Self-defense scenarios
Course Description:
The firearms license exam tests whether you can handle a gun safely and know the law. It doesn't test how you make a decision when someone starts threatening you on the street. That's what Self-defense Scenarios is about.
Self-defense Scenarios is a two-day course for those who carry a gun for personal protection or are thinking about it. On the first day, in the gym, we focus on threat recognition, conflict prevention, de-escalation and communication. You will learn to carry a gun safely concealed and draw it, to escalate the use of force from words through pepper spray to a firearm, to use pepper spray and a firearm at contact distance, and the basics of defending against a knife attack. We will go over self-defense and necessity under Czech law and what to do after a confrontation, including communicating with the police.
The second day is devoted to scenarios from everyday civilian life. You work through them under stress, with training pepper sprays and FX Simunition weapons, a force-on-force system with marking ammunition. We film every scenario and then go over with you whether your response was safe, effective and legally proportionate. FX training weapons with holsters and ammunition are provided free of charge for the second day.
We never have more than 8 students per instructor, so everyone gets real attention and we discuss every one of your decisions in detail.
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Who Is This Course For:
For firearms license holders who carry a gun to protect themselves and their loved ones, and for those who don't have a license yet and want to know what carrying a gun involves in practice. No previous course with us is required, but you should have basic confidence in handling a gun. We can lend you a training gun and a concealed carry holster by arrangement.
What You Will Learn:
After two days you can recognize a threat in time, prevent a conflict and calm it down. You can carry a gun safely concealed and draw it, escalate the use of force and use pepper spray and a firearm at contact distance. You know the basics of knife defense, what Czech law says about self-defense and necessity, and how to act after a confrontation and communicate with the police. And you have worked through a series of scenarios in which you had to decide whether to use your gun, with a video debrief.
Contents:
Day 1: threat identification and situational awareness, conflict prevention and de-escalation, communication in a confrontation, principles of safe concealed carry, drawing from concealed carry, basic responses to different types of attack, escalating the use of force (verbal resolution, pepper spray, firearm), using pepper spray and a firearm at contact distance, basics of defense against a knife attack, self-defense and necessity under Czech law, post-incident procedures and communicating with the police.
Day 2: scenarios from civilian life, resolving confrontations under stress, working with pepper spray and FX Simunition, practicing the decision to use or not use a firearm, video recording of scenarios and a debrief focused on safety, effectiveness and legal proportionality.
Required Equipment:
Day 1: indoor gym shoes. Depending on the gym where the course takes place, we sometimes train on tatami mats, and then barefoot. For both days bring the clothing you normally wear that allows concealed carry, a training gun and a concealed carry holster (we can lend you both by arrangement), and protective glasses, which are mandatory. You can take a shower on site after the first day.
Day 2: outdoor clothing that allows concealed carry and is suited to the weather and temperatures. The scenarios take place in an environment where clothes get dirty easily, so don't bring anything you'd mind ruining. Protective glasses are mandatory on the second day too.
Weapon:
On the second day of the course, all participants can borrow our FX Simunition Glock 17 training weapons free of charge, including holsters and ammunition. ESP training pepper sprays are also available.
Self-defense Courses and the Law:
Czech law does not regulate participation in self-defense courses in any way. You don't need any permit, and it doesn't matter whether you are a citizen of the Czech Republic, another EU country or a country outside the EU. Czech law sets no fixed minimum age, but a minor participant must be reasonably mature, both mentally and physically. We do not recommend registering children under 15 for a course this intensive.
Timing:
Class starts at 9:00 am. Please arrive at the venue no later than 8:30–8:45 am. The course usually ends around 6:00 pm, with a 30-minute lunch break during the day.
Venue:
We run our courses at various locations across the Czech Republic. You will find the exact venue for each date in the calendar, just click on the date. For multi-day courses that use more than one location, all venues are listed there.
Please check the venue carefully before booking. The same course often runs at different locations on different dates. Every now and then a student books a date expecting it to be at our home base, the Oleško shooting range, only to find out on the day that the course is taking place in Moravia, some 300 km away. To avoid this, always click on the date before booking and check where that particular date takes place.
Language:
Czech with English translation available.
Accommodation and Food:
Accommodation is not included in the course fee, each participant arranges and pays for it themselves. There is a 30-minute lunch break, so bring food that doesn't need cooking or ordering, such as an Adventure Menu type ration, an MRE or food from home, and enough to drink for the whole day.
Where to Go Next:
If you have completed
Dynamic Pistol 1,
Dynamic Pistol 2 and
Dynamic Pistol 3, you can continue with
Dynamic Pistol 4, where you will learn to shoot at contact distance, create distance from an attacker, retain your weapon and shoot after physical exertion. You will find contact-distance fighting in gear and gun retention techniques at
Hand to Hand Combat and Gun Retention. And because an attack can happen at home too, it makes sense to continue with
Home Defense, where you will learn to move through an apartment and down a hallway and to barricade your home. A first aid kit belongs with a gun. At our one-day
First Responder course you will learn to stop massive bleeding with a tourniquet and a pressure bandage, open the airway and perform CPR, so you can help an injured person survive until the ambulance arrives.
Have a Question?
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