Training

This course is designed for the individual with knowledge and proficiency in proper handgun shooting fundamentals.

This is not a target shooting class, it’s learning to use your firearm in a realistic way to fight for your life and specifically addresses Concealed Carry issues.

The course will focus on knowledge needed to carry a concealed pistol and will stress the proper mechanics in every aspect of concealed carry from mindset, to proper holster selection, to drawing techniques and firing accurately under stress.

Course Outline:

• Survival Mindset for concealed carry
• Selecting concealment gear
• Concealed carry techniques
• Proper Drawing from concealment
• Engaging from concealment
• Concealed carry drills
• Admin, Speed and Tactical Reloads
• One-Handed Weapons Manipulation

Required Equipment:

• Your chosen concealed carry handgun
• 3 magazines (optional- belt mounted magazine pouch)
• Belt mounted Concealment Holster
• Clothing that will conceal your firearm
• Eye protection
• Ear protection (electronic preferred)
• Sturdy belt
• Weather-appropriate clothing and footwear that allows for athletic movement.

Duration: 3 hours
Cost: $125 per person
Estimated Round Count: 200 rounds

This course is a women's only course designed to empower women through proper knowledge and proficiency in defensive handgun shooting fundamentals.
Our female students will gain the confidence needed to become a better defender of themselves and their loved ones against a violent attacker.
This confidence will be built through learning how to use a handgun defensively and will stress the proper mechanics in every aspect from mindset, to situations unique to women, to drawing techniques and firing accurately under stress.

Course Outline:

• Survival Mindset for Women
• Maine State Law Review
• Safe gun handling
• Fundamentals of grip and sight picture
• Proper stance and trigger control
• Proper Handgun Drawing Techniques
• Defensive Handgun drills
• Reloads and malfunctions
• Engaging from concealment
• Speed and Tactical Reloads
• One-Handed Weapons Manipulation

Required Equipment:

• Your chosen concealed carry handgun
• 3 magazines
• Eye protection
• Ear protection (electronic preferred)
• Weather-appropriate clothing & footwear (no open toe shoes or v-neck shirts)

Duration: 3 hours
Cost: $125
Estimated Round Count: 100 rounds

*Students must have attended previous LFA training before taking part in this class.* This course allows students to experience real life Active Shooter self defense scenarios using the latest technology in simmunitions training firearms that fire composite projectiles creating unique levels of stress and moderate “pain penalties”.

This type of Force on Force training with allow students to learn and be thoroughly tested in mindset, situational awareness, and decision making capabilities.
Students will experience real life violence scenarios that would occur during an Active Shooter situation and be forced to make decisions. A review of the students performance will help emphasize sound tactics and application of the most safe and modern techniques.

Course Outline:

• Maine State Law Review for Self Defense
• Establishing survival mindset
• Tactics dealing with Active Shooter
• Cover use for Active Shooter
• Close quarter shooting
• Sight alignment techniques
• Weapons retention
• Shoot / no shoot scenarios

Required Equipment:

• Footwear for rapid movement & turning
• Pants ( recommended over shorts )
• Long sleeve shirt ( optional )

Each participant will be provided with additional appropriate safety equipment including safety mask with ballistic googles, protective cups, neck protectors, gloves, sims training firearms, and composite projectiles.

Duration: 3 hours
Cost : $150 per person

This course focuses on advanced hand to hand fighting techniques combined with advanced pistol fighting that will allow you to prevail when a violent attack occurs.
There are many scenarios in which you may have to fight to your gun. This course will teach students real world effective strikes and grappling on the range.
Students will be forced to fight to their guns and shoot under a variety of scenarios.
Individuals who take this course will become competent not only in fighting with a handgun but also with their hands, elbows, forearms, and knees providing them with a unique advantage over would be attackers.

