Written by: Greg Ellifritz You are astute if you’ve noticed that posting has been a little sparse over the last couple weeks. I just got back from spending two weeks in Australia with a couple days on either end of the trip in Honolulu to reduce the jet lag. 22 hour flights just plain […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz On June 6, 2014, a man drove his vehicle up to the front of a Georgia Courthouse. As he drove, he dropped home made spike strips to deflate tires of any responding police officers and then dropped tear gas and smoke grenades to further delay police response. He was […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz On Thursday June 5, 2014, a killer entered the library at Seattle Pacific University. The mentally ill man had stopped taking all of his medications two weeks earlier because he “wanted to feel the hate.” The killer brought a shotgun with him and shot four people, killing one, […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Victim: ‘I thought he would let me buy a cigarette and he stabbed me’ My guess is that […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz I just got back yesterday from a week-long trip to Nicaragua. Nicaragua isn’t on most folks’ travel lists, but it ended up being absolutely beautiful. I had a short amount of time off work, so the girlfriend and I wanted a deserted beach where we could completely relax for the few […]
Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week. Some are intellectual. Some are informative. Some are just fun. If you have some free time, check them out this weekend. Extreme Close Quarters Chris Fry posts an excellent article detailing the unique problems one has to be prepared for […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz By now you have all likely seen the news reports detailing the confrontation between a retired police Captain and a person using his cell phone in a Florida movie theater. The confrontation escalated and the retired cop shot the man after he was attacked. Interestingly, the entire incident was recorded via […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz I just returned from a quick eight-day trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. I had previously spent almost three weeks traveling on mainland Ecuador (in 2006), but I didn’t make it to the famed Galapagos Islands. I remedied my mistake on this trip. If you are even the least […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz My Facebook and email accounts blew up last week with folks sending me the link to this story and asking for comments. If you haven’t seen the story, a naked man accosted several people in a San Francisco BART station before police arrived and he was arrested. The entire […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz This month’s issue of Concealed Carry Magazine has an article I wrote about self defense tactics for bicyclists. It starts on page 60 at the link below: https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/wp-content/issues/2013/apr-2013.pdf Concealed Carry is one of the more reputable gun magazines available. Most of the writers are full time instructors with […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz There’s a reason why knowledgeable trainers in this business don’t use the term “Active Shooter.” They prefer the term “Active Killer” instead. The person who is trying to murder as many people as possible doesn’t have to be using a gun, he may be using other weapons like explosives or […]
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. 11 Ways A Condom Can Save Your Life This is […]
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 […]
Last week several news outlets reported that officers from the Border Patrol were complaining about the content of some training they received. According to one Border Patrol union website, all officers had to take the FEMA online course IS-907 – Active Shooter: What You Can Do. These online courses are very popular among law […]
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 […]
MORE COMING SOON! If you are interested in attending or scheduling any of these classes, please send us a message on our contact page. Defensive Shotgun Class This class is designed to quickly bring students to a high level of proficiency in the art of using a shotgun for personal or home defense. The […]
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Selco’s SHTF Reality Check: 5 Deadly Mistakes That Preppers Are Making Valuable advice from a man who survived the societal collapse of Bosnia during the early 1990s. The Universal Revolver Reload […]
This is a guest post from my friend Ron Borsch, a retired police officer and well known law enforcement trainer. He has been doing some consulting in the field of church safety and has come up with some great ideas about forming a church security team. Check out his article and all the […]
