Ignatius Piazza

The Firearms Training is Superb Because the Instructors are Superb

Front Sight Firearms Training Institute leads the firearms training industry in instructional staff. Featured in magazines and newspapers, the article in Gunworld shows just how ideal the firearms training one receives at Front Sight is. What training to the trainers receive, though?

In order to become a part of Front Sight's instructional staff, an instructor must first successfully complete a four-day, Instructor Development Program to the exacting and professional standards set by Dr. Ignatius Piazza's example and supervised by Front Sight's cadre of certified Range Masters. This task is very far from easy. The requirements for graduation from Front Sight's Instructor Development Course are far above the industry standard. So high, in fact, that fewer than one in ten participants pass in their first attempt. Even seasoned law enforcement and military instructors are humbled, though all are grateful for the experience to learn what it takes to be part of the greatest instructional staff ever assembled in any industry.

When teaching at Front Sight, all instructors are expected to be able to perform precisely what they are expecting of their students, at any time. Dr. Piazza offers many reasons for this requirement. One, it ensures all students that they are receiving training from men and women who are actually trained, not rotely repeating that which they may have heard countless times. Two, instructors are constantly reminded of how difficult certain tasks can be to learn and continue to be helpful toward students having a difficult time which the instructors themselves may have had once. Three, it keeps instructors at the top of the game, always one step ahead of the students; if the instructor can perform what the student is only learning to do, there is no doubt that the instructor has a place to be teaching.

Firearms training at Front Sight is the world's finest. Their instructional staff is absolutely sterling, and the experience is priceless.