tell our students this 542 00:20:56,956 --> 00:20:58,812 all the time. You never know 543 00:20:59,363 --> 00:21:01,036 where it's gonna happen when it's gonna happen, 544 00:21:01,195 --> 00:21:02,013 You know, criminals 545 00:21:02,788 --> 00:21:05,018 shoots a time in place for it, and 546 00:21:05,018 --> 00:21:05,916 that's where 547 00:21:06,292 --> 00:21:09,097 you gotta gotta be prepared and unfortunately, 548 00:21:10,693 --> 00:21:12,929 apparently, the criminals got a little bit of 549 00:21:12,929 --> 00:21:15,084 the upper handing, stole some property, but at 550 00:21:15,084 --> 00:21:17,809 least nobody was hurt, which you know, ultimately 551 00:21:17,809 --> 00:21:18,127 is 552 00:21:19,638 --> 00:21:21,150 is a good thing about it. 553 00:21:21,945 --> 00:21:23,138 Yep. Nobody got hurt. 554 00:21:24,729 --> 00:21:24,968 They... 555 00:21:25,938 --> 00:21:27,395 Apparently only hit 556 00:21:28,250 --> 00:21:29,366 trucks and Suvs. 557 00:21:29,765 --> 00:21:31,859 So if you were in in a 558 00:21:33,033 --> 00:21:33,352 sedan, 559 00:21:34,403 --> 00:21:35,437 you're pretty much safe. 560 00:21:36,153 --> 00:21:37,982 It was only the trucks and the Suvs 561 00:21:37,982 --> 00:21:38,618 that got hit. 562 00:21:41,814 --> 00:21:42,314 So 563 00:21:43,164 --> 00:21:45,625 fortunately, the car that I rented was a 564 00:21:46,975 --> 00:21:48,246 a sedan and 565 00:21:49,451 --> 00:21:49,951 I 566 00:21:51,117 --> 00:21:52,069 didn't get hit, 567 00:21:52,704 --> 00:21:53,101 but 568 00:21:56,766 --> 00:21:58,516 I know that, like I said, I know 569 00:21:58,516 --> 00:21:58,754 that, 570 00:22:00,663 --> 00:22:03,446 Jared put out a video about the situation, 571 00:22:04,734 --> 00:22:06,515 there were several other 572 00:22:07,055 --> 00:22:09,695 participants that did get hit that have put 573 00:22:09,695 --> 00:22:11,055 stuff on their social media. 574 00:22:13,229 --> 00:22:15,546 Chris L I was tactical Santa. He put 575 00:22:15,546 --> 00:22:16,425 out some stuff, 576 00:22:20,835 --> 00:22:21,654 there was 577 00:22:22,515 --> 00:22:23,154 stuff that, 578 00:22:23,795 --> 00:22:25,234 Clayton put out from 579 00:22:27,315 --> 00:22:27,795 Pt, 580 00:22:29,168 --> 00:22:30,383 I forget his 581 00:22:32,344 --> 00:22:34,250 his training company off the top of my 582 00:22:34,250 --> 00:22:34,488 head. 583 00:22:35,759 --> 00:22:36,632 I know that he... 584 00:22:37,282 --> 00:22:38,710 Posted some stuff about it. 585 00:22:41,249 --> 00:22:43,074 So, yeah, It is it is 1 of 586 00:22:43,074 --> 00:22:43,947 those things of, 587 00:22:46,661 --> 00:22:47,455 I tried to... 588 00:22:48,170 --> 00:22:49,680 I also try to push that through to 589 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:50,633 my students is. 590 00:22:52,794 --> 00:22:55,107 I run Gray man on my vehicle. I 591 00:22:55,107 --> 00:22:55,926 don't have 592 00:22:56,383 --> 00:22:58,856 on my personal vehicle. I have no stickers. 593 00:22:59,095 --> 00:22:59,914 I have no 594 00:23:00,291 --> 00:23:00,791 identifying 595 00:23:04,138 --> 00:23:07,255 Identifying labels that I may or may not 596 00:23:07,255 --> 00:23:09,253 be carrying a firearm or there may be 597 00:23:09,253 --> 00:23:10,611 1 stored in my car. 598 00:23:13,981 --> 00:23:14,380 But 599 00:23:15,976 --> 00:23:17,571 none of the none of the guys that 600 00:23:17,571 --> 00:23:19,566 got... I didn't hit actually were... 601 00:23:20,378 --> 00:23:23,426 Had any of those markings either. Yeah. So 602 00:23:24,199 --> 00:23:25,393 it just makes it interesting. 