I have been training in the firearms and defense industry for over 15 years. I recently attended a Gun & Knife Defense Response workshop with FAS under the instructor Tracy Lee Thomas. The class was well-paced and taught the concept of simplicity over complexity in a real-world scenario-based training environment. The course covered unarmed and armed defense strategies and tactics that helped each of us as FAS students to learn how to form a strategy and work through the various scenarios. This course is the real deal. The instructors are not just practitioners they are great instructors. The sign for me was when I spoke to many of the students and they have taken nearly all of the workshops. Repeat customers tell the story...

Great job FAS and congrats on the new authored books Mr. Thomas.

If you are thinking about learning how to protect yourself at home the Form A Strategy Growing Threat Series is a must attend type of course. I am forever grateful for all the knowledge and experience I learned at their Virginia location. I was stationed in Virginia Beach and a Krav Maga school was utilizing the FAS growing threat home invasion series. The threat assessment checklist alone was well worth it. The instructor was Mr. Tracy Thomas and he was obviously well versed in all of the practical concepts of surviving a home invasion. I will be attending the FAS Active Shooter in 3 months, and I am excited. Check them out.

I have attended multiple workshops under Form A Strategy while being deployed to Norfolk, Virginia on different occasions. They were taught at the Krav Maga school I attended as a special FAS workshops each testing cycle. The guest instructor was Tracy Thomas who was also a Krav Maga practitioner which made the courses even more exciting. All in all, I have attended 5 of their workshops and one was taught at the 5.11 Tactical store on Virginia Beach Blvd. Whether you think you may or may not need the training I can promise you that you will walk away with a higher level of confidence and ability to Form A Strategy should a situation occur.

The FAS Kidnapping & Abduction Response was a fantastic class and I feel so much safer now that I have attended this growing workshop series class. The FAS instructor was Tracy Thomas and he kept both the physical skill sets part of the course as well as the presentation side fun and simplistic. I like the saying “works for most of the people most of the time, not just for some of the people some of the time.” The highlight or aha moment for me was when I realized I can get away and survive from having my wrists duct taped or being tied to a chair. Both strategies and tactics taught were beyond anything I expected. It is an honor to write this review and thank you sir for all that you do with saving lives.

From not knowing how to defend myself to understanding how to plan and Form A Strategy with the FAS training G.E.AR. I have learned that I am my own first responder and training is a key element to survive. A big thank you to Tracy Thomas, Todd Droege and the FAS instructors.

I’m more than happy to write a review for the Form A Strategy courses. They call them the Growing Threat Series for a reason, the threats are out there, and they are real. I wanted to attend an active shooter defense course so a friend of mine told me to Google “Tracy Lee Thomas personal protection” and I did just that. I then went to FormAStratgey.com and was intrigued by all of the courses that applied to my life and well-being of it. After taking the active shooter class, I enrolled my high school daughters as well as my wife and I, in the FAS College Bound Readiness course and from there I have attended 8 different growing threat series courses, 3 with my family. I cannot even begin to tell you how well these workshops are laid out. The organization, the structure and what we learned will never be forgotten. Attend any one of their workshops and you’ll have no regrets.

From civilian to military to law enforcement it can be said that I have attended quite a few courses when it comes to defending oneself unarmed or armed. Nothing can compare to what I have learned under training with Master Instructor Tracy Lee Thomas and his instructors. His teachings are real-world. Attend a class and judge it for yourself.

We have trained with FAS for many years. My wife and I started off taking the growing threat workshops in Virginia under Tracy Thomas and his instructors. We then shifted our training to dryfire scenarios and gun defense. Months later we were at the range training with FAS in their scenario based live fire events. We just took our CCW class and thoroughly enjoy all they have to offer. Thank you sir!

The Growing Threat Series workshops doesn’t just teach you to “form a strategy” they teach you exactly what their FAS instructors state and that is, “Don’t be a target, don’t be a victim. Train hard and stay safe.” I highly recommend FAS.

My family and I were getting ready to travel abroad. Our children our home schooled, and my work takes to many foreign countries. I wanted to get my family trained and well-versed in situational awareness and defense training. I was introduced to Tracy Thomas of Form A Strategy (FAS) from a friend who utilized him for active shooter defense response training at their business facility. I spoke to Tracy, and we were scheduled to take the FAS Traveling Threat Response that is part of his Growing Threat Series workshops. I am writing this review months later and I can only tell you that the G.E.A.R. concepts and training taught in that workshop have and will save lives. My entire family walked away feeling more secure and safe. The course is second to none and the instructors are the best I have seen.

Carjacking Response training? When my girlfriend told me, she was attending a one-day seminar with a FAS Instructor I was thinking why I would want that training. Well, I guess the universe was sending me a message. My neighbor was carjacked the very next day in broad daylight. The crime is getting ridiculous here. I decided to attend the growing threat series course and it was a true wow factor for both of us. I now feel confident in parking lots, getting in my car, in my car and getting out of the car. I may not be the baddest person in the valley, but I know I can and will survive should someone attempt to carjack me. I recommend everyone take this FAS class and the head instructor Tracy Thomas made it so much fun

Our business has been looking to give our employees the confidence in having a plan should an immediate threat or violent encounter occur at our business. We wanted to empower our team and offer them pre-planning should anything ever occur in the future. I found Tracy Thomas through his Krav Maga schools instructor and was introduced to their FAS active shooter growing threat series for business owners. The learning environment was absolutely amazing and months later we are still talking about the workshop. We have truly formed a strategy as Tracy taught us and clearly have all of our evacuation routes and avoidance measures in place.