about bitner training
Our Purpose
Bitner Training provides training and education in the defensive use of firearms as well as personal and organizational security training. We are based in the South Kansas City area and focus on providing basic skills to students who are just starting out- but encourage shooters at all skill levels to continue training.
Training Philosophy
1 Safety cannot be compromised. Safe rules of gun handling always apply.
2 The basics are always the basics.
3 All firearms handling techniques are designed to build defensive shooting skills. Although these skills can be used for recreational shooting or refined for competition shooting, we want people to learn skills that can be efficiently and reactively used in self defense situations.
4 Speed and accuracy are complementary, not competitive. “Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.“
About the owner
Teddy Bitner is a retired US Army colonel with extensive operational experience including command of a battalion during Operation Desert Storm, leading the NATO planning team for combat operations in Bosnia, and serving as the Chief of Staff and G-3 for 32nd AAMDC during Operation Desert Thunder. Colonel Bitner is also a retired reserve deputy sheriff in the Kansas City area and is a certified NRA handgun and rifle instructor.
Colonel Bitner graduated from the University of Central Missouri with a Bachelors (BS) in Business Administration, Wheaton College with a Master of Arts (MA) in Christian Ministry, the US Army Command and General Staff College with a Master of Military Art and Science (MMAS) in History, Trinity Seminary with a Doctor of Ministry (DMin), and Aspen University with a Doctor of Education (EdD) in Higher Education Leadership. He is also a graduate of the US Army War College.