Hey everyone, I'm Kyle. Formerly of South Dakota, now in Alaska seeking adventure and possible death by environment. I'm an IDS affiliate instructor and proud to be a L7 graduate and bracer holder. I am also USCCA and NRA certified and a Hawaii Kenpo black belt. My place in SD is called The Forge, and one of my instructors (Leonard) is now running things there. I'm not sure what things will look like once we get going up here, but I imagine there will be guns and grappling 🤷‍♂️ As a L7 graduate I figure I'll at least offer to be available if anyone has questions or wants some advice. Feel free to reach out. 🤙

For those of you new to the IDS approach, it’s critical to understand that simply having combative skills to complement your pistol craft isn’t enough. These skills, along with others, MUST be interdependent and integrated.

I hope you all are ready for all my questions. I feel blessed I don't have to unlearn stuff because I am starting out only learning from IDS. But I tend to think about stuff - maybe even over-think some times...so I will certainly asking questions. I recognize some names from folks I met at the FightIQ4CCW class...it is an honor to be here with some of you all.

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