180 Firearms Training Podcast

Coach Kita Busse of 180 Firearms Training and Sam Callahan of Callahan Training Group sit down to hear the riveting story of Raul Mendez. He is a good guy with a gun who defeated a bad guy with a gun after getting shot in the head! This episode will bring tears to your eyes!

Coach Kita Busse of 180 Firearms Training and Sam Callahan of Callahan Training Group sit down with Steve Fisher of Sentinel Concepts.

Coach Kita Busse of 180 Firearms Training, Sam Callahan of Callahan Training Group, and Ibrahim Ndungu, IPSC National Champion of Kenya discuss the upcoming 2022 World Shoot in Thailand. Kita starts of with tips when traveling from the USA with a firearm. Also remember you need 4 blank pages in your passport or some airlines will not allow you to board! The forms are not in English, so arrive at least 3 hours before your flight in case they need to call a supervisor. 

After this, all stages are discussed and particular challenges addressed from the match book. There are some interesting ones! SHO on an uneven platform hanging from a rope on a lean, a sensor activator, swinging sliders, starting prone, riding a bull, and more!

Anthony Stephen Malone, former CIA undercover operative, shares his heroic story of espionage, imprisonment, and self-sacrifice. He was placed in an Afghan prison as a spy for 3 years, then returned home to his family in the UK. When the US suddenly pulled out of Afghanistan, many of our soldiers were left behind. Innocent families with children were in danger. He risked it all to go back and help get these people to safety, and rescued hundreds only to find himself in prison...again...after a cup of tea with the Taliban.

Mike Hughes, inventor of the SIRT pistol and Next Level Training talks with Coach Kita Busse of 180 Firearms Training and Sam Callahan of Callahan Training Group about how to train with the SIRT, being an entrepreneur, and the process for patenting and mass producing a product.

Coach Kita Busse and Grant Chancellor-Maddison sit down with The Humble Marksman to talk about his training and matches, how to navigate being a content creator, and his firearms reviews. 

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Coach Kita Busse of 180 Firearms Training and Grant Chancellor-Maddison from South Africa talk with Ibrahim about the matchbook from the first Kenya national championship, if you aren't taking risks then you've already lost, and so much more!

Coach Kita Busse of 180 Firearms Training and Mike Seiffert of DaVinci Machining continue their chat with John Vlieger of Mark 7 Reloading to discuss teaching USPSA, gamers gaming, risk vs. reward, and more!

Coach Kita Busse of 180 Firearms Training and Mike Seiffert of DaVinci Machining sit down with John Vlieger of Mark 7 Reloading to talk about shooting USPSA, working in customer service, and teaching.

Bill Duda of Go Fast Don't Suck tells Kita she's adopted. He talks about how he got a start in his shooting industry business, being a match director, designing stages, the USPSA presidential special election, being a meme evil mastermind, and much more with Mike Seiffert and Grant Chancellor-Maddison. www.gofastdontsuck.net

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Coach Kita Busse with 180 Firearms Training, Grant Chancellor-Maddison, and Mike Seiffert of DaVinci Machining sit down with Manny Bragg to talk about the evolution of the shooting sports. We also discuss his time on the world shoot team, training, his stomp pad, keeping it fun, and what he's up to now.

Coach Kita Busse and Grant Chancellor-Maddison sit down with Chris Tilley to talk about his coaching in practical shooting from a very young age. He talks about how he trains and what he is working on now!

Note: Training in Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria has been postponed to a later date yet to be determined.

IPSC Champion Paul Hagiantoniou and Greek shooter Alex Agapakis talk with Coach Kita Busse of 180 Firearms Training and Grant Chancellor-Maddison about what it's like to shoot in Greece, the food, the sights to see, and the gun laws. They talk about the Smart Move and Train Smart classes being offered by Coach Kita Busse in Greece. Paul shares tips on training and shooting handguns for IPSC.

Open Division IPSC World Champion Jorge Ballesteros of BULL Armory talks with Coach Kita Busse of 180 Firearms Training, Grant Chancellor-Maddison, and Mike Seiffert of DaVinci Machining. Jorge shares his training and mindset techniques that helped him win the World Shoot. He talks about the challenging stages he faced, shooting/life balance, the Bullesteros open gun, and more!

Coach Kita Busse, Grant Chancellor-Maddison, and Mike Seiffert talk with Josh Froelich as he drops knowledge bombs and golden nuggets throughout the episode. Josh shares training tips and tricks that he uses to train across multiple shooting platforms including rifle, pistol, shotgun, and even AK's. Find out what he is working on now and how he decides what to train on next!

Coach Kita Busse, Grant Chancellor-Maddison, and Mike Seiffert talk with Josh Froelich about maintaining training across multiple shooting platforms, what distance he zeroes his guns and why, and the importance of taking a break between shooting seasons to prevent burnout and keep it fun!

