Keepers Concealment and Awareness Defense Training were both founded by Spencer Keepers. Spencer is the lead instructor for all of the courses offered by Awareness Defense Training, and he also teaches at several local ranges. Listed below are just a few of Spencer’s most recent credentials.

Owner/Operator:

• Awareness Defense Training, LLC
• Keepers Concealment, LLC

Instructor & Advanced Instructor Credentials:

• Oklahoma Shooting Skills (Will Andrews; Oklahoma City, OK)
• RangeMaster (Tom Givens; Memphis TN)
• RangeMaster Advanced Firearms Instructor Development Course (2010, 2011, 2013, & 2018)
• Defense Training International (John Farnam; Ft. Collins, CO)
• NRA Handgun Instructor
• CLEET – SDA Instructor

Handgun, Carbine, Shotgun, and Force-on-Force:

• Extreme Close Quarters Concepts – Craig Douglas (3x)
• Armed Movement In Structures – Craig Douglas (4x)
• Establishing a Dominance Paradigm (Douglas, Givens, Aprill) (2015, 2016)
• USSA – CQT 240 (Tough Guy Award)
• Rangemaster 3-day Instructor class
• Rangemaster Advanced Instructor class
• Rangemaster Dynamic Marksmanship (Top Shooter)
• Rangemaster CP1 (Top Shooter)
• Rangemaster Shotgun
• Hackathorn Advanced Handgun
• Hardwired Tactical Handgun
• TDSA Handgun
• TDSA – Street Survival Course
• DTI Advanced Handgun x3 (Top Shooter)
• DTI Advanced Carbine (Top Shooter)
• Aim Fast Hit Fast (Expert on the Wall of F.A.S.T.)
• USSA Survival Shooting
• Claude Werner – Snubby Skills
• Magpul Carbine One
• Jason Falla – Carbine & Handgun 3-Day
• Steve Moses – Defensive Handgun
• Oklahoma Shooting Skills (OSS) – Pistol Skills 2 through 5
• OSS – Defensive Handgun 1 and 2
• OSS – Home Defense Shotgun
• OSS – Carbine
• Langdon Tactical – Tactical Pistol Skills (2016 & 2017)
• Langdon Tactical – Advanced Tactical Pistol Skills (2-Day)
• Langdon Tactical – Advanced Tactical Pistol Skills (3-Day)
• Shooting Performance – Fire & Ice, Advanced Handgun Concepts (Mike Seeklander, Phil Strader)
• Shooting Performance – The Bigger Circle/Advanced (Mike Seeklander, Rob Latham)
• Gabe White – Pistol Shooting Solutions – Turbo Pin Winner
• DeFoor Performance Shooting – 2-Day Pistol
• Spartan Tactical – Tactical Patrol Rifle Course (3-Day)
• PistolTraining.com – Appendix Carry Workshop
• Redback One – Tactical Pistol/Carbine Course (3-Day)
• Bluff Dale Firearms Academy – Defensive Handgun
• Tactical Defense Institute – Active Shooter Training

Additional Honors:

• Presenter –RangeMaster Tactical Conference (2012 – 2019)
• Master Test Handgun Skills – Rangemaster (1 of 11)
• Advanced Firearms Instructor Development Course Top Gun Award – RangeMaster (2011, 2013 &2018)
• Establishing a Dominance Paradigm – Assistant Instructor/Role Player (Douglas, Givens, Aprill) (2017-2019)
• PistolTraining.Com -Rank of Expert on FAST Test
• Presenter – Paul-E-Palooza (2012 and 2014)
• Training Division Co-Chair – OKC Gun Club

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Spencer believes that everyone (instructors included) should be life-long learners and never stop training, growing, and improving! So we’ll continue to update this list as his training resume and instructor credentials continue to expand.