Wall of Shame

At Ronin Combat Strategies, we believe in reinforcing lessons through consequence.

A "dead man's gun" occurs when a shooter steps up to the line to begin a drill with any weapon and the hammer falls on an empty chamber when the weapon was not intentionally set up in this condition at the specific request of the instructors. In other words, the shooter brought a weapon that was not ready to fire to a gunfight, and as a result he is a dead man.

In an effort to drive this point home in the absence of physical training punishment, we will announce the consequences for this offense during the morning brief for each course. Any shooter who commits this offense during a training session will have his name and the number of occurrences listed on this page, where it shall remain until we have received the required remittance in accordance with said offense(s). Of course, no Ronin Combat Strategies training participant is required to take part in this lesson reinforcement, however all "dead man's gun" offenders' namesakes shall remain listed here until payment is satisified.

Cheers!