Course Outline:

• Establishing the Survival Mindset
• Hand to Hand Combatives
• Fighting to the Draw
• Fighting, Drawing and Engaging
• Weapons retention
• Fighting with the handgun
• Fighting and shooting off your back
• One-Handed Weapons Manipulation

Required Equipment:

• Magazine-fed Pistol ( No revolvers)
• 3 magazines
• Belt mounted magazine pouch
• Belt mounted dominant side holster
• Eye protection
• Ear protection (electronic preferred)
• Sturdy belt
• Weather-appropriate clothing & footwear that allows for athletic movement.

Duration 3 hours
Cost: $125
Estimated Round Count: 250 rounds

Our hand to hand self defense class is taught by certified instructors one a Krav Maga Instructor and the other teaches Specialized Self Defense Training to Bodyguards, Armed Contractors, and Civilians.

We have created simplified process for inflicting a debilitating injury so that you can either neutralize the threat with your hands to then escape or transition to a firearm…

We start all of our classes in a crawl, walk, run format. We will discuss situational awareness to avoid conflict, then discuss techniques, then practice techniques slowly, then go 100% on a punching dummy.

We will give everyone who attends the mental and physical solutions to survive violent situations. Show them , no matter your conditioning, size, age or gender, you can systematically destroy any psychopath, violent attacker, or criminal.

​Course Outline:

• Establishing survival mindset
• Situational awareness training
• Body language violence cues
• Danger distances- the Tueller Principle
• Understanding Debilitating Injuries
• Proper Striking Techniques
• Debilitating Injury Strikes
• Pad and Dummy Drills
• Stringing together your attack

Required Equipment:

• Appropriate clothing & footwear that allows for athletic movement.
• Pen & Paper

Duration: 3 hours
Cost : $125 per person

This course is designed to teach individuals the fundamentals of safety, marksmanship, and manipulation of the magazine-fed pistol or revolver.
Students will gain the confidence to not only safely handle a handgun, but also to begin the process of learning to operate a handgun in a proficient manner.
This course prepares students to not only shoot safely and correctly on the range, but also creates the fundamental base needed to take their defensive or sport shooting to the next level. Individuals will receive a certificate after completing this course approved by the State of Maine to apply for a Maine Concealed Handgun Permit.

Course Outline:

• Firearm Rules and Safety Brief
• Establishing Survival Mindset
• Maine State Law Review
• Safe gun handling
• Ammunition options & applications
• Storage & maintenance of firearms
• Fundamentals of grip and sight picture
• Proper stance and trigger control
• Intro to reloads and malfunctions

Required Equipment:

• Handgun ( one can be supplied )
• 2-3 magazines or speed loaders
• Eye protection
• Ear protection (electronic preferred)
• Valid Driver License ID
• Weather-appropriate clothing & footwear

Duration: 3 hours
Cost: $125 per person
Estimated Round Count: 100 rounds

This course allows students to experience real life self defense home invasion scenarios using the latest technology in simmunitions training firearms that fire composite projectiles creating unique levels of stress and moderate “pain penalties”. Students will learn and be thoroughly tested in mindset, situational awareness, and decision making capabilities. Students will experience real life scenarios that would occur in a violent home invasion and be forced to make decisions. A review of the students performance will help emphasize sound tactics and application of the most safe and modern techniques.

Course Outline:

• Maine State Law Review for Self Defense in Home
• Establishing survival mindset
• Proper use of cover within home
• Dealing with doorways and corners
• Proper tactics for clearing rooms for potential threats
• Close quarter shooting
• Sight alignment techniques
• Flashlight techniques
• Weapons retention
• Shoot / no shoot scenarios

Required Equipment:

• Footwear for rapid movement & turning
• Optional- personal hand held and/or gun mounted flashlight

Each participant will be provided with safety equipment including safety mask with ballistic googles, protective cups, neck protectors, gloves, sims training firearms, tactical hand held flashlight, gun mounted light & projectiles.

Duration: 3 hours
Cost : $150 per person

This course is designed for the the individual that wants to refine one-hand pistol skills necessary for surviving a gunfight. Statistically in a gunfight their is high probability of being shot in our arms and hands. This course focuses on making sure you can overcome and adapt to survive a violent encounter. This course focuses on the balance between speed and accuracy when operating the pistol one handed. Individuals who take this course will become competent in the one-hand operation of the fighting pistol providing them with an advantage over would be attackers.

