Chris Sajnog in front of his laptop doing his podcast
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The Best Firearm and Meditation Podcasts

The American Warrior Show If it wasn’t clear from the title, this best firearms podcast is all about warriors and self-defense. Mike Seeklander hosts the show and is also the owner and founder of the American Warrior Society where there are forums on everything from guns and tactics to medicine and fitness. The John 1911…

Chris aiming using a pistol the right way
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How To Aim a Pistol The Right Way – Navy SEAL Shooting Fundamentals

How to Aim a Handgun Using Sight Alignment First I’d like to introduce sight alignment. How to aim a handgun with Sight alignment involves your front and rear sights. Most pistols have an open sighting system, meaning your rear sight is “U” shaped and your front sight is “I” shaped. To align the sights, you…

Chris sitting and holding a set of cards
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Committing Learning and Memory for Long Term

When you learn something new, whether it’s someone’s name or a shooting technique, the knowledge is initially stored in your short-term memory. Your recall of this knowledge will be best in the moments immediately following your learning it. As time passes, maybe several hours or a few days, you lose some of the details of…

Chris teaching to shoot at home
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Learn to Shoot at Home—It’s Easier, Cheaper, and Will Make You Better

​​You are going to save time and money by learning how to stand, grip the firearm, focus, and aim the gun at home. I am here to save you money, people, and make you better shooters. If you do make it to the range for a shooting course, that’s great, but you’re going to have questions after the lesson and after…

Chris Sajnog holding a M4 rifle
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Online Shooting Course – 7 Reasons My Method Will Make You Better

​​​​​1. I’m a certified firearms instructor with a proven track record. ​There are some very good firearms instructors out there. The problem is, you’ll need to weed out the ones who claim they are instructors because they were in the military, law enforcement, or their grandpa just taught them really well, to find the good…

A man sitting on a cliff
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How To Build Shooting Confidence For Firearms

Confidence is like a muscle, if you work it, it’s going to grow. And becoming a more confident person is easy if you know what to do. Here are five techniques that lay it out and make it easy  How To Build Shooting Confidence For Firearms 1. ​PRACTICE ​By simply practicing whatever you want to…

Chris Sajnog's stages of skill development
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Stages Of Skill Development And The Best Way To Master It

Skill Development Stages Unconscious Incompetence The first of the five stages, unconscious incompetence, is pretty straightforward. At this stage, you don’t understand or know how to execute the skill (incompetence) but you also may not even recognize the lack of the skill in your life (unconscious). This stage of skill development will see you question…

image of a fired pistol and how to break poor shooting habits
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How to Get Rid of Poor Shooting Habits Once And For All

Practicing at the range. The way most people learn to shoot is at a live fire range. They go to a range and get handed a live firearm and are told, “If you do anything wrong, someone could die.” They don’t know how to stand, grip the gun, aim, focus, or manipulate the trigger. The…

Chris Sajnog and his focused fitness in shooting firearms
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Firearms Focused Fitness (Functional Fitness and Shooting)

After over 20 years in the military, I’ve made firearms focused fitness or functional fitness the cornerstone of all my training. But I see many in the military and law enforcement out of shape and even obese. It’s a proven fact that you’re more likely to use excessive force if you’re out of shape for…

Chris Sajnog teaches the four simple steps in drawing your pistol.
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How to Draw a Pistol in 4 Simple Steps

Whether it’s drawing your firearm against an active shooter, someone with an edged weapon, or any other weapon of opportunity, the fundamentals and the end game should always be the same — your eyes, weapon, and sights up on the threat and stopping the threat. Many LE operators only incorporate drawing from the holster during…