603 00:23:26,667 --> 00:23:27,383 Yep. Well, 604 00:23:28,910 --> 00:23:30,659 Mike with, you know, a lot of things, 605 00:23:32,249 --> 00:23:32,488 You, 606 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,384 what what the criminals clue in on? You 607 00:23:36,384 --> 00:23:38,869 know, maybe, you know, and knew maybe some 608 00:23:38,869 --> 00:23:39,609 people there 609 00:23:40,069 --> 00:23:41,750 might have guns with in their trucks and 610 00:23:41,990 --> 00:23:43,130 Suvs, maybe, 611 00:23:43,430 --> 00:23:45,670 you know, who knows, but at the end 612 00:23:45,670 --> 00:23:47,762 of the day, the criminals, do with criminals 613 00:23:47,762 --> 00:23:49,139 do best, and that is, 614 00:23:49,676 --> 00:23:50,575 you know, they 615 00:23:51,032 --> 00:23:53,664 break the laws. Criminal things. And, you know, 616 00:23:54,063 --> 00:23:55,658 they ruin people's days. So I'm sure a 617 00:23:55,658 --> 00:23:56,637 whole lot of people 618 00:23:57,029 --> 00:23:59,503 had to go find some cardboard or sold 619 00:24:00,062 --> 00:24:00,301 you know, 620 00:24:01,099 --> 00:24:03,174 to hang over their window so they could 621 00:24:03,174 --> 00:24:04,211 drive home and 622 00:24:05,264 --> 00:24:05,503 you know, 623 00:24:06,302 --> 00:24:07,979 before they could get it repaired, and, you 624 00:24:07,979 --> 00:24:09,676 know, that would that would really 625 00:24:10,134 --> 00:24:11,651 put a sour note on the whole weekend. 626 00:24:11,891 --> 00:24:13,008 Although at the same time, 627 00:24:15,179 --> 00:24:16,697 you know, with everything else that's going on, 628 00:24:16,857 --> 00:24:18,375 I... You know, if I'd sell anything thing, 629 00:24:18,614 --> 00:24:20,692 it probably probably could been a lot worse. 630 00:24:22,701 --> 00:24:24,924 Well, besides the car getting broken to what 631 00:24:24,924 --> 00:24:26,592 what all happened on Sunday? 632 00:24:28,180 --> 00:24:30,189 So Sunday is the 633 00:24:30,641 --> 00:24:31,277 creation day. 634 00:24:31,927 --> 00:24:32,427 Where 635 00:24:34,234 --> 00:24:35,530 you're able to do 636 00:24:36,382 --> 00:24:36,882 interview 637 00:24:37,257 --> 00:24:37,757 and 638 00:24:38,944 --> 00:24:40,163 speak with the 639 00:24:40,622 --> 00:24:41,761 actual representatives 640 00:24:42,220 --> 00:24:44,638 of the companies that we're sponsoring, 641 00:24:45,497 --> 00:24:46,056 train and learn, 642 00:24:47,508 --> 00:24:50,133 I know last year, Be wasn't actually there. 643 00:24:50,372 --> 00:24:50,872 So 644 00:24:51,406 --> 00:24:51,804 we had... 645 00:24:55,083 --> 00:24:55,881 Amy, and 646 00:24:56,918 --> 00:24:58,296 I think it was Luke 647 00:24:59,950 --> 00:25:00,929 were the 648 00:25:01,387 --> 00:25:01,887 sub 649 00:25:02,597 --> 00:25:05,542 reps for Versa, but we actually had bur 650 00:25:05,542 --> 00:25:06,576 reps there this year. 651 00:25:09,043 --> 00:25:11,271 Tactical life was there again this year. 652 00:25:12,641 --> 00:25:15,669 In primary arms. So and was there, 653 00:25:17,901 --> 00:25:20,548 Patrick was there with Ammo, for anybody that 654 00:25:20,548 --> 00:25:22,546 wanted to shoot anything from the range, 655 00:25:25,582 --> 00:25:26,620 Justin from, 656 00:25:27,100 --> 00:25:27,154 for 657 00:25:28,070 --> 00:25:28,570 Phoenix 658 00:25:29,105 --> 00:25:30,242 provided some ammo 659 00:25:30,697 --> 00:25:31,197 for 660 00:25:32,289 --> 00:25:34,678 the actual training, but he was not there, 661 00:25:35,569 --> 00:25:36,685 this year also. 662 00:25:40,275 --> 00:25:43,784 Man wasn't able to show up and z 663 00:25:43,784 --> 00:25:45,162 had to leave early 664 00:25:45,713 --> 00:25:46,192 for 665 00:25:48,425 --> 00:25:48,824 his 666 00:25:49,542 --> 00:25:50,579 kids graduation. 667 00:25:51,695 --> 00:25:53,690 So he was only there for Friday, 668 00:25:58,019 --> 00:25:58,519 but 669 00:25:59,619 --> 00:26:02,419 ultimately, that was another aspect of... 670 00:26:03,553 --> 00:26:06,047 Getting in there and kicking all of these 671 00:26:06,584 --> 00:26:09,854 manufacturer representatives brains and mh. See what they've 672 00:26:09,854 --> 00:26:11,870 got coming down the pike and 673 00:26:14,333 --> 00:26:14,833 finding 674 00:26:15,924 --> 00:26:19,346 finding the nuances of their particular product. 