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Most critical incidents happen within clinching distance to 6 feet, and they happen suddenly, violently and with little to no warning.

Designed with the Citizen Defender in mind, our comprehensive system of self-defense is geared toward integrating the ha The new paradigm in training for the modern Citizen Defender.

08/31/2026

Joey Kombat reading lineup. 😉

08/27/2026

“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.”

08/26/2026

TRAIN HANDGUN ANYWHERE with the IDS Skool Community

Train on your schedule.
Learn at your pace.
Connect with people who take their training seriously.

Inside the community, you’ll get:
⭐️ 18 Exclusive Courses
⭐️ Exclusive Content
⭐️ Streaming Seminars
⭐️ Streaming Fight IQ PodClasses
⭐️ 50% OFF IDS In-Person Training Events
⭐️ Cancel Any Time

Join the IDS Skool Community.

👇 Link in the comments.

Don't Be A Gunfighter.
Be A Fighter With A Gun.

****msTraining

08/26/2026

YOUR TRAINING SHOULD CHANGE THE WAY YOU PERFORM. | THE IDS SKOOL COMMUNITY

Most people don’t need access to more fi****ms techniques.

They need to understand how to train the skills they already have so those skills actually transfer when the environment becomes uncertain, physical and stressful.

That’s the purpose of the IDS Skool Community.

We built it for armed citizens, martial artists, fi****ms instructors, coaches and serious practitioners who want to go deeper than techniques, drills and range performance.

Because knowing what to practice is only part of the equation.

You also need to understand how human beings learn.

How skills become adaptable.

How perception and decision-making interact with movement.

How pressure changes performance.

And how to design training that prepares you for something other than the training environment itself.

Inside the IDS Skool Community, members have access to a continually expanding educational library including:

• 18+ comprehensive courses covering weapon retention, grappling for concealed carry, armed vehicle defense, human performance, training methodology and much more.

• Live Q&As, PodClasses, seminars and interviews featuring experienced instructors, elite athletes, operators and subject-matter experts.

• Advanced education in Force Science, motor learning, ecological dynamics, representative learning design, psychophysiology and human performance under stress.

• A private community of serious practitioners willing to question assumptions, exchange ideas and continually evolve how they approach training.

This isn't about memorizing another collection of techniques.

It's about learning how to think about training differently.

How to integrate fi****ms, combatives, movement, perception and decision-making into a more complete understanding of armed personal protection.

How to build skills that aren't simply rehearsed—

but adaptable and transferable.

And you can access the entire community for less than $1 a day.

The world continues to change.

The problems we may be required to solve continue to evolve.

Our training has to evolve with them.

Don't be a gunfighter.

Be a fighter with a gun.

Join the IDS Skool Community today.

👇 Link in the first comment.

****msTraining

08/25/2026

TRAIN SMART. PERFORM REAL. | THE IDS SKOOL COMMUNITY

There’s no shortage of fi****ms content online.

There is a shortage of education designed to help you understand how human beings actually learn, adapt, make decisions and perform under pressure.

That’s what the IDS Skool Community was built to address.

This is a no-nonsense learning platform for armed citizens, martial artists, fi****ms instructors, coaches and serious practitioners who demand more from their training—

More science.
More realism.
More integration.
More transferable performance.

Inside, you'll find a continually growing library that includes:

• 18+ in-depth courses covering weapon retention, grappling for concealed carry, armed vehicle defense, human performance, training methodology and more.

• Live Q&As, interviews, seminars and PodClasses with experienced instructors, elite athletes, operators and subject-matter experts.

• Deep dives into Force Science, motor learning, ecological dynamics, representative learning design, psychophysiology and performance under stress.

• A private community of people interested in asking better questions, challenging conventional training assumptions and continually improving their craft.

Because this isn't about collecting more techniques.

And it isn't another video library.

It's about developing a deeper understanding of how to train—and why.

For less than $1 a day, you can become part of one of the most comprehensive online educational communities we've built for armed personal protection.

The world isn't getting safer.

Your training shouldn't remain the same.

Don't be a gunfighter.
Be a fighter with a gun.

Join the IDS Skool Community today.

👇 Link in the first comment.

****msTraining

08/02/2026

BOOK EXCERPT | Beyond the Gun | Chapter 3

Inside the Mind of Survival: AN INTEGRATED
NEUROCOGNITIVE
ECOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK

Attention, Perception, and the Limits of Awareness

"Every armed Citizen Defender wants to believe they will see danger coming.

But neuroscience paints a sobering picture: our attentional systems are powerful yet limited, and those limits matter most under stress.

