Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Brass vs. Steel Cased Ammo – An Epic Torture Test […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. America Doesn’t Have a Gun Problem, It Has a Gang Problem This […]
By Greg Ellifritz Ever since I started training people in the fighting arts for a living, I have kept very meticulous records. Not only is it important for potential future legal action, it’s a great marker for tracking progress and improvement. Each year at this time, I do a review of what I […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz Here’s a simple and fun shooting drill from the folks at the Modern Service Weapons blog. It requires three targets that are all partially obscured. Set them up like the photo below: From the article description: Try these simple strings of fire, all from the holster: 1 on […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz The recent Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has provoked a national discussion about the best ways to keep our children safe. Everyone has their own ideas about what needs to be done. The approaches range from an outright firearms ban to better mental health screening in schools. Others […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz I apologize for the somewhat sparse posting schedule I’ve maintained in the last couple weeks. I traveled down to Honduras to both celebrate my 40th birthday and learn to scuba dive. It’s tough finding the motivation to write when I’m hanging out in a tropical paradise! I spent […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz I’ve been talking to a lot of people lately who have expressed the desire to be more prepared. They all talk about being “ready” or “prepared for an emergency”. Some even use the term “survival”…although all are quick to distance themselves from those lunatic “survivalists”. The people I talk to […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. The 10 Most Useful Medicinal Plants for your Garden Learn about which […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Sick on the Road? Try the Grocery Store Effective remedies for […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Gun Laws By State A handy and comprehensive state-by-state reference for travelers. […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. How to Treat 4 Types of Gunshot Wounds While these aren’t […]
Sorry for the small number of posts recently. I just spent the last couple weeks doing some adventure travel through Colombia. It had been one of the few South American countries that I hadn’t visited. While there I checked out Bogota, Medellin, Santa Marta, the Tyrona National Park, and Cartagena. I paraglided for the […]
I am honored to be one of the 30 nationally known trainers who is participating in this event. All of us are donating our time to provide a training class to benefit Paul’s children after his untimely death. Details are below, but it’s only $200 for an entire weekend of training with some of the […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz Last night I learned that my friend and fellow firearms instructor, Paul Gomez, had passed away suddenly at the young age of 40. I first met Paul in June of 2003. He and Andy Stanford traveled to Ohio to take TDI’s Level 4-5 Handgun Class. I just happened to […]
ILEETA is the largest worldwide organization of police instructors. The acronym stands for International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association. Every year this organization hosts the premier conference for in-service education for police instructors. Sometimes it’s tough for instructors to take classes because they are always teaching. This conference provides LE instructors […]
Here are a few links to interesting articles I read this week and want to share. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun! If you have some free time, check them out. Treacherous Waters I’m regularly amazed when my friends and colleagues judge my travels to third-world countries […]
GENERAL COMMENTS Sgt. Chuck Humes, writing in Law Officer Magazine, June 2009: “Time is ruthless in its ability to crush the mediocre, while spotlighting those who deserve the “quality” moniker. Greg Ellifritz has earned such a quality reputation. The training officer for a Central Ohio police agency, Ellifritz is an accomplished martial artist […]
Books and Book Features Choose Adventure: Safe Travel in Dangerous Places by Greg Ellifritz. 2020. Wrote Amazon #1 Best Selling travel safety book There I Was…When Nothing Happened: True Tales of Real Self Defense From Professionals in the Field– by Jason Brick. 2023. Contributed the chapter “An Encounter in […]
Greg Ellifritz is Active Response Training’s President and primary instructor. Greg recently retired after serving 25 years as a police officer. During his tenure, Greg spent 13 years as the full-time tactical training officer for a central Ohio police department. In that training position, he was responsible for developing and instructing all of […]
Active Response Training was founded by Greg Ellifritz in 2001 as a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC). Our primary mission at that time was to provide the most realistic, innovative and effective women’s self defense training available. Demand for our classes increased and we expanded our course offerings. While we still provide numerous women’s self […]
