Written by: Greg Ellifritz If you have been vacationing off the planet, you may not realize that the world’s largest trade show for shooting enthusiasts was held in Las Vegas last week. The Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trades (SHOT) show is the second largest trade show in Las Vegas every year. 70,000+ shooting industry professionals […]
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January/February 2019 Class Schedule
Written by: Greg Ellifritz I don’t normally schedule a whole bunch of classes in January and February. Outdoor gun classes are an obvious “no go” in Ohio. Plus I find folks who overspent on Christmas don’t have enough disposable cash to want to book a class. I take things slow in these early months […]
Patreon Account
My friends and business advisors have been telling me for years that I need to start a Patreon account to allow readers a convenient method to support my work. With revenues from advertisements and affiliate sales declining for the second year in a row, I’ve decided to create one. I currently have a Paypal […]
Some Thoughts on Police Community Relations
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Read this article from our local newspaper… Upper Arlington police earn high marks for quality service This is a write up of a recent community survey of the police department where I work. I’m not sharing it to highlight how awesome we are. In fact, the ratings are […]
2018 Training Year in Review
Written 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 […]
My Best Writing in 2018
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Last week, I posted an article linking to my most popular posts in 2018. In that article, I discussed how my “most popular” articles were not the same as my “best articles.” I liked many of the most popular articles (listed by page view), but I think other articles that […]
Putting Content Thieves On Blast
Written by: Greg Ellifritz I write a lot. I’ve published more than four articles per week for almost seven years. Several times a year, I catch another blogger who has plagiarized my work. I usually write a comment on their site and send them an email. That hasn’t solved the problem. The content thieves […]
Top 10 Most Popular Posts of 2018
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Seth Godin made a very powerful statement in a recent blog post. “My most popular blog posts this year…weren’t my best ones. As usual, the most popular music wasn’t the best recorded this year either. Same for the highest-grossing movies, restaurants and politicians doing fundraising. “Best” is rarely the same as […]
Back from Costa Rica
Written by: Greg Ellifritz If you noticed some repeat (albeit edited and updated) content from me earlier in the week, it was because I was out of the country having a bit of fun in Costa Rica. I had been to Costa Rica twice before. I did a family tour of the country […]
Best Black Friday Deals-2018
Everybody likes a good bargain. I’ve complied a list of all the best Black Friday deals I’ve found. There are some tremendous bargains here. Enjoy your shopping! One caution… Some of the Amazon deals are time limited and may not be in effect when you click on them. I will be updating this […]
October 2018 Open Enrollment Classes
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Next month, I’m teaching two classes in Culpeper, Virginia and a knife class locally at Blackwing Shooting Center in Delaware, OH. I wanted to let you all know about them in time to register. For all of you training junkies wanting to take these classes, please don’t wait until the […]
Point-Driven Training Saps and Jacks Class
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Last weekend I took a wonderful training class from Larry Lindenman from Point Driven Training. The class was titled “Saps and Jacks” and covered the use of short, flexible impact weapons. It was masterfully hosted by The Complete Combatant at their MMA facility in Marietta, Georgia. Larry is part […]
2018 Rangemaster Tactical Conference
Written by: Greg Ellifritz I spent last weekend teaching at the 20th Anniversary Rangemaster Tactical Training Conference in Little Rock Arkansas. I’ve now taught at the last six Tactical Conferences. The TacCons are regularly the most fun classes I teach. The conference is three days of material taught by 37 separate world-class instructors. Each instructor […]
Happy Six Year Blog-iversary!
Written by Greg Ellifritz Today marks the completion of six full years of blogging about self defense, firearms, and personal safety topics. I started this website on March 18, 2012 and have posted nearly 1300 total articles since then. Over the course of the last six years, the website has seen almost 20 […]
Reflections on Failure…
Written by: Greg Ellifritz I’ve spent the last two decades of my life intensively studying every school shooting I can find. I’ve read hundreds of thousands of pages of material describing every detail of every single school shooting in the last century. I’ve written more than 50 articles on the topic myself. I’ve trained countless […]
Bridging the Gap
Written by: Greg Ellifritz I originally wrote this piece in June of 2016 after seeing some horribly contentious gun control debates on my Facebook feed. Guess what I’m seeing now? You’re right. The very same political virtue signalling. The article is as useful today as it was two years ago when I first wrote it. […]
SHOT SHOW Roundup- 2018
Written by: Greg Ellifritz If you have been vacationing off the planet, you may not realize that the world’s largest trade show for shooting enthusiasts was held in Las Vegas last week. The Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trades (SHOT) show is the second largest trade show in Las Vegas every year. 70,000+ shooting industry professionals […]
2017 Training Year in Review
Written 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 […]
My Best Writing 2017
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Last week, I posted an article linking to my most popular posts in 2017. In that article, I discussed how my “most popular” articles were not the same as my “best articles.” I liked many of the most popular articles (listed by page view), but I think other articles that […]
Back from Antarctica (and Chile)!
Written by: Greg Ellifritz I returned last week from an epic two-week trip to Antarctica (via Chile). Why Antarctica? Because it was on our continent bucket list. Both Lauren and I have been to all of the other continents in the world. Antarctica was the last one. So we went. The trip started with […]