Instructor Zero is lying

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[@Hotel8k3k]

"I found the music pompous and homosexual." 😂😂😂

[@Bob-ir4lr]

Best scientific criticism ive ever heard

[@facelesssman]

That Zero Kat, is going to cause ignorant people looking for shooting info to get hurt! I’m a Firearms instructor at a major west coast PD and had a neighbor ask me if I had ever seen Zero’s shooting videos. I told him I’d seen a few, and they were theatrics only. But not for consumption by anyone looking to practically apply anything he does. Zero is even worse now…. Because he seems to believe the BIO that he fabricated about himself. There are quite a few like him. He deserves the scorn. Keep doing Gods work Ben. Your instruction is insightful, awesome and very helpful across the board…. This little break in outing a turd, is good for the community.🤙🏻🇺🇸

[@zerohedge7030]

Sorry but ...if I am not wrong Zéro has never explained that the fun shooting he shows can be used during the operation .. However, he teaches some technics to French special forces ...si I guess he has the capacities to teach real good combat technics. And Yes all the videos where he teaches something to SF are totally different... No shows .....basic training, focus and highly professional. Now if behind his screen the person thinks that the demonstrations done by Zero during his fun shooting is the reality or can be used in combat...I am sorry but I don't want to see this person as one of my brothers in arms because it's a stupid ....

[@ShootingSportsandAccesso-sd9li]

@@zerohedge7030 Outside of France, nobody holds French SOF in high regard (and for good reason). Outside of people who suck at shooting, nobody holds Instructor 0 in high regard (also for good reason).

[@makhnobux]

i feel like zero would really get along with steven seagal

[@veiledallegory]

I wonder if they run the same? 😂

[@HWG-wm8ld]

Steven uses Scottsdale gun club, they can meet there.

[@UncleDanBand64]

Lol

[@MG1976-ko4ot]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@vicvance1387]

As long as there are wannabe-special-forces and wannabe-John Wicks, there'll be a market for people like Instructor Zero.

[@jediknight1294]

That's what blows my mind, given how OPEN SF and JW were about where they trained and why. How ZERO et Al fool people when it's SO Easy to see where the people they want to be like trained

[@620ronin]

Truth!!!

[@KarlBrau]

Bingo!

[@RetreatHell]

“I’ll admit, I was trolling”…. Nooooo!! YOU?!?! 😂

[@benstephens277]

Hey Ben, this is Ben. Thank you for shedding light on some shadyness in the industry. Truth is always the answer

[@mikebarham4117]

"Pompous and homosexual" hahahahahaha I'm dead

[@ShootingSportsandAccesso-sd9li]

When he can't critique your shooting, he says it's not combat related. When he can't critique your combat experience, he falls back to science. When he couldn't fall back to science, he started banning people and deleting comments.

[@ShootingSportsandAccesso-sd9li]

And yes, people who are in the industry and hide behind a gamertag need help

[@AlwayzPr0]

Excellent response ben

[@papabear2965]

That is a perfect summary of his interview with Matt

[@rifleshooterchannel208]

What “combat experience” does Zero have anyway? Wasn’t he conscripted into a reserve parachutist unit that never deployed?

[@ShootingSportsandAccesso-sd9li]

@@rifleshooterchannel208 Pretty sure that's where the "Zero" comes from in his gamertag.

[@kw2537]

This is essentially what happened to the TMA community when MMA became a thing. I can remember, as a terrible former HS wrestler, taking a ninjitsu class on a whim and thinking it was a complete joke. The people were serious, but the light hadn’t been shone on their corner of bullshit yet.

[@88hammar]

This reminds me of the whole Mcdojo explosion years ago. When all the fake chi spouting instructors started getting g called out. Not only is it extremely entertaining but it’s also good for shooting sports, all the range theatrics BS needs to be called out for what it is.

[@JoMamasHouse]

For what it’s worth, my aikido instructor would bring in his friend , a judo instructor, and we would pressure test out techniques. “Here’s why this classical technique is not applicable.” “Here’s more optimal techniques.” Aikido is, in its entirety, in bad shape.

