Simply put, NTS offers two things: Process and Content.

Process refers to the method of instruction, both the structure and technique of teaching for the most beneficial learning to occur. We define optimal learning as the ability to evaluate and chose proper responses under stress then to perform those skills to a high degree. To think and perform under critical stress. A large portion of our process has been taken from Mr. Ken Murray of the Reality Based Training Association (RBTA.net). His course on Reality Based Training is the best we have ever seen and his methods have been proven to work for almost three decades.

Content refers to specific techniques and tactics we have seen to work in real life encounters. We are not about any techniques set in stone but prefer principles. We have a method for evaluation which is person and situation specific. As is described in other portions of this website there are only four possible responses (talk – fight – shoot – leave) and we believe you must search and evaluate the most optimal techniques in each category. Our curriculum’s are constantly updating when we find more optimal content ant the techniques are taught with Ken Murray’s process principles for reality based training.

We always evaluate and constantly seek more OPTIMAL. We believe that failure to evaluate reinforces poor tactics. Luck is not a strategy and failure to keep open to possible developments in training and in technique can lead to less optimal.