As a Brazilian Jujitsu brown belt, and on the Executive Protection Team for Walmart I believe always continuing to train and improve is so important.
Andres is an excellent instructor on the range for beginners and advanced practitioners. His trauma medicine is something everyone needs in life from hunters, to teachers, parents, and everyday citizens.
Francis Smith
As an actor and director I come across guns on set and wanted knowledge and gun handling experience. I often spend months directing in remote locations of Mexico, as well as a resident of Mexico City - thus self-defense shooting was also of paramount importance to me.
In the solo class I was able to learn quickly and efficiently. The course was even offered in Spanish. Andres is a very professional teacher. He is precise and clear, methodical learning while feeling at ease and having fun.
Luis Calvillo
I had the pleasure of working with Andres Capra for almost ten years on the Austin Swat team. Capra, as we all knew him, and I always seemed to end up on the hot calls together including, but not limited to, two-gun hotshots where the suspects ended up shooting themselves in the head.
Capra and I ended up first on the body and where able to work together based on the training he gave me to maintain vitals in both subjects. Even after having to carry the subjects' long distances transferring them from mega mover to back seat of police unit to EMS rig. I was able to support Capra in the back of the ambulance with multiple interventions while rolling to the hospital. because of what I had been taught. When we got to the hospital with the subjects, they were both viable for organ transplants. I remember the ER doctors being amazed and ecstatic that we were able to pull this off because it almost never happens.
Well Capra and I did it twice. Capra was alway leading the most up to date medical training for all of our guys. I know for a fact that the training we received from Capra and his team of Tac medics was the reason we were able to save John Connors life and give Jorge a fighting chance based on his injuries.
One of the most impressive things was Capra’s ability to come out to our Thursday firearms training and hold his own with guys that shoot for their livelihood. We would have competitions and he would regularly beat guys on the team.
I cannot recommend Capra highly enough, his skill set, his drive, his work ethic and teaching ability in this arena is top notch.
Jeff Kingsley Austin Swat 2014-2018 Gold Team 2018-2024 Full time, Entry/Sniper
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About
Our Founder - Andres Capra, LP, NREMT-P, USCCA Handgun Instructor #2744054
Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Andres Capra was raised in Guadalajara, Mexico before finishing high school in Texas and heading into the Marine Corps.
He spent four years as an infantry marine squad leader with two overseas deployments. He went to Somalia during the final American evacuation and participated in a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) of American and European citizens during a genocidal tribal conflict in Burundi.
He worked as a licensed paramedic for twenty years for Austin Travis County EMS and was also an academy instructor, technical and swift water rescue technician, and field training captain for 17 years. During that time he provided medical support during deployments to hurricane Katrina and the 2016 RNC convention. Thirteen of those 17 years in Austin, Texas he was concurrently a SWAT paramedic with the Austin Police Department and Travis County Sheriff’s Office. Currently working part-time as an adjunct instructor at NWAC‘s Center for Health Professionals Paramedic Program.
Andres and his wife Aimee live with their 4 children in Northwest Arkansas. In his spare time he is an avid ultra runner completing dozens of races including 50 and 100 mile trail races. He is also a long time martial artist who trains jujitsu and MMA at Inferno Martial Arts in Bentonville, Arkansas.
