I just read the article linked below. It discusses some heat casualties at a high school following a bomb threat evacuation. Please take two minutes to read the article before you move on to my commentary. 21 students hospitalized, 3 critical, after standing in heat during bomb threat evacuation For those of you who […]
I’ve grown increasingly less enamored with social media. In years past, I would often share pictures and accounts of my travels and the classes I teach on Facebook. I’m spending less and less time on that platform these days. I’ve never had an Instagram account. I rarely use LinkedIn. I stopped posting my articles […]
Thanks to Matt Little (Greybeard Actual) for having me on his excellent podcast. In this episode we do a deep dive into police training and the ways we can improve it as well as our advice for new and currently serving police officers. Check it out at the link below. The Way is in […]
Jeff Gonzales and I are teaching what we think will be a very unique training opportunity for those of you who live (or are willing to travel to) Central Texas at the end of the month. Called “Near and Far: The Complete Handgun Fight,” we will be team teaching a full spectrum pistol […]
*This is a guest post from my friend Steve Moses. Steve is one of the nation’s leading authorities on church security. In this piece, he shares some tips about training church security teams. I think you will enjoy it. Steve’s contact information follows the article. -Greg One can only imagine the nightmare of […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Last week, two deputies in South Carolina were shot in a training exercise. The exercise controller loaded breaching rounds into the training shotgun thinking that they were blanks. Last year a soldier was shot in a training exercise when someone mistook a live round of ammunition for a […]
Last week, two deputies from South Carolina were shot during a police training scenario. Those of us in the training business have noticed a dramatic increase in the numbers of officers injured or killed during their mandated department training sessions. There have been a rash of police training injuries and deaths in the last […]
A video of two students fighting (and a third appearing to come to one student’s rescue) at Potomic High School in Virginia is making the rounds. Two students were fighting in a hallway. One is getting beaten fairly badly. A third student comes to rescue the boy who is losing and temporarily distracts the […]
I once responded to a very unique call in my cop job. The details might generate some critical thinking on the part of my readers. A woman and her infant child were parked outside a small electronics store on a busy thoroughfare in the suburban city where I work. She was waiting to […]
*This is a guest posting from a friend and student who wishes to remain anonymous (you’ll see why after you read the article). The author is a “gun guy” with military special operations experience and a lot of formal firearms training under his belt. He is attending a police academy with the hopes of becoming […]
Back in 2019, I got this interesting question from a Facebook reader: “Greg, have you found any good sources of alternative techniques when overcoming physical disabilities? I have reduced neck mobility and no left scapula control, from a radical neck dissection, Extending the left arm out or up is both difficult and unstable. […]
Halloween is right around the corner. ‘Tis the season for scary houses and “haunted forests.” Have you ever thought about what you would do in one of these “haunted” houses or forests if real life gun play starts to occur? Consider the following scenario: You are waiting in line to enter a […]
One of my favorite authors/teachers is David Deida, the author of The Way of the Superior Man. As I am recovering from last week’s knee surgery, I’ve been reading and listening to some of Deida’s material I find inspiring. I listened to one of his audio lectures yesterday. He started out […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Did you see the news last week about the 85-year old woman who was handcuffed to a chair during a home invasion? The woman covertly accessed a .357 magnum revolver and shot her assailant while still handcuffed. Unfortunately, the attacker shot the woman as well. The elderly homeowner remained […]
Back in the earlier days of my blog, I used to write incredibly detailed posts about all the training and travel I completed each year. I talked about how many students and classes I had taught, rounds I fired, and books I read. You can read my older annual updates HERE I enjoy […]
Have you ever thought about how you might deal with an attacker who is armed with a weapon in each hand? Think about someone coming at you with a gun in each hand, a knife in each hand, or a mixture of both a gun and a blade. While those aren’t the most common […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz Motorcycle robberies are becoming increasingly more common both in foreign countries as well as here in the USA. It’s important to understand how these robberies work and have a plan to prevent them. I think this video illustrates the process very well. Being an avid traveler and having spent some […]
For most of my police career, after I arrested a criminal, we took inked fingerprints on a traditional FBI fingerprint card. Now it’s all done electronically. When I saw a shooting drill that was inspired by the old school card stock fingerprint cards, I had to try it just for nostalgia sake. Check out […]
The advanced practitioner in the combative arts quickly realizes that a proper mindset trumps skill and equipment issues in a fight. Two of the most common questions that I get from my students are “How do I learn how to control my reactions to fear” and “How do I cultivate the mindset of […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz How many times have you heard this statement? “Just get a 12 gauge pump shotgun for home defense. The noise of the slide racking will make any burglar piss his pants and run.” Does that actually happen? Sometimes, yes. Here’s an example where a store clerk sent […]