[@theodore7477]

Instructor Zero? What the hell is this 2015

[@laskalives]

Peep the Staccato hat 👀

[@TexasRedneck]

shilllll!!

[@troyslab]

Ben, please duplicate the bands and weight. Perhaps also wear the cape and pit vipers, you might unlock some secret magic flux dynamic zeroism.

[@rodiculous9464]

Honestly I don't see Ben wasting his time with something like that but I'd watch those inrange dudes try it and see how it affects their times, I bet it would be hilarious

[@tomperez9841]

It's funny yeager called this guy out years ago....called him a charlatan

[@andrewmn3024]

and we all know what happened to him...

[@noclass2gun342]

​@@andrewmn3024yeah, he got ALS, passed away, and the people running tactical response now endorse bullshit products James would have absolutely trashed

[@HWG-wm8ld]

Disneyland definitely lost Micky(as he referred to himself a Micky Mouse instructor).

[@Strawman333]

I miss James. He was a real man. He’d call out bs in a second.

[@ShootingSportsandAccesso-sd9li]

Even a broken clock can be right from time to time.

[@felixdewinter3484]

“Killian, here’s your Subzero, now…plain zero” - The Running Man

[@willr4880]

😂😂😂

[@colt1033]

Amazing reference!

[@felixdewinter3484]

@@colt1033 it’s quite appropriate for instructor zero wouldn’t you say?

[@bpm990d]

7:30 Maybe this quote will help out with regards to what you mentioned. "They don't use language to communicate, they use it to manipulate" - Michael Malice

[@AirborneVet]

We need some "Critical Dynamic Incidents" merch.

[@Dex8357]

I remember he was all over social Media and you tube a few years ago and then he went away..

[@iCookCrystalMeth]

I mean I poke fun and all but if we ever have to fight each other with a jerry can in one hand, wearing gas masks, hopping around on one leg, with a car between the two of us, he’d probably win

[@Southpaw_shooter]

Brother it's all good! Speed is king! I found that watching the vids from you and Joel I have learned that if you are comfortable you won't get better! Your concept of training has helped me anyways...

[@carrolladams3193]

This Zero back and forth is an extreme example of calling out a con artist because it’s should be so obvious. However, discussions like this are helpful to the consumer when it comes to less theatrical instructors. Perfect examples are some of the boutique training facilities with cult like following. People pay a lot of money to attend courses and many times leave feeling as if they’ve just been bent over in a San Quentin shower stall. They then question if this is just how all instructional courses are. An objective person at the very least should appreciate back and forth between instructors to gain a better understanding as to what to expect in a course, evaluate personality, nuances in training techniques from either instructor and look into it further before dedicating their time and money to a course/instructor. “Oh and behold thee, Stoeger who descended from heaven to save us and ascended to be our advocate.” ;-)

[@rootpass74]

Zero would fit right in with the BOD

[@chgofirefighter]

The beautiful thing about life and the internet is that there's a fool born every second that believes just about anything you sell them~. Instructor Zero is one of them that has taken many as fools~. Yet, I have never seen this "instructor zero" compete in any major competitive shooting matches, let alone in the LE/Tactical world....

[@justindeus3899]

Pretty sure he banned me after I said tension ruins precision 😂

[@TexasRedneck]

Why do I not hear about Instructor Zero trying to get more people into firearms in his own country? Why is he not pushing for laws to be removed to allow citizens to carry firearms?

[@felixdewinter3484]

Because there is no explicit right to own firearms codified in the Italian constitution. It would be profitable for him to keep his grift that he currently does up.

[@hungerballistics24]

Hes like an angry minature screaming goat

[@veiledallegory]

Yeah, one of the fainting goats!

[@stillwill6675]

Ben, you need to free your mind and utilize gym equipment in your training. I was just at a garage sale and picked up an old fashioned fat jiggling machine. I know if I can fire while using that, I'll have no problem keeping that dot from moving later on. Seriously, years ago I looked at what Zero put out as his background info. Reading between the lines, it was apparent that his military service was rather pedestrian. He knows his story is nothing more than a house of cards.

