Course Name
Rifle Level 1 – Geometries of Fire
Every round goes somewhere.
Know your angle. Know your backstop.
Know who is standing near it.
Then move until the shot is clean.
Course Time
2 Hours
Roadmap Step
Class 02 of 6
Progression
Water 水 · Upper/Lower Body Integration
Course Overview
THE WATER STAGE
Water finds the open path. It goes around what it cannot go through.
On a flat range every shot goes straight into the berm. Real life has people, walls and corners, and a rifle round keeps going long after it leaves the muzzle.
Geometries of Fire teaches you to see the line from your muzzle through the target and beyond it, and to move your feet until that line is safe and clean.
This is class 02 on the Rifle Level 1 roadmap. It builds on Multiple Shooting Positions, because changing your height is one of the fastest ways to change the angle.
Training Focus
Primary Course Outcomes
See the Angle
Read the line from your muzzle, through the target, to whatever is behind it, before you press the trigger.
Protect Your People
Work around family, teammates and bystanders so nobody you care about is in front of or behind your shot.
Move to Fix It
Step, kneel or shift until the angle is clean, instead of waiting and hoping it improves.
Class Time
The Class and Upcoming Dates
The Class
2 Hours
ANGLES, BACKSTOPS & PEOPLE
Safety Brief & Gear Check
Angles of fire and what counts as a safe backstop
Working around the people you protect
Moving to change the angle: step, kneel, shift
Live-Fire Drills: shoot / no-shoot angles with coached decisions
Debrief and your dry-fire homework
Before This Class
Recommended first: Multiple Shooting Positions
JM Training members and active students: complete the Geometries of Fire online module first
*Or have equal capabilities to perform
Upcoming Dates
To Be Announced
DATES COMING SOON
Dates to be announced
Watch the calendar for the next class
Where This Fits
Class 02 of 6 on the Rifle Level 1 roadmap.
Next up: Turning and Shooting
Class Format
What to Expect in Class
Course Session
2 Hours
Focused Skill Development
You'll leave seeing lines of fire everywhere, and knowing how to fix a bad one.
- The habit of checking what is behind and beside your target
- A clear standard for what a safe backstop is
- Footwork to open a clean angle around people
- The judgment to hold a shot that is not clean yet
- A dry-fire routine you can run in your own home
- Credit for Geometries of Fire on your Rifle Level 1 roadmap
Pricing
Geometries of Fire: One Class, One Skill
Register for the date that works for you. Bring your gear and your ammo. We bring the range, the targets and the coaching.
- Non-members $50.00 · Pro Performance Members $0.00 · DSU Members $0.00
- Pro Performance and DSU members: enter your member code in the registration form.
Not a member yet? See membership options and train at member pricing.
Student Readiness
Before You Register
Geometries of Fire Registration
Stop assuming the shot is safe. Start knowing where every round ends up.
Dates and location to be announced. Watch the calendar for the next class.
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