Anyone make the transition to the FIST-FIRE method?

[D.R. Middlebrooks]

@ D.R. Middlebrooks...

First off, do you have a YouTube channel where you might have some very abbreviated and/or edited clips from your DVD's uploaded?

Just the ones I've posted here...

Second, as far as that list goes with all the different match and division wins, would you care to add actual names to that list?

It is difficult for me to tell if you have just 5 disciples...err...FAST-FIRE sponsored shooters going around the country scooping up all these wins...or if you have 20 devout followers.

Sure, no problem...

Let's see, As far as National & World Championship titles go, I won most of the titles myself followed by Daniel Horner, Barb & Rick Simes. Then there was James Eddy, Andy Horner who won some Regionals. Bob Hundley & Kevin Apland won some High Military Titles. Here's the updated list of what me and six of my FIST-FIRE Instructors won:

1st Place: 1998 Winchester World Challenge - Stock Gun World Champion

1st Place: 1998 Virginia State IDPA – - ESP State Champion

1st Place: 1998 West Virginia IDPA -- ESP State Champion

1st Place: 1998 West Virginia IDPA - Ladies State Champion

1st Place: 1998 North Carolina IDPA -- ESP State Champion

1st Place: 1998 Eastern Regional IDPA - ESP Champion

1st Place: 1998 Eastern Regional IDPA Ladies Champion

1st Place: 1998 Florida State IDPA - ESP Champion

1st Place: 1998 Florida State IDPA - Ladies Champion

1st Place: 1999 World Shoot Off - Stock Gun Champion

1st Place: 1999 Tennessee State IDPA - SSP Champion

1st Place: 2000 Eastern Regional IDPA - CDP Champion

1st Place: 2000 Blackwater Challenge - CDP Champion

1st Place: 2000 Blackwater Challenge - Ladies Champion

1st Place: 2000 World Shoot Off - IDPA Champion

1st Place: 2000 IDPA Nationals - ESP National Champion

1st Place: 2000 Virginia State IDPA - ESP Champion

1st Place: 2000 Virginia State IDPA - Ladies Champion

1st Place: 2000 Tennessee State IDPA - ESP Champion

1st Place: 2001 World Shoot Off - Stock Gun Champion

1st Place: 2001 World Shoot Off - IDPA Champion

1st Place: 2001 World Shoot Off - Jr. Stock Gun World Champion

1st Place: 2001 World Shoot Off - Ladies Stock Gun World Champion

1st Place: 2001 Blackwater Challenge - Match Champion

1st Place: 2001 Blackwater Challenge - ESP Champion

1st Place: 2001 Blackwater Challenge - Ladies Champion

1st Place: 2001 Blackwater Challenge - SSP Champion

1st Place: 2001 Virginia State IDPA - SSP Champion

1st Place: 2001 Virginia State IDPA Ladies Champion

1st Place: 2002 Mid-West Regional IDPA - SSP Regional Champion

1st Place: 2002 Carolina Cup IDPA - SSP State Champion

1st Place: 2002 Carolina Cup IDPA - Ladies State Champion

1st Place: 2002 Commonwealth Cup IDPA - Ladies State Champion

1st Place: 2002 Winchester World Challenge - IDPA World Champion

1st Place: 2002 World Shoot Off - IDPA World Champion

1st Place: 2002 World Shoot Off - Stock Gun World Champion

1st Place: 2002 All Navy Match – All Navy National Champion

1st Place: 2002 Florida State IDPA - ESP State Champion

1st Place: 2002 Tennessee State IDPA - SSP State Champion

1st Place: 2002 Southern Regional IDPA - SSP State Champion

1st Place: 2002 Mississippi State IDPA - SSP State Champion

1st Place: 2003 Virginia Indoor IDPA - ESP Regional Champion

1st Place: 2003 Virginia Indoor IDPA - SSP Regional Champion

1st Place: 2003 Southern Regional IDPA - SSP Regional Champion

1st Place: 2003 Tennessee State IDPA - SSP State Champion

1st Place: 2003 PSA Shootout - Stock Gun Speed Steel Champion

1st Place: 2003 Alabama IDPA - ESP State Champion

1st Place: 2003 Kentucky-Tennessee IDPA - SSP Regional Champion

1st Place: 2003 Commonwealth Cups IDPA - SSP Champion

1st Place: 2003 Winchester Challenge – IDPA World Champion

1st Place: 2003 World Shoot Off - Jr. Stock Gun World Champion

1st Place: 2003 World Shoot Off - IDPA World Champion

1st Place: 2003 Steel Challenge - IDPA World Speed Shooting Champion

1st Place: 2004 Virginia Indoor IDPA - ESP Regional Champion

1st Place: 2004 Indiana State IDPA - SSP State Champion

1st Place: 2004 Southern Regional IDPA - ESP Regional Champion

1st Place: 2004 Mid-West Regional IDPA - SSP Regional Champion

1st Place: 2004 Winchester World Challenge - IDPA World Champion

1st Place: 2004 World Shoot Off - Jr. Stock Gun World Champion

