MALC Training Institute upcoming events

Asymmetrical Knife Fighting (7 Nov 2026)

Sat, 07 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT

About This Course:

In many areas, assailants prefer using bladed or pointed weapons. Additionally, there are places where carrying a firearm is not permitted, but you may be allowed to carry a knife for self-defense.

Most knife fighting or knife defense classes resemble a choreographed dance more than practical training for real encounters. Such encounters are often ambushes, typically brief but always brutal. Your training needs to focus on the actual techniques employed by most attackers.

This is not a martial arts training course. It is a hybrid-style, reality-based system with techniques you can apply immediately.

Topics Include:

· Multiple Angles of Attack
· Footwork and Distancing
· Direct and Efficient Strikes
· Clinch and Control
· Simplicity and Adaptability
· Mindset and Awareness

This course is focused on practicality and is designed with methods to adapt to various situations, opponents, and personal fitness, skill, and size.

Equipment Required:

· Eye protection
· Groin protection for males and breast protection for females is optional but recommended
· Wear a shirt you don’t mind getting destroyed. It probably won’t, but you never know.
· Training knives will be supplied, but you are welcome to bring your own

Prerequisites:

· None
· This class is geared toward the individual with little to no martial arts or fighting experience.
· If you have martial arts experience, you will still benefit by learning the additional nuances of this style.

Special Note about Physical Condition:

You do NOT have to be in great shape, be strong or particularly fast. A 100 pound woman can drop a man twice her size using the principles taught. That's not hyperbole, and will be demonstrated in class.

Price:

$125

Defensive Handgun Level 2 (15 Nov 2026)

Sun, 15 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Course Description:

Have you taken our Defensive Handgun Level 1 and ready for a fast-paced day to take your skills to the next level?

Research and our own experience in our Force-on-Force classes show one of the most common injuries in a fight are injuries to the hands. If you take one of your hands out of the fight, can you still properly operate your weapon?

This course will take the skills you learned about drawing your weapon, reloading, and clearing malfunctions, and force you to do all these things with one hand out of play. In addition, we will work on drawing from compromised positions and introduce you to the concepts of reactionary shooting (shooting through the draw without a sight picture).

In addition, this course will combine Moving & Shooting skills, where you will learn how to effectively shoot while moving.

Standing still in a gunfight will get you killed. You are either pressing the attack, retreating, moving toward cover, or moving toward an objective. Being able to manipulate your weapon one handed, weak handed, and while moving are vital to your success. This course will make extensive use of footwork, weapon control, and shot placement while on the move.

Equipment Required:

Semi-Automatic Handgun
Holster (NO Serpa Holsters due to insurance regulations)
3 Magazines
Magazine carry method
Approximately 350 rounds of ammunition
Eye and Ear protection

Prerequisites:

Defensive Handgun Level 1.

If you have attended a defensive handgun course at another facility where you are familiar with drawing from a holster and clearing all malfunctions you will be accepted.

Price:

$150

Defensive Handgun Level 1 (21 Nov 2026)

Sat, 21 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT

About This Course:

Many people think they know how to operate a handgun or to shoot accurately. However, do you know how to rapidly deploy your handgun in a stressful situation, make a successful hit, reload your weapon, and perform them all within 3 seconds?

If you are considering carrying a handgun for personal defense, or just want to keep one in your nightstand, this is a vital course for you. Regardless of how many rounds you have fired at your local range, you will learn how to use your handgun in real world situation.

This course is designed for those who have a basic understanding of handguns, but want to learn how to utilize it in a defensive situation.

Course Topics:

Range Safety
Carry Positions and Holster Selection
Proper Grip and Stance for Defensive Situations
Drawing from the Holster
After Action Drills
Ammunition Management and Reloads
Safe Dry-Fire Practice Methods and Drills

Required Equipment:

Semi-automatic Handgun
Extra Magazine and method to carry that magazine
Holster (No SERPA Retention Holsters, No Belly Band Holsters)
Approximately 100 rounds of ammunition

It is strongly recommended you have your own handgun and holster for this class. If you do not, please contact us and we can arrange for you to rent a handgun and borrow a holster.

