There is nothing I can see that is "advanced" going on in that video. I can, however, see a decent amount that is unnecessary IMO.
Funny thing is, the recurring theme with most of the BTDT former "tier 1" type instructors out there is primarily focused on mastery of the fundamentals. That is a clue.
You can simulate various levels and types of stress in training using different stimuli. Shot timers, mental games, verbal commands, complex target arrays and range layouts, auditory stimuli, visual stimuli, and the list goes on. You can't ever simulate actual life or death stress in training, it just isn't going to happen. It's pointless risking someone's life, especially in what looks to be a fairly unadvanced class. I'm not of the "square range" mentality, so don't get me wrong, I just feel there are better and more effective ways than trying to recreate the William Tell shot in class. I don't know anything about the company, it's instructors, or their backgrounds, so it's a little hard to pass judgment.
What I can say is the vast majority of us, including myself, are not door kickers performing offensive room entries on direct action missions in carjackistan. While there is a wide variety of people here on TGT, civies, Mil, LEO's, I think it's important to put things in perspective. We need to consider each of our individual "lanes", and what our own individual training needs are. The universal training necessity we ALL need is mastery of the fundamentals. Beyond that, seek out training that's appropriate to your needs. If you're a civilian and focused on defensive carry, go seek out a guy like Southnarc, or any other number of excellent instructors that deal with the hands on gritty reality of grappling and guns. That's your reality, and in all honesty their is plenty of validity and usefulness for LEO's and Mil guys with those types of classes as well IMO. If you are military and in that environment, there might be a lot beneficial in taking classes from experienced BTDT types that understand the environment and circumstances you are/will be operating under. They can provide valuable insight you probably won't get elsewhere. A civilian can sometimes probably take away some positive things from such classes but, probably more so once that student understands what is relevant for their specific needs. I'm starting to ramble on, but I hope this makes sense. There is no secret sauce, there is no magic ravioli.
