Hi Ron, Training with you has certainly met and exceeded my

expectations. Before the training I had a lot of concern about using a

shotgun. I probably used my gun more that first morning than in the last

twenty years that I owned it. But you taught me valuable and simple

techniques that will last a lifetime. I have now traded my home defense

tool from an AR to a 12 gauge because in close quarters it's just a more

effective tool.

BubbaBob

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Hey Ron, Thanks for another enjoyable Sunday shoot. I will be there

again Sunday if it rains, if it stays cold and we still have snow I will have

to miss. Not too many snow shoe days left south of ADKs.As you probably

know I do a lot of shooting on Tues nights. I was “lucky” enough to shoot

1st on my squad @ GCL on Tues which means I had no idea what to

expect on one of the stages. Usually once the 1st person runs through,

everyone knows who the bad guys are and its just a matter of trying to

score enough points when you cruise through the course.  Your scenarios

change every time and the emphasis is on identifying the threat and

reacting as quickly as possible. The concept of changing the goal or “order

of attack” under fire never comes into play up there as it does on your

shoot. Tues night still is a lot of fun, but your training adds a sense of

realism impossible to duplicate in that environment. The fact that your

classes are outdoors in itself adds realism. Running for cover and taking a

knee to retrieve loose ammo is a lot different w/ an inch or 2 of snow on

the ground than it is on dry concrete. I have owned a pair of 870’s for

many years and have killed a lot of deer w/ them as well as many clay

pigeons but after a couple weeks at your shotgun class I am realizing I

really know an awful lot less than I thought about how to effectively run

them. The high-speed reloading/shooting drills were a lot of fun and will

help build muscle memory and a thorough familiarization of the weapon.

I still can’t believe I was able to shoot as much as I did, If more people

knew what you are doing, the place would have been packed. Next time I

will bring more ammo! Thanks Again

Alan

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I just attended a CQC/Defensive Knife Course offered by LMI today. It

was a free course that Ron was nice enough to offer me.

I have been attending the weekly shooting classes at the Canandaigua

Sportsman’s Club for a while now and have realized that Ron has a wealth

of knowledge and expertise. So when he offered the “free” CQC course, I

of course jumped at the opportunity. I was not disappointed. I have never

had any formal self-defense training what so ever before this. I started out

learning the basic grasps and take down maneuvers and it wasn’t too long

and I already had a few favorite take down moves. As the day progressed I

became more comfortable and could perform these actions at a faster

speed. This is day number one for me mind you. In the afternoon, Ryan

showed up and I got to practice my newly found skills on him. He is quite

a bit taller than Ron (and myself for that matter), so some of the

techniques worked better and some had to be modified to get the desired

outcome. This showed me that in a real life situation, your attacker may

be bigger or smaller than you, so you will have to adapt to that, but the

basic premise is still the same. During the knife portion of the course, I

learned one important thing. That is, you don’t want to be in a knife fight!

If you go toe to toe with someone and “spar with a knife” you are going to

get cut to ribbons. The red lipstick marks on our shirts, from the training

knives, will attest to that. I learned that it is much better to fend off the

attacker, by moving in close and taking him down and by adding in some

strikes, therefore ending the fight quickly and hopefully without getting

cut. I also now know that the knife in my pocket will never make it out in

time to be used, when you are under an aggressive close encounter attack.

The day ending up with basically a free for all with unscripted attacks to

see how I would respond. Some of my techniques were clean and smooth,

and some were, well let’s say “improvised”! The basic rule is, that if your

move fails, as it very well may happen in a real world situation, follow

through with a strike, a distraction, or another move and get your

opponent under your control. Ending the attack quickly is the ultimate

goal, no matter what.  In addition to being a fun learning experience, this

class was one hell of a workout! After a few minutes of non-stop action, I

was out of breath and my heart was beating like a drum. It by far

exceeded any cardio workout that I’ve done at the gym. Over all I would

recommend this class to anyone and everyone who wants to know how to

stop an attacker that is determined in doing you harm. I plan on taking

more of Ron’s CQC courses as well as some of his gun-fighting courses. I

am already signed up for his CQC Gun Fighting class.

