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Hey everybody~
Wow, what a great community this is here. I've already posted a couple of questions & stuff, and DANG I've gotten great, friendly advice. Much appreciated.
I'm Duff, 41, married, live in inner-SE PDX & been shooting handguns for only the last 5 years or so. I'm hoping to become a certified safety trainer & would appreciate any and all suggestions on that path. I've done tons of reading online, asked the gang at PSTC questions, but of course would appreciate any info/advice y'all might have.
6 years ago, I was diagnosed with 'Atypical/Young-Onset Parkinson's' (or PD for short), which is what got me into pistol shooting in the first place. It's been a great self-esteem builder & it is REALLY good physical therapy for PD. I was left handed, but as that's the side that gives me some trouble, my brain just took over one day and said "you are now right handed!" both with shooting and writing. Cool how flexible and self-compensating the brain can be. Left hand still really good for support, and I don't shoot too bad one-handing that way... though I'm not gonna win any blue ribbons with either hand! More training, more practice, I love it.
And since getting a ton more exercise & changing my diet a bunch (gotta love a doctor that demands I eat meat ), my tremors are barely noticeable 99.9% of the time. I do walk with a cane, but it's a solid ebony one with a hammer-head type handle, so if TSHTF and drawing would be the wrong choice, it's a good option to have...
I'm self employed, an audio engineer and acoustic design/noise mitigation consultant-geek. I also type excessively long-winded crud in these 'introduce yourself' threads:nuts: If any of you have read this far, I owe ya a coffee...
Wow, what a great community this is here. I've already posted a couple of questions & stuff, and DANG I've gotten great, friendly advice. Much appreciated.
I'm Duff, 41, married, live in inner-SE PDX & been shooting handguns for only the last 5 years or so. I'm hoping to become a certified safety trainer & would appreciate any and all suggestions on that path. I've done tons of reading online, asked the gang at PSTC questions, but of course would appreciate any info/advice y'all might have.
6 years ago, I was diagnosed with 'Atypical/Young-Onset Parkinson's' (or PD for short), which is what got me into pistol shooting in the first place. It's been a great self-esteem builder & it is REALLY good physical therapy for PD. I was left handed, but as that's the side that gives me some trouble, my brain just took over one day and said "you are now right handed!" both with shooting and writing. Cool how flexible and self-compensating the brain can be. Left hand still really good for support, and I don't shoot too bad one-handing that way... though I'm not gonna win any blue ribbons with either hand! More training, more practice, I love it.
And since getting a ton more exercise & changing my diet a bunch (gotta love a doctor that demands I eat meat ), my tremors are barely noticeable 99.9% of the time. I do walk with a cane, but it's a solid ebony one with a hammer-head type handle, so if TSHTF and drawing would be the wrong choice, it's a good option to have...
I'm self employed, an audio engineer and acoustic design/noise mitigation consultant-geek. I also type excessively long-winded crud in these 'introduce yourself' threads:nuts: If any of you have read this far, I owe ya a coffee...