Course Outline:

• Establishing the Survival Mindset
• One Handed Shooting: When / Why / How
• Proper one hand grip and sight picture
• Drawing from holster techniques for strong and weak hand
• Accuracy drills for strong & weak hand
• Speed drills for strong & weak hand
• Magazine Reloads strong & weak hand
• Malfunction clearing strong & weak hand

Required Equipment:

• Magazine-fed Pistol ( No revolvers)
• 3 magazines
• Belt mounted magazine pouch
• Belt mounted dominant side holster
• Eye protection
• Ear protection (electronic preferred)
• Sturdy belt
• Weather-appropriate clothing & footwear

Duration: 3 hours
Cost: $125 per person
Estimated Round Count: 250 rounds

This course is 1 on 1 course with our instructors custom tailored to the client's individual goals. We will empower the client through proper knowledge and proficiency in defensive firearm shooting fundamentals.
With the instructor's attention focused solely on the client, they will gain the confidence needed to become a better defender of themselves and their loved ones against a violent attacker.
This confidence will be built through learning how to use a handgun or rifle defensively at any level. It will stress the proper mechanics in every aspect from mindset, weapon manipulation techniques and firing accurately under stress.

Course Outline: (TBD by clients goals)

• Survival Mindset
• Maine State Law Review
• Safe gun handling
• Fundamentals of grip and sight picture
• Proper stance and trigger control
• Defensive Firearm drills
• Reloads and malfunctions
• Engaging from Threats
• Speed and Tactical Reloads

Required Equipment: (TBD by clients goals)

• 2-3 magazines
• Belt mounted magazine pouch
• Belt mounted dominant side holster
• Eye protection
• Ear protection (electronic preferred)
• Weather-appropriate clothing & footwear that allows for athletic movement.

Duration 3 hours
Cost: $300
Estimated Round Count: 250 rounds

This course is designed to teach individuals the fundamentals of safety, marksmanship, and manipulation of the magazine-fed rifle or carbine.
Through live fire drills, students gain the confidence to not only safely handle a rife/carbine, but also to begin the process of learning to operate a rifle/carbine in a proficient manner.
This course prepares students to not only shoot safely and correctly on the range, but also creates the fundamental base needed to take their defensive or sport shooting to the next level.

Course Outline:

• Firearm Rules and Safety Brief
• Establishing Survival Mindset
• Safe gun handling
• Ammunition options & applications
• Storage & maintenance of firearms
• Fundamentals of grip and sight picture
• Proper stance and trigger control
• Intro to reloads and malfunctions
• Accuracy techniques & drills
• Speed techniques & drills

Required Equipment:

• Rifle/Carbine ( one can be supplied )
• 2-3 magazines
• Eye protection
• Ear protection (electronic preferred)
• Sturdy belt
• Weather-appropriate clothing & footwear

Duration: 3 hours
Cost: $125 per person
Estimated Round Count: 100 rounds

This course educates individuals on how to observe and behave in a manner that will reduce the likelihood of becoming a victim of violent crime.
There are on average over 15,500 Violent Crime Victims each and ever day here in the USA per DOJ statistics released Nov. 2017.
This course gives the students the advantage of opening their minds while supplying the tools and knowledge so they can make it home to their families each night.
This course is designed to keep the individual out of harm’s way and if worse case does happen give them a greater opportunity to disengage and escape or engage and come out on top.
The combination of discussion and practical exercises will ingrain the key principles on how to be more aware and what to look for when out to avoid potential dangers, as well as what body language cues a person may give off before becoming violent.

