SwissAAA

SwissAAA, the Swiss-African Adventure Academy, offers instruction, training, coaching, competition and adventure around selected sports shooting disciplines. Our specialty are safe, simple and effective methods and techniques that will make you even more successful. We combine Swiss quality with local expertise internationally.

Andy Pfenninger, SwissAAA's head instructor, has more than 30 years of experience in firearms and related topics. He is an Advanced Firearms and Tactical Instructor with ITA South Africa and a former Swiss Armed Forces Officer (retired). Furthermore, he is a Certified Fitness Instructor as well.

Besides teaching and coaching, Andy competes himself in several sports shooting disciplines around the world. In IDPA, he was an all-division-master. Competing in many countries such as for example Switzerland, Italy, Lithuania, USA, Poland, South Africa and Thailand, he has won several international and national championships as well as many division, class and category wins in matches at international, national, regional, state and local levels.

In 2023, Andy and a team of founding members have launched the CMA - Competitive Marksman Action initiative. CMA is a new dynamic shooting sport that emphasizes safe and effective skills and mental and physical fitness.

Raphi received his basic rifle training in 2001 in his military service with the mechanized li