The course, Sionics, Inc., operates out of Powder Springs, Ga., and bills itself as a 'survival school.' The program sponsors designed it for law enforcement and private security personnel, private citizens, and corporate executives. Sionics graduates gain proficiency in firearms safety, combat firearms, instinct shooting, night firing, martial arts and knife fighting, counterterrorism and executive protection methods, emergency medical procedures, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, situational awareness and threat analysis, defensive/offensive driving techniques, and office and home security. For martial arts training, Sionics has chosen to offer shuai-chiao, a lethal package of more than 300 devastating and disabling moves designed to render any assailant incapable of further assault in two seconds or less. Range and safety procedures were paramount in the NRA-affiliated course, with heavy emphasis on psychological stress and shoot and no-shoot situations. Training included the FBI Practical Pistol Course and Sionics' private combat instruction, with standing, prone, running, and precision positions. Students studied basic explosives and learned to identify the many types of conventional and unconventional bombs being used today in structures and vehicles. They learned to rappell down the school's 40-foot tower, an experience likened to parachute jumping. The driving instructor emphasized that for successful execution of the many exciting and theatrical driving maneuvers, occupants of the vehicle must wear seatbelts to avoid injury. Other training revolved around hostage negotiation, instinct shooting, and shotgun stress. Photographs of the classes are included.