{"id":404,"date":"2020-05-26T23:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T23:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmstrainingcenter.us\/?page_id=404"},"modified":"2026-11-03T23:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T04:36:49","slug":"instructors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/firearmstrainingcenter.us\/?page_id=404","title":{"rendered":"Instructors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lead instructor: Sam Barbakoff<\/span><\/h1>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”407″ style=”vc_box_rounded” css_animation=”fadeIn”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]Started shooting at the age of 13, became Sharpshooter at 14.
\nUniversity champion (1972) at SAMBO. (Empty Hand Self-defense).
\nMilitary Service \u2013 Navy (1973-1976)<\/p>\n

Classifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • USPSA \/ SCSA – Grand Master<\/li>\n
  • NRA conventional Pistol (Bulls Eye) \u2013 Master<\/li>\n
  • IDPA \u2013 Master<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Training:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Tom Givens – RangeMaster Instructor
    \nFrontSight Firearms Training Institute \u2013 Distinguished Graduate
    \nMassad Ayob Group \u2013 MAG-20 Range course
    \nRobert Vogel \u2013 World Class Pistol Skills class
    \nNWTC, Department of Public Safety \u2013 Force on Force Instructor
    \nNRA \u2013 Certified Instructor, Range Officer
    \nGSW and First Aid; CPR certified
    \nIDPA Chief Safety Officer<\/p>\n

    Competitions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    NRA conventional pistol \u2013 states and regional matches. 2007 \u2013 bronze medal, 2008 \u2013 gold medal
    \nIDPA \u2013 States Championships and sanctioned matches.
    \nIDPA – USA Nationals and World Championships
    \nSteel Challenge – States and Regional Matches[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”410″ add_caption=”yes” img_size=”300×300″ style=”vc_box_rounded” alignment=”center” img_caption=”with Robert Vogel, IDPA World Champion, MN 2015″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”664″ add_caption=”yes” img_size=”300×300″ style=”vc_box_rounded” alignment=”center” img_caption=”with Larry Vickers, FL 2019″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    [vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”407″ style=”vc_box_rounded” css_animation=”fadeIn”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]Started shooting at the age of 13, became Sharpshooter at 14. University champion (1972) at SAMBO. (Empty Hand Self-defense). Military Service \u2013 Navy (1973-1976) Classifications: USPSA \/ SCSA – Grand Master NRA conventional Pistol (Bulls Eye) \u2013 Master IDPA \u2013 Master Training: Tom Givens – RangeMaster Instructor FrontSight Firearms…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-404","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry","no-media"],"_hostinger_reach_plugin_has_subscription_block":false,"_hostinger_reach_plugin_is_elementor":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmstrainingcenter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmstrainingcenter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmstrainingcenter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmstrainingcenter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmstrainingcenter.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=404"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/firearmstrainingcenter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1050,"href":"https:\/\/firearmstrainingcenter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/404\/revisions\/1050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmstrainingcenter.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}