Tom, I hope that we did not hurt anyone with the blog.  I was just curious and it certainly drew a lot of attention from folks who are more experienced with the shop. I took no offense from the little guy and yes he can be an easy target which is why we just left the shop politely.  He has a chip on his shoulder. Judging by the comments on Yelp it is what it is.

Hey thats great if he donates his time and I had no idea! Good on him for supporting a local "not for profit"  club.  Besides, it looks like Kokohead is the only viable solution for non MIL/LEO to improve their weapons manipulation skill set, unless you have your own land or know someone who has the acreage to shoot.

Let me put this into perspective.  Some of the biggest jerks in the gun industry volunteer and give back to the community as well.  Rob Pincus will belittle neophytes during a class just because he can.  He speaks so fast and vomits a bunch of information which literally confuses less seasoned shooters.  However, when you see him on Personal Defense Network, he is a saint and the next best thing to "tacticool".  Many years ago, I aspired to train with him.  It was a big disappointment when we trained with his company.  Some of our personal associates will not invite him to various units who are preparing to go into harms way. 

Another example is Mark La Rue, from La Rue Tactical.  He donates thousands of dollars to various 2A organizations across the country.  Unfortunately, he is very arrogant and it shows when ever we see him at Shot Show.  He once placed an offered at his booth to replace defective ARMS mounts with his mounts in effort to discredit the competition.  The management from Shot Show told him to stop doing that.  He complied and refused to speak to anyone for the rest of the show.  No class at all. There are more of them out there and the owner of KGS is no exception.  We have that in the mainland too.

Finally, please understand that there a hand full of credible folks working at the AT/FP Training Center at Pearl Harbor.  I am not sure if he is one of those guys.  As I have stated before, the young man has passion but I personally would not want this guy covering my rear, based on the responses from his patrons and how he is perceived. He just dose not fit the persona of a credible instructor who is open to encouraging potential students to understand their limitations and capabilities under stress in a non permissive environment.  I am sorry but Suarez International and Chuck Taylor Schools do not count!  (check KGS website) These firearms instructors were former FRONT SIGHT employees who figured out a way to make money buy teaching folks dynamic shooting positions etc.  Chuck has a handgun master test which is not very difficult.  Suarez International dose not have a standards test, like SIG SAUER Academy and Rogers Shooting School. I have been fortunate enough to attend these schools and I always aspire to stay humble as firearms student/instructor because there are always going to be different ways to solve a problem.

Now I am curious and I will contact our folks at Ford Island to see what his background is, since he must be an adjunct instructor according to your statement, the next time we are TDY in Hawaii.

Lets put an end to this thread and I really appreciate the candid feedback.  I never expected to see this many response in a short amount of time.  Tom, you are right! KGS has definitely made an impact in this  arena.

Mahalo Gents!

10/2/13 - Arrived at ~9:00am, 0 people ahead of me.  Picked up a permit and left at ~9:05am with 1 person waiting in line.
Returned at ~2:30pm, 1 person ahead of me.  Registered and left at ~2:40pm with 0 people waiting in line.

For someone who claims others can't read, you don't read so good yourself, huh? You claim he was told to stay in the vehicle. Should be an easy FACT to prove, but in FACT you cannot, because that never happened.

The FACT is that you are purposefully being argumentative and evasive after making claims you cannot substantiate, and that probably means you are, as I originally stated, misinformed or willfully ignorant of the real facts and are instead trying to forward your own agenda without regards to the FACTS.....I think so here would call that being a troll....me, I just call it being stupid.

Obviously you don't really mean what your tag line says.....'cause you really don't know what you don't know....

 
The first one to start calling names loses.                                   

I win.              

#DONE

Unless you can come up with a fact that show Zimmerman attacked Martin first, nothing you have to say about whether the 911 dispatcher said stay or not is relevant. 

You're basically saying, if Trayvon had just not gone out to buy skittles and Iced Tea to get high that night, he's still be alive.

At some point, he attacked Zimmerman.  I don't think he was provoked.  I think he was the aggressor. 

Prove otherwise.