Instructor Derek

"Train like your life depends on it"

Firearms & Self Defense Expert

Located in Genoa City, Wisconsin Just North of the Illinois Border

Instructor Derek is a nationally recognized and certified firearms instructor with the NRA. Instructor Derek shares his skills, experiences, and techniques with students just beginning to learn and understand firearms up to advanced shooters. Mixed Martial Arts is the foundation of Instructor Derek’s instruction with particular focus in Muay Thai and Brazilian Jijitsu. Instruct Derek currently partnered with Instructor Jamie co-run a branch of Devine Jiu-Jitsu school in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Instructor Derek also volunteers his time helping youth train and learn firearm safety with Balog Combat Systems and the Eddie Eagle Campaign developed by the National Rifle Association.

Firearms

Self-Defense

Private Outdoor Range

Why I Carry a Gun

My wife knew something was amiss when the car blocked our driveway. She was outside our house, playing with our kids on our trampoline, when a car drove slowly down our…

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Eddie Eagle & Firearm Safety for Children

The Eddie Eagle GunSafe® program is a gun accident prevention program that for over 30 years has helped keep kids safe. The program was developed by a task force made up of…

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Firearm Safety

This is the most basic safety rule. If everyone handled a firearm so carefully that the muzzle never pointed at something they didn’t intend to shoot, there would be virtually no firearms accidents. It’s as simple as that, and it’s up to you.

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Classes/Events

Depending on schedule, attempts to hold monthly, quarterly and yearly self-defense/firearms courses such as Firearms Safety, Concealed Carry (Wisconsin & Illinois), Carbine Fundamentals to Advanced, and the NRA (Eddie Eagle) Firearm Safety for Children.

Private lessons with Instructor Derek are also available upon request, please contact train@instructorderek.com with your request or questions about what type of lessons would be optimal.

Articles

First Look: Timney Alpha Competition Series Trigger

January 20, 2021 No Comments

Timney finds an extra gear for Glocks with its Alpha Competition Series Trigger. The post First Look: Timney Alpha Competition Series Trigger appeared first on

First Look: Heritage Barkeep Rimfire Revolver

January 20, 2021 No Comments

Heritage’s Barkeep rimfire revolver is a pint-sized blast. The post First Look: Heritage Barkeep Rimfire Revolver appeared first on Gun Digest.

How To Manage Big-Bore Revolver Recoil

January 19, 2021 No Comments

They’re called hand cannons for a reason. Learn how to tame big-bore revolver recoil. The post How To Manage Big-Bore Revolver Recoil appeared first on

German Pistols: World War II Throphies

January 18, 2021 No Comments

Classic guns must have either jaw-dropping looks or a storied history. Ideally, they’ve got both, such as these German pistols of World War II vintage.