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TAC-1 is the perfect firearms and tactics trainer you've been searching for - taught by law enforcement experts to make you more proficient, safer, and to help improve your shooting to another level.

TAC-1 takes great pride in providing the most effective and safest methods for shooting and operating handguns. We address a variety of issues related to numerous types of semi-automatic handguns, including 1911, Glock safe action striker-fired pistols, XD models with external safety mechanisms, and Sig Sauer handguns equipped with frame-mounted safety systems, among others. Each system is accompanied by distinct operational functions. The instructors at TAC-1 are cognizant of these differences and are committed to guiding students through the specific aspects associated with contemporary handguns.

The Instructor

TAC-1 instructors are highly qualified professionals who are at the cutting edge of firearms and weapons training. TAC-1 is committed to teaching and developing techniques based not solely on tradition, but on rigorous research derived from real-life incidents.  Our objective is to deliver competent training facilitated by well-qualified instructors. The training provided by TAC-1 aims to surpass the standard law enforcement training available nationwide.

Lead Instructor: Shoji Hattori

Shoji Hattori has been a full time Police Officer for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) since 2008. Hattori is currently assigned to Training Division, Firearms Training Section as a senior primary firearms instructor as a rank of Police Officer-III.  As a senior firearms instructor his responsibility includes training firearms instructors, recruits and in-service training and qualification for pistol, shotgun, rifle, less-than-lethal weapon and chemical agent.  Hattori has been awarded the 2020 LAPD Officer of the Quarter 2020 (Jan-March) and the Officer of the Year Officer in 2021 as having exceptional teaching skills and dedication to the firearms training program for the department.  He is also a POST certified Arrest and Control Instructor, Patrol Rifle instructor, Certified Decocker Pistol Instructor, POST Certified Pistol with Modular Optics (MRDS) Instructor, 1911 Certified, Shotgun Slug Operator and recognized as the department’s Distinguished Expert and a multiple perfect 400 shooter.    

As a LAPD senior firearms instructor, Hattori is responsible for training 18 academy classes over the course of 11 years amounting to over 900 recruits. Hattori raised an unprecedented 39 Expert shooters in the LAPD Academy classes. Hattori’s accomplishment includes having four academy classes that all medaled in the prestigious LAPD Bonus course which has not been done in the recorded history of the department.    

Hattori is the owner and the lead instructor for Tactical Advanced Combat LLC (TAC-1). TAC-1 was established in 2010 as a multi-disciplinary firearms instructional school based in Los Angeles, CA. Hattori also acts as an adjunct instructor for the National Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor Association. 

SAFE AND EFFECTIVE FIREARMS TRAINING

Safety is of paramount importance. We have implemented rigorous safety protocols and systems both on and off the range to ensure everyone's safety. Our safe and effective methodology is drawn from decades of experience in law enforcement, tactical training, and real-life scenarios. We provide a straightforward, combat-proven tactical firearms training curriculum. In short, we prioritize the application of effective practices that are grounded in safety.

DEFENSIVE MINDSET

We offer a no-nonsense, combat-proven tactical firearms training curriculum. In short, we teach what works.

ALWAYS EVOLVING

The instructional staff not only maintains proficiency in existing skill sets but also dedicates substantial effort to researching and evaluating techniques utilized across the country. By consistently refining their own skills, the instructors are able to enhance the course material continually, thereby ensuring that the curriculum relevant.

TRAINING MISSION:

With years of law enforcement experience, TAC-1 instructors are professional and are at the cutting edge of firearms and weapons training. TAC-1 prides itself in teaching and developing techniques - not through mere tradition, but through stringent research out of real life incidents.

It was once warned by Fairbairn and Sykes, “Without an adequate knowledge of its use, there can be few things so purposeless and dangerous as a pistol.” It went on to say that the adequate knowledge comes only from competent instruction. TAC-1 offers classes on the practical use of small arms, including handguns, shotguns, carbines/rifles, edged weapon and empty hand defense. Our intention is to provide competent training by well qualified instructors. TAC-1training will exceed standard law enforcement training offered anywhere across the country.

WHY TAC-1?

TAC-1 offers classes on the practical use of small arms, including handguns, shotguns, carbines/rifles, edged weapon and empty hand defense. Our intention is to provide competent training to qualified individuals and organizations.

TAC-1 Combat Triad:

The doctrinal foundation of TAC-1 is the Combat Triad. It is composed of the three elements consisting of Combat Mindset (spirit), Skills (marksmanship, weapons handling) and Tactics (ways to gain advantage) . It is represented by the TAC-1 crest/tomoe-mon（巴紋） using the magatama (comma) symbols within the circle that are endless, interconnecting and equal in importance.  These three elements are the foundation in which the ability to face and defeat violent adversary is laid out. They mutually support and complement one another; all three must be developed to the highest level of which one is capable to insure that one responds properly to violence if eminent. Mindset, however, stands at the pinnacle as our brain is the most important weapon when it comes to gun fighting.

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Partners of TAC-1

Partners of TAC-1 are built on a simple premise: together, we can accomplish more.  Our training resources are a hub of organizations and companies brought together to give you solutions for your firearms training needs.