All participants should bring ear and eye protection and dress appropriately for the weather.

Required Prerequisites:

You must know how to properly load your weapon, operate the slide action (and any safeties), Understand sight alignment and trigger control. If you are brand new to handguns or feel you need more training in the basics, please sign up for the Basic Handgun course prior to attending this course.

Defensive Firearms Mindset is highly recommended but not required.

Special Notes:

This course is open to ages 14+ as long as a parent attends.

Price:

This course is $75

Handgun rental is $25 + Market cost for ammunition - Please bring cash to course to pay instructor

Registration Notes:

If the class is full you can sign up for the waitlist. This does NOT mean you have a spot to attend. If someone cancels we go down the waitlist and give first chance to register to those on the waitlist. Only once you complete your full registration and payment are you guaranteed a spot in the course.

Naval Special Warfare Skills and Drills 3 - Transitions (21 Nov 2026)

Sat, 21 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT

About This Course:

If you want to take your skill with firearms to the next level, you have to focus on the foundations.

Naval Special Warfare members are among the best in the world at fighting with firearms, and this stems from the extensive drills they run every week.

In this course, you will be shown many of the drills used to create these highly efficient warriors, and how you can use them to further refine your skills. This course will focus on Rifle / Pistol Transitions.

-Transitions due to ammunition

-Transitions due to malfunctions

-Transitions due to cover, barriers, or environment

-Team Communication

-Mindset Drills

While you do not need to be an expert with your pistol or rifle, a basic familiarity with weapon manipulations is required. This course is suitable for those who have passed the basic level courses with proficiency. This is not an overly physical course. We will modify the drills to work within your physical limitations.

Equipment Required:

- Rifle (AK, AR, SCAR)

- 3 Rilfe Magazines

- Rifle Sling

- Method to carry your rifle magazines (Vest, Plate Carrier, Harness, Battle Belt, etc.)

- Handgun

- 2 Handgun Magazines

- Holster (no SERPA)

- Method to carry your handgun magazines

- 300 Rifle Rounds (no penetrator tips) and 300 Pistol Rounds. If you bring more ammo you can run the drills multiple times.

If there is a piece of gear you do not have, please let us know and we can likely provide you something to borrow.

Prerequisites:

Solid understanding of safe weapon handling. Familiarity with both handgun and AR manipulation including reloads and malfunctions. Defensive Handgun Level 1 and Fighting Rifle Level 1 (or equivalent) are highly recommended.

Notes:

Open to ages 14+ with a parent attending

This is the third course of a 6 part series. Participants who complete all 6 courses will receive a special T-shirt and certificate. You may attend in any order.

This course is taught by a former Navy SEAL (Verification upon serious inquiry)

Price:

$345

Defensive Rifle Level 1 (AR Platform) (22 Nov 2026)

Sun, 22 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT

About This Course:

Many people think they know how to operate a rifle and shoot accurately. For most, this has included taking their rifle to a range and shooting at paper targets until they could consistently hit a bull’s-eye. However, this is NOT fighting with your rifle. Can you rapidly deploy your rifle in a stressful situation, clear any malfunctions, and make successful hits all within 3 seconds?
If you are new to the AR platform, or have only used it for target practice, this is a vital course. This a basic level course, but even more experienced weapon operators will gain additional experience in using the weapon for defensive situations.

This course covers proper stance and grip, and covers topics such as point-of-aim versus point-of impact, various methods to sight your rifle, reloads, and weapon malfunctions. Discussion will include different optics, slings, and other rifle accessories.

Required Equipment:

Good quality magazine fed weapon (AR platform in 5.56/.223, 9mm, 6.8spc, etc.)

Approximately 100 rounds of rifle ammunition

Rifle Sling

2 extra rifle magazines and a method to carry those magazines

If there is something you do not have, inform us in advance and we can arrange for you to borrow.

All participants should bring ear and eye protection and dress appropriately for the weather.

We do have AR rifle’s available for rental including ammunition (Please Inquire for current prices).