[@inferna7327]

He would fit into Dynamic Pie Concepts

[@uscmCorps]

Zero = Liver King of the pew pew world.

[@andrewmccall1120]

Best analogy ever

[@nflippo8]

My thoughts exactly 😂

[@shiftd_1114]

It's a great thing that these types get exposed and shut down , after ripping people off for years ...

[@rodiculous9464]

What's your thoughts on CAR, more gimmick? Also I think you have a slight noise gate issue, it makes the sound choppy like a bad Skype call. Minor nitpick.

[@Mach1780]

Ben’s issues are more fun than anything on TV right now. Until Yellowstone is back. Sir you are correct; people love drama. World of Guns drama is very entertaining

[@johnarcher9480]

It seems like he buys into the whole, Sunglasses wearing bearded dude with either full armor, or a T-Shirt 2 sizes too small operators MUST be good, so just make some crap up to get students to pay for this “exclusive” training. Want to know your instructor knows his stuff, check his resume’.

[@UncleDanBand64]

I am all about fitness. In reality it is probably more important than my weapons training. I don't really mix them. I might do a little run and gun but, I am not trying to mix resistance training with my range session.

[@UrNotThatGuyPal]

I think Ben’s slight autistic streak is what keeps him in the fight

[@gansior4744]

I just replied to him using all the fancy sciency words

[@paulsciria8921]

Zero is a child

[@xtreamar1550]

Hey Ben, here’s a good idea for a video you should make and that is do firearms and emotions mix well. I say this because this video here reminds me of what happened recently. I am a member of a gun club and the club did some bs lately that basically punished over 1000 members for the actions of two people They sent out an email looking for members to help set up for an event. I simply stated that I thought it was wrong because they shut the club down for five weeks and we could not even practice for the upcoming match and I never cursed. I never threatened anybody. I never called anybody out the president decided to withdraw me from the following competition because he didn’t like what I said now I think when it comes to people in firearms particularly those in charge whether it’s in instructor or somebody running the club, they should learn to keep their egos emotions out of it.. you probably don’t but if you have any interest in the full story comment on this and I will reply with my email address and I can explain to you what exactly happened

[@texasguywithagun]

Looking at some instructors and methodologies, I'm coming to the conclusion that these people have a common goal of diverting people from shooting by making them feel they could not achieve the results. Not sure if it's a series of individual flaws or a bigger plan.

[@SloWick]

Ben (or in this thread Mr Bennyboy) any chance getting a vid on reloads? When the round count on stage is the same as loaded gun always to go for mag change? On hoser stages mag change sets back significantly. In case there is longer distance to move between targets rather to change mag on exit, move or entry? Each has benefits and downsides.

[@davidhoward9722]

Now I want to check out instructor Zero for fun.

[@glennhynes5263]

Zero is a salesman that is running out of things to sell.

[@danilozannella8229]

Bravo !

[@joken7449]

Instructor zero is the real gaymer

[@KarlBrau]

Zero is a clown. I watch his videos as entertainment, can t take him seriously.

[@TheNatestEver]

I knew ZERO was a fraud when James Yeager made series of videos dismantling and destroying Instructor ZERO 8-9 years ago. And Yeager received major flack and nobody believed him. Sure miss that guy.

[@x.grover.x9786]

Can you referance the video reguarding the training bands please? I am wondering if they are being used for live fire or grip training?

[@cjk1000000]

Drama, drama, drama, drama, drama chameleon! Zero is such a joke. His content is fun to watch, and fitness is important (shoutout Big Poppa Thumb), but his take is comical. I also met him at SHOT last year and dudes ego is insane!

[@leftyo9589]

cant say ive ever heard of instructor zero, but Zoro was always cool!

[@jackieevans3809]

All good, free speech, hilarious he banned you, huge Tell. His whole premise is crazy, as you point out.

