Integrative Positions & Control
In real-world encounters, you don’t get to choose your stance or perfect your grip on a flat range. That’s why at Top Gun Training Centre, we go beyond traditional form and focus on what actually works in a fight.
We teach Integrative Marksmanship, a performance-based system that adapts to stress, injury, movement, and real-time decision-making. Because survival doesn’t care if your stance is “textbook.” It only cares if it works when it counts.
Position Dictates Success
In any defensive situation, how you shoot depends on two things:
Effective use of cover
The specific circumstance you are responding to
We train more than twenty live-fire positions that keep shooters low, mobile, protected, and responsive in varied environments. From fetal curl to trunk curl, from military squat to vehicle-side rollovers, each position has a tactical purpose.
Critical priorities in every position include:
- Maintaining balance and stability
- Reducing your visible profile
- Overcoming injury while continuing to fight
- Moving efficiently under pressure
Once you can run positions with your dominant hand, we switch sides to build ambidextrous capability. This prepares you to perform even when injured or constrained by terrain.
Steady Hold Factors: Own the Weapon, Don’t Just Hold It
Comfort is not the goal. Control is. We drill steady hold factors for both pistol and long gun so the gun tracks straight and your sights return predictably.
For handguns, we train:
- One- and two-handed handling with both dominant and support sides
- Bracing techniques in fetal curl and rollover prone
- Ambidextrous operation that keeps you in the fight if one side fails
For long guns, we cover:
- Proper dominant and support hand placement
- Consistent shoulder and cheek welds
- Effective sling use to add stabilization under stress
We reinforce a firm clamp grip that allows the gun to cycle smoothly and reduces wobble. A loose grip creates pain, poor recoil management, and weak follow-through. A tight, focused hold fixes it.
Language Matters: No Weak Hands Here
We do not use the terms “strong” and “weak.” We use dominant and support because every hand has a job in shooting and weapon control. This mindset shift improves movement patterns and helps build durable muscle memory.
Sight Systems & Breathing: Control What You Can
We teach up to five sighting methods depending on distance, target size, and visibility. Regardless of the system, your ability to regulate breathing is what steadies the gun and the mind.
We incorporate aerobic breathing between scanning phases. It helps re-oxygenate the brain and reduce survival stress effects such as tunnel vision, panic, and tension.
You do not hold your breath in a fight. You breathe through it, and we show you how.
Sight/Trigger Recovery: Precision Under Pressure
Our most critical habit is Sight and Trigger Recovery. Use this sequence to tighten groups and speed accountable follow-up shots:
Here’s how it works:
- Press the trigger while sights are on target
- Hold the trigger to the rear after the shot
- Reacquire your sights
- Ease the trigger forward until you feel the reset
- Prepare to fire again or come fully off the trigger if the shot sequence is complete.
This controlled sequence eliminates flinching, slapping, and “Roy Rogering” the trigger, all common habits from casual range training that fall apart under stress. It also keeps your grip locked, your follow-through tight, and your rounds on target.
Train for the Environment, Not Just the Range
The range is clean, flat, and predictable. The street is not. Our Integrative Marksmanship program is built around pressure, movement, and uncertainty. We combine positional work, movement around cover, decision-making, and stress inoculation drills so you can perform when it matters.
Marksmanship is one leg of the Triad. When combined with strong gun handling and sound tactics, it creates a complete combat-ready shooter.
Ready to Train Like You Fight?
When you’re ready to move beyond the basics and train with purpose, Top Gun Training Centre is here to support your journey. Our certified instructors provide hands-on guidance in an environment designed for real-world scenarios, not just target practice.
If you are serious about building confidence, sharpening your skills, and performing under pressure, view our training options or contact us today to reserve your spot.