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I started at a club, then learned what I wanted to read. I went to the bulls eye league at my club. They didn't care that I sucked and just wanted to help. From there I started reading Brian's book, Practical shooting, and looked for training. Like you said in your post, one size never fits all. The low key bulls eye at the club helped me get comfortable with handling a gun. That moved on to Action shooting, 1st IDPA then USPSA. Lots of great shooters offer classes. Mike Seeklander was the 1st dry fire book I read. He offers free FB training on Wednesday mornings that are pretty good., Manny Bragg, Ben Stoger, and a ton more have pod casts and written material. Ask yourself what do you want to learn the most? What do you see other shooters do that makes you say, "I want to know how to do that?" Find out where they learned to do what they do.

I find The art of war by Sun Tzu - which is free on Youtube is very zen like.

When speaking to my students or folks who know nothing about shooting, I find myself telling them that it is the most "Zen" sport that i have ever done. I then tell them about how important it is to be focused and aware of what is going on while you have a fire arm in your hands. Like A-Shot said "...it's a matter of life and death." There is nothing more important then what is happening right now. It's one of the few things in my life that actually calms my mind. For me Zen is that calm. For you, of course I could not define it.

worse yet... have your hand on the belly when asking the due date... and there is none. Thought I had learned my lesson when I asked a co-worker, when she was due, and she informed me that she had just returned from maternity leave. The other 4 people on the elevator were thrilled when the doors opened too!

Hey Coach, I started with IDPA last year(thank goodness, I find it much easier for a beginner as myself) started USPSA this year. I went to a Major IDPA match and did actually get the procedural for air gunning. Good for you to miss them. It is hard going back and forth. I feel it's kinda like these two -> Cracks me up when folks say "the other sport" are a bunch of jerks, cold, what ever. It's never true. There are good folks to shoot with and there are some that aren't as fun to shoot with, doesn't matter what sport it is. It's never the sport, it's always the people. always nice to hear what you are up to. have a great night, Brooke

I will be sure to put on my welders mask when you are shooting...

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Got all the way through week one and all 3 live fire sessions. Today's was mush SHO and WHO shooting. Plenty of stove pipes, some due to down loaded ammo my hubby was trying, some due to my lack of strength. I am just thrilled I have practiced for a full week! Dry fire, need it but haven't gotten to it yet. I am still looking to Coach for knowing it's all possible even with a crazy schedule. Just have to make it a priority for the day time, night time is out.

We will never know when our last day or moment is. I try to recall this when ever I can. It helps me be gentler with myself and others. My husband helps often, when I have too many things going on at once, he simply says, "do what makes you happiest"

Turners would be *very* cool.

So it occurred to me that the most significant distinction I made yesterday was really noticing what was happening when I missed, I was looking at the target not my sights and the gun. I was also amazed when I saw everything that the gun did, I had never realized how much I was missing before. So out of the 250 or so shots, I would say I really felt I saw everything happen with the gun about 5 or 6 times. my hope is to increase that number significantly over the next 13 weeks.

Wholly analisis paralisis Batman! Day 1 after months of prep. Crazyness really. I think I am really just preparing for S&W Indoor nationals 2013. So after many a sleepless night reading everyone else's range logs, I decided I could do this too. Then I ordered my Seeklander training guide and read through the whole thing. I got a little over whelmed I must say. Writing out goals that I never knew I had.. Then there was travel more then usual for the last month. Writing to Mr. Seeklander for the pdf then printing out all my drills.... ::drum roll please:: And now... Today... I fianlly got to the range to shoot! Wow did I have challenges. The 1st drill was to check that your gun is in working order. 5 shot drill 3 times = 15 bullets. HA! that woudl be 30 bullets for this girl It did slowly improve from there, but it was a rough start. I have a crazy match schedule coming up. My hubby loves to shoot and just returned from the IRC in California. this is the 4 week count down to sectionals, 5 weeks to Inependence match, 9 weeks to Area 8, 10 weeks to walls of steel, 14 weeks to Area 7 and I REALLy need more training and practice. Here's to more practice live and Dry!

And if you don't believe this truth of human physiology, look up the force-velocity relationship of muscles.

Color me totally Jealous, can't wait to hear how it goes!