Thanks again to both Ron and Ryan.

Tim

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I recently attended a free Pistol class offered by LMI. Let me start by

saying that I learned a great deal and had fun while doing t. Ron is an

excellent instructor and I will definitely be attending more classes at LMI

whenever my schedule permits. Ron is very good at what he does, and

equally as good at passing along his knowledge to the student. The drills

were challenging, well thought out, and filled with plenty of techniques to

keep me busy. Ron is a very likeable, down-to-earth guy. It was nice to

meet and train with everyone (including some fellow AR15.com guys). I

recommend Ron and LMI to anyone without reservation. Thanks Ron, I

look forward to more training in the future

Pete

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Hey guys, I'm one of the guys in the LMI video for the shotgun course. It

was 2 days and it was INTENSE!!! My friend and I shot over 850 rounds

of 00buck and slug each over the two days. Thats a total of about 1700

rounds total in the 2 days. I have to say, my shoulder does not hurt in the

least. there is a small bruise there, but it's hardly worth mentioning, and

it certainly doesn't hurt. The part of my body that hurt have nothing to do

with the shotgun at all. My legs, from being overweight and out of shape,

my knee, having a torn meniscus, and my fingers felt like jelly the one day

from using them to manipulate the SG and the rounds. So to anyone who

thinks that your shoulder will hurt after all those rounds, I have to tell

you, it WILL NOT HURT.

There isn't one correct stance and position of the SG that will make it not

have recoil, but for whatever reason, when you are running around and

reloading, transitioning from buck -to slug - to buck, aquiring the shoot

targets and engaging, and avoiding the no-shoot targets....somewhere the

recoil gets lost. If your mind is on how bad your shoulder is going to hurt,

we'll then maybe it will. but as soon as you forget about it, it has no effect

on you.

About the class, I'm not an expert, nor have I taken a bunch of different

classes to compare, but what I can say is that Ron @ LMI definitely can

show you a thing or two on what to do and what not to do. what works

and what does not work. He's open minded, a friendly guy, and easy to

talk to and be instructed by. No ego, no B.S., and a great guy. Most

importantly, the class was FUN AS HELL.

Pinwormfood

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Yesterday I attended LMI's Advanced Carbine Course given by Ron

Lauinger. Ron brings over 18 years executive protection, corporate

security and security management to the table on top of his time in the

Marine Corps as a Scout/Sniper and Marksmanship Instructor. The

course was filled with drills such as threat assessment, failure to fire and

reloading, multiple target engagement,shooting on the move and after

action assessments. The well structured class made for plenty of range

time as opposed to some schools I have attended where most of the day is

spent in the class room. Ron's philosophy of train hard, be safe is evident

through out the days class. With the small class we were able to train

outside the box and get the most out of our day.The end of the live fire

was topped off with a shoot house using Airsoft firearms putting the days

drills to work. The cost of the course is very affordable at $200. Ron holds

many other courses such as pistol, shotgun, cqc/knife defense and can

custom tailored courses to anyone's needs. Here is the link to his site.

SLAMB

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I'm sorry to see you go, however I understand completely, and wish you

great success and greater business opportunities in your new location. My

only regret is not taking advantage of you training more while you were

here. I am glad to get the training I did from you.

I haven't taken a lot of formal training classes, with the exception of 2

classes by Chuck Taylor, (pistol 1, and carbine). That said, I think your

teaching style, attitude, professionalism, and think-out-of-the-

box/pragmatic/what-really-works philosophy eclipses Chuck Taylor, and

is way above all of the local/WNY/CNY wannabees (and I know

&&&&&&& well) who are little more than mall ninjas and gun handling

101 instructors.

