WSTC, Inc.
The Tradesmen
Advanced Combat Training
Original Video Page from the Advanced
Who are the
shooters?
Some are beginner, and some are advanced students. Some are of the Owner & Chief Firearms Instructor,
Edward Wilks. If the guy is REALLY,
REALLY fast, and never misses, it’s either Edward or one of his advanced
students. If the guy drops his mag, forgets to have a bullet in the chamber, or sucks in
any way, it may be a shooter that has never done anything like this before.
Videos of Beginner
Students – Humorous Bloopers & Mistakes
These videos are of the students when they first began
training. It is understandable that they
might perform so strangely, especially considering their newness and
unfamiliarity with this style of shooting environment. I prepare and train the students by
simulating real-life shooting incidents by including a very large amount of
cardiovascular-stress, central-nervous-system-stress, emotional-stress, and
mental-stress. DO NOT BE FOOLED! These
drills are extremely difficult, especially when performed in front of a camera,
other students, and when being evaluated for rank advancement in our
“martial-art-like” style of class progression.
Video
– Beginner – Car Drill – Wild shots and too many misses
Video
– Beginner – Hanging Plates – Click, drops mag, uh oh…
Video
– Beginner – Hanging Plates – Miss, miss, miss, miss… What was that?
Video
– Beginner – Hanging Plates – Slow draw, miss, click, what kind of “rack” was
that?
Video
– Beginner – 5 Plate – Your gun sucks.
Loose the chrome-plated sissy-pistol and get yourself a Glock.
Videos of Advanced
Students – Excellent Performance Under Extreme Difficulty
These videos are of my Advanced Students after many
training sessions. (The acorn does not
become the oak overnight.) Most students
come to only one of my classes, get their concealed handgun permit, and then I
never see them again. However, these
students take what they have been taught, and go home and practice it over and
over. They have earned the right to be
called Advanced Students. They have demonstrated these skills in 102 degree
summer days, and snowy, freezing, winter mornings. They shoot at night, in the mud, and on the
run. They are very serious about their
personal protection and they train very hard to be this good. Can you say the same?
Video –
Student – ATM Drill – Smooth and direct.
Video
– Student – Car Drill – Bang-thud, Bang-thud.
Does it get any better than that?
Video
– Student – Hanging Plates Drill – This guy’s obviously had a pistol in his
hand before…
Video
– Student - 5 Plate Drill – We went from sucky to
hot-rod in 3.8 hours.
Video
– Student – Surrender Drill – This guy is going to be one of my best students.
Video –
Students – Car Drill – These guys have finally learned to keep shooting until
the threat is down and done.
Video
– Students – RC Car Charging is a Man With a Knife – Clips
from bad to good. This is a GREAT DRILL
for you all to try.
Video –
Students – RC Car Drill – Part II (The end clip is me with the “preferred gun
of choice” a full-auto machine-gun.
Videos of the
Instructor, Edward Wilks
These videos are of me.
When we do the classes, I perform each drill, each time, for each
student. Sometimes, I will do the drill
“lightning fast” to show how quickly it can be done. Other times, I go for the “smooth &
fluid” demonstration to show how it should be done. The main reason I am so (seemingly) fast and
perfect, is because I have (obviously) done these drills HUNDREDS of times. That’s the key, right there. (I have been shooting like this, as a police
officer or an instructor, for more than 18 years. I better not suck.) Doing these drills over, and over, so that it
becomes “muscle memory” instead of “thought & response” is the only way to
be that proficient. As you watch these
videos, you may think you can do it faster or better, and, that may be. However, anyone can get lucky and blast all
the steel down after trying twenty attempts off camera. What is important is CONSISTENCY. Can you say
that you could pass these tests, and perform these skills ON DEMAND and do them consistently well, any time, any day, any
environment, after running and getting your heart-rate way up, with me yelling
in your ear, and jamming my hand into your ribs? If you can, then you are as prepared and
demanding as we are, and we honor your commitment.
Video – Edward
From the holstered, not-ready position – 1 Plate – Fast - 0.86 Seconds
Video – Edward – From the
holstered, not-ready position – 5 Plates – Smooth - 2.60 Seconds
Video – Edward –
RC Car Drill – Man Charging with knife – Draw fast, aim well, shoot fast.
Video – Edward – From
the holstered, not-ready, head down position – Car Drill – Slow & Smooth –
DON’T MISS!!!
Video – Edward –
From the holstered, not-ready position – Hanging Plates – Defend & Retreat
to Cover
Video – Edward –
From the holstered, not-ready, surrender position – 1-Retreat, 2-Engage Fast,
3-Move Sideways
Video
– Edward – Getting lit up by a taser gun for an NBC
News Special. (This is considered
payback from my students)
Video – Edward, Carl, and Hunter –
For Fun – Shooting the Full-auto .50 Caliber Beowulf Machine-gun – Talk about
recoil!
Videos of some of
the Class III Stuff…
These videos are of us shooting machine-guns, full-auto Glocks, suppressed firearms, etc.
Video – Glock G18 – 9mm Full-auto – Full-size
Video – Glock G20 – 10mm Full-auto – Full-size
(Talk about a handful…)
Video – M-16 – Full-auto, with and without a suppressor, in the dark to
show the difference, and the need.
Video – AR-15 Converted to a 1/18 twist .22
sub-sonic varmint gun w/silencer (VERY quiet)
Video – Hunter’s Mastercard
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