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<blockquote data-quote="Hamp Sandwich" data-source="post: 2612898" data-attributes="member: 34919"><p>Hello. I’m a first time poster, and I have joined solely because of this thread. When the original negative comment about the private training was brought to my attention, I felt shocked and offended. I am one of the students that attended that private training class. I feel an overwhelming need to clarify what that training class was all about, and to set the record straight on behalf of the Badlands instructors.</p><p></p><p>The custom training class that we requested revolved around “real world” self-defense situations with an emphasis on hand-to-hand fighting. This involved a considerable amount of ground work. It also included defense with and against weapons such as knives and handguns, and utilized plastic training knives and UTM training pistols. This training class was not standard, and the curriculum was requested by the two of us that attended.</p><p></p><p>Throughout the course, we ran many drills, and we put them to practice in scenarios that you aren’t likely to find in an average studio. The drills will wear you down and even get you bruised, scraped and winded, but the scenarios are even more difficult. They are physically, mentally and emotionally taxing. We weren’t there to talk about the perfect weaver stance and gently do tai-chi while high fiving after trust falls; we were there to experience and train for violent situations. That’s just what we did.</p><p></p><p>In the scenarios, we learned a lot about how we respond to a violent situation, and how to deal with it. This isn’t achieved by having someone yell obscenities at you from across the room. It’s done by padding up as much as possible, and getting attacked. I can tell you, it feels real. It is nerve racking, it’s confusing, it’s painful and it is frightening. Days afterwards, thinking about the scenarios can get your heart rate up, and the bruises and sore muscles will make you feel like medicating for a week. Keep in mind, I’m telling you the facts about what I personally experienced. Things that I previously thought that I would or could do, were optimistic expectations. I was learning the reality of being attacked.</p><p></p><p>So, why would someone go through all of this? The same reason someone would train to shoot with their CCW&#8230; To quote a sign on the wall at Badlands, “When bad things are happening, we don’t rise to our expectations &#8211; we fall to our level of TRAINING!” We all realize at some point that we aren’t prepared for things that we haven’t experienced on some level. Our custom training class allowed us to experience the violence of an attack and to defend against it without being in any real danger. If there were any real dangers or problems, I would have personally addressed them with the folks at Badlands long ago, and certainly not on the internet. </p><p></p><p>This kind of experience would NOT have been possible without the instructors. The Badlands instructors are professional, attentive and are willing to get on the ground with you. Some of them pick up scrapes and bruises while training with you, and when you bruise and scuff them up, they might just tell you that you’re doing it right. They are not violent or offensive, nor do they behave in a criminal manner! Their goal is to deliver the best training they have to offer, and when they are training a student for a violent scenario, they succeed while keeping the students safe.</p><p></p><p>In summation, if I didn’t recommend Badlands, I would be doing people a disservice. They have a great facility, and amazing instructors. The regularly scheduled classes are awesome, and the custom classes are top notch. Frankly, they don’t charge enough for what you can learn there, and anyone that has been there will likely agree.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hamp Sandwich, post: 2612898, member: 34919"] Hello. I’m a first time poster, and I have joined solely because of this thread. When the original negative comment about the private training was brought to my attention, I felt shocked and offended. I am one of the students that attended that private training class. I feel an overwhelming need to clarify what that training class was all about, and to set the record straight on behalf of the Badlands instructors. The custom training class that we requested revolved around “real world” self-defense situations with an emphasis on hand-to-hand fighting. This involved a considerable amount of ground work. It also included defense with and against weapons such as knives and handguns, and utilized plastic training knives and UTM training pistols. This training class was not standard, and the curriculum was requested by the two of us that attended. Throughout the course, we ran many drills, and we put them to practice in scenarios that you aren’t likely to find in an average studio. The drills will wear you down and even get you bruised, scraped and winded, but the scenarios are even more difficult. They are physically, mentally and emotionally taxing. We weren’t there to talk about the perfect weaver stance and gently do tai-chi while high fiving after trust falls; we were there to experience and train for violent situations. That’s just what we did. In the scenarios, we learned a lot about how we respond to a violent situation, and how to deal with it. This isn’t achieved by having someone yell obscenities at you from across the room. It’s done by padding up as much as possible, and getting attacked. I can tell you, it feels real. It is nerve racking, it’s confusing, it’s painful and it is frightening. Days afterwards, thinking about the scenarios can get your heart rate up, and the bruises and sore muscles will make you feel like medicating for a week. Keep in mind, I’m telling you the facts about what I personally experienced. Things that I previously thought that I would or could do, were optimistic expectations. I was learning the reality of being attacked. So, why would someone go through all of this? The same reason someone would train to shoot with their CCW… To quote a sign on the wall at Badlands, “When bad things are happening, we don’t rise to our expectations – we fall to our level of TRAINING!” We all realize at some point that we aren’t prepared for things that we haven’t experienced on some level. Our custom training class allowed us to experience the violence of an attack and to defend against it without being in any real danger. If there were any real dangers or problems, I would have personally addressed them with the folks at Badlands long ago, and certainly not on the internet. This kind of experience would NOT have been possible without the instructors. The Badlands instructors are professional, attentive and are willing to get on the ground with you. Some of them pick up scrapes and bruises while training with you, and when you bruise and scuff them up, they might just tell you that you’re doing it right. They are not violent or offensive, nor do they behave in a criminal manner! Their goal is to deliver the best training they have to offer, and when they are training a student for a violent scenario, they succeed while keeping the students safe. In summation, if I didn’t recommend Badlands, I would be doing people a disservice. They have a great facility, and amazing instructors. The regularly scheduled classes are awesome, and the custom classes are top notch. Frankly, they don’t charge enough for what you can learn there, and anyone that has been there will likely agree. [/QUOTE]
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