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Tactical Training Scenarios

Your Tactical Training Scenario- Pharmacy Dangers

Written by Greg Ellifritz   Retail pharmacies are dangerous places.   While commercial robberies have decreased (likely due to Covid) in the most recent studies, we saw almost 900 pharmacy robberies each year in the United States.  As the effects of Covid decline, experts predict that these robberies will increase again.     Pharmacies are […]

Posted on November 17, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios
drugs, robbery View Post

Two Different Kidnappings- Would You Intervene?

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   One of the goals of any type of combative training is to “remove novelty.”  Novel situations combined with stress often force our brains to operate in a more instinctive manner.  When operating this way, higher order thinking isn’t possible.  Our goal as trainers is to introduce our students to as […]

Posted on October 6, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios
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Tactical Training Scenario- Crazy Man in the Park

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   A few weeks ago I saw this particular news article and thought that the event it described would be worthy of discussion.  Read the link below.   Man Fatally Shot By Armed Citizen After Harassing And Attacking Others At Outdoor Park   For the sake of argument, let’s state the […]

Posted on July 7, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios
ccw, Legal View Post

Your Tactical Training Scenario- Pistol as Impact Weapon

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Have you ever considered using your handgun as an impact weapon?  Before you do, you may want to think about a few things.   Take a look at this article.  A cop used his pistol to break a car window and accidentally cranked off a round.   Don’t think that […]

Posted on June 14, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios
extreme close range, impact weapons, Mike Seeklander View Post

Your Tactical Training Scenario- Attacked on a Bicycle

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   I was on my favorite bike path last week when I noticed that there was an incredible increase in the number of cyclists as compared to the times before Covid-19.  Even though the trail is very wide, at times there were traffic jams as bicyclists filled every foot of the […]

Posted on June 7, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios
ambush, bicycle, crowd violence, fitness, holsters, robbery, tactical training scenario, The Wilderness View Post

Your Tactical Training Scenario…Attacked on the Bus

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Read the story below.  Imagine what you would do if you were riding the same bus.  Would you have intervened?   Detroit Bus Rider Killed Protecting Fellow Passengers   An aggressive (and likely mentally ill) man is threatening a young couple who are clearly terrified.  You don’t know either the […]

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios
knife fighting, tactical training scenario View Post

Your Tactical Training Scenario- Road Rage

Written by: Greg Ellifritz     I don’t know the back story for this video other than what the man filming the incident wrote.  That may or may not be correct, but here is his description of what happened:   “Yesterday I jumped out of my car to kick a lead pipe away from two […]

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios
impact weapons, road rage View Post

Your Tactical Training Scenario- “I’m going to kill anyone who breaks into my house”

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Read the first article on this page.   Imagine a similar scenario.  You hear noises in your house at night.  Upon investigation, you find a man you don’t know sleeping on your couch. What do you do?   The homeowner in this story shot the intruder.  No doubt many of […]

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios
home defense, tactical training scenario View Post

Your Tactical Training Scenario- Bank Robbery Gone Wrong.

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Watch the video of this takeover-style robbery of a bank in Brazil.  It’s odd enough that it merits some discussion because the same type of events can also occur here.   Take a look at the surveillance video below before I detail some discussion points.   The video, along with a […]

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios
ccw, negligent discharge, robbery View Post

Your Tactical Training Scenario…robbed with an airsoft gun

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Imagine a scenario when you and your spouse were walking down the street at night.  A man approaches, draws a pistol and announces a robbery.  You notice that the pistol has a red tip and you believe the gun isn’t real.  You think it is  an airsoft gun (spring or […]

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios
airsoft, robbery, stabbing. toy guns View Post

Your Tactical Training Scenario: A Pistol Whipping and Gun Disarm

Written by Greg Ellifritz   You are out for a walk at night.  You have your CCW pistol concealed under your shirt.  You are set upon by two robbers, one of whom is armed with a pistol.  He uses that pistol to smash you in the head and then orders you to the ground.  What […]

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios
ccw, gun disarms, robber, Rory Miller View Post

Your Tactical Training Scenario- Carjacking and Denial

Written by Greg Ellifritz   Place yourself in Carolyn Meadows’ shoes.  It’s mid day and you are leaving a large grocery store.  You get into your car and start to back out of the parking space only to be startled by a shirtless man yelling and banging on the rear of your car.   The […]

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios
carjacking, mental preparation, robbery, scenario training View Post

Tactical Training Scenario- Fire as a Weapon

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   In  a world filled with rioters armed with Molotov cocktails and commercial fireworks, we have to consider fire as a weapon used against us.  I’ve given advice to police officers facing flammable liquids.  I’ve also written about dealing with thrown Molotov cocktails.  Today’s installment will take a look at a […]

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios
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Tactical Training Scenario- Daytime Rape at a NYC Subway Station

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Imagine you are standing on a subway platform in a big city anywhere in the world.  A 25-year old woman is standing nearby waiting for the train to arrive.  Suddenly, a man approaches the woman, throws her to the ground, and attempts to rape her.  Lots of folks are watching.  […]

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios
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Your Tactical Training Scenario…Do You Have a Light?

    You are walking down the street when you are approached by a man.  He asks you if you have a lighter.  How would you respond?   A Baltimore man was recently confronted with that same scenario.  When he reached into has pocket to grab his lighter to help the man out, the suspect […]

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios
compliance, robbery, self defense View Post

Your Tactical Training Scenario…Injured Hands

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Take a quick look at this news article…. Phoenix police make arrest in priest murder A man broke into a church rectory and attacked the two priests who lived there with a tire iron.  The first priest ran to his bedroom and grabbed his revolver.  He tried to shoot the […]

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios
gun disarms, impact weapon View Post

Your Tactical Training Scenario- Brutal Attack on Senior Citizen

  I was searching for an old email I had sent when I found a correspondence with Marcus Wynne from several years back.  Marcus sent me the video linked below.   Watch the  video . It’s short, but very violent. Don’t watch it if you have a weak stomach for extreme brutality.  An elderly woman […]

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios
ccw, psychology, robbery View Post

Your Tactical Training Scenario- Surprise Attack

Written by: Greg Ellifritz Have you ever been hit in the head?  How did you perform immediately after it happened?   Now imagine being hit in the back of the head with a hammer.  Do you still think you could make your sub- one second draw?   Look at what happened to this guy.  He […]

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios
ccw, impact weapons, robbery, tactical training scenario View Post

Your Tactical Training Scenario-Look Out for Lookouts

Written by Greg Ellifritz   You are standing in line at the grocery store one night when you realize that two men are robbing one of the clerks at gunpoint.  Before you can even begin to think through your response options, the robbers have grabbed the money and are running out the door.   What […]

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios
multiple attackers, resistance strategies, robbery View Post

Your Tactical Training Scenario- Violent Airline Passenger

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   It seems to happen on a weekly basis…a plane is diverted for emergency landing on the account of a violent passenger.  One of the more recent cases involved a man who attempted to open a door mid-flight, attacked a flight attendant, and placed a passenger in a choke hold.   […]

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios
travel, travel safety View Post
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