675 00:26:22,544 --> 00:26:24,378 Yeah. 1 of the... What it allows you 676 00:26:24,378 --> 00:26:26,691 to also find about their affiliate programs and 677 00:26:26,691 --> 00:26:28,924 different things like that to, you know, again, 678 00:26:29,084 --> 00:26:29,823 make those 679 00:26:30,201 --> 00:26:31,817 connections because as 680 00:26:32,527 --> 00:26:34,352 we've talked about on podcast before. 681 00:26:34,987 --> 00:26:37,367 If you can make a living off of 682 00:26:37,367 --> 00:26:37,923 this training, 683 00:26:38,637 --> 00:26:40,724 good for you. But most of us is 684 00:26:40,724 --> 00:26:43,605 out there doing training. We also realize that 685 00:26:43,605 --> 00:26:45,605 we've got a lot of other expenses that 686 00:26:45,605 --> 00:26:47,699 we're trying to cover too. And that's where 687 00:26:47,699 --> 00:26:49,696 having affiliates, the ben will go along and 688 00:26:49,696 --> 00:26:51,634 point your students to 689 00:26:52,093 --> 00:26:52,413 quality, 690 00:26:53,291 --> 00:26:56,498 merchandise places to go, and getting a, you 691 00:26:56,498 --> 00:26:58,170 know, a referral fee for it. 692 00:26:59,047 --> 00:27:01,060 It doesn't increase our cost, but it allows 693 00:27:01,197 --> 00:27:03,348 allows you to go along and you know, 694 00:27:04,953 --> 00:27:06,462 make make your classes just a little bit 695 00:27:06,462 --> 00:27:08,051 better or go to, you know, train and 696 00:27:08,051 --> 00:27:09,560 learn events and things like that. I know, 697 00:27:10,593 --> 00:27:12,594 I make more money off my training. And 698 00:27:12,673 --> 00:27:13,947 I do off my affiliates, but at the 699 00:27:13,947 --> 00:27:15,698 same time, I wouldn't give up my affiliates 700 00:27:15,698 --> 00:27:17,449 because I can I can still make some, 701 00:27:17,847 --> 00:27:20,234 you know, decent money to, you know, got 702 00:27:20,234 --> 00:27:21,906 dinner and do things like that every month? 703 00:27:24,233 --> 00:27:24,951 Yeah. It's 704 00:27:26,865 --> 00:27:28,619 I personally have not been able to get 705 00:27:28,619 --> 00:27:29,757 my affiliate programs 706 00:27:30,134 --> 00:27:33,175 up and running yet. I've I've kinda started 707 00:27:33,175 --> 00:27:34,391 to make and 708 00:27:34,846 --> 00:27:37,152 get steps to take that process, but 709 00:27:38,503 --> 00:27:40,753 it hasn't taken off to the point of 710 00:27:41,779 --> 00:27:43,787 even able to get me out to dinner 711 00:27:44,479 --> 00:27:46,249 for for a weekend, but 712 00:27:48,449 --> 00:27:51,013 I am I am looking at at 713 00:27:51,324 --> 00:27:54,200 at running an affiliate program for several of 714 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:54,700 the 715 00:27:55,159 --> 00:27:56,458 the sponsors from 716 00:27:57,157 --> 00:27:57,956 from train and learn, 717 00:27:59,248 --> 00:28:01,641 I do know that last year when I 718 00:28:01,641 --> 00:28:01,960 was 719 00:28:03,715 --> 00:28:07,623 talking to Ken about the vulcan site, 720 00:28:09,152 --> 00:28:09,469 that 721 00:28:10,818 --> 00:28:12,825 primary arms and Hollow sun 722 00:28:14,547 --> 00:28:16,872 con joined in making and manufacturing 723 00:28:17,418 --> 00:28:19,876 I actually have gone and bought that site. 724 00:28:20,590 --> 00:28:23,920 But primary arms has actually developed their own 725 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:24,238 now. 726 00:28:25,444 --> 00:28:26,162 That is 727 00:28:27,599 --> 00:28:29,355 not in conjunction with Hollow sun. 728 00:28:30,473 --> 00:28:33,048 So it's got that 630 729 00:28:35,596 --> 00:28:39,186 Moa got around it. Mh. Yeah. The the 730 00:28:39,186 --> 00:28:40,404 06:30 Moa 731 00:28:41,101 --> 00:28:44,391 that is to help guide you into the 732 00:28:44,391 --> 00:28:45,190 dot itself. 