Position: Assistant Instructor

Assists with: all courses

NRA Certifications: Home Firearm Safety, Pistol, Rifle, Personal Protection In the Home, Personal Protection Outside the Home, Range Safety Officer

Other Certifications: Texas Concealed Handgun License Instructor, NRA Eddie Eagle volunteer, Boy Scout and 4-H volunteer

Memberships: NRA (Patron Life), Texas State Rifle Association (life), US Practical Shooting Association

Training: Texas Concealed Handgun License. Has attended and assisted with KR Training courses (Basic Pistol 1 & 2, Defensive Pistol Skills 1 & 2, Low Light Shooting, Advanced Training 2, 2A, 3, 4, 6, and Team Tactics).

Insights Training Center (Defensive Folding Knife, Street & Vehicle Tactics), Shivworks (Combined Skills), Rangemaster (Combined Skills, Combative Pistol 2), Claude Werner (Snub Nose Revolver 1 & 2), Texas Hunter Education, Tactical Arts (Edged Weapon Defense: Leslie Buck & Erwin Ballarta), Black belt, Kuk Sool. Trained under Dewain Perry, Tim King, Barry Harmon, Sung-Jin Suh, Dickson Kunz Training in Kali, Silat, Muay Thai, Jeet Kune Do, Western Boxing under Ray Parra, Lone Star Medics (Dynamic First Aid).

With local IPSC Grand Master Dave Re, developed the app for the DR Practice Deck, available for iPhone and iPad.

Personal: John is a software engineer, writing Mac, iOS, and Android software. Enjoying hunting, fishing, reloading, good beer, good cigars, following UFC, writing in his blog (http://hsoiblog.wordpress.com/), and hanging out with his wife and 3 kids.