Kind Words
"I had a great time at the Fundamental Pistol class this past weekend. The instruction and the staff were fantastic. I left a much better shooter than I arrived. Can't wait to practice the skills I learned. Hope to see you again soon."
Jim P.
"Jay teaches his course differently than most carbine courses out there and in my opinion we all need to take a course from his point of view. It is more along how we in the States will come to use a M4 or (M1 Carbine, now that was cool btw) in a defense situation."
Scott T.
"The week before Christmas I received an email from our friends at Low Speed High Drag with regards to some personal training opportunities on Dec 27th and 28th. I immediately emailed Jay and asked if we could do some refresher pistol training on the 27th. We agreed to go shoot an early morning session in some balmy 30 degree weather.
We started off the two hour session with a thorough safety briefing that detailed emergency procedures, the cardinal rules of gun safety, and Jay really emphasized muzzle discipline since we were shooting handguns that day. It was a great start to our session and it is always nice to hit home the importance of basic safety rules. After the safety brief, Jay wanted to start the day by shooting some slow fire so he could evaluate my stance, grip, and trigger control. This was the first time that I have had handgun instruction from Jay and he was quick to notice my flaws. Jay has a great eye for detail, and he quickly noted that he had some improvements that needed to be made to my grip and trigger control. We then started shooting some drills. We ran some trigger control drills, worked on reloads, "Bill" Drills, 3 two 1 drills, dry fire 5 times followed by 1 live fire, and finished with some more dry fire tips. Jay also worked with me on resetting the trigger during recoil and breaking the habit of "riding the reset" in my Glock. Thanks to Jay's trigger control tips my speed increased. All draws were made from concealment thanks to our lovely Pittsburgh weather.
The training that I received from Jay was very thorough and detailed in just a short two hour session. It was great to get out and get some instruction to help me get through the "Winter Time Blues." He gave me several key areas of my technique to work on in the future: 1. Improved Grip 2. Trigger control and reset during recoil 3. Reloads, Reloads, Reloads (I need lots of practice) It was a great training session with Jay, and I would recommend his training to anyone especially if you are in the Pittsburgh area. Jay greatly improved my reloads, grip, and trigger control in a short 2 hour session. Jay pays great attention to detail and his "No BS" type of instruction will improve your shooting. I look forward to attending some of Jay's classes this year. If you want some great instruction around the Pittsburgh/Tri-State area send Jay an email. You will not regret it!"
Justin D.
"Jay:
I'll again say thanks. It was a great class for me. After reflecting on the class I can say it did 3 things for me. 1. The class confirmed things I thought I knew. 2. The class completed my knowledge with things I understood or was aware of, but didn't have a complete grasp on or knew the reason behind it. 3. The class taught me some brand new things. So an all 3 accounts "learning occurred" as the saying goes. I'm looking forward to range time to personally work on my skills, as well as looking forward to the next step up in training when the time is right. I'll keep my eye on your training calendar, so I'm sure you'll see me again. As critique of you as an instructor, you have things pretty well squared away. The drills were appropriate and progressive in design; successive drills built on the previous. You had good control and authority over the firing line. And you took the time when needed, or asked, for personal attention and questions. Ditto for Ashton. Take care."
Greg A.
AAR - Low Speed High Drag VSM 1 Day Carbine June 4th, 2011
"Jay, Just wanted to say thank you for class yesterday. The class material was laid out and flowed well, I was impressed w/ your presenting and teaching skills also. I will be training w/ you again in the future for sure. Take care,"
Todd M.
"Hi Jay,Great class! I truly appreciate your patience. I realize everyone else had some experience, and I am amazed at how well you balanced the differences. I was worried about holding everyone back with the very simple things. I usually like to be little more self sufficient in any kind of class setting out of respect for others, but I suppose there has to be first. Thanks for guiding me through it!The only thing I could have done different, is to have gotten a couple hours of the very very basics ahead of time. Like "register position" becoming an automatic grip, ease of trigger finger to firing to switching safety on in a smooth manner, loading, reloading and the difference between when we did a load when we hit the empty round versus loading with safety on, unloading and clearing the gun. (oh and also that damn charging handle that didn’t like me :-) ). I think drilling though these things first, would have allowed me to concentrate more on the technique you were teaching as opposed to the basics of how to even generically perform the step. Of course this has to do with me not the class. I am very happy with everything, and again appreciate how well you balanced this all out. I am sure how people learn makes a difference as well. I am a think before you do learner, but once I have some knowledge I know how to make decisions.Anyway, I will say it again - Great class and thank you!"
