The One Percent

For those of us that carry, protect and serve or defend our nation, only one percent of our lives may involve actually pulling a trigger on another human being. The other 99 percent could be everything from taking your family out to dinner and all the way up to almost pulling the trigger on a battlefield in a far away country...

Why do we care about training for that one percent so much? Simple: that one percent cannot go wrong. You can pick up the pieces from almost any other mistake in your life, except the one that ends that of yourself or a loved one. At Magpul Dynamics, we prepare people for that one percent, that moment that determines life or death.

Efficiency  

Efficiency in speed. The control and manipulation of a weapon system and one's body, at the absolute limits of an individual's skill, while maintaining the right fundamentals.

Efficiency in Accuracy. A positive ballistic effect on the target.

Balancing Speed and Accuracy. Speed is not more important than accuracy. Accuracy is not more important than speed. Speed and accuracy are two parts of the same machine. When they mesh, a shooter's survivability rate in a time-is-life situation climbs significantly, as does their positive effect on the target.

Consistency

Learning efficient techniques and mastering them through correct repetitions takes consistency to the next level in safety, form and technique. Consistency in training creates long term potentiation, causing actions and reactions in dynamic stress situations to come from the subconscious rather than the conscious mind.

A thousand different repetitions are a thousand wasted repetitions. Inconsistent training that neglects consistency, leads directly to hesitation, failure, confusion and death in dynamic stress situations.

Reality

People are often seduced by flashy advertisements and articles on the latest and greatest gear and training. But without mindset, psychology and an understanding of human anatomy, they are only scratching the surface of tactical shooting.

Shooting starts in the mind. Magpul Dynamics teaches not only the "how" and the "what" of shooting, but the "why". Understanding how the body reacts in high stress situations and incorporating those responses into training vastly increases a shooter's survivability rate. Our curriculum and product are based around what works 98 percent of the time, in any “time-is-life” situation or scenario you may find yourself in.

When things go wrong

The world is a dangerous place. Things go south everyday and it's only a matter of time before something bad lands on you, a friend or a loved one. We train for, "when things go wrong".

Like a NASCAR driver who has spent their time prepping at track speeds of 125 mph or less, on game day, when the rubber hits the road at 200 mph, that's when things go wrong. Fast.

A professional not only knows the feel of the road, they understand the limits of their machines, their bodies and their ability to react/problem solve at 200 mph without freezing up.

At Dynamics, it's the same rules. Different game.

Failure points

Being too proud to admit a mistake or that we have anything to learn is not just vanity. It's life threatening.

It's not enough to identify failure. Failure points must be broken down, scrutinized and critically studied without ego so that every nuance, mechanic and intent is understood. It's not only essential to fail sometimes but it is critical to an individual's growth and maturity, on the range or off.

On the range, it's time to push till we fail. Shoot as fast as we can till we miss. Move as hard as we can till we drop. When a student isn't pushing to their failure point, they are not training.

This is the ladder to excellence.

Ladder of excellence

Pushing to failure points and riding their threshold until they become "easy" is not a comfortable process. Learning something new never is. No matter how gifted someone is at a particular task, talent doesn't equal mastery and everyone has something to learn.

Putting aside one's ego and understanding when to reach for that next failure point is the only way to climb the rungs on the ladder of excellence.

 There is no one "WAY" to train. No two classes are ever the same. Dynamic environments are never absolute. They are living, breathing, responsive entities that are shaped by our interactions and experiences with them.

Providing tools for students to find their failure points and to critically assess both the mechanics and emotional motivations that led to them: this is at the heart of what Dynamics is about.

Instructors

Mike Olivella | Director of Training-Airborne Operations

Javier Serrano | Instructor-Airborne Operations

Scott Palmer | Instructor-Airborne Operations

Steve Fisher | Instructor-Ground Operations

Caylen Wojcik | Director of Training-Precision Rifle Operations