2018 Event Hosted By

8th Annual SniperFest Training & Competition
SniperFest brings together shooters from all over the state- and beyond, to train, interact, and compete while building a sense of comradery and open communication between agencies. The first two days are filled with debriefs, lessons learned, focused … Read More



SNIPERFEST 2017The 7th Annual Sniperfest Training & Competition was hosted by the Arizona Tactical Officers Association together with Tacflow and Strategic Armory Corps. It was held in Phoenix, Arizona with Day 1 at the Tacville Training Center and Days 2-3 at CowTown Range. Teams came … Read More

The Arms Room held a live interview with VIDEO at TacVille Training Center with Rigo from Tacflow, talking about the need for force-on-force training and the realities of home defense.

Video Recap of our Annual SniperFest Training and Competition designed and spear headed by Lead Instructor Mike Puente. This event has grown to include participants from all over the country, and Tacflow is proud to work along side the Arizona Tactical Officers Association to continue to put it together.
This event … Read More

PHOENIX (KSAZ) – War based video games like Call of Duty take you on a virtual battlefield and give you a small taste of what it is like to be a soldier.
Now a brand new facility in north Phoenix takes that concept to a whole new level. Letting you use … Read More

By Kristy Siefkin, FOX 10 News
PEORIA, Ariz. -Some of the best police and military snipers in the world train year-round right here in Arizona.
Many of them are in the valley this week, to find out who is the best sharpshooter at Sniper-Fest in Peoria, Arizona.
It’s one of the few places … Read More

PEORIA, AZ (3TV)
The 5th Annual Sniperfest is back in Peoria, bringing law enforcement, corrections officers and military personnel together to learn, train and compete in their field. The event started on Monday, April 13 and ends today with the competition portion.
Sniperfest has grown to be one of the largest sniper training … Read More

AUG TACFLOW™ SACP Combat Pistol Course in Phoenix, AZ for Craft International
We had a fantastic group of students out to Ben Avery Shooting Facility in Phoenix, AZ.  Everyone came ready to learn and had a fun, safe weekend of training.  Students traveled from as far north as Canada and as … Read More

2014 Indiana SWAT Officers Association Conference
Thank you to the ISOA for having us out to their 2014 Conference!  Rigo Durazo taught 2 blocks of Combative Principles.

Our instructors are happy to put training blocks together for conferences and events.  For more information please contact info@tacflow.com.

Thank you to Laura Fogarty for the awesome pictures!  See … Read More

Structural Alignment Combative Principles – SACP – Combat Carbine Course/ FEB 2014
Instructed by Randy DeHaye, Rigo Durazo, and Edward Morales Tacflow partnered with Craft International

This course focused on the fundamental building blocks including:
·         Introduction to Basic/Advance Carbine
·         Marksmanship Training
·         Defensive Posturing for Threat
·         Threat Analysis
·         Perimeter Security
·         Engaging multiple threats … Read More

Structural Alignment Combative Principles – SACP – Advanced Carbine Course/ JAN 2014
Instructed by Dan Herman, Rigo Durazo, and Edward Morales Tacflow partnered with Craft International

We want to send a huge THANK YOU to our friends at TangoDown for supplying gear and prizes for last week’s course!  We would also like to thank S.O.D. Gear for the … Read More

CRAFT International Civilian Memorial Shoot Out
There were record lows in store for the students who braved the snow, ice, and stinging wind to make it out to the CRAFT International Civilian Memorial Shoot Out!

Rigo Durazo, Randy DeHay and Jeff Kranz all taught blocks for those who made it through the storm

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We were asked to teach at this year’s SNIPERFEST for the 4th year in a row.  Rigo Durazo and Edward Morales taught a block on rifle combatives while Mark Lang from Craft International spoke on public venue sniper call outs.

Thank you to the MCSO Posse for another great year!

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Article- Sniperfest 2012 including instruction from Rigo Durazo
Staff Report
Craft Instructor Rigo Durazo was a guest instructor for the third year in a row at Sniperfest, a yearly training and competition put on by the MCSO Tactical Vehicle Posse. Sniperfest blends training and competition for police snipers, all based on real-world … Read More

MAY 2013 UC Combative Transitions to Your Firearm and Vehicle Fighting hosted by MCSO
Instructed by Rigo Durazo and Edward Morales

May is a tough month to train outside in the desert heat.  These officers not only showed up, they gave their all!

Course Overview:
Learn how to create time/ distance/ opportunity to deploy … Read More

Course Review- Craft International’s Combative Transitions to Your Firearm
by Sergeant Pamela Starr, Dallas PD

“According to the Tacflow™ website (www.tacflow.com), Tacflow™ is “tactically-flowing through a CQC environment utilizing all levels of force from carbine to hand-to-hand solutions.” It combines skills learned in the Kali and Silat styles of hand-to-hand combatives with … Read More

2013 Georgia Tactical Officers Association Conference
Thank you to the GTOA for having us out to their 2013 Conference!  Rigo Durazo taught a block on transitions and containment with Combat Mindset.

Our instructors are happy to put training blocks together for conferences and events.  For more information please contact info@tacflow.com.

Thank you to … Read More

Article-  Rigo Durazo teaches at Sniperfest
by Cameron Hopkins
Instructor Rigo Durazo, Owner of TACFLOW and Lead Instructor for Craft International- instructed one of the 2011 Sniperfest training blocks put on by the MCSO Posse in AZ. The event was covered on local news stations, as well as written up in several … Read More

Tacflow and Craft International partnered for this sizzling AZ summer course!

Thank you to all the students who came out for the July Combative Transitions course in AZ. All survived the summer heat on the 3rd Range day.
info@tacflow.com to learn about hosting TACFLOW courses at your department!

An Excerpt from the Full Combat Mind Presentation
by Rigo Durazo
“When I began my training many years ago, it was very much like a game of chess with strategy and tactics.  I believed that with enough training I could counter any move.  I would often see a move or tactic … Read More

During the summer of 2011, Rigo Durazo and members of the original Craft International training team including Chris Kyle, Rich Emberlin, Nathan Merithew, Steven Young, and Bo French, spent part of their summer doing a photo shoot for the 5.11 Tactical article.  Guns, dirt, heat, and laughs.  Those were fun times.

We were invited to speak at a Diamondback Tactical operator’s event at 2011 SHOT Show in Las Vegas, NV

Speakers for Craft International included Chris Kyle, USN (SEAL), one of the top snipers in the history of American Armed Forces. This was the last SHOT Show before his New York Times … Read More

Rigo Durazo and a team from Craft International taught at the 2010 Arizona Sniperfest hosted by Maricopa County Sheriffs Office.