Lodestone Training and Consulting

What is the Pennsylvania Light Fighter Challenge? In this episode, Jared talks a little about it and the train-up we just held. He then talks to a few of those who participated. They share their thou…

Taking some leisure time after class, Jared,  Micah,  Abby, and Joe tell some stories of deployment and training.

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Lodestone just held its CQB Two course. It was an extremely rewarding course for both the students and instructors. During the numerous AARs throughout the course, students had questions about videos…

Jared recently spent a week volunteering at a young men's camp. He was asked to teach a workshop on self defense. He talks about it and the importance of doing hard things. He also talks a little abo…

We recently held the Urban Avalanche training event. Jared talks about this unique course where the participants experience societal collapse. They had to use skills taught in Lodestone classes: land…

Lodestone just finished up the Six-Day SFAUC Flat Range. Jared and Mike talk about the history and intent of this course. It is a school for gun fighting, not how to shoot balloons faster than the ne…

Jared, Flynn and Mike talk about an officer-involved shooting in San Diego, testing a Staccato 2011, observations from class, using common sense, Lodestone's shotgun classes, and a lot more.

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Dave, who has been coming out to classes for a couple of years now, has a fascinating history. A former member of the 22 SAS, he sits down with Jared and shares his story for the first time.

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It's always a good time when Flynn is on the podcast. He and Jared are on the road and talk about the low-light course they are running, as well as a wide variety of other topics. They also discuss s…

In this episode, Jared and Micah talk about real training vs. fantasy. There are plenty of good quality training companies out there, of which LTAC is one. But for every good one, there are a dozen t…

Jared sits down with our long-time friend, Joshua Prince. Josh is the principal of the Civil Rights Defense firm, P.C. and an associate at Prince Law Offices, P.C. in Berks County, PA.

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On Feb. 8th, we held the second Night Fighter Challenge. It was already going to be a challenging event, but the non-stop sleet and freezing rain added to the intensity. Jared, Micah, and Abby talk a…

The 9th season of the Lodestone Training and Consulting Podcast gets even more exciting as we have Jason and Jacob from Geissele Automatics join Jared and Kirk around the travel mic after the second …

To start off the 9th season of the Lodestone Training and Consulting Podcast, Jared and Kirk talk about the 2025 SHOT Show. We had some important meetings and conversations with a lot of different co…

What a strange year 2024 has been. We've had to make more  adjustments to the schedule this year than ever before. Regardless, Lodestone held 95 events over the course of 2024 -- everything from the …

Jared sits down with Dex, an old friend of Lodestone. Dex took part in the first Light Fighter Challenge, and has attended various classes. He's had a colorful military career and is an instructor fo…

Jared and Ozz sit down with Mike, the newest instructor for Lodestone. He shares a little about himself and talks about his long law enforcement and training career. He shares why he chose to join th…

Jared, Flynn, Ozz and Micah take time after class to answer a wide variety of questions submitted by you. How do you size body armor? What's your holy grail gun? What's the difference between your Le…

Jared and Abby talk about the recent Pennsylvania Light Fighter Challenge IV. Each year we try to add new twists to the Challenge and this year was probably the best one so far. Participants were tre…

Recorded Sunday, Jared tries (a second time) to finish this episode. His first attempt just turned into a rant on the complete failure of FEMA and the current administration in providing real aid to …