Thank again, (private)

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I had the opportunity to take a LMI class on the first of March. I brought

my wife and a buddy to the class not really knowing what to expect. There

was another fellow there "Big Lug".  LMI had taught us the basic defense

and offense tactics for CQ situations. LMI taught and explained in "REAL

WORLD" terms on what to expect from bad situations and how to get out

of them. LMI will make you understand how even an amateur knife

fighter will win against a CQ pistol match- it's scary. LMI had even taught

my wife (5'5") on how to take down a 6'8" "Big Lug" guy with a little effort

and not just by kicking the "twig and berries" if you know what I mean.

We drove almost 2 hours one way. It was EXTREMELY worth every

minute and penny.

LMI is a MUST for todays real world issues.

skidz38

Hey guys I've been taking LMI's Combative Courses now for just over a

month and wanted to give some feedback.  I've never had any type of

formal training for the record. I've been doing the 3 hour weekly meets &

I've already done one of the 8 hour hand to hand courses. I also plan on

his fighting pistol course coming up in a few weeks and many more to

follow.

The training is great, the people that have signed up so far are great and

Ron is great also. SUPER nice guy, honestly just looking to teach real

skills. No one, including Ron ever tries to be a "tough guy" or show their

dominance during training. So don’t feel intimidated even if you are new

or have experience, this class works for you. I am brand new to training

and my friend has been trained in various martial arts over 15 years and

we both feel everything we have learned is completely different, a better

perspective and very useful.

Not only do we go through techniques, but we also go through various

drills to try and employ some of them. And when I say try, I mean Ron

teaches that everything isn’t going to always work - you must keep

moving, keep thinking and going to plan B,C,D etc. It is also an open

discussion, we always talk about different ideas scenarios and concepts -

always an open forum with the intent to teach/learn.

This isn’t just about fighting, its about thinking and thinking QUICK,

focusing on an objective and executing until the objective is

accomplished. There are going to be situations that will be over whelming

and how you handle them will determine how you walk away from them.

When you train for them, with the proper training, you will be able to

react quicker and more efficiently, giving you better odds in life.

What I really like about this training is its versatile. Hand to hand, pistols,

shotguns, rifles and knives - he covers just about every aspect you would

want. So there is something for everyone.

Guys I HIGHLY suggest this, so come on out and at least give it a shot.

Johnny (4/4/2009)

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I wanted to comment on LMI. He's moved to the Cleveland area and I've

had a chance to start taking his classes.

All I can say is Awesome!

I started taking the CQC courses once a week since February. Since I have

also taken a knife course, and Combat Pistol I. Ron's courses are

excellent. I have nothing but good things to say about them. The CQC

classes on weekdays are mainly hand to hand where Ron starts at your

level. He covers techniques, you practice them, ingrain them, then use

them in a low light, high stress environments. My skill level was zero

when I started. We've covered grabs, charging attacks, knife attacks,

attacks from behind, ground fighting, and disabling your attacker: breaks,

chokes, deploy a ccw, blade, ect. Ron's motto is instantly and immediately

attack your attacker. Ron gets you in the mindset then you do it. You will

be able to take your attacker down and take him out (or escape) and

protect your loved ones. The classes can be physically grueling or not, its

up to you. In that time I have developed confidence, muscle memory, and

the need to make my toolbox of techniques bigger. I look forward to class

every week.

The knife course is conducted in the same manner with rubber and foam

knives. You will be shown how knife attacks take place, put in that

situation, then taught how to handle it. You will be shown how to attack

an attacker that has a knife pointed at you, in your face, against your

throat, and poking you in the back. You will have him down and be in

control before he can react.   I was amazed at how well Ron's techniques

work. Definitely out of the box!

Pistol Class. You're not standing still shooting a target. No lecture. You're

at a 360 DEG range and shooting close quarters. It's out of the holster

with threat assessment, combat reloads, moving and shooting, and

attacking moving targets. This was a day well spent. I've never gotten

gotten so much out of a day of shooting. Evey time I go to the range I

shoot different and practice different. If you ccw this is a must!

