Black Owned Self Defense Training in Houston
Black owned. Community run. Houston built.
When you train with Arm Your Friends, your money stays in a Black owned Houston business that exists to make its own community safer. No franchise. No corporate range chain. No NRA money. A training collective owned by the people it serves.
What your class fee buys
Basics of Pistol or Rifle runs $125 to $145 and covers everything. The firearm, the ammo, eye and ear protection, range fees. It also keeps the collective independent, which is the point.
Who teaches
Our founder is a Black firearms instructor. Andrea, a Latina instructor, leads the women led classes. At least three instructors supervise every live fire session, and every one of them remembers being new.
More than classes
Alumni get monthly range days, weekly practice nights, and a community that trains together for real. Buying a class here is joining something, not just booking a slot.
Also see: our Black firearms instructor, inclusive self defense training, and LGBTQ+ self defense.
For questions: contact@armyourfriends.com
Be peaceful. Not harmless.
Founder & Lead Instructor
Instructor S. (He/Him)
NRA Pistol and Rifle Instructor with 6 years of experience teaching beginners, organizing training, and working in community organizing. He specializes in working with brand new shooters and intermediate level shooters.
Instructor
Andrea Q. (She/Her)
Andrea is a certified pistol instructor dedicated to creating safe, empowering spaces for women in firearms training. Through her classes, she's building a community where every student feels seen, supported, and capable.
NETWORK
THE COLLECTIVE
Our training group includes Infantry veterans with combat deployments, West Point Graduates, athletes, community organizers, survivors, and more whose real world experience we draw upon to inform our classes and conversations.