I've always ran drills in every home I've lived in, implementing different scenarios to clear. There should never be another man alive that can clear your own home like you can. Especially in the dark. Drill everything.
I love this video. My martial arts instructor once told me “Practice makes permanent. Take the time to get it correct because that will become your muscle memory.” Thank you for making this!
I like the holster. I remember my dad always having the SF insignia on his beret and I always thought De Oppresso Liber was a cool motto. Thank you for your service. My father retired at 29 years and was SF the majority of it and I’m lucky to have had a teacher like him.
I remember you from “Ultimate Soldier Challenge”, when you and your partner absolutely destroyed the competition. Your gun skills as an operator is legendary. Thanks for this.
his elbows are locked straight, that puts the recoil in his upper body, his elbows should be bent so they act like shock absorbers, your elbows take the recoil not your body
4 cardinal rules to handling a gun, awesome fundamentals, great 4 step draw, OODA loop. all in 17 minutes. I am a new sub to sheepdog response, but liking what I see.
I used to be a barber and cut your hair. I asked you what your favorite gun was and you said Ed Brown 1911. I asked you who your toughest fight was and you said Jacare Souza. Well I went to get an Ed Brown but walked out with a WC instead and I’m still looking for Jacare. You were extremely humble. Thanks for the story I’ll be telling my kids.
@G Soap pretty sure lucas hosts training classes and definitely has shooting experience in comp what are you talking about lmao. (I get the fact he comes off as a tool but he is knowledgeable.)
Possibly because extremely dangerous information in this video could get someone hurt! He is teaching civilians to draw with their finger on the trigger as soon as they clear the holster. This is absolutely not the way to draw your weapon other than a combat zone while surrounded by the enemy. Your finger remains outside of the trigger guard while drawing and until you have acquired a target.
He is very good with all the skills. And that comes from a professional sniper here . Every time someone good try to explain anything, the haters gonna show 🆙 to find mistakes and to throw all they insecurities around, specially when we can’t see them like the internet.
Been dry firing a TON with this Covid shenanigans going down. Cracked me up when he mentioned the TV thing. I 100% do that. Wife absolutely loves it. NOT.
Hahahahah took me a few minutes to realize that it's Tim Kennedy. I was like that dude looks awful familiar. Is that Tim Kennedy? nah couldn't be.. Wait it is!!!! Instant subscription right here!!!
Great info Tim, thank you! Your emphasis on absolutely no ammo in the room you are dry firing is of the highest priority. Started action pistol shooting over 17 years ago, know of a couple folks who've had accidental discharges(floor and wall) luckily no one was harmed. Specify a particular place in the home where live ammo will never be while dry firing.
@@paraglidingnut26 I actually have 2 aftermarket mags that don't feed correctly. Instead of returning them (they were cheap), they're now dedicated as dry fire magazines. They never have rounds out in them.
You also have to train presenting the gun from lying on your bed wherever you conceal it at night, because that will be the most probable scenario you will use it at home
I love how he's clearly not trying to look fast like some people. Literally SLOW IS SMOOTH SMOOTH IS FAST. Some people go through step 1 step 2 step etc. REALLY FAST. Tim's style is like mine, a single action smooth and collected. The martial art of Kuntao is the same. One continuous motion with maybe 30 strikes. But if you do like Tim did, maybe you wont toss your gun to your assailant if it slips from your draw.
The internet is amazing. I'm super nervous about buying my first gun, but finding gems like this make me a bit less wary of picking the thing up from the get-go.
The entire video is great, but I really like the idea about using your assisting hand to do the majority of the holding of the gun and your main hand to just actuate the trigger.
Thanks Tim, adding ooda loop to dry fire was a great tip that I never thought of. Definitely practicing deciding to act while watching an action movie tonight 👊
Great video , and as always I learned a hell of a lot. If someone is is going to go through drills like these they definitely should visually check a magazine when after manually emptying it though. Cant rely on counting or "feel" . Could be the one mistake that proves fatal otherwise . Keep up the amazing work man .
Studied Boyds OODA loop as a civilian. As a fire fighter I try training Incident Commanders to the concept as it applies to the fire service. Boyd was one smart cookie.
Tim's the man, got my subscription with those lil dance moves! I bought Taurus G2/3Cs primarily because they dry-fire so my lady and i can get our reps in. I personally prefer the loaded round indicator on the G2 over the window on the G3 but for her being new to pistols its a much safer feature that saved her from putting a hole through one if our walls PRACTICE & get to know your weapon(s) very well! Having to explain to the 6yo that guns aren't toys ain't getting easier when you're having fun clearing the house from a make-belief zombie invasion though.