Melanie W.
"Wanted to give a little testimonial about the time I've spent training with Jay. I didn't grow up around guns, didn't grow up shooting them so let me be the first to say I'm a novice. Jay's philosophy to instruction is something you should consider exposing yourself to regardless of your current skill level. The reason I say this is I taught western boxing for some years and also high performance driving so I've plenty of experience being a teacher and more importantly a student. Let me say Jay is first and foremost a teacher and I think a great one. I've gone from really having no idea what I'm doing other than a gun has "dangerous end" to being a decent shot.Jay's instruction has made some pretty drastic improvements for me. The one round in the bottom left of the target was already there "not mine". This grouping was done at 27-28 yards with a Smith and Wesson 1911. The other 5 hits were 5 for 5 with just store bought Remington 185 grain. I know it's not a ragged hole but before working with Jay I can pretty confidently tell you the only hole would have been the one that was already there. Just wanted you to know that there is no way I could have made those hits before training with you and thanks."
Chris S.
"We had a really great time today! You are a great instructor and we learned a lot. I have a feeling next time I may not even be as nervous lol :) Anyway, let me know when you will be free again cuz we are looking forward to the next session. Again Jay, thanks for everything!"
Kristi P.
"I've worked with Jay a few times now. I've owned AR's since 1991, and THOUGHT I knew what I was doing... until I met Jay, in July, 2009. Compared to what I've learned SINCE meeting him, I realized my previous 18 years were a mere drop in the bucket.If you want to be able to ACTUALLY deploy your rifle when the need arises - as opposed to fumbling everything and wetting yourself - this will be the BEST money you can spend, outside acquiring the rifle itself! Jay is a great & patient teacher, and this training will GIVE you the skills and confidence to tackle a longer course, and avoid becoming, "THAT guy" when you do."
Bob M.
"Hey gents I saw some people calling a particular AK rifle setup as the Vickers AK - I must point out that I got the idea to set mine up from Jay Cunningham in one or more of my AK classes after seeing several custom AK's - I felt then as I still do now that it is the best all-around package. Just wanted to set the record straight. Now back to regularly scheduled programming......"
Master Sergeant (ret.) Larry A. Vickers
AAR - LSHD Vickers Shooting Method Kalashnikov Basic - Beaver Falls, PA - December 18, 2010
As someone who has twice benefited from Jay’s outstanding ability to organize and host classes, I cannot say enough good things about him. Great things ahead for LSHD!"
Todd Louis Green
"Since it's approaching winter I don't know how many of you have classes lined up in the coming months and weeks. As has been covered in preceding posts I've been getting together with Jay pretty regularly to prepare for a Viking Tactics Nightfighter Class I finished last week. It's hard to understate the value of consistent practice and preparation for a training opportunity. Some guys go to classes to work out the kinks in their technique but I think this is a flawed approach especially for people like Kyle Lamb. The class was so intense that if I had been working out kinks during class I would have been falling behind and missing out on training. Jay's method is pretty simple and if I may say much like engineering. The Japanese have a word "kaizen" which means a process of modest, continuing improvement rather than revolutionary change.
Basically Jay and I went through my technique to identify and correct problems which at the end of 4 weeks resulted in significant improvement. Because of this I knew my gear would work, I could operate my light and weapon equally well from either hand, my reloads and transitions were smooth and my marksmanship was as good as I've ever been (broke back prone, offhand shooting under a car at 100 yards with first shot hits). When Kyle looked at me and said "You've gotten a lot better, it's coming together for you isn't it?" I was humbled by the compliment, but I also knew it was the result of putting in the work and practice with Jay. Having someone else watch you execute technique gives you two sets of eyes and two brains to troubleshoot technique. This is far more efficient and effective than just going to the range alone. Talking things out and experimenting with what works and what doesn't helps you understand why certain things are done the way they are. Thanks again Jay."
John B.
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