733 00:28:46,069 --> 00:28:48,967 And that 1, actually, you can turn that 734 00:28:49,026 --> 00:28:50,565 ci... You can turn that 735 00:28:51,119 --> 00:28:51,939 06:30 736 00:28:52,317 --> 00:28:53,196 Moa off. 737 00:28:54,555 --> 00:28:57,511 So it's not always it's on. So once 738 00:28:57,511 --> 00:28:59,202 you get to the point of Okay. Yes. 739 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:01,669 I'm finding the dot every time I present. 740 00:29:02,146 --> 00:29:04,215 I don't need this anymore. You can turn 741 00:29:04,215 --> 00:29:06,284 that off in the new in the new 742 00:29:06,284 --> 00:29:08,606 model that they've got coming out. Mh. 743 00:29:09,162 --> 00:29:10,911 Yeah. Save a little battery power with that. 744 00:29:11,468 --> 00:29:14,568 So were there any specific vendors that you 745 00:29:14,568 --> 00:29:16,317 wanna call out that you besides the 1 746 00:29:16,317 --> 00:29:17,191 you talked about so far? 747 00:29:18,399 --> 00:29:19,910 Actually, I called out pretty much all of 748 00:29:19,910 --> 00:29:22,136 them that were there that Good. 749 00:29:24,601 --> 00:29:25,873 Fridge was there also, 750 00:29:27,795 --> 00:29:29,089 So Fridge was there 751 00:29:29,463 --> 00:29:30,678 selling some of his 752 00:29:31,290 --> 00:29:33,934 his custom job and and 753 00:29:35,261 --> 00:29:36,452 guns smith ware. 754 00:29:37,024 --> 00:29:37,345 Mh. 755 00:29:40,144 --> 00:29:42,144 That's... No. Yeah. That's a that's a good 756 00:29:42,144 --> 00:29:42,944 podcast if 757 00:29:43,664 --> 00:29:44,704 anybody hasn't heard the fridge. 758 00:29:45,518 --> 00:29:47,671 I would recommend you go back and find 759 00:29:47,671 --> 00:29:48,171 him 760 00:29:48,628 --> 00:29:49,267 because he's 761 00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:52,935 he comes from not your typical gun background, 762 00:29:53,095 --> 00:29:54,472 and then at same time he's 763 00:29:55,742 --> 00:29:56,242 He's 764 00:29:56,858 --> 00:29:59,490 gone. He's taken he's taken the customization to 765 00:29:59,490 --> 00:30:01,165 a whole new level. So my hat off 766 00:30:01,165 --> 00:30:03,238 to him and the customized work that he 767 00:30:03,238 --> 00:30:03,398 does. 768 00:30:05,802 --> 00:30:06,120 So 769 00:30:06,677 --> 00:30:08,745 yeah, I think that's all the vendors that 770 00:30:08,745 --> 00:30:09,222 were there. 771 00:30:11,862 --> 00:30:14,885 You know, there... There's obviously the vendors that 772 00:30:14,885 --> 00:30:16,635 that weren't there that are still sponsors, 773 00:30:17,271 --> 00:30:17,749 walker, 774 00:30:20,627 --> 00:30:21,605 crate, tactical, 775 00:30:23,093 --> 00:30:23,593 so, 776 00:30:27,484 --> 00:30:30,137 But again, they weren't they weren't 777 00:30:30,754 --> 00:30:33,147 fully representative. They they didn't have any reps 778 00:30:33,147 --> 00:30:36,178 that air to actually talk to for this 779 00:30:36,178 --> 00:30:36,417 year. 780 00:30:37,548 --> 00:30:38,048 So 781 00:30:38,818 --> 00:30:40,962 while they did send stuff for the creative 782 00:30:40,962 --> 00:30:41,279 ways. 783 00:30:41,994 --> 00:30:42,312 Mh. 784 00:30:43,106 --> 00:30:44,718 You weren't able to actually 785 00:30:45,743 --> 00:30:47,576 speak to them about anything. 786 00:30:49,569 --> 00:30:51,242 Yeah. I'm talking about the creative ways, 787 00:30:52,278 --> 00:30:54,048 once you talk about that a little bit 788 00:30:54,048 --> 00:30:55,565 give people an idea of, 789 00:30:56,523 --> 00:30:57,821 what those are, because 790 00:30:58,679 --> 00:31:00,834 Kevin keeps the price of the train and 791 00:31:00,834 --> 00:31:02,590 learn. Very very reasonable. 