Good deal pal you are good, happy to hear from you, I use two pistols the one that I carry constantly and the second is a smaller pistol that I carry in certain situations. I love the drill. For years everyone said do not dry fire you Gun but it don’t hurt a thing. It gives you very good knowledge of that particular pistol you carry. I love that instructions.
good video. I run a carpentry business, and sadly training info in the trades sucks. To my knowledge, there is not a single video available on dry firing a nail gun. Allot of materials would be saved, and injuries would be prevented if we had this kind of training info.
To his point about how to improve with dry fire. I actually had to pull my pistol for real when a car had already bumped me and he circled around and began speeding directly towards me in a parking lot. It was a clean draw, I side stepped to get out of the path of the car and when I saw the driver and passenger scared out of their minds with their hands up I gave easy to understand and clear verbal commands. They drove off, I reholstered and continued on my journey to buy mac n cheese for my dinner. I was very impressed with myself after I got home and went through everything that had happened in my head......
If you got out of the path of the car, why did you draw your weapon? Did you check the background of your moving target for civilians? Were you certain there wasn't someone sitting in a car in the background of your line of fire with the moving target if you decided to pull the trigger? I grew up in Chicago where what is described here I would expect of a gang-banger, not a responsible gun owner. Am I misunderstanding something here? Thank you.
I am new to shooting and looking at the Glock 19 (I live in Los Angeles, so options for compacts are a little limited). However, I'm thinking of investing in a SIRT pistol as well. After seeing that Tim drills with one, I'm sold on it!
Fantastic instruction video! I watched you so close on yr 1234 draw exercise, I knew something would be different based on where yr support hand was placed before the draw, then came the tea cup! I have subscribed and will be watching, thanks for sharing your Gift!!
Tim, do you often experience yourself losing grip when shooting more than 2-3 rounds in the same drill and it affecting your grouping? Should I quickly readjust my hands and continue a drill or reset the drill? Thinking real world, I can't say it's useful to just start over since a bad guy won't stop for you to fully reset just to get a better grip. You would have to fix it fast and continue firing as needed.
You talked about your team in a firefight when you’re not there and family being harmed in a different video I was 3/75 B CO and still contracting with DOS. I thought I was the only one the had the nightmares about the family deal. I thank you for all you do. RLTW.
I have a magazine dedicated for dry fire. I removed the spring and follower. Since it is a subcompact with a shorter grip, having the magazine In was more important.
Thanks for these videos Tim. They come in handy in real life, if ever nessecary. I live in LA, shit happens often in LA. Karate and Judo ain't enough, to keep a man safe.
Just getting into more serious training with firearms. I’ve owned guns for over 30 years, I suppose it’s about time I got serious. Thanks for the video.
I do that too. I put a strip of high visibility duct tape on all my snap cap mags. No real rounds every go into the hi-vis mags. If I need to swap it out, I take the tape off. Just another level of safety.
@@mustangsallyride It's the speech the commander of infantry basic training battalions give the new guys to punp them up for defending America. Terrorists = Wolves Civilians = Sheep Soldiers = Sheep Dogs
I've always ran drills in every home I've lived in, implementing different scenarios to clear.
There should never be another man alive that can clear your own home like you can. Especially in the dark.
Drill everything.
Bobby Sweeney drill on
kay lol
@@Ilovecomedy818 laugh it off all the way up to dealing with a home invader. You'll be fine. I'm sure of it.
Dude me!
Sounds like paranoia to me😂
I was a music teacher for 20+years. I had a saying… “Practice doesn’t make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect”
@Tim Westwood Sounds like Lombardi's in some seriously good company, then!
@Jason Christodoro okay?
As a fellow music teacher, I concur.
My piano teacher said the same.
As my golf instructor used to say: "Don't practice your mistakes"
There are really only two ways to do anything:
1. Do it right
2. Do it again
Very helpful video sir. Much respect.
Thanks for serving our country.
Wow so deep. Much profound.
I love this video. My martial arts instructor once told me “Practice makes permanent. Take the time to get it correct because that will become your muscle memory.” Thank you for making this!