Prerequisites:

None

This course is open to ages 14+ as long as a parent attends.

Price:

$95

Castle Defender (5 Dec 2026)

Sat, 05 Dec 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Castle Defender

Understanding Firearms, Angles, and the Realities of Home Defense

About This Course

Defending yourself with a firearm inside your own home presents challenges that are very different from shooting on a traditional range. Walls do not necessarily stop bullets. Doors may provide little protection. A shot that misses its intended target, or passes completely through it, may continue into another room, another part of the house, or even beyond the exterior of the home.

Castle Defender is an intensive two-day course designed to help armed citizens better understand those realities and develop a thoughtful, informed home-defense plan specific to where they actually live.

The course begins on the range with a live-fire demonstration examining how common handgun, rifle, and shotgun ammunition interacts with materials commonly found in residential construction. Students will see firsthand what happens when rounds encounter drywall, paneling, wood construction, siding, brick, concrete block, hollow-core doors, steel doors, and other common barriers. All live-fire demonstrations are conducted by the instructor.

From there, the course moves into the classroom to examine the geometry of home defense. Students will learn how angles, fields of fire, likely threat approaches, points of domination, fatal funnels, concealment, and the potential for overpenetration should influence where and how a firearm might responsibly be employed inside a residence.

Students will then create a detailed scale drawing of their own home and use the principles discussed in class to begin developing a home-specific defensive plan rather than relying on generic tactics.

On Day Two, those concepts move from paper to practice. Using movable walls in a large training facility, several student home layouts will be recreated and used for scenario-based exercises with Airsoft training weapons. These exercises allow students to see how seemingly small differences in position, angles, movement, and decision-making can dramatically change a situation.

This is not a traditional CQB or structure-clearing course. Castle Defender is about understanding your own home, recognizing the limitations of firearms and building materials, and making better decisions before an emergency ever occurs.

Topics Covered

Ammunition & Residential Barrier Penetration

Cover, Concealment & the Reality of Interior Structures

Defensive Angles, Fields of Fire & Points of Domination

Fatal Funnels, Threat Approaches & Positioning

Developing a Home-Specific Defensive Plan

Scenario-Based Home Defense Exercises

Equipment Required:

Notepad and paper

Pencil (NOT ink), eraser, straight ruler

Protective equipment for airsoft simulation training (mask, eye protection)

Course Notes

This is a two-day course combining live-fire demonstrations, classroom instruction, individual home-defense planning, and scenario-based Airsoft exercises.

Live-fire demonstrations are conducted by the instructor. Students will not fire live ammunition during the penetration-demonstration portion of the course.

Students should come prepared with enough information about their residence to create an accurate scale floor plan during the class.

Prerequisites

None

Instructor

Adam Smith
Former U.S. Army Green Beret

Price:

$295

Improvised Medical (12 Dec 2026)

Sat, 12 Dec 2026 14:00:00 GMT

About This Course:

Have you ever considered what you would do in the event of a medical emergency when there isn’t EMS available, or perhaps the hospitals are either full or not taking patients (we have seen this nearly happen with COVID). What would you do if you were in a remote area and medical support was severely delayed? What if your family member’s life was totally up to the skills you have and the equipment you possess? What should you do if all else fails and you now have a dead body to care for? This 2 day course will help you learn the skills, understand the equipment, and then practice those skills.

This is far different than a “Wilderness EMR” type course. This course will go deeply into the medical side of things not typically seen in a typical WFA type training.

Topics Covered:

How to handle the top ten causes of death in this country if there is no medicine available
What can you anticipate happening in a total grid down scenario
How many are expected to die in the scenario
How can you improvise resources from what is around you to treat medical conditions
What do you need to do BEFORE such a scenario exists
Scenarios on day 2 to reinforce didactic session on day 1

Equipment Required:

Pocket knife or other cutting tool
Thumb drive if you want to receive the slides
Paper
Writing instrument
If you have a medical kit you would like to learn about, please bring it (not required)

Pre-requisites:

None

Cost:

$275

Instructor:

Doctor David M.