[@mousemx1534]

Even worse than Instructor Zero’s bullshit drills are the idiots that watch that and think, “what a great idea, great drill” 😂😂😂

[@8garyhouse8]

'Word vomit'. 😆😆

[@Jamesfort3520]

Watched your re-post on Instructor Zero running around with weights and bands. Only comment WOW. Had a guy show up for a managed deer hunting qualification at my old club for managed deer hunts in MD. He had a brick tied to the end of his barrel on a string to simulate having to lead a deer. We told him to take the brick off. Don't think it was instructor zero😂

[@lukepekrul9065]

Hey Ben would you be willing to expound on a follow up comment you made regarding the fast drill no longer being relevant

[@BenStoeger187]

Nobody really brings it up anymore except for a few dudes. Like I could do a video about it again but just not many people will care.

[@bcjaliu]

@@BenStoeger187do you think it’s still a good test of skill, especially run cold, or as a drill to provide the metrics that can guide what micro-drills to focus on, e.g. draw to first shot, reloads, splits, etc.? I must say that I’ve always thought that doing a Reverse FAST where you first shoot 4 to the body A zone, then reload, then 2 to the head may be a better way of approaching it. But I guess the Bill Drill at 7y, Bill Drill at 25y, and 4 Aces, would achieve the same thing and much more, no? Maybe the FAST was the first of the marketing drills aimed to get people coming back to the class to get their coins - something Jedlinski seems to have put on steroids, one can argue, with all those black belt standards of his.

[@ianfirth1411]

I can’t find him in Instagram anymore.

[@shadowfoxcorp]

Instructor Zero is an excellent example of why I am contemptuous of flat range gurus. Good instructors are hard to come by. It's also extremely difficult to be a serious person when the space is mostly occupied by losers like Zero.

[@HamiltonNgo-A24]

Instructor zero is such a joke lmao

[@raybay0]

zero seems like a kook

[@tbenson5966]

Biggest kook ever!

[@1911meShoot]

Post drama; I'm here to learn and be entertained

[@0Asterite0]

When are you going to make another vid on the "instructor" Paul Harrell?

[@texasswinesnipers6677]

Nice Hat! 😉

[@glefos3917]

Nice hat. 🙂

[@wiesejay]

Well, out of curiosity I checked out Zero’s video, and I generally agree with your criticisms, but I didn’t like the music even though I’m homosexual 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@A.Mad.Lad89]

Who?

[@jediknight1294]

It's like the fad gym stuff years ago, it's bury themselves in technical language as a shield from criticism because you use enough scientific sounding words then you can always appear right to people who don't understand them. It's moronic. Especially when it's so obvious given that the technique is doing the thing credible instructors are training out of people's performance

[@carmenhenderson4236]

Im late to the party. Who is instructor zero? 😂

[@joshuareuss2472]

I never heard of him and just scrolled through his video thumbnails. He certainly likes to dress up like he’s in a Hollywood direct to video B rated action movie 😂.

[@buickkkkkk1]

Anything that can make you shoot and move faster I would explore maybe your part of that elite that in no way shape or form want a common man to shoot fast. Its like Just because Isarel has a different way of doing CQB does not make them stupid, their kicking ass right know just saying its worth exploring, being so ridged in certain way can get you left behind.

[@sdsorrentino]

Where is this happening?

[@BenStoeger187]

Facebook

[@dcentral]

@@BenStoeger187wow Facebook is still a thing? I get nothing but useless ads and BS on there. All gun content that I subscribe to no longer shows on my feed like it used to.

[@projXpat]

Mama mia!

[@stocktonjones464]

@staccato sponsor him for the memes

[@HWG-wm8ld]

They only sponsor diversity shooters and cops.

[@tokyosan7906]

When gbrs group first burst on the scene a few years ago I remember seeing them in a vid using rubber bands in the gym in the similar way you describe zero doing, for weapons manipulation benefits. I thought it was odd but maybe these ops guys do employ odd techniques to train? Everyone has their own opinion about gbrs today but there’s no doubting they were legit operators with legit experience. There are many ways to do anything, with that though, I am not familiar with zero and don’t watch his vids.