1st Place: 2004 World Shoot Off - IDPA World Shoot Off Champion

1st Place: 2004 Steel Challenge - IDPA World Speed Shooting Champion

1st Place: 2004 N.C. RECON 3-Gun Championships - Match Champion

1st Place: 2004 N.C. Tactical Invitational 3-Gun Championship - Match Champion

1st Place: 2004 IDPA Nationals - ESP National Champion

1st Place: 2005 Virginia Indoor IDPA - ESP Regional Champion

1st Place: 2005 Arkansas State IDPA - SSP State Champion

1st Place: 2005 PSA Shootout - Stock Gun Speed Steel Champion

1st Place: 2005 Maryland IDPA Championships - Enhanced Service Division

1st Place: 2005 USPSA Area 6 Championships - Limited-10 Champion

1st Place: 2005 MGM IRONMAN 3-Gun Championships - Tactical Champion

1st Place: 2005 N.C. RECON 3-Gun Championship - Match Champion

1st Place: 2005 Carolina Tactical 3-Gun Championship - Match Champion

1st Place: 2005 Steel Challenge IDPA - ESP World Champion

1st Place: 2005 IDPA Nationals - ESP National Champion

1st Place: 2006 Mason-Dixon 3-Gun Championships - Tactical Champion

1st Place: 2006 Arkansas USPSA 3-Gun Championships - Limited State Champion

1st Place: 2007 VA Indoor Regional IDPA Championships - ESP Champion

1st Place: 2007 Tri State Regional IDPA Championships - SSP Champion

1st Place: 2007 Blackwater Regional Challenge - Match Champion

1st Place: 2007 Midwest 3-Gun Championships - Scoped Tactical Champion

1st Place: 2007 Winchester World Challenge - Stock Gun World Champion

1st Place: 2007 American Handgunner World Shoot Off - Stock Gun World Champion

1st Place: 2007 TSA "Street Gun Nationals" - Top Military National Champion

1st Place: 2007 TSA "Street Gun Nationals" - Top Lady National Champion

1st Place: 2007 TSA "Street Gun Nationals" - Top LEO National Champion

1st Place: 2007 TSA "Street Gun Nationals" - Mid-size Pistol National Champion

1st Place: 2009 Oklahoma IDPA - LEO State Champion

1st Place: 2009 Alabama IDPA - SSP State Champion

Which also begs the question....did these people start from scratch, green as grass to guns with the FIST-FIRE technique?

Or...

Were they already excellent shooters who then went on to sing the praises of the FIST-FIRE method?

Daniel came to me from scratch, as did most of them. Rick Simes was already a Master IDPA Shooter when he took a class from me in Memphis in 2000. His best finish had been about 20 something at the IDPA Nat's before FIST-FIRE. After training with me he immediately scored (2) Runner Up spots behind Dave Sevigny and Daniel Horner. He went onto become a Grand Master in IPSC Production and a National Champ in the Tactical Shooting Association. NOTE: Rick's not a sponsored shooter, he just shoots matches for fun now and then when he's not busy on Memphis P.D.. 

Third...now don't get me wrong... I don't mean to rub you the wrong way...but I really do think that people have been beaten about the head and shoulders so much about sight picture, sight picture, SIGHT PICTURE!! that it has become a paradigm/dogma.

And consequently is like a stumbling block to shooting both quickly and accurately.

At across the room distances or down the alley distances, in my opinion, you do not need sights...

I don't think it's a matter of using sights as much it is a matter of having TIME to use them. If you have TIME use the SIGHTS, that's what I teach...

FWIW... I am an IDPA National Champion too   ...and a B classed USPSA shooter.

COOL!  What'd you win?

Is it possible to UNlearn what you would consider my bad habits?

THAT is the hardest part. Re-programing the software. But YES, it is possible...

Cheers,

D.R.

www.TacticalShooting.com

[Tyler Durden]

I won Stock Service Pistol Sharpshooter Class at the 2007 IDPA Nat's.  I got the bump to Expert Class.

Nope, unfortunately it wasn't an overall division win, but, hey, maybe one day.   

As to my thoughts on classifications within shooting organizations...well...that is a whole 'nother discussion entirely and way beyond the scope of this thread.

Trust me... I have my opinions on that.   

Thanks DR for returning my PM.

I am trying to keep an open mind about your system.

Maybe one of these days when money and work schedules jive up I could make it to one of your classes, and just see what it is all about for myself...without the undue influence of your internet detractors.

Until then, DR, I do wish you the best of luck and continued success.

Merry Christmas, everybody!