The JBS Training Group Podcast

The JBS Training Group Podcast

We are a collective group of people who love all things shooting. We find the martial art of marksmanship-at-speed fascinating and we intend to get better at it regularly. Your host, Mark Smith, is an avid competitive pistol and carbine shooter, who happens to be a USPSA Grand Master. Mark runs JBS Training Group, where he travels the country teaching others what he knows about being fast AND accurate. There truly is so much to learn about shooting and we hope to be an outlet for those of you who desire to constantly better yourselves as shooters, and as people. Join us on this adventure!

Episodes

February 10, 2025 97 mins

Welcome back to the JBS Training Group Podcast. This week I got to sit down with Craig and Brian from ShivWorks. Craig and Brian are well equipped to teach you a few things about fighting for a gun in close quarters concepts, edged weapons training, and more. Enjoy the show and looking forward to seeing y'all on the range!

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Welcome back to the JBS Training Group Podcast. This week I got to sit down with one of my homies from SF SWAT, Ali Misaghi. Ali and I have been friends for some years now and have trained a lot together. I wanted to ask him some questions I've always had about SWAT and life on the job. Enjoy the show and looking forward to seeing y'all on the range!

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Happy New Year and welcome back to the JBS Training Group Podcast. Starting off the 2025 JBS Training Group Podcast season talking about my recent trip to Craig Douglas's Shivworks class, new JBS classes in 2025 with Scott Peterson, some questions about dry fire, pistol bills and mounting the rifle for better performance.

Stayed tuned for new episodes dropping every other week.

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Welcome back to the JBS Training Group Podcast. I'm on the road this week in California and out to Ridgeline next week for my pistol class. On this episode I sit down with my marketing guy, Ryder, who shot his first precision gas gun match. He had a lot of questions about his performance and we talk about strategies for success in positional shooting. I hope this info will help many others on the same journey. I also shared some pl...

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September 30, 2024 65 mins

Welcome back to the show. It's been a heck of a week with Hurricane Helene y'all, but the family and I are doing well. On this episode of the JBS Training Group Podcast I got to sit down with Mike Russo and talk all things competitive gas gun! We discuss Mike's career as a headhunter, his new paint job on the Ridgeline Rifle, and how he thinks about training for and competing in precision gas gun matches.

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September 16, 2024 81 mins

Grab your beverage of choice and throw on the latest episode of the JBS Training Group Podcast with my good friend, Jake Labhart.  Jake is a fantastic shooter, a master of movement, and has been running around the nation teaching optimal movement practices for some of the best shooters and military teams around.  Jake is a U.S. Army Veteran, with Doctorate in Physical Therapy.  We talk about his company, In Extremis Performance, wh...

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September 2, 2024 80 mins

After a long break, we're back!! Schedules got tight and I needed to prioritize family, competing, and teaching classes. We have an exciting episode here with Scotty and we are going back to 2 episodes a month! Scott Peterson of Veracity Solutions is the homie, and a precision rifle/gas gun guru, so I wanted to bring him on to talk about life, competing, ammo selection, and the new Ridgeline LPR-15. It's always a good time ...

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Since y'all enjoy some shop talk, light you up a good stick, pour a glass of some of that syrup, and enjoy the episode! We talk about picking spots on targets, private lessons out on my home range, my time at The Proving Grounds matches, and some thoughts on my ZCO scope since I've had more time with it.


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Some DMR shop talk since Greg and many listeners are new to the sport and excited to learn. We talk about some movement training I'm doing, a new Proof barrel and ZCO optic I picked up, and I tackle some setup and gear questions.


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April 2, 2024 69 mins

This week on the JBS Training Group Podcast I got to host one of my good friends, Alex Hartmann of Ridgeline Defense. We talk about their new rifle and some of the bro-science involved in the design, DMR competition, and training at their amazing facility.


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March 11, 2024 96 mins

Trek (Erik Utrecht) and I sit down and discuss a bunch of stuff from self-reliance to firearms training out at MDFI. We also had a really interesting conversation about firearm and range safety. I'm looking forward to getting back out to MDFI for some of their classes. Check out MDFI here.


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February 20, 2024 91 mins

Whats up y'all?! This is a great episode with my friend Jon Hatcher of Sun & Shadow. I have been talking to Jon for years about shooting since I first met him at a DMR match back in the day. We talk about gas guns, precision rifles, competition to hone your skills, and a bunch of other great topics. Jon runs a company called Sun & Shadow and has a pretty exciting match coming up that he has been planning. I hope y'a...

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February 5, 2024 79 mins

A long week in Vegas and got to see some of my favorite people in the industry! On this episode, I recap SHOT 2024, and talk about some new rifles and gear I'm excited about using and testing this year.


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January 15, 2024 109 mins

Kicking off the start of the year with Joe Dawson of Bruiser Industries. Joe has become a great friend and someone whose perspective on shooting I value. I initially wanted to have a conversation around LPVOs since Joe is a self-proclaimed glass-snob, but we ended up getting off topic and talking about things like precision carbine shooting, Japanese glass, CQB, rifle-length gas systems, and more!


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January 1, 2024 86 mins

Happy New Year y’all! 2023 was one heck of a year!!  I’ve been all over the nation to some new and interesting places and shot with some really great people. I never thought I would be doing this whole podcast thing, but I get great feedback from everyone who listens, and I’m grateful for the time I get to spend with so many of my friends and fantastic guests.  I’ve got some incredible people lined up for 2024!  


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December 11, 2023 89 mins

What’s happening y’all?!  I’ve been traveling all over the country shooting with some great folks lately. I just wrapped up the first-ever JBS  Training Group Rifle Match out in Texas - the prizes and trophies were awesome!  I had one heck of a time y’all! 

I brought my producer, Greg, back on the show this week to ask me some questions and catch up on life, my upcoming DMR match, and the new 18” rifle I’ll be using. Grab your fav...

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Find a spot to chill and check out this week's episode with Grant Yount, of the police academy firearms training program. Grant is a long-time student and on one helluva tear in his personal training and performance shooting journey. Grant shares a bit about his job and how he ended up working as an instructor, what it was like attending his first JBS Training class, and how many of his first pistols all shot low and left. Ha! ...

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November 13, 2023 70 mins

Find a spot to chill and check out this week's episode with Nick Young, of Velox Training Group. Nick is a long-time friend and straight-shooter. We have always thought about training in a very similar way. Hear what he has to say about competition mentality, training for pressure, and what students should look for in a firearms training program.

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What’s happening y’all?!  I’ve been traveling all over the country shooting with some great folks lately.  I just wrapped up a private training with my San Francisco SWAT brethren here at my private range.  Heck of a time!  I brought my producer and editor, Greg, on the show to ask me some questions and catch up on life, my upcoming rifle match in Texas, and my new pistol from Smith & Wesson.  I have been shooting it exclusivel...

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Find a spot to chill and check out what Scott Peterson and I had to say about competitive shooting on this week's JBS Training Group Podcast. Scott is one of the best competitive rifleman around and we probably got enough to chat about for a part 2 in the near future. I value his opinions and look forward to him coming out to shoot my rifle match in the next few weeks. Grab your favorite beverage and enjoy the show!


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