I appreciate that feedback / commentary. I'm committed to the Fieldcraft course but it is taught by Mike Glover. They do have a lot of weird course, but I don't think guys like us are the target market. I grew up camping, was active in a church scouting groups as a kid, and served, but I think there is a group of adults out there that don't have any of that background. I decided to go deer hunting for my first time and it was kind of weird getting into it w/o having grown up with it like most hunters I know. Your options are to fumble through it or hire a guide but even most guides are used to serving experienced hunters. But, yeah, I don't really feel the need for an orienteering course but it does have me thinking about how I train my kids in this stuff.

That Shivworks training looks excellent. I've always shied away from combatives training as it's just not my background or nature, but I finally broke that last winter and started a BJJ combatives course and am enjoying much more than I thought I would. Warrior Poet is having a 2-day force on force combatives class locally that I'm considering, as it looks good and relevant for a general citizen who EDCs.

Still, I'd like to get some baseline weapons training (beyond the fairly useless 1990's Army weapons quals I went through) in this year and, to your point, I'll consider prioritizing towards competition after that.