The Dark Side of Training

By Bob Owens | 9:17 AM | May 29, 2014

Italian operator “Instructor Zero” of Spartan 360 Tactical Defence may be one of the fastest “practical/tactical” shooters I’ve seen. He can shoot accurately, at speed, from almost any position, in duty gear, with any weapon system I’ve seen him pick up.

In this video he’s talking about his new training series, which relies upon using his “Intelligently Controlled Targeting System” (essentially, targets on a stick moving in every direction controlled by humans standing on either side of and slightly behind the shooter) and shooting in under conditions of stress, discomfort, and pain.

Forget that Dos Equis actor…

…when it comes to tactical shooting, Instructor Zero is far more interesting to watch.

Bob Owens is the Editor of BearingArms.com. Bob is a graduate of roughly 400 hours of professional firearms training classes, including square range and force-on force work with handguns and carbines. He is a past volunteer instructor with Project Appleseed. He most recently received his Vehicle Close Quarters Combat Instructor certification from Centrifuge Training, and is the author of the short e-book, So You Want to Own a Gun. He can be found on Twitter at bob_owens.