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These classes are NOT intended to teach you martial arts. They are, however, designed to teach you how to adapt and react to threats and/or weapons-bearing attacks.

These classes will teach you what you NEED to know to survive.

Course Structure: Whenever possible, our hand-to-hand courses are taught in various locations outside the classroom. We want to prepare you for real-life situations in real-life environments.

Instructors' Qualifications:

  • Military service with real-world operations.
  • Instructed Law Enforcement / SWAT.
  • Specialized experience includes HRT (Hostage Rescue Training), small arms, demolitions, special operations, maritime operations, VBSS (Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure), and unarmed combatives.
  • ASOT level II instructors, urban operations training instructors
  • Unarmed combat instructors from the US Military CFC (Combat Fighting Course)
  • Close Quarters Defense (CQD) military trained and certified.
  • Executive Protection experience for diplomats, private sector executives, and professional athletes.

Introduction to Weapon Threats: 4 Hours / $150

Now you own a gun and you can shoot...but what if you are attacked? Your firearm is not the sole answer. How do you get the assailants off of you and get to your weapon? You may well have to engage with your hands prior to deploying your weapon of choice.

This course is designed to teach the student, when confronted by an assailant with a weapon, how to adapt and react to that threat - how to break contact and get away. Course outline includes psychology, mindset, body language, and defense against the most common attacks including kicks, punches, grabs, and pressure points. We will also cover disarming techniques, moving out of the line of fire, and gun, knife, and stick defense.

Ammunition Required: N/A
Prerequisites: All students must be in good physical shape
Additional Equipment: Baseball cap and sun screen (sun protection), food and drinks, elbow and knee pads, along with clothing that will allow for work on the ground (no open- toe shoes or v-neck tops).


Close Quarters Combatives (CQC): 4 Hours / $150

Upon completion of this course you will have the confidence and ability to survive in the most dangerous situations faced in the real world. This course includes extreme fighting at contact quarters. This class is our "down and dirty" fight-to-survive course. It is an aggressive and dynamic class that covers brutal tactics to help you survive.

This course is designed for the more advanced individual / shooter / operator who has a basic understanding of how to deploy weapons, weapons retention, and reaction to threats. Class includes defense against attacks, disarming techniques, break falls, grappling, chokes, locks and breaks, armed and unarmed, defense against conventional weapons including bats /sticks, blunt objects, shotgun / rifle, improvised weapons and advanced vehicle tactics.

Ammunition Required: N/A
Prerequisites: All students must be in good physical shape
Additional Equipment: Baseball cap and sun screen (sun protection), food and drinks, elbow and knee pads, along with clothing that will allow for work on the ground (no open- toe shoes or v-neck tops).

Gainesville Target Range

1610 NW 65th Place
Gainesville, Florida 32653-3978
Phone: 352-376-8806
Email: gainesvilletargetrange@gmail.com