792 00:31:04,197 --> 00:31:05,015 You've got 793 00:31:05,389 --> 00:31:08,410 plenty of vendors that are, you know, helping 794 00:31:08,410 --> 00:31:10,318 to foot the bill to keep the cost 795 00:31:10,318 --> 00:31:12,398 down. And then on top of the creative 796 00:31:12,398 --> 00:31:15,279 ways are 1 of those that really 797 00:31:16,685 --> 00:31:18,749 helps out or, you know, really really goes 798 00:31:18,749 --> 00:31:21,234 along and can can put put you on 799 00:31:21,234 --> 00:31:23,234 the map very nicely. So what once you 800 00:31:23,234 --> 00:31:24,674 go along tell about those a little bit. 801 00:31:26,115 --> 00:31:28,569 So the creative ways are usually given out 802 00:31:28,769 --> 00:31:29,884 on Sunday. 803 00:31:31,477 --> 00:31:31,977 And 804 00:31:33,070 --> 00:31:34,504 through the course of the weekend, 805 00:31:34,982 --> 00:31:38,183 so through Friday and Saturday and even through 806 00:31:38,343 --> 00:31:38,820 Sunday. 807 00:31:40,730 --> 00:31:41,367 Kevin has... 808 00:31:43,118 --> 00:31:44,175 Kevin has his 809 00:31:44,630 --> 00:31:45,369 little birds 810 00:31:45,919 --> 00:31:48,706 tweeting into his ear of this particular person 811 00:31:48,706 --> 00:31:51,015 is asking the right questions, and I think 812 00:31:51,015 --> 00:31:53,086 that they should be getting in 1 of 813 00:31:53,086 --> 00:31:54,302 the creative way 814 00:31:55,094 --> 00:31:55,493 awards. 815 00:31:57,891 --> 00:31:59,969 So at the end of Sunday, 816 00:32:01,487 --> 00:32:03,026 Kevin goes through and 817 00:32:05,019 --> 00:32:06,940 gives his farewell spiel of 818 00:32:07,900 --> 00:32:08,299 you know, 819 00:32:09,419 --> 00:32:10,720 we're here to 820 00:32:11,339 --> 00:32:12,640 progress our own 821 00:32:13,192 --> 00:32:15,493 business and invest in ourselves. 822 00:32:16,604 --> 00:32:18,350 But in process of doing that, 823 00:32:21,065 --> 00:32:21,565 these 824 00:32:22,416 --> 00:32:22,916 these 825 00:32:23,768 --> 00:32:24,268 sponsors 826 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:25,700 have 827 00:32:26,233 --> 00:32:27,824 also invested need you. 828 00:32:28,874 --> 00:32:29,374 So 829 00:32:29,832 --> 00:32:31,189 these are the people that are going to 830 00:32:31,189 --> 00:32:32,945 be given the creative ways. 831 00:32:33,903 --> 00:32:34,403 And 832 00:32:35,180 --> 00:32:37,415 if you have accepted the create way, 833 00:32:37,987 --> 00:32:39,360 then you need to 834 00:32:39,732 --> 00:32:40,629 produce content 835 00:32:41,319 --> 00:32:42,588 about that create way. 836 00:32:47,372 --> 00:32:47,851 Basically, 837 00:32:48,489 --> 00:32:49,867 advertising the sponsor, 838 00:32:50,724 --> 00:32:53,678 getting your name out there with with that 839 00:32:53,678 --> 00:32:54,157 sponsor, 840 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:57,460 it's 841 00:32:57,993 --> 00:33:00,060 it's ultimately a win win if if you 842 00:33:00,060 --> 00:33:02,603 happen to pull a a creative way from 843 00:33:02,603 --> 00:33:04,193 train and learn. Mh. 844 00:33:05,324 --> 00:33:06,283 Yep. And 845 00:33:09,319 --> 00:33:12,116 they give away some good credit ways. And 846 00:33:12,116 --> 00:33:12,915 again, it's 847 00:33:13,569 --> 00:33:15,745 your opportunity go along and 848 00:33:16,202 --> 00:33:17,240 demonstrate to those vendors, 849 00:33:17,958 --> 00:33:21,091 what you can create with their products. And 850 00:33:21,402 --> 00:33:23,783 maybe lead to other things, maybe not, You 851 00:33:23,783 --> 00:33:25,450 know, there's no guarantee, but at the same 852 00:33:25,450 --> 00:33:26,879 time, it really, 853 00:33:28,878 --> 00:33:30,862 Last year when I was there, they gave 854 00:33:30,862 --> 00:33:34,116 away some guns, gave away some sites, gave 855 00:33:34,116 --> 00:33:36,234 away some different things along those lines. And 856 00:33:36,354 --> 00:33:38,505 So that was... And the stuff I gave 857 00:33:38,505 --> 00:33:40,576 away, I would say almost 858 00:33:42,568 --> 00:33:42,807 paid. 859 00:33:43,460 --> 00:33:45,619 You know, it's worth the cost of admission 