Well, it's obvious this thread HAS been hijacked.
I don't mind the questions. I specifically advertised these courses as IPSC/IDPA training because that's exactly what Manny's literature states Mass knows what Manny's credentials are, and while I certainly wouldn't suggest bullseye and IPSC or bullseye and IDPA are the same thing, the fact remains that IDPA and IPSC are very close in terms of the SHOOTING aspect of the sport. If they were that different then the same people wouldn't be winning both the IDPA and IPSC matches in the US. Regardless of your discipline, people who shoot exclusively one or the other would benefit a great deal from taking Manny's courses. That's why people who exclusively shoot both do exactly that in the US, and yes, they do take his classes at the same time. For crying out loud people, it isn't like IPSC is from Mars and IDPA is from Venus.
There were some other comments made that I could ignore, but I am finding it very difficult to do so. While I shoot excusively IPSC, that's only because it's where I started and with small kids I don't have time to expand into IDPA. That doesn't mean I haven't tried to help IDPA out. If it weren't for IPSC people, including myself who personally put a call in to help IDPA, a certain important IDPA match wouldn't be happening at either its current venue or on its current dates. I would like to help IDPA out more, but that is difficult when someone is showing a complete lack of class (no pun intended since this thread was supposed to be about training classes) by trying to further their own agenda through someone else's thread, and on top of that advertising the
possibility of training with someone else in this thread. It seems to me that's the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back with a certain business here in Calgary a little over a year ago. Obviously nothing was learned because here we go again.
There are better ways to go about furthering your own agenda without doing it the way you always do it. I thought you would know better by now but apparently not. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Mike (Beltfed) - no, you would not be in over your head in Manny's class, Joe took it last year and learned a ton. Both he and Dan are taking it this year. I'll get you an agenda, but you can find more info here:
http://universalshootingacademy.com/usa2.html#descriptions
Finally, I'll point out that I have no financial gain from Manny putting these courses on. I am helping to organize this because I consider Manny a friend, and it isn't every day that a person has the opportunity to take training with someone like Manny without traveling to Florida where he normally does his training with Universal Shooting Academy.
Steve (yes, that's my name
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