I like the holster. I remember my dad always having the SF insignia on his beret and I always thought De Oppresso Liber was a cool motto. Thank you for your service. My father retired at 29 years and was SF the majority of it and I’m lucky to have had a teacher like him.
“Perform the appropriate amount of meaningful repetitions until you can access your skills at an intuitive/subconscious level”
- Pat 🤗
I remember you from “Ultimate Soldier Challenge”, when you and your partner absolutely destroyed the competition.
Your gun skills as an operator is legendary. Thanks for this.
his elbows are locked straight, that puts the recoil in his upper body, his elbows should be bent so they act like shock absorbers, your elbows take the recoil not your body
I absolutely love this guy. God bless Tim Kennedy!
4 cardinal rules to handling a gun, awesome fundamentals, great 4 step draw, OODA loop. all in 17 minutes. I am a new sub to sheepdog response, but liking what I see.
DH showed me this channel. I've got a 2 year plan for training to do
Best advice, "If you're gonna train all jacked up, you're gonna perform all jacked up." Great stuff!
Thank you, Mr. Kennedy.
9:56 reminded me of something my sons Kenpo instructor one said. “Practice doesn’t make perfect! Perfect practice makes perfect!"
I used to be a barber and cut your hair. I asked you what your favorite gun was and you said Ed Brown 1911. I asked you who your toughest fight was and you said Jacare Souza. Well I went to get an Ed Brown but walked out with a WC instead and I’m still looking for Jacare. You were extremely humble. Thanks for the story I’ll be telling my kids.
Wait he fought in the UFC or strike Force
“Bad”
“Super Bad, haaa!”
Haha. A kid at heart.
Don’t understand the lack of views and subscribers this channel is solid
Is because this is the best kept secret. Solid channel.
He needs better production quality ie a dedicated microphone
@G Soap pretty sure lucas hosts training classes and definitely has shooting experience in comp what are you talking about lmao. (I get the fact he comes off as a tool but he is knowledgeable.)
Possibly because extremely dangerous information in this video could get someone hurt! He is teaching civilians to draw with their finger on the trigger as soon as they clear the holster. This is absolutely not the way to draw your weapon other than a combat zone while surrounded by the enemy. Your finger remains outside of the trigger guard while drawing and until you have acquired a target.
“That wall flower just looking to dance” 😂😂
I appreciate your delivery and teaching. Thanks for your service, Tim, and thank you for sharing us lessons we can implement.
He is very good with all the skills. And that comes from a professional sniper here . Every time someone good try to explain anything, the haters gonna show 🆙 to find mistakes and to throw all they insecurities around, specially when we can’t see them like the internet.
Thank you for making this video for the public. Awesome training.
Been dry firing a TON with this Covid shenanigans going down. Cracked me up when he mentioned the TV thing. I 100% do that. Wife absolutely loves it. NOT.
Hilarious he said that. I didn't think many dudes did that, but I guess I'm wrong, glad to know there are other pyschos in the world like me. Lol
Same
Hell yeah! especially when I see some known scummy terds on MSM telling lies and pushing their activist propagandist hatred of Merica'.
Hehe, mine does too.
BWAHAHAHAHA Totally have done this!
Wife response: What the hell?
Thank you so much for sharing-thank you for serving our country!
Hahahahah took me a few minutes to realize that it's Tim Kennedy. I was like that dude looks awful familiar. Is that Tim Kennedy? nah couldn't be.. Wait it is!!!!
Instant subscription right here!!!
Think ill gonna do it on the range as a warm up and home. cant do it oftan enough! thanks mate
Thanks! Very useful!!!
Very helpful...I especially like the the prom eye contact part.
Great info Tim, thank you! Your emphasis on absolutely no ammo in the room you are dry firing is of the highest priority. Started action pistol shooting over 17 years ago, know of a couple folks who've had accidental discharges(floor and wall) luckily no one was harmed. Specify a particular place in the home where live ammo will never be while dry firing.
I just use empty mags and as long as I don’t go over to my ammo and load a mag then load and cock my gun without noticing, nothing can happen.
@@StaccatoRedFox Make damn sure every single time Zen.
@@paraglidingnut26 I actually have 2 aftermarket mags that don't feed correctly. Instead of returning them (they were cheap), they're now dedicated as dry fire magazines. They never have rounds out in them.
You also have to train presenting the gun from lying on your bed wherever you conceal it at night, because that will be the most probable scenario you will use it at home
Excellent video, tips and instructions Tim. Very helpful. Thank you.