860 00:33:45,619 --> 00:33:48,179 of the conference. Just to kinda go along 861 00:33:48,179 --> 00:33:49,640 and put a little bit of a 862 00:33:50,259 --> 00:33:51,799 idea in your head about how, 863 00:33:52,353 --> 00:33:54,580 how much they, you know, put into into 864 00:33:54,580 --> 00:33:55,318 it. So 865 00:33:55,772 --> 00:33:56,272 that's 866 00:33:56,726 --> 00:33:57,601 that's great to hear. 867 00:33:58,794 --> 00:33:59,907 Yeah. Tactical life, 868 00:34:00,940 --> 00:34:01,679 the big 869 00:34:02,627 --> 00:34:04,541 the big giveaway was 870 00:34:05,179 --> 00:34:07,332 an Pistol from tactical life, 871 00:34:09,006 --> 00:34:09,746 and Anthony, 872 00:34:13,079 --> 00:34:13,579 actually 873 00:34:13,953 --> 00:34:14,453 designed 874 00:34:14,985 --> 00:34:16,279 and assembled 875 00:34:17,129 --> 00:34:19,590 the Ar pistol that they gave away this 876 00:34:19,590 --> 00:34:19,907 year, 877 00:34:21,911 --> 00:34:24,615 Brown ellis. Brown ellis is another sponsor that, 878 00:34:25,888 --> 00:34:27,183 they didn't have any 879 00:34:27,558 --> 00:34:28,592 representation this year, but 880 00:34:29,324 --> 00:34:29,824 B 881 00:34:31,394 --> 00:34:34,102 put up ACAR 882 00:34:34,102 --> 00:34:34,421 upper, 883 00:34:36,651 --> 00:34:37,390 the old 884 00:34:38,578 --> 00:34:41,611 h u style with the carrie handle and 885 00:34:41,611 --> 00:34:42,111 the 886 00:34:42,888 --> 00:34:44,484 the triangle hand guard, 887 00:34:46,810 --> 00:34:47,310 So 888 00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:51,097 brown elves put that up for for the 889 00:34:51,097 --> 00:34:51,811 creative away. 890 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:57,653 So, yeah, they they 891 00:34:58,267 --> 00:35:01,371 they gave way of a good a good 892 00:35:01,371 --> 00:35:03,463 share of of stuff that 893 00:35:03,932 --> 00:35:05,307 that now all of these 894 00:35:06,557 --> 00:35:09,682 these winners need to be creating content. So 895 00:35:10,788 --> 00:35:13,091 I'm looking for that content to start dropping 896 00:35:13,091 --> 00:35:13,806 here anytime. 897 00:35:15,076 --> 00:35:15,576 Lots 898 00:35:17,061 --> 00:35:18,197 that's very 899 00:35:19,144 --> 00:35:21,644 interesting and just considering this was 900 00:35:21,945 --> 00:35:23,945 train learn done over memorial day weekend. 901 00:35:24,585 --> 00:35:25,085 I 902 00:35:25,465 --> 00:35:26,284 would imagine 903 00:35:26,918 --> 00:35:29,380 being July right now, that we probably should 904 00:35:29,380 --> 00:35:30,039 be seeing 905 00:35:30,413 --> 00:35:31,842 some of that if not already. 906 00:35:32,557 --> 00:35:35,496 So search train learn 20 24, and I'm 907 00:35:35,496 --> 00:35:36,154 sure you'll 908 00:35:36,544 --> 00:35:37,760 you'll see some of the content 909 00:35:38,376 --> 00:35:38,774 and 910 00:35:39,331 --> 00:35:41,004 give some some kind of ideas for it. 911 00:35:43,792 --> 00:35:44,349 Hey, Brian. 912 00:35:45,878 --> 00:35:48,510 Great review of Train learn 20 24, but 913 00:35:48,510 --> 00:35:49,888 we've been asking all our 914 00:35:50,824 --> 00:35:51,860 season 7 guests, 915 00:35:52,897 --> 00:35:54,492 what do you do for your mental health 916 00:35:54,492 --> 00:35:54,891 every day? 917 00:35:58,172 --> 00:35:58,411 Well, 918 00:35:59,446 --> 00:36:01,197 as I already said, I've been... I was 919 00:36:01,197 --> 00:36:01,755 ready for this. 920 00:36:04,158 --> 00:36:04,396 I 921 00:36:06,142 --> 00:36:08,126 I try to keep a routine as much 922 00:36:08,126 --> 00:36:09,237 as I can in the morning, 923 00:36:10,190 --> 00:36:11,063 the same thing. 924 00:36:11,793 --> 00:36:13,547 Every day in the morning. 925 00:36:14,584 --> 00:36:16,259 And then 1 of the things that I 926 00:36:16,259 --> 00:36:16,817 do that, 927 00:36:18,491 --> 00:36:20,427 not many people have ever mentioned 928 00:36:20,739 --> 00:36:21,935 is that I journal. 