When A Gun Is Not An Option

The WAGINAO class - in March 2023 - was very good. All of the course content / examples were very good. It clarified - for me - the proper use and laws of all the alternative products available. Class length was just right. I have taken the Medical Class and learned alot also. I will attend more classes and I will highly recommend them to others. Thank you for the high quality instruction and instructors.

There were 5 of us from our family at this class. Trek covered a lot of information that was new to a lot of us. He did a great job of providing times of questions and feedback so we all could engage in the material. We all hope and pray we never need to defend ourselves from the worst. This class educated us in several ways to either "not be present" when trouble happens or how to "deescalate a potentially bad situation". This learning is priceless to our family! We suggest you take multiple members from your household so you can continue to compare notes afterwards and keep the information fresh.

This was my first class with the MDFI. I learned more from Treck in 8 hours about situational awarness and how to handle situations, than I did taken 2-3 day long seminars. The training and information is brokn down so its easy to learn and remember. I look forward to taking more classes at the MDFI.

Ive taken other classes that were 2-3 days long on situation awarness, but walk away with more

Trec broke this all down into an 8 hours course.

So much of what we like to train is around the sexy gun craft stuff. Yet so much of life's potential conflict problems are not in the realm where use of lethal force is justified. WAGINAO is an essential part of being a well-rounded, responsibly armed and equipped citizen. The class balances mindset, legality, real-world examples, and gear selection. And it's executed in the MDFI style we've come to love: Safe, Fun, Educational.

This is my second class with MDFI. The first was YSINTG and now "When a Gun is Not an Option". I had taken this class because my teen daughter will be starting college soon and I know that she will be in a "gun free zone". I convinced (through bribery) my daughter to join me. We both got a lot out of the class. I have a CPL and with this class it helped me to learn how to differentiate what situations need what kind of action. Also, it was very beneficial to learn what different kinds of pepper spray to use and how they work. Thanks Trek for providing us with a great bonding mother, daughter time and helping to teach us what we need to know about situational awareness.

I took this class because I wanted to understand my options for personal protection. I learned a lot more, about understanding people and myself and situations. Definitely a class that is an important step on self protection journey.

This course was extremely informative regardless of background or firearms proficiency. The explanation of the whole person concept made comprehensive sense. I also appreciated the definitions of different types of people encountered and appropriate levels of force accordingly. The discussion about what is and isn't effective (as well as what's lawful) with respect to 'non-lethal' tools was very good. The Trekisms were also effective in punctuating the key points.

This was an eye opening experience. It filled in a lot of gaps for me as a cpl holder with very little training. When to use force, what force is appropriate, reading situations and people, what tools to use and why, etc. I also learned a lot about the effectiveness of different less lethal options.

I highly recommend this class to any who carries a gun, who doesn't, spouses, people who are not gun people but still want to protect themselves, and...everyone else! Trek does a great job breaking things down and running through the what ifs in open discussion. His whiteboard flow charts are worth the price of admission alone!

Excellent Course. I went in anticipating that certain less than lethal defense tactics would be obviously superior and doubting the effectiveness of others. This course really changed my perspective on the spectrum of non-lethal options. I would certainly recommend this course.

Thank you for such a wonderful class this past weekend. I wasn’t sure what to expect and it definitely exceeded my expectations. I’m a big proponent of learning as much as you can to be prepared in all situations and I left that class with a wealth of knowledge. I had no idea I had so many less than lethal options available to me.