I love how he's clearly not trying to look fast like some people. Literally SLOW IS SMOOTH SMOOTH IS FAST.
Some people go through step 1 step 2 step etc. REALLY FAST.
Tim's style is like mine, a single action smooth and collected. The martial art of Kuntao is the same. One continuous motion with maybe 30 strikes. But if you do like Tim did, maybe you wont toss your gun to your assailant if it slips from your draw.
Thanks for the information. Very helpful.
Awesome, this helped me understand the process of grip and draw .
Thank you
The internet is amazing. I'm super nervous about buying my first gun, but finding gems like this make me a bit less wary of picking the thing up from the get-go.
The entire video is great, but I really like the idea about using your assisting hand to do the majority of the holding of the gun and your main hand to just actuate the trigger.
Excellent! A lot of great points, thank you!
Thank you so much for this video! I’m ordering some Tap Rack Training Aids right now!
I like it! Train with what you intend to fight with!
Excellent video! Thanks!
Thanks Tim, adding ooda loop to dry fire was a great tip that I never thought of. Definitely practicing deciding to act while watching an action movie tonight 👊
Es un hombre adorable
That’s the real Captain America right there!
Conexus X18 How is he an American tough guy douchebag bag?
Conexus , you sound a little jelly
lol caaalm down
I understood that reference.
Conexus X18 you sound like the douche to be honest dude
Came back to rewatch and take more notes
Thanks for the great teaching tools
Lol first thing that came to mind was “ hey its that guy that pretended to be a white belt”. Good info man!
Thank you. I needed this. Very helpful for new gun owners.
I love the wall flower dance sir!!
Awesome video brother!! I'm getting my ccw next week so this helps. Dry fire is a huge part of training.
Great training video. Learned quite a bit, Thanks Tim.
Thanks Tim
Thank you very much for your drills man very simple explained.
Great video , and as always I learned a hell of a lot.
If someone is is going to go through drills like these they definitely should visually check a magazine when after manually emptying it though. Cant rely on counting or "feel" . Could be the one mistake that proves fatal otherwise .
Keep up the amazing work man .
Studied Boyds OODA loop as a civilian. As a fire fighter I try training Incident Commanders to the concept as it applies to the fire service. Boyd was one smart cookie.
The wallflower wanting to dance. Love it. Great video
I like how you mentioned using the left hand the way you did, relying on your right hand mostly for the use of your trigger finger
You’re awesome sir,.. really great vid!..
Thank you
Tim's the man, got my subscription with those lil dance moves!
I bought Taurus G2/3Cs primarily because they dry-fire so my lady and i can get our reps in.
I personally prefer the loaded round indicator on the G2 over the window on the G3 but for her being new to pistols its a much safer feature that saved her from putting a hole through one if our walls
PRACTICE & get to know your weapon(s) very well!
Having to explain to the 6yo that guns aren't toys ain't getting easier when you're having fun clearing the house from a make-belief zombie invasion though.
Every striker gun and most hammer fired guns that aren’t rim fire can be dry fired safely.....
@@KryptonixX I mean without having to rack the slide each time. Drop that terminology on me
Super helpful, thank you!
The practice with a movie is such a great suggestion. Thanks!!
Good deal pal you are good, happy to hear from you, I use two pistols the one that I carry constantly and the second is a smaller pistol that I carry in certain situations. I love the drill. For years everyone said do not dry fire you Gun but it don’t hurt a thing. It gives you very good knowledge of that particular pistol you carry. I love that instructions.
good video. I run a carpentry business, and sadly training info in the trades sucks. To my knowledge, there is not a single video available on dry firing a nail gun. Allot of materials would be saved, and injuries would be prevented if we had this kind of training info.
So make a dang video!
This great information, thank you! Train often and safely and you can win the day.
Thank you sir
To his point about how to improve with dry fire. I actually had to pull my pistol for real when a car had already bumped me and he circled around and began speeding directly towards me in a parking lot. It was a clean draw, I side stepped to get out of the path of the car and when I saw the driver and passenger scared out of their minds with their hands up I gave easy to understand and clear verbal commands. They drove off, I reholstered and continued on my journey to buy mac n cheese for my dinner. I was very impressed with myself after I got home and went through everything that had happened in my head......
Velveeta or Kraft Mac n cheese?
@@vincemaribel oh my gosh!! lol!!
@@vincemaribel These are the details that matter.
