Learn to Shoot in Low Light with a Flashlight at an ADTA Dry-Fire Workshop

Darkness provides good cover for criminal activity.  The result is that many self-defense situations may occur in low light.  Your objective in practicing this skill is to illuminate the threat quickly and hit your target accurately.  This will also let you blind the threat while illuminating them as a clear target.

Learn to Shoot at an ADTA Beginners Workshop

By attending ADTA’s 4-hour Beginners Workshop you will learn the skills necessary to start earning your Safe Shooter Certification.  When completed, you'll then be qualified to participate in our Live-Fire events.

Training with ADTA:  From Dry-Fire Practice to Live-Fire Shooting

In this video our trainee learns to clear failure-to-fire malfunctions while moving from cover to cover.  She begins with dry-fire training, then puts the skills to use by live-fire shooting in an open tactical bay.  The point is that dry-fire and live-fire go hand-in-hand in developing your defensive shooting skills.

ADTA Dry-Fire Workshop – Learning to Shoot in Many Positions

In this video our trainees shoot from many different positions.  The point of the exercise is to determine which positions are the most comfortable for you.  That way you know what would works best if you are ever in a shooting situation.

COMPILATION FROM EIGHT ADTA LIVE-FIRE  TRAINING EVENTS

Here's a compilation of short video clips from eight different ADTA Live-Fire training events. Many of the shooters you see started as beginners, were trained in our New Shooter 101 program, and have now moved up to intermediate-level.

It's one thing to stand and shoot in a target lane. It's entirely different when you get out into an open bay and really start having some fun!

HIT THE GROUND, THEN COME UP SHOOTING!

Suppose you are engaged in a deadly confrontation and get knocked to the ground.  This training exercise helps prepare you for this situation where you need to recover quickly and come up shooting!

LIVE-FIRE ADVANCED TRAINING FOR EXPERIENCED SHOOTERS

This was the second year our 3-hour Special Event was held in the Federal Way Indoor Range tactical training bays.  We asked that all shooters have their ADTA Defensive Shooter certification, which assured that everybody had the skills necessary to run the scenarios cleanly and safely.

Many thanks to our dedicated and talented volunteers for making this a fun and worthwhile event!

Draw and Shoot Quickly

Get Off the "X", Draw and Shoot

Turn Around, Draw and Shoot

Sudden Confrontation in a Restaurant

Fight and break away, then Run and Shoot

Standoff with an Advancing Threat

Confronting Active Threats with your Rifle

MORE LIVE-FIRE ADVANCED TRAINING FOR EXPERIENCED SHOOTERS

This 3-hour special event was held on Sept 28, 2019 in the Federal Way Indoor Range tactical training bays.  Because all shooters held the ADTA Safe Shooter certification, we were able to hit the ground running with fun and challenging live-fire scenarios.

Many thanks to our talented and dedicated volunteer instructors for making this event one of the best we have ever had!

Engaging an active killer in close-quarter contact

Draw & Shoot Warmup Exercise

Draw & Shoot From a Car

Engaging an active shooter in a crowded area

Basic Long Gun Handling for Home Defense

Self-Defense in a Restaurant

Shooting on the Ground

Active Shooter at the Mall

ADTA Live-Fire Warmup Exercise

ADTA New Shooter Mentoring

ADTA Live-Fire Shooting Line

LIVE-FIRE PRACTICE
SHOOTING ON THE MOVE

In an actual defensive situation it's unlikely that everyone will be standing still. ADTA instructor Wu Chin draws on his martial arts background to show our live fire practice attendees how to hit the target while their bodies are in motion. Take careful note of his graceful footwork.

LIVE-FIRE PRACTICE
SHOOTING IN LOW LIGHT

Shooting in low light is a practical skill that can't be learned by going to the range on your own. ADTA instructor Chad Hiatt puts our shooters through the paces, showing them how to handle firearm and flashlight in synchronized motion.

LIVE-FIRE PRACTICE
TUELLER DRILL WITH MOVING TARGET

Sergeant Dennis Tueller of the Salt Lake City PD established that an attacker with a knife 21 feet away can reach you in 1.5 seconds. Additional measurements with average people show that 1.5 – 2 seconds is typical. 

Even though our moving target is not quite that speedy, this exercise  gives our trainees some hands-on experience with this life-threatening situation.

PEPPER SPRAY WORKSHOP

Our pepper spray workshop gives trainees exposure to the basic types of pepper spray, using inert practice canisters.