929 00:36:26,161 --> 00:36:28,575 Especially if I'm particularly having a 930 00:36:30,242 --> 00:36:32,807 a rough day or a a bad day 931 00:36:32,942 --> 00:36:36,041 or or something that is bringing me down, 932 00:36:36,517 --> 00:36:37,652 I will journal 933 00:36:38,678 --> 00:36:39,417 so that 934 00:36:40,510 --> 00:36:42,898 when I end up having another bad day 935 00:36:42,898 --> 00:36:44,809 or something similar, I can go back and 936 00:36:44,889 --> 00:36:45,765 I say, okay. 937 00:36:47,452 --> 00:36:49,835 This stretch of period of this period of 938 00:36:49,835 --> 00:36:52,617 time and this this stretch of events, 939 00:36:54,859 --> 00:36:56,936 this is something that I was going through, 940 00:36:57,895 --> 00:37:00,473 and I've journal that, and then 941 00:37:01,012 --> 00:37:02,390 I've journal the, 942 00:37:02,864 --> 00:37:05,411 coming out of it or the recovery if 943 00:37:05,411 --> 00:37:05,889 you will. 944 00:37:06,924 --> 00:37:07,424 So 945 00:37:08,915 --> 00:37:11,557 there's that record now for me, to be 946 00:37:11,557 --> 00:37:12,749 able to go back and say, 947 00:37:13,385 --> 00:37:15,770 this is just something like this. I can 948 00:37:15,770 --> 00:37:16,565 get through this. 949 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:17,780 And 950 00:37:19,284 --> 00:37:20,639 this is how I got through it the 951 00:37:20,639 --> 00:37:21,437 last time. 952 00:37:23,112 --> 00:37:23,612 So 953 00:37:24,388 --> 00:37:24,888 that's 954 00:37:25,266 --> 00:37:28,057 probably the biggest thing that I do for 955 00:37:28,057 --> 00:37:28,775 my mental health. 956 00:37:29,589 --> 00:37:30,308 Then I also... 957 00:37:31,906 --> 00:37:33,445 I do have a counseling 958 00:37:33,824 --> 00:37:36,800 session every week with a therapist. So 959 00:37:37,673 --> 00:37:39,267 What's, yep. That's 960 00:37:40,224 --> 00:37:42,217 very good. And thanks for sharing that Brian, 961 00:37:42,536 --> 00:37:42,934 because 962 00:37:44,050 --> 00:37:45,246 I go along tell people. 963 00:37:46,775 --> 00:37:49,483 Nobody thinks twice about going to the gym 964 00:37:49,483 --> 00:37:52,590 and having a personal trainer. So there's no 965 00:37:52,590 --> 00:37:54,954 reason why shouldn't go along and, 966 00:37:55,630 --> 00:37:55,949 potentially, 967 00:37:56,585 --> 00:37:56,903 you know, 968 00:37:57,938 --> 00:37:59,608 meet up with the, you know, somebody, 969 00:38:00,165 --> 00:38:02,724 you know, whatever the title be, that will 970 00:38:02,724 --> 00:38:04,552 help you in your mental health about it. 971 00:38:04,790 --> 00:38:07,015 It's mental health is 1 of those that 972 00:38:07,015 --> 00:38:08,605 everybody's been listening to in season 7. 973 00:38:09,494 --> 00:38:10,710 But I really think 974 00:38:11,245 --> 00:38:13,155 you know, really gotta take the stigma away 975 00:38:13,155 --> 00:38:15,384 from it that mental health is you know, 976 00:38:15,543 --> 00:38:16,498 just like physical health. 977 00:38:17,533 --> 00:38:20,331 And some people, you know, go see a 978 00:38:20,331 --> 00:38:22,634 doctor to have this fix with that fixed, 979 00:38:22,793 --> 00:38:24,620 and we should be doing the same type 980 00:38:24,620 --> 00:38:26,764 of thing if we feel that we're in 981 00:38:26,764 --> 00:38:28,694 some kind some kind of crisis 982 00:38:29,244 --> 00:38:31,721 to talk to somebody for our mental health 983 00:38:31,721 --> 00:38:34,378 because it's they're both very important to 984 00:38:34,917 --> 00:38:35,876 to stay healthy with. 985 00:38:37,888 --> 00:38:40,602 Well, Brian, can you tell our listeners where 986 00:38:40,602 --> 00:38:43,177 they can find more information about Peloton Academy 987 00:38:43,316 --> 00:38:43,715 and 988 00:38:44,353 --> 00:38:45,630 how to get get in touch with you? 989 00:38:47,323 --> 00:38:47,563 No, 990 00:38:49,001 --> 00:38:49,959 My socials are 991 00:38:50,758 --> 00:38:51,157 Facebook, 992 00:38:51,797 --> 00:38:52,835 Pal Academy. 