IDPA - holster certification question
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heavenIsAlie
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in our club you just show up, there is no certification course you have to take. you just have to be safe
The IPSC Canada Black Badge is one option.
http://www.ipsc-canada.org/training.html
Black Badge Course Info
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=460368
http://www.ipsc-canada.org/training.html
Black Badge Course Info
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=460368
And there in lies the problem! Some peoples so called safety, is not in line with any sort of standard.......there are some scary individuals out there, shooting matches, that IMHO, shouldn't be shooting an elastic band gun!
Your sig says you are an SO. Did you get the new shooters orientation course that came out recently?
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- Peace River, Alberta
Gentlemen,
There is no required or mandatory holster certification required by IDPA. IPSC Black Badge is not required for IDPA.
Now that being said, I am sure there are some stupid rules you will have to follow if you live in the nanny provinces of Ontario and Quebec. These are mandatory by someone, we just can't figure out who right now.
Greg
There is no required or mandatory holster certification required by IDPA. IPSC Black Badge is not required for IDPA.
Now that being said, I am sure there are some stupid rules you will have to follow if you live in the nanny provinces of Ontario and Quebec. These are mandatory by someone, we just can't figure out who right now.
Greg
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- Kumankissmyass, BC
Keep your booger picker off the bang switch and you are good to go..you are now holster certified
hahahahahaha^^^^^^ it all depends on where you live. show up to a club on idpa night and im sure there will be somebody around for you. im not even sure if theres an "official" that has to be trained to train somebody for idpa
heavenIsAlie
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Abbotsford
we run an orientation course, but its not a mandatory thing to take
holster certification is usually intertwined with Holster Qualified. What that means is, that some clubs don't want you to just show up site unseen without ever having used a holster before. Not a good idea anyway. IDPA (and most other disciplines) want you to have some experience with the equipment you are using, and that is garnered through private practice. The Black Badge is mandatory for IPSC, but only a small part of it is holster training, most of it is shooting training. If somewhere you are going absolutely has to see "a piece of paper" I suggest the IDPA orientation course. This course again is only a little about holster usage and mostly about gun manipulation and the rules of IDPA. The course is pretty much free, but you generally need to be a member of IDPA to be allowed to take it. The CDPA course is basically exactly the same, just the CSSA is the one who administers and charges for it.
You could be just as well served to practice with someone who is a very experienced shooter with a holster, and have him show you the important things, then just repeat, practice and learn.
You could be just as well served to practice with someone who is a very experienced shooter with a holster, and have him show you the important things, then just repeat, practice and learn.
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- Southern Ontario
I had mine done by a SO the day before my first match.
I don't plan on shooting IPSC but I want to take the black badge course. I think it would be beneficial to have training.
I don't plan on shooting IPSC but I want to take the black badge course. I think it would be beneficial to have training.
I am an IDPA SO myself and I may be wrong but I thought the recent orientation course was now mandatory.
Edit. Dupe.
That would be news to me.
Teaching someone the rules and how to shoot CoFs is not a holster course.
I was just inboxed and it is not mandatory. Should be imo.
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