Course Outline:

• Overcoming normalcy bias and false positives
• The illusion of safety
• Trauma Kits, what they are and how they should be used
• Situational awareness training
• Body language violence cues
• Danger distances- the Tueller Principle
• Self defense a brief overview and options

Required Equipment:

• Pen & Paper for notes

Duration: 2 hours
Cost: $50 per person

This course is designed for the experienced student with knowledge and proficiency in proper AK rifle shooting fundamentals. This course will focus on the shooting and handling of an AK rifle as well as sharpening students sense of tactical awareness. This course emphasis is on shooting on the move, turns and pivots, practical shooting positions, and rapid problem solving during a threat engagement.

Course Outline:

• Establishing Survival Mindset
• Gear Selection/Placement
• Fundamentals of Marksmanship
• Loading and Unloading
• Malfunction Drills
• Proper Use of Cover and Concealment
• Multiple Target Engagement
• Pistol Transitions
• Practical Shooting Positions
• Shooting on the Move
• Problem Solving during a threat engagement

Required Equipment:

• AK pattern semi-automatic rifle
• 3 magazines (optional- belt mounted or plate carrier magazine pouch)
• Sturdy belt
• Handgun with Holster
• Eye protection
• Ear protection (electronic preferred)
• Weather-appropriate clothing & footwear

Duration: 3 hours
Cost: $125 per person
Estimated Round Count: 300 rounds rifle,
50 rounds pistol

This course is designed for the experienced student with knowledge and proficiency in proper AR carbine shooting fundamentals. This course will focus on the shooting and handling of a AR carbine as well as sharpening students sense of tactical awareness. This course's emphasis is on shooting on the move, turns and pivots, practical shooting positions, and rapid problem solving during a threat engagement.

Course Outline:

• Establishing Survival Mindset
• Gear Selection/Placement
• Fundamentals of Marksmanship
• Zeroing AR Rifle/Carbine
• Loading and Unloading
• Malfunction Drills
• Proper Use of Cover and Concealment
• Multiple Target Engagement
• Pistol Transitions
• Practical Shooting Positions
• Shooting on the Move
• Problem Solving during a threat engagement

Required Equipment:

• AR pattern semi-automatic rifle or carbine with sling
• 3 magazines (optional- belt mounted or plate carrier magazine pouch)
• Sturdy belt
• Handgun with Holster
• Eye protection
• Ear protection (electronic preferred)
• Weather-appropriate clothing & footwear

Duration: 3 hours
Cost: $125 per person
Estimated Round Count: 300 rounds rifle,
50 rounds pistol

This course focuses on advanced pistol fighting systems techniques. This course specifically teaches systems that cannot normally be taught in traditional square box ranges. We will teach you a variety of skills that will allow you to shoot under a variety of scenarios and stress conditions. We use a variety of drills to enhance and develop pistol
marksmanship and manipulation skills as well as the combat mindset required to survive and prevail in life threatening events.

Course Outline:

• Moving while Drawing and Engaging
• Improvised shooting positions
• Shooting from Seated Techniques
• Shooting from your Back Techniques
• Shooting from Prone Techniques
• One-Handed Weapons Manipulation
• Dynamic Shooting Technique
• Use Cover vs Concealment Drills

Required Equipment:

• Magazine-fed Pistol ( No revolvers)
• 3 magazines
• Belt mounted magazine pouch
• Belt mounted dominant side holster
• Eye protection
• Ear protection (electronic preferred)
• Sturdy belt
• Weather-appropriate clothing & footwear that allows for athletic movement.

Duration 3 hours
Cost: $125
Estimated Round Count: 350 rounds

Students will learn patient assessment, emergency casualty care, and implementation of life saving techniques to properly treat and manage penetrating trauma wounds through the proper use of products like hemostatic agents, compression bandages, and tourniquets. This course will include live fire scenarios to work through care rendered at the scene of injury while under active hostile fire. Our lead instructor for Tactical Trauma Responder is a highly qualified Army Combat Medical Instructor, with First Responder Training, who is also First Aid & CPR Certified.

