Chris Sajnog teaches the proper breathing techniques in shooting.
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Breathing and Shooting Techniques to Elevate Marksmanship

In this breathing and shooting technique, something we’ve all been taught, if we were taught the correct way to shoot, was utilizing the seven fundamentals of shooting. For a refresher on those fundamentals or what we like to call “habits,” check out Chris’ all-encompassing article titled “7 Habits of Highly Effective Shooters.” He later goes…

Chris Sajnog shares his tips on how to improve your grip strength
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Grip Strength Grippers: Elevate Your Shooting Performance

Hey, what’s up everybody? In this post, I’m going to discuss the world of grip strength grippers and how they can help to improve your shooting. Let’s go ahead and get started. I’ve been shooting for the majority of my life and one thing I’ve heard everywhere I go is the importance of trigger control….

Chris's image was edited like a cyclops.
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How to Shoot With Both Eyes Open (How to Aim With Both Eyes Open)

When the situation becomes dynamic, you will rely on your ability to take in as much visual information as possible to stay safe and functional. Learning to shoot with both eyes open, thus allowing yourself the superior depth perception and spatial awareness of both eyes open shooting is one more step towards paving your path…

Chris Sajnog reveals the seventh characteristic of a skilled marksman.
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Follow Through Shooting: The 7th Habit of Effective Shooters

Follow through shooting is a term that most of us have heard from the first time anyone taught us about marksmanship fundamentals. But it is also one of the most neglected. Maybe because it’s last on every list, shooters assume it’s the least important. However, neglecting the follow-through can negate all the steps you previously…

Chris looking at the sight alignment of the gun
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Sight Alignment – The Third Habit of Highly Effective Shooting

S. alignment and proper sight picture are the basic tools in the shooter toolbox. Marksmanship is measured in many ways, but most agree, if you aren’t hitting your target, you are doing it wrong. If you aren’t interested in hitting your target, all right, it’s been nice knowing you.  For the rest of you, let’s…

Chris Sajnog and the Fifth Habit of Highly Effective Shooters
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Breathing While Shooting: The Fifth Habit of Highly Effective Shooters

Now before I get attacked by my long-range brethren over the breathing when shooting issue, there are times when this technique should be used and that is when taking long-range shots. What is long range? That’s a topic for a later discussion, but for now let’s define it as any range that is nearing the…

Chris doing the pistol shooting stance
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Pistol Shooting Stance – The First Habit of Highly Effective Shooters

When introducing proper shooting stance, one of the things I teach my students is to have as many things pointing at the target as possible. This includes your toes, hips, shoulders and thumbs.  Proper shooting stance is a full body targeting maneuver. In a perfect world, on a flat range with no one shooting back…

Chris Sajnog teaches fundamentals to improve shooting
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Firearm Fundamentals for Continuous Shooting Improvement

Hello everyone! In this post, I’ll discuss firearm fundamentals and how they can be applied to enhance your shooting skills over time. Let’s go ahead and get started. When I’m at the range, I don’t just focus on my own firing point or lane (unless I’m actively shooting of course). I’m the type of person…

Chris Sajnog instructs on shooting with a single hand.
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Support Hand Shooting – How to Shoot with One Hand

Hey, what’s up everybody? In this post, I’m going to be talking about support hand shooting and how to shoot with one hand to enhance your marksmanship skills. Let’s go ahead and get started. Learning how to shoot with one hand takes practice. When most people hear the word practice, their thoughts immediately revert to…

Chris Sajnog teaches how to exercise your eyes for aim and focus
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Fix Your Eyes, Fix Your Focus, Shoot and Aim Easier with Two Simple Eye Exercises [VIDEO]

IF YOU’RE THAT LAZY…GO AWAY! To my faithful, hardworking New Rules students…let’s go! If you’re like me and your eyesight seems to be getting worse, I’ve got good news; your eyes are muscles. And just like any other muscle in your body, you can make them stronger through exercise. For years we thought that as…