Besides learning the basics, there are two other important takeaways from this workshop: (1) Pepper spray is an alternative to lethal force that is more acceptable to law enforcement, compared to using a firearm, and (2) If you feel threatened, you have no need to provide warning before using it.

USING A CANE FOR SELF-DEFENSE

Using a cane for self-defense is an attractive non-lethal way of defending yourself. Plus you can take a cane anywhere other weapons are not permitted, for example schools, courtrooms, and even airplanes.

Our workshop shows attendees the basics of using canes to disarm attacks and how to retain your cane if the attacker tries to take it from you. In this video you will also see two attendees using their walking sticks as weapons.

ADTA 2017 Annual Fun Shoot

ADTA Steel Plate Shooting

ADTA Runs a Cold Range

Get Off the "X"

Shooting From Cover

Shooting With Both Hands

LOW-LIGHT SHOOTING WORKSHOP

Shooting in low light is a basic home-defense skill. In this workshop trainees work with SIRT laser training pistols and handheld tactical flashlights.

First the trainees practice with the equipment. Then they learn how to enter a room with minimum exposure of their bodies to potential threats in the room. Finally they enter a dark room, and shoot while illuminating various targets with their flashlights.

HOME DEFENSE ADVICE

We asked ADTA Founder and Chief Instructor Chad Hiatt the question, “If you had one piece of advice for people wanting to defend their homes against crime, what would it be?”

Here’s the gist of his reply: “I would say that the best thing you could do is seriously consider your own capabilities and your own realistic reaction in that sort of situation…. At home, the moment the glass breaks, or the door shatters, … That’s not the moment to learn how to use the firearm.”

WOMEN’S SELF DEFENSE
VOICE DEFENSE

Our demeanor, our fighting spirit, and our face, are the most empowering tools we have. Every serial rapist, every serial killer, is looking for a passive victim. They don’t want to take on somebody that looks they’re going to fight back. If you set a verbal boundary, and then you defend yourself, people who heard you understand that they had it coming. If you have to defend yourself they will testify in your favor.

WOMEN’S SELF DEFENSE
FIGHTING SPIRIT

In this video our instructor shows you how to get your fighting spirit ready for self-defense exercises by using strong voice sounds called “Kiai”.

BEGINNER'S TRAINING
NEW SHOOTER 101

Do you want to learn to shoot?  Find out what ADTA has to offer by attending one of our New Shooter 101 workshops.  Not only do we show you how our beginner's training program works, we give you some hands-on experience in basic handgun operations.

WOMEN’S SELF DEFENSE
DON’T TOUCH ME!

If someone grabs me, the first thing I want to know is, why are they grabbing me? Who are they? What is my relationship to them? In this demonstration I’m going to assume they are just being obnoxious and not actually threatening me. So I’m going to show you how to get away, then use your voice to set a verbal boundary by saying, “Please don’t touch me again!”

WOMEN’S SELF DEFENSE
A LINE IN THE SAND

When we’re thinking about defending ourselves, we have to establish a line in the sand, and that’s going to be different for everyone. What I mean by that is that you need to have a plan in your head, and answer the question, am I willing to use force to defend myself?

WOMEN’S SELF DEFENSE
USE YOUR HAMMER FIST

Making a fist is something we do naturally when we are feeling aggressive or assertive. However striking with your knuckles is going to break your hand. Using a hammer fist is an effective way to defend yourself with your fist without using your knuckles.

WOMEN’S SELF DEFENSE
USE EXPLOSIVE AGGRESSION

If you choose to attack, you need to use explosive, unmerciful aggression. You’ve got to commit to it. Once you make that shift, you have to give it everything you’ve got.

WOMEN’S SELF DEFENSE
PALM HEEL STRIKE

This exercise is called the palm heel strike. The key to making this work is holding your hand in the correct position as you attack.

WOMEN’S SELF DEFENSE
PROTECT AGAINST ATTACK

When you’re attacked, you have to think about what kind of attacker you are dealing with, because the way you defend differs. For example, suppose the attacker is your daughter. You don’t want to hurt her, but you may be in danger if she is drunk or high. This exercise shows you the minimal force needed to just get away.

TACTICAL RELOAD EXERCISE

A tactical reload is when you reload and no one is shooting at you. The objective is to “top up” your gun with a full magazine when the opportunity presents itself. Finger guns are used by both instructor and trainees in this short demonstration.