Course Outline:

• Medical Brief
• Trauma Assement
• Massive Hemorrhage Control
• Proper Wound Packing Techniques
• Use of Hemostatic Agents
• Tourniquet Application
• Live Drills for both Wound Packing and Tourniquet Application
• Live Fire Drills
• One-Handed Weapons Manipulation
• Applying Tourniquet and One-Handed Pistol Drills

Required Equipment:

• Concealed carry handgun
• 2-3 magazines
• Concealment Holster, Duty Holster, or Open Carry Holster * must have a holster
• Eye protection
• Ear protection (electronic preferred)
• Appropriate clothing & footwear

Duration 3 hours
Cost: $150
Estimated Round Count: 200 rounds

Our vehicles be can present a number of unique challenges for self-defense and the defense of our loved ones. Since we spend a lot of time in our vehicles it is vital we understand the reduced mobility, the dangers of the comfort in patterns the vehicle provides, the sub-optimal access to your handgun with a seatbelt, and the use of a firearm in and around your vehicle. This course is an advanced course as clients will be shooting from vehicles both moving and stationary during this course. The students will be forced to shoot in the awkward positions that a vehicle creates such as through the passenger windows both front and rear. We require anybody who is interested in taking this course to first take a Liberty Firearms Academy Defensive Concealed Carry Class or Tactical Pistol Operator Class as a prerequisite before taking the Vehicle Pistol Operator Class.

Course Outline:

• Maine State Law Review for Self Defense
• Establishing survival mindset
• Proper tactics in and around vehicles
• Cover vs concealment for vehicles
• Close quarter shooting around vehicle
• Close quarter shooting in the vehicle
• Exiting vehicle under threat
• Shooting out of moving vehicle

Required Equipment:

• Magazine Fed Pistol ( No Revolvers )
• 3 magazines ( minimum )
• Belt mounted Holster
• Eye protection
• Ear protection (electronic preferred)
• Sturdy belt
• Weather-appropriate clothing and footwear for athletic movement.

Duration: 3 hours
Cost : $150 per person
Estimated Round Count: 400 rounds

This course allows students to experience real life self defense scenarios involving vehicles using the latest technology in simmunitions training firearms that fire composite projectiles creating unique levels of stress and moderate “pain penalties”.
This type of Force on Force training with allow students to learn and be thoroughly tested in mindset, situational awareness, and decision making capabilities.
Students will experience real life violence scenarios that would occur in or around ones vehicle and be forced to make decisions. A review of the students performance will help emphasize sound tactics and application of the most safe and modern techniques.

Course Outline:

• Maine State Law Review for Self Defense
• Establishing survival mindset
• Proper tactics when in and around vehicles during violent threats
• Cover vs concealment for vehicles
• Close quarter shooting
• Weapons retention
• Shoot / no shoot scenarios

Required Equipment:

• Footwear for rapid movement & turning
• Pants ( recommended over shorts )
• Long sleeve shirt ( optional )

Each participant will be provided with additional appropriate safety equipment including safety mask with ballistic googles, protective cups, neck protectors, gloves, sims training firearms,  and composite projectiles.

Duration: 3 hours
Cost : $150 per person

This course is a women's only course designed to teach knowledge and proficiency in proper handgun shooting fundamentals, as well as learning to use a firearm in a realistic way to fight for your life. The course will focus on knowledge needed to carry a concealed pistol and will stress the proper mechanics in every aspect of concealed carry from mindset, to proper concealment selection options unique to women, to drawing techniques and firing accurately under stress.

Course Outline:

• Survival Mindset for concealed carry
• Selecting women’s concealment gear options
• Concealed carry techniques from purse/handbag
• Concealed carry techniques from concealment clothing leggings/shirts/belly bands
• Concealed carry techniques from holster
• Proper Drawing from concealment
• Engaging from concealment
• Concealed carry drills
• Admin, Speed and Tactical Reloads
• One-Handed Weapons Manipulation

Required Equipment:

• Your chosen concealed carry handgun
• 3 magazines
• Concealment Holster, Purse, Handbag, and/or Concealment Clothing
• Eye protection
• Ear protection (electronic preferred)
• Weather-appropriate clothing & footwear

Duration: 3 hours
Cost: $125
Estimated Round Count: 200 rounds