August 2–3, 2025 — Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania. Bulletn had the privilege of attending AKnowledge: The Fundamentals (AK-1), a training event brought to life by Forward Training Concepts founder Sonny Puzikas and hosted by the ever-capable crew at Tremis Dynamics. If you know Sonny’s reputation, you already understand: this wasn’t going to be another run-of-the-mill class where you check boxes and collect certificate paper. This was going to be an unfiltered, high-yield demolition of assumptions — and Sonny did not disappoint. The Gospel According to Sonny (With a Side of Shrapnel) Sonny Puzikas doesn’t “instruct” in the conventional sense. He delivers with the presence of a prophet and the precision of a scalpel, slicing open the “sacred cows” of Western firearms training and letting the uncomfortable truth spill out for everyone to see. We’re talking thermonuclear truth bombs — the kind that hit with enough force to make you physically shift in your seat. And yet, instead of destruction for destruction’s sake, Sonny’s demolition work clears the ground for something more important: real growth. Joined by Committed Students Among the dedicated students who showed up for this class was Tom Holybee of Ashigaru Defense, who traveled all the way from Washington