I will comment more as I continue. It would be great to see more of you

here!

Krankshaft72 (8/10/2009)

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Guys this is the real deal. I just had Ron in Findlay over the weekend for

this class (Fighting Pistol 1). This class exceeded my expectations. I have

also taken classes from Ken Hackathorn and Ron is right there with him.

Shoot-house was phenomenal and trust me it is a real eye opener as to

threat non-threat targets. Add a strobe light and loud music to that and

you definitely have something you cannot experience at most ranges.

Great out of the box training this isn't your grandfathers tactical training.

Ron brings a ton of real world experience to the table and lets just say

that I wouldn't want to have to take him on.

scrampop (8/25/2009)

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We highly recommend this class for females as well as males. Every

woman should be able to fend off an attacker. Ron altered the self defense

moves for the women in the class so that we could maximize our attacks.

He also discussed mindset, awareness and how to harden homes and

daily routines. This class was extremely beneficial to my sister and I.

Alisa M. 1/30/2010

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I took the close combative class. I had a lot of fun and learned tons of

useful things. As a woman, I feel more confident in my ability to defend

myself. There are different techniques for women that Ron showed us

how to execute. I would recommend this class to all women.

Ashley M.

1/30/2010

Findlay, Ohio

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AAR (After Action Report) on June 6 Fighting Rifle Course.

Good course. The instruction was on par with other big name shooting

courses; Farnam, TDI, Suarez, etc. Ron is a 1 man show with minimal

overhead so he's able to keep his prices low.

Also, like other schools where you would need 1,000 to 2,000 rounds for

the day, Ron works with his students and suggests that they load 5-7

rounds per mag (more if you want) for the beginning stages. This way you

can keep your ammo expenditure to around 500 rounds for the day.  In

the room clearing and move and shoot stages you'll want your mags

topped off!

I also do H2H with Ron and his philosophy with H2H, Knife, Pistol, Rifle

is all the same. Training with Ron isn't so much  about learning 'his way'

but rather a guided tutorial of refining 'a way that works for you'. Much of

the training is based on experiential learning of what works and what

doesn't. Ron also builds stress inoculation training into his curriculum

through a variety of approaches. But he's not all work and no play either,

there are several drills that build your confidence. After the course, Ron

then pulls out the Airsoft gear for Force on Force training and stays as

late as people want to.

If your looking for the stage after "OK I know how to shoot, now teach me

to fight with the weapon". Then you need to look to Ron's courses.

PS... there were a few things I noticed that kind of bothered me though:

* All of the other students were set up with either IDPA type magazine set

ups or nothing at all. I was the only guy with a chest rig. I got a few

strange looks.

* Ron teaches to drop magazines. Which is technically realistic if your not

set up to retain (drop pouch or an open BDU leg pocket). So there were a

lot of scattered magazines.

* Also, Ron allowed the students to ground their rifles and go back and

reload. Which keeps the pace steady for the class. I was the only one who

put the barrel safety flag in and carried my rifle with me. It took extra

time, but thats the habit we ingrain.

Which BTW, there were several rifles always laying around (even when

the students went to lunch!). In a pinch it would have been a$$holes and

elbows looking for rifles.

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I was lucky enough to have taken a couple of his handgun courses - a true

"run your gun" school, it's as honest and grounded as he had advertised:

learn how to fight with your pistol. Working from the basics of

marksmanship and manipulation to how to move and shoot, Ron taught

me skills that one cannot achieve, simply from standing stock-still inside

a stall at your favorite indoor range. And unlike many other schools, Ron

trains regardless of the weather (as long as conditions are not physically

unsafe), and he made good on this promise in our low-light class, which

featured torrential rain. Bad-guys don't sit back and wait only for fair

nights with a cool breeze, and I am glad that I found out what it would be

like, to have a gun-fight in the dark, soaking wet from the rain. A LMI

specialty is a live-fire shoot-house as well as force-on-force training, using

airsoft/RAM-trainers, something that is usually completely absent from

other classes at this level, locally. I've taken a number of other local

offerings, and in-retrospect, I think that Ron's first-step class was perhaps

one of the most intense - demanding that the student be at least proficient

at the fundamentals prior to arrival - yet was also strangely the best-

rounded: coming out of there, the novice shooter is incredibly well

prepared for the bad stuff.