Coach Kita Busse of 180 Firearms Training and Mike Seiffert of DaVinci Machining chat with Ryan Poblete about the IPSC match in Puerto Rico. The range was beautiful, travel was easy, and the match was set up impeccably!

Coach Kita Busse and Grant Chancellor-Maddison talk with teen body builder gone competition shooter Adelina Mae. She covers everything from fitness to nutrition to training for shooting and even how to deal with internet trolls! Adelina makes helpful and fun IG videos to help newer shooters by answering the questions that nobody else explains because they think it's common knowledge in practical shooting.

Check her out at https://www.instagram.com/adelina.mae/

We got so obsessed with Christian that this is part 2!! Coach Kita Busse, Grant Chancellor-Maddison, and Mike Seiffert talk with Christian Sailer about match math, beating Eric Grauffel at the World Shoot, training tips, mental management, and much more!

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Coach Kita Busse, Grant Chancellor-Maddison, and Mike Seiffert chat with US National Champion Christian Sailer about match math, the mental game, visualization, training, The World Shoot, and more.

Coach Kita Busse, Grant Chancellor-Maddison, and Mike Seiffert talk with Army Marksmanship Unit competitor Dex Bradley. What does it take to make the AMU team? Training tips from Dex, and more.

Upcoming 180 Firearms Training Classes (Movement Training)

Gaskin, Florida RPGi range March 3-4 or 5-6 brendan.souder@gmail.com

Richmond, California March 18-19 email 180firearmstraining@gmail.com

East Texas Rifle and Pistol Club April 9-10 email owen.mcdonnell2@gmail.com

Osceola, Iowa May 21-22 email cliffscott64@gmail.com

Rome, Italy in June email predators.idpa@gmail.com

Greece in June email paul.hagiantoniou@fdwa.com.au

Portugal in June email dmitri@ipscstore.eu

The Netherlands in June email rjanssen@eemlandwonen.nl

North Carolina August 29-30 email tnorton3@nc.rr.com

Alaska email 180firearmstraining@gmail.com

Coach Kita Busse, Mike Seiffert, and Grant Chancellor-Maddison talk with traveling firearms instructors Tim Herron and Steve Fisher. Are they living the dream? Tips from the pros are included for new firearms instructors who are just getting started!

Coach Kita Busse, Grant Chancellor-Maddison, and Mike Seiffert talk with top six shooter in the world from Russia, Maria Gushchina with training tips.

Coach Kita Busse, Grant Chancellor-Maddison, and Mike Seiffert talk with IPSCSTORE'S Jana and Dimitri Eemann about their store. They give away 5 tips for starting a business and the biggest mistake new business owners make.

Coach Kita Busse, Grant Chancellor-Maddison, and Mike Seiffert discuss 3-gun, Multigun, USPSA, IPSC with Scott Greene. Scott tells us the unusual methods he uses to practice with only 50 rounds per session!  

Coach Kita Busse, Grant Chancellor-Maddison, and Mike Seiffert talk with Robert Cernigoj Cesar, IPSC champion from Slovenia about matches, his shop and getting in "the zone". Robert's store is at https://cesar-shop.com/ and his online training is available at https://cesar-dvc.com/ 

Steve Anderson talks mental management with Coach Kita Busse and Grant Chancellor-Maddison.

Chris Aust, GM Revolver Shooter and member of the US World Shoot Team for IPSC talks with Coach Kita Busse and Grant Chancellor-Maddison about unique challenges for this division and what gear he uses.

Coach Kita Busse, Grant Chancellor-Maddison, Mike Seiffert, and Andy Stockwell cover the progression of Kita's 180 Firearms Training "Train Smart" class for self-coaching.

Coach Kita Busse, Mike Seiffert, and Grant Chancellor-Maddison discuss how to get yourself out of a funk when you are doubting your abilities after a major match.

Coach Kita Busse, Grant Chancellor-Maddison, and Mike Seiffert discuss the differences in movement with a pistol vs. PCC.

Coach Kita Busse, Mike Seiffert, and Grant Chancellor-Maddison discuss how to prepare for a major match.

Coach Kita Busse, Grant Chancellor-Maddison, Mike Seiffert, and David Ankeny discuss what it takes to be a match director in USPSA.

Coach Kita Busse, Ashley Sullivan (Tactical Poppins), and Grant Chancellor-Maddison discuss disqualification from competition shooting, potential traps to look out for, and what to do if it happens to you! This is a two-in-one episode.

Coach Kita Busse, Grant Chancellor-Maddison, and Mike Seiffert discuss the do's and don'ts of behavior at a match.

Kita Busse, Grant Chancellor-Maddison, and Mike Seiffert discuss how not to get arrested when traveling internationally with a firearm, differences between USPSA and IPSC, and everything in-between!