Course Information
This is a custom Level III firearms training course. Highly dynamic and physically demanding, this course requires non-negotiable, top-tier Safe Gun Handling skills.
Prerequisites: Essential Defensive Carry and Intro to Handguns.
COST:
$225.00
PREREQUISITES:
Essential Defensive Carry and Intro to Handguns.
NOTES:
Must be lawfully allowed to train with firearms.
What this course covers
- Gear use and set up
- Fundamentals revisited (handgun and carbine)
- Several Fast-n-Slow drills
- Timed Malfunction Clearance drills
- Timed Reload drills
- Shooting While Moving
- Multiple Targets/Various Distance Engagements
- Ground Fighting
- Vehicle Ops
- CQC Drills
- Team Drills
- Low-Light/No-Light ops.
Required gear:
- Semi-auto Handgun with at least 4 magazines,
- Semi-auto Carbine (AR, AK) with at least 4 mags,
- Sturdy strong-side holster
- Dual handgun mag pouch
- Dual AR or AK mag pouch
- Rifle sling
- Flashlight(s) – handheld or weapon-mounted flashlight.
This training course involves running, squatting, kneeling and firing from unorthodox firing positions. Bring your fitness with you.
Rental Guns and Gear available upon coordinated request.
Our Instructors

A US Army 82nd Airborne Reconnaissance Infantryman, and Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran (2008-2009), I also spend as much time as possible outside hunting and fishing. Having countless hours training with multiple weapon platforms from crew served weapons to pistols, and having trained military, law enforcement, and civilians. We are constantly updating our training curriculum, making Diamondback an ideal training environment for individuals from every walk of life.
-NRA Certifications: Refuse to be A Victim Instructor, Range Safety Officer, Pistol Instructor, Rifle Instructor, Shotgun Instructor, Inside and Outside the Home Personal Protection Instructor
-Arizona Department of Public Safety, Unarmed and Armed Security Guard Instructor
-Arizona Game and Fish Hunter Education Volunteer Instructor
-Sabre Red OC Spray Instructor
-ASP Baton, Handcuffing, and Flashlight Tactics Instructor
-CPR Certified

A Former US Marine, Roan Grimm has dedicated his life to the study of the grim realities of violent close combat. With 35+ years of martial arts, the past 27 of which have been focused on the weapon intensive Filipino martial arts (arnis/eskrima/kali) and WWII era American combatives (scientific dirty fighting). With over 125 real contact stick fights with the world renown Dog Brothers, Grimm has tested the theories of actual fighting with impact weapons at a level few can approach.
Email: Training@dbackshootingsports.com
-NRA certified RSO, Pistol, Rifle, and Shotgun Instructor
-Guro (black belt equivalent) in Nitullama silat as well as Dog Brothers Martial Arts
-Ma’a Guro in Sub3 American Kali, and Full Dog Brother – “Poi Dog”
-AZ DPS certified Unarmed Guard Instructor
-Creator of ADEPT personal security program