Ron's easy manners and personable attitude belies an absolutely

encyclopedic knowledge of his profession as well as an eagle's eye for

safety.  Nothing - and I mean nothing escaped Ron's knowing eyes.

All of this, I've come to recently find out, also applies to his combatives

classes.

Even in our firearms classes, Ron repeatedly stressed the importance of

us - the civilian concealed-carry licensee - realizing that we may not

always be able to get to our gun, right-off-the-bat: that we must have the

skills necessary to fight and triumph over the bad-guy, even if we have

nothing but our hands as weapons. Towards this goal, "Integrated Street

Combatives" is what Ron teaches, and based so far on the single "Close

Quarters Combatives" class that I've taken, I can see just how critical such

skills are. As a teenager - nearly 20 years ago - I studied Shuai Chiao, and

achieved a level of proficiency in the art: while I had always known that

did not make me an unstoppable fighter on the streets, I nevertheless

always harbored hope that it would mean that I would at least be able to

better defend myself, in case of something bad happening, when I am

without a weapon to rely upon.

What I found out in Ron's CQC class was that my martial arts background

did not prepare me well, at all, for violent encounters. Sure, what I did all

those years ago was fun and spectacular in the ring, but it lacked the

necessary explosiveness and "finishing touches" that is so necessary out

there in the real world: I'm used to the throw being the end of the

engagement, for the bell to ring and the next round to begin - I'm not

used to jumping on the other guy and pounding him into a pulp, then

backpedaling and putting two in his chest as he's getting up. But I *know*

that's the ferocity and resolve I will need, in dire street scenarios, and

those are the brutally effective skills that Ron's class teach the students.

I will definitely continue to study with Ron.

Allen

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"LMI had a booth at gun show in my area, and after meeting Ron and

talking with him a bit about his philosophy on training and personal

defense, I decided to sign up for his Close Quarters Combatives course.

Everything we learned was immediately practical and useful in the

streets. The progression of techniques built upon what we learned just

before it, and often repeated itself through the course, serving as a way to

solidify what we learned through repetition. Ron kept a close eye on each

student, always looking out for proper form and safety during the

training. I also really appreciated how open he was to questions and my

hypothetical situations/counters to what we learned. He was always ready

with an answer and technique, which satisfied me completely. We

covered escapes from common chokes and holds, take downs, knife

defense and ground fighting. Each section was very comprehensive and

left little to wonder about. Expect to work very hard in this course and be

very satisfied with the quality and application of this training."

 -Lee

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As a runner who runs on trails & the road, you never know who you will

encounter; so, you must be able to defend yourself.  If you run alone, you

must rely on yourself. Heck, running with others doesn’t guarantee safety

any more.

Having trained at Street Combatives, I have developed the skill set

necessary to assess the situation & then decide what type of action to take

to defend myself. Street Combatives instructor Ron adapts & customizes

techniques for you.  If some maneuver isn’t quite working for you, Ron

will tweak the maneuver to make it easier.

While some may say what we do is too brutal or too hard especially for

women, I say better to be challenged and tossed around in a controlled

environment rather than be totally destroyed or raped on the street in a

certain life or death situation.

The best part of Street Combative is randori, a stimulation of what one

may confront on the street.  Taking down a guy twice your weight in

randori builds confidence as well as gauges how you’d react not knowing

how or when you’ll be attacked.  I recommend Street Combative to

women as you never know how much big or strong your attacker can be 

and the realism of randori will give you a glimpse of  what to expect on

the street.

Loisirene Bernhardt,   Spring, 2014