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The team

Our instructors

Miami Shooters Club is run by certified gun instructors. Our head instructors are NRA Training Counselors — the instructors who certify other instructors — and our team has certified over 1,000 NRA instructors.

Kevin Perez and Marcos Avellan during tactical training
Kevin PerezMarcos Avellan

Head instructors

Marcos Avellan

Head instructor · NRA Training Counselor

  • NRA Training Counselor — evaluated at NRA headquarters in Virginia, March 2016
  • NRA Certified Instructor: Pistol (2013), Rifle and Shotgun (2017), Personal Protection Inside the Home, Personal Protection Outside the Home, Range Safety Officer
  • NRA Law Enforcement Instructor Course, Pistol and Shotgun (2023)
  • Florida K license (2024)
  • Certified Deadly Force Instructor under Massad Ayoob — over 60 hours of legal training
  • Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt; teaches our Ground Combatives course
  • Trained with Asymmetric Solutions in Missouri (2014, 2015) and Jacksonville

Kevin Perez

Head instructor · NRA Training Counselor

  • NRA Training Counselor — evaluated at NRA headquarters in Virginia, March 2016
  • NRA Certified Instructor: Pistol (2013), Rifle and Shotgun (2017), Personal Protection Inside the Home, Personal Protection Outside the Home, Range Safety Officer
  • NRA Law Enforcement Instructor Course, Pistol and Shotgun (2023)
  • Florida K license (2024)
  • Certified Deadly Force Instructor under Massad Ayoob — over 60 hours of legal training
  • Lifelong martial artist; teaches our Weapons Disarms course
  • Trained with Asymmetric Solutions in Missouri (2014, 2015) and Jacksonville

Instructors

Octavio Olivera

NRA Certified Instructor

  • NRA Certified Instructor: Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Personal Protection In The Home, Personal Protection Outside The Home
  • NRA Chief Range Safety Officer
  • Former NRA Law Enforcement Pistol and Shotgun Instructor

Edgard Plazaola

NRA Certified Instructor

  • NRA Certified Instructor: Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Personal Protection In The Home, Personal Protection Outside The Home
  • NRA Chief Range Safety Officer

Where we trained

Our head instructors have trained with Asymmetric Solutions in Missouri and Jacksonville, completed the MAG-40 course and Deadly Force Instructor training under Massad Ayoob, and hold Simunitions and combatives certifications. Every month we certify new NRA instructors.

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