If you got out of the path of the car, why did you draw your weapon? Did you check the background of your moving target for civilians? Were you certain there wasn't someone sitting in a car in the background of your line of fire with the moving target if you decided to pull the trigger? I grew up in Chicago where what is described here I would expect of a gang-banger, not a responsible gun owner. Am I misunderstanding something here? Thank you.
I am new to shooting and looking at the Glock 19 (I live in Los Angeles, so options for compacts are a little limited). However, I'm thinking of investing in a SIRT pistol as well. After seeing that Tim drills with one, I'm sold on it!
ThePoorBoy my edc is a g 19. I got a Walmart lazer for like $15 and use it to drill. It’s not as nice as his trainer but it’s cheap lol
I really want to know what holster that is??? Not muddy river that he sells on website
Fantastic instruction video! I watched you so close on yr 1234 draw exercise, I knew something would be different based on where yr support hand was placed before the draw, then came the tea cup! I have subscribed and will be watching, thanks for sharing your Gift!!
I think I have Tim-itis, I binge on sheepdog videos regularly
Tim, do you often experience yourself losing grip when shooting more than 2-3 rounds in the same drill and it affecting your grouping? Should I quickly readjust my hands and continue a drill or reset the drill? Thinking real world, I can't say it's useful to just start over since a bad guy won't stop for you to fully reset just to get a better grip. You would have to fix it fast and continue firing as needed.
Research the wedge grip.
Great Info Sir.
Great tips and ideas brother much respect!!
As the Army taught me….Perfect your practice!!!
Flag looks good on the wall. Love it.
Tim would have a giant gear locker instead of a big screen tv in his livingroom 😂
Thats his gun room
You talked about your team in a firefight when you’re not there and family being harmed in a different video I was 3/75 B CO and still contracting with DOS. I thought I was the only one the had the nightmares about the family deal. I thank you for all you do. RLTW.
Fundamentals win gun fights. Well presented brother. Cheers.
I have a magazine dedicated for dry fire. I removed the spring and follower. Since it is a subcompact with a shorter grip, having the magazine In was more important.
Thats a good idea. I'm going to do that.
Had an uneasy feeling when you were dancing and staring into my soul 🤣 as always, great content. Stay safe
Need to do a follow up video on the dance moves lesson
Great video. Like a wise man told me once. "Keep it simple stupid"
The KISS theory. My dad always preached that!
Joe Biden
KISS
@Erwan Compes different ways of saying the same thing
Thanks for these videos Tim. They come in handy in real life, if ever nessecary. I live in LA, shit happens often in LA. Karate and Judo ain't enough, to keep a man safe.
I hope he writes a book about what really happened while filming “Hunting Hitler.” Tim is a great role model for our young people.
Real valuable information 👍🏽
Great information, learning a lot!
Thanks for covering this subject very informative.
Love your videos, sir!
Just getting into more serious training with firearms. I’ve owned guns for over 30 years, I suppose it’s about time I got serious. Thanks for the video.
Im so dang curious to see what's in those black cabinets. lol
Ok so it’s not just me
Me too
Radicalized Sasquatch doped on Adrenalin and cocaine that he lets out a few times a week... just to stay harder to kill.
@@patriotsandtyrants Crazy, i thought the same thing.
Loadouts
Thank you!
Great! thank you!
Cool videos. What pistol/model do you normally use? Thanks.
Good video!
Vary informative. Thank you tim. I know this sounds random but is there a tactical advantage in skipping belt loops?
I have 2 extra mags for each guns that is only use for dry firing. Loaded with snap caps and stored separately from the live rounds.
I do that too. I put a strip of high visibility duct tape on all my snap cap mags. No real rounds every go into the hi-vis mags. If I need to swap it out, I take the tape off. Just another level of safety.
Really need to come take a class with you guys!
I love how you used the word 'sheepdog' in your company name. I remember that speech like it was yesterday.
Pardon me for “eavesdropping”, but, what speech are you referring to? I would be very interested in seeing or reading it! Thank you!!
@@mustangsallyride It's the speech the commander of infantry basic training battalions give the new guys to punp them up for defending America.
Terrorists = Wolves
Civilians = Sheep
Soldiers = Sheep Dogs
Definitely earned a subscriber, thank you sir.
Thanks Tim 🍻
Freaking love this dude
Yeah man gonna practice now
Awesome video.
Just had a nice session this morning - good stuff right here.