993 00:38:53,409 --> 00:38:56,455 I've got my website, which is Michigan 994 00:38:58,183 --> 00:39:00,354 PALLC 995 00:39:01,286 --> 00:39:01,843 dot com. 996 00:39:04,972 --> 00:39:07,768 All the links actually to my socials are 997 00:39:07,768 --> 00:39:08,728 on my website. 998 00:39:09,527 --> 00:39:10,027 So 999 00:39:10,725 --> 00:39:11,125 Twitter, 1000 00:39:13,210 --> 00:39:15,119 I've got a rumble account. I haven't put 1001 00:39:15,119 --> 00:39:16,073 any videos up, 1002 00:39:16,789 --> 00:39:17,186 but 1003 00:39:17,982 --> 00:39:20,541 I've got a rumble account and that... The 1004 00:39:20,541 --> 00:39:23,003 link for that is on my Facebook. But 1005 00:39:23,003 --> 00:39:25,782 everything is pretty much Pilot and Academy or 1006 00:39:25,941 --> 00:39:26,814 Pal inn Academy, 1007 00:39:27,529 --> 00:39:27,767 Llc, 1008 00:39:28,418 --> 00:39:30,509 or PAL 1009 00:39:30,567 --> 00:39:30,726 llc. 1010 00:39:32,715 --> 00:39:35,261 Okay. And I'll include some of those into 1011 00:39:35,261 --> 00:39:36,614 the show notes too, so you can... 1012 00:39:37,664 --> 00:39:39,021 People can find it that they wanna reach 1013 00:39:39,021 --> 00:39:40,457 out to you. If they're in 1014 00:39:41,015 --> 00:39:43,170 northern northern Indiana or Southern, 1015 00:39:44,127 --> 00:39:44,367 Michigan. 1016 00:39:45,579 --> 00:39:45,739 Yep. 1017 00:39:46,697 --> 00:39:49,014 Well, Brian, again, thank you for your time 1018 00:39:49,014 --> 00:39:49,754 today for 1019 00:39:50,212 --> 00:39:51,890 reviewing the train learn 20 24. 1020 00:39:52,465 --> 00:39:55,744 And, hopefully, the people listening, will be encouraged 1021 00:39:55,744 --> 00:39:56,224 to 1022 00:39:56,704 --> 00:39:58,965 sign up now because it will sell out 1023 00:39:59,105 --> 00:40:01,344 for train learn 20 25. Do you have 1024 00:40:01,344 --> 00:40:03,834 the dates for 20 25. By any chance? 1025 00:40:04,233 --> 00:40:06,226 It's gonna be... It's still gonna be memorial 1026 00:40:06,226 --> 00:40:07,843 day weekend. Okay. So 1027 00:40:08,619 --> 00:40:11,591 whatever whatever happens to fall that 1028 00:40:11,982 --> 00:40:14,124 Friday, Saturday, Sunday before Memorial day. 1029 00:40:15,155 --> 00:40:17,693 Okay. Well, I'll include that because, like I 1030 00:40:17,693 --> 00:40:17,852 said, 1031 00:40:18,899 --> 00:40:20,273 kinda keep it on my calendar 1032 00:40:20,885 --> 00:40:22,952 to hopefully make it, and 1033 00:40:23,428 --> 00:40:25,517 hopefully, See other people 1034 00:40:26,864 --> 00:40:27,684 there also 1035 00:40:28,065 --> 00:40:30,545 because it is a fun time, and 1036 00:40:32,385 --> 00:40:33,505 it's very much worth it. 1037 00:40:34,479 --> 00:40:37,036 Okay. Brian, have a good good evening, and 1038 00:40:37,036 --> 00:40:39,833 thanks again. Yep. Thanks, sir. As a wrap 1039 00:40:39,833 --> 00:40:41,351 for this episode, and I hope you found 1040 00:40:41,351 --> 00:40:42,550 the information from Brian. 1041 00:40:43,444 --> 00:40:43,842 Useful. 1042 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:46,233 Sounds like I missed a good train and 1043 00:40:46,233 --> 00:40:48,942 learn event. But as we all have other 1044 00:40:48,942 --> 00:40:51,109 things we do besides it's firearm training. We 1045 00:40:51,109 --> 00:40:53,103 do have conflicts from time to time. So 1046 00:40:53,103 --> 00:40:54,858 hopefully I'll make it in 20 25. 1047 00:40:55,336 --> 00:40:58,367 You're searching for additional information. Wanna hear the 1048 00:40:58,367 --> 00:41:00,521 review from Cra and learn 20 23. 1049 00:41:01,333 --> 00:41:03,804 Go to farm trainer podcast dot com in 1050 00:41:03,804 --> 00:41:06,515 search upper parade hand corner there. 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