[@HWG-wm8ld]

Using the bands to stay flexible and maintain strength on deployment, yes. Using them the way they were? That would be as odd as someone using them for rolling bowling balls. But, there is a lot of time in a day. Not writing it’s wrong.

[@Patriotsclub]

Staccato hat 😏

[@Proton_Decay]

Devil's advocate here: HOW is it counterproductive? Is it training the wrong muscle groups? Which ones are the right ones? Is there a specific injury risk with this that does not exist with lifting weights?

[@AdamMalcolm96]

Elastic bands on guns? Elastic bands are for workouts. Moving a handgun's low weight, maybe a couple lbs for the heavy ones, back and forth isn't an muscle issue, its a muscle memory issue. You dont see the giant body builders on ipsc podiums. If you want to move your 20oz gun between targets, adding 10lbs wont make you better on game day. It might actually f you up. Hope that kinda clears up something. You'd get better use of your time focusing on building a grip from your holster than making your gun heavier. I'm kinda drunk right now so if this is nonsense just reply and I'll write something a little more put together😂

[@ShootingSportsandAccesso-sd9li]

The burden of proof lies with the claimant that something does a thing, not the skeptic. Therefore, it's first on I-0 to prove his claims that it does the thing he claims.

[@OrionCorsari]

Count me among those who don’t like it Ben…..this trading of insults is beneath you. Get back and stay on the high road.

[@NSav10137]

☝️🤓This is an exercise based on the biomechanical disturbance and the compensatory response based on non-pre-established neuromotor patterns. ☝️🤓The objective of this type of program or exercise like this is to accustom the brain and in particular some elements/areas to work in continuous compensation and adaptation, that is, contrary to what normally happens on the shooting range where one moves only on pre-known and pre-set motor patterns.☝️🤓

[@pauldutchbertholf2291]

Yes not good training but not what I want to hear about. Less drama more about competitive action shooting is what I would like. Did not watch the whole thing.

[@chrisdiceart]

@Ben Stoeger - Gotta admit, I don't understand why you're even wasting your time with this guy? There are guys selling "Snake Oil" all over.... The Bro's love to get oiled up!

[@Freddonzolo90]

Instructor Zero told me to shut the fuck up and then blocked me after i had respectfully told him that people with tactical and practical experience thought what he was doing wasn't useful. Seems like a real stable dude

[@FierceMouse]

"Instructor Zero told me to shut the eff up." Some T shirt ideas write themselves

[@Freddonzolo90]

@@FierceMouseagreed. put that in the pro shop, i'll buy it

[@olivertabuger3046]

Ben, you're wrong about the general idea of introducing difficulty to an action to further improvement progression. I haven't watched any of the instructor zero videos, or read comments. I'm not defending him, but just basing this on what you said. Many pro athletes introduce difficulty during practice, such as basketball players wearing vision obscuring glasses. Then when you take them off, everything is so much easier. In my own shooting, I practiced dryfire/airsoft with wrist weights. Then take them off. And I am faster. It helped me break through my plateau of the speed I was at. You could also practice dry fire on a balance ball. Generally speaking, introducing extra difficulty during practice is a thing done in many sports for training. If that was not instructor zero's idea, then he's wrong too. That's not to say you can't get really good by only normal practice too. Have you tried it?

[@patriotfromthenoket6141]

Seriously who cares. Stick to doing what you do well and leave everyone else alone. You stand out in your knowledge and practical application of how to improve. It’s really immature to attack others even if they are full of BS.

[@tupperware021]

Seriously who gives a damn. Focus on something more useful.

[@user-fv1jn1gw5w]

I rarely watch any of Bens videos because there is often some sort of drama. Drama magnet for over a decade.

[@HWG-wm8ld]

And you took the time to write this out, edit it and post.

[@tbenson5966]

It’s ok princess you don’t have to, keep scrolling.

[@AJohnSmith]

Who?

[@HWG-wm8ld]

Not the Who, the Wu.