Mentioned only briefly in another recent thread, I thought I'd bring up the elephant in the room as it relates to training.
How important of a role does a firearms instructor's personal physical fitness level play for you in deciding who to train with?
********snip*******)
Ok, yes. I think it matters. However it is not the ONLY thing that matters.Sooo...do you think it matters if an instructor is physically fit? I'm now confused on where you stand on the topic at hand.
100%^^^^^the theme of our thread seems to be shifting slightly. I now seems the answer could be "it depends on what type of firearms training".
For example, in a basic civilian defensive class I assisted with, run by our local PD, almost half of the 16 students were seniors.
While all of our officers are fit and trim, I was able to answer a lot of questions about our rights and various ways to carry that the PD doesn't address. They didn't care if I was fat or not.
On the other hand, I guess I have to agree that if you are taking more advanced classes, you would probably expect your instructor to be able to do the techniques being taught.
Not a big deal to me, as long as they are not continually telling me to run a mile and then put five shots in a two- inch group at 25 yards, knowing they can't do it.
It would be a major issue with me if they were telling me to do something I know they can't do because of poor life choices. That does not mean I would shy away from a older instructor or someone who has a legitimate injury but rather the guy who is 300lbs because he will "just crush" a person in a fight.
Anybody want to tell Larry Vickers he's too fat to train them?
http://vickerstactical.com/
I'll take a Vickers course any day of the week...
... That is though he I was referring to that I wouldn't got to.
I know that's written in English, I just don't understand it. Needs interpreter...
I prefer my trainers to be fluffy AND Filipino. So there.
-J-