I attended a 3 day Deliberate Coaching class in May 2025, conducted by Brian Hill of The Complete Combatant. By the final day of the class I had earned the right to shoot the “Core 4” drill for rank.

Using a more efficient draw stroke that I learned from coaching in the class, I was able to shoot a clean run on the 4 strings of fire with a 77% score. This earned me both a Purple Belt rank and an Accurate Ant patch.

Next time I’ll be gunning for a Brown or preferably Black Belt rank.