The prefrontal cortex can only process a narrow band of information at any given moment. The parietal lobes direct our spatial awareness and orient us to movement, but they are easily overloaded. The amygdala, when activated by threat, narrows perception even further—producing tunnel vision, auditory exclusion, and time distortion.

This means that in real encounters, defenders often miss critical cues—not because they are careless, but because biology makes full awareness impossible.

We notice what we are trained to notice.

We respond to the patterns our brain has rehearsed.

Without repeated exposure and contextualized training, attention defaults to the familiar, leaving us blind to the unexpected.

Recognizing the limits of awareness is not an excuse for failure—it is a mandate for preparation.

Training must deliberately stress the attentional system, forcing defenders to manage competing stimuli, shift focus rapidly, and make decisions while perception is narrowed by stress.

Only then can Citizen Defenders begin to extend the boundaries of what their awareness can handle under fire."

— Beyond the Gun: The Science-Backed Revolution in Fi****ms & Self-Defense Training

by Todd Fossey

Interested in reading more?

The Amazon link is in the first comment.

08/01/2026

NEW PODCAST RELEASE!

I'm honored to be the featured guest on The Firearm Trainer's Podcast with Rob Beckman.

We dive into the ideas behind Beyond the Gun: The Science-Backed Revolution in Fi****ms & Self-Defense Training—why so much traditional fi****ms instruction fails to transfer under real-world conditions, what the science of human performance actually tells us, and how we can build more adaptable Citizen Defenders.

If you're interested in motor learning, Force Science, representative learning design, ecological dynamics, decision-making under stress, and evidence-based self-defense training...

You won't want to miss this conversation.

New Episode Releases Tuesday, August 4

BONUS!
Listen to the episode for instructions on how to win a signed copy of Beyond the Gun: The Science-Backed Revolution in Fi****ms & Self-Defense Training.

I hope you enjoy the conversation. I'd love to hear what resonates with you most after you've listened.

****msTraining

07/31/2026

The IDS Skool Community is a no-nonsense platform built for those who demand more—more science, more realism, and more functional results.

Inside, you'll discover a growing library of evidence-based training, including:

• 18+ in-depth courses covering everything from weapon retention and grappling to armed vehicle defense and performance under stress.

• Live Q&As, interviews, seminars, and podclasses featuring leading instructors, elite athletes, operators, and subject matter experts.

• The science behind transferable performance—including Force Science, motor learning, ecological dynamics, representative learning design, and real-world problem solving.

• A private community committed to thoughtful discussion, continuous improvement, and training that actually transfers to reality.

This isn't another video library.

It's an investment in how you think, train, and perform.

For less than $1 a day, you'll gain access to one of the most comprehensive online learning communities available for armed personal protection.

The world isn't getting safer.

Don't be a gunfighter. Be a fighter with a gun.

Join the IDS Skool Community today.

👇 Link in the first comment.

****msTraining

07/07/2026

Stop pretending. Start preparing.

If you claim to prepare people for lethal violence, your training should be judged by one standard:

Does it actually prepare people for all kinds of lethal violence?

Not by how well people perform on artificial training tasks.

Not by qualification scores.

Not by shot timers.

Not by social media clips.

Not by how impressive a drill looks on the range.

The greater the consequences of failure, the greater the responsibility of the instructor.

Violence is dynamic, uncertain, adaptive, and unforgiving. Preparing people for it requires far more than isolated techniques and predictable drills. It demands representative learning environments that develop perception, decision-making, adaptability, and skill transfer under realistic constraints.

Decades of research in motor learning, skill acquisition, ecological dynamics, neuroscience, and human performance continue to point in the same direction:

Training should be evaluated by what survives reality—not by what succeeds on square ranges.

This isn't simply a debate about drills.

It's a debate about the very nature of the task we're claiming to prepare people for.

If we're serious about protecting lives, then we should be just as serious about ensuring our methods actually transfer when it matters most.

Because the lives of Citizen Defenders deserve more than false confidence. They deserve competence that survives reality.

****msTraining

06/28/2026

Beyond the Gun challenges many of the assumptions that have shaped personal protection training for generations.

Drawing from neuroscience, force science, ecological psychology, motor learning, and human performance, this book offers a different way to think about preparing for violence—one that is grounded in how human beings actually learn and perform under pressure.

I'm incredibly honored that Beyond the Gun became the #1 New Release in Martial Arts on Amazon.

Thank you to everyone who has supported this mission.

It's proof that more people are ready for a new conversation.

If you're willing to challenge conventional thinking and explore a science-backed approach to self-defense, I'd be honored if you gave it a read.

Beyond the Gun: The Science-Backed Revolution in Fi****ms & Self-Defense Training

Link in the comments.

****msTraining

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