Josh is a Grand Master pistol shooter and has been shooting competitively since 2015. He is among the most humble and approachable instructors I could have asked for. I have had private instruction from Josh on two separate occasions, and he begins each course by asking the students about their goals. I see this as a crucial step that most instructors ignore. We spoke over the phone before I attended each course, and he designed a full-day class around achieving my goals. In both cases, he surpassed them (by far) at the end of the day.

I was most impressed by the camaraderie and supportive atmosphere in general. There were lots of smiles (not egos) and friendly advice (not condescending comments). The “tech support” was amazing, with instructors really going above and beyond to help students get their rifles back up and running to stay in the game. When there were any actual issues/broken parts rendering guns inoperable, multiple students came forward with their spare rifle to act as loaners for the rest of the day. It really felt like a team, which was great.

I see why all the instructors say this is their favorite class to teach. Because it really drives the importance of good fundamentals, and just how much better you should when you practice it. I know I have taken only 3 pistol courses so far, but this is the one class where I saw some impressive improvements from majority of the class. Even some of the seasoned shooters seem to adjust on how they were shooting.

The course started with a discussion of bleeding, and we all know bleeding = tourniquets. Besides thorough discussion of application (including the difference between hasty and deliberate), the comparison of tourniquet types was absolutely excellent. David covered CAT, SOF-T (regular), and SOF-T (wide). Most classes seem to stop at the CAT, which is unfortunate.

Although all levels of shooter would benefit from this fundamentals class…
Having basic safe gun-handling skills, knowing how to safely draw/re-holster, reloads, malfunctions, and the like are unspoken minimum expectations.
If I’m being honest with myself, I’d have to say that I am a “good-enough shooter” except in reality, there is no such thing. I inconsistently hit the target more/less. The problem is that recent events have placed a burden of performance on those who should carry to do what Eli Dicken did at distance. “Good enough” doesn’t get the job done, doesn’t save lives and worse. Game. Must. Be. Upped. Period.

When I signed up I didn't necessarily understand the course name "Advanced Application of Pistol Fundamentals"--but after taking the class that is the best way to describe it. The course outline of warming up with the basics--reviewing grip, stance, proper trigger press, and other fundamentals; then applying these fundamentals to an "advanced" shot like hitting a Green Ops target from 50 yards exposes all of the weaknesses in your fundamentals and clearly illustrates what you need to work on.

I was remarking to an acquaintance a couple weeks ago that “I’m not a shotgun guy”. And it’s true. I have shot zero rounds of clays/skeet/trap in my life. I respect the shotgun as a weapons platform, especially in close range capacities, but I’m a pistol guy when it comes to home defense. Most of my shotgun shooting is in 3gun, where it’s definitely not my strong suit, Yet, when I look in my safe, I’ve got six shotguns in there. To your usual non-gun-ethusiast normie, this would make me the shotgun king.

For women I encourage all to take the training. You won’t be disappointed, you won’t feel left out and you won’t feel as though it’s male dominant. Everyone is treated the same, everyone gets the same training, everyone gets the same attention. If you don’t understand some thing, my goodness they spend the time with you until you get it! ALL the instructors are Very generous and patient with their time.

I can’t say enough wonderful things about the instructors at Green Ops.

Before I start, let me say that this was during their very first time running the class so it may have changed. Chris Alvarez designed the class from the ground up and he did an amazing job with the design and flow. Additionally, the other instructors are Max Delo and Jose Gordon (who is the feature guest on Episode 1 of Modern Samurai Project) and with any Green Ops course, the instructors are the best part. There is not only a wealth of information but all 3 have different personality types so there is sure to be an instructor for you and with any Green Ops course you will work with and receive feedback from all 3 during all/most drills for a variety of performance improvement.

Over the past 11 years I have been a professional gunsmith and gradually learned the skills and my shop had acquired tooling for building and servicing the AK platform. I have built and re-built several AK rifles, pistols and SBRs. I even have some experience with select fire variants. I feel I am fairly well-versed in the history, cycle of operations, and fairly knowledgeable about the minutiae of differences in several AK pattern rifles produced by countries around the world, some which no longer exist as they did during the Cold War.