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Upcoming 2021 Open Enrollment Classes

Covid-19 combined with ammunition scarcity continue to make scheduling classes for 2021 quite difficult.  With that said, I have quite a few classes open for those of you itching to train again.   I’m doing more medical, shotgun, and knife classes in 2021.  Shotgun ammunition has been the easiest to find during the ammo crisis.  […]

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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Back From Brazil

A week ago I arrived home from an eight-day trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.   As I’ve written extensively about Brazil in past articles, I’m not going to cover the normal tourist stuff.  Instead, I’m going to discuss travel during a worldwide pandemic and the different perspectives other populations have regarding Covid-19.   I love […]

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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Recoil Offgrid Review

The latest issue of Recoil Offgrid just published a review of my travel safety book.   Book Review: “Choose Adventure: Safe Travels in a Dangerous Place” by Greg Ellifritz Leaving the Comfort Zone     Some highlights for those of you who don’t want to click through:   “If you’ve never traveled outside of the […]

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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Lessons From the Revolver Roundup

Written by:  Greg Ellifritz   Last week I was honored to have been invited to teach at the annual Pat Rogers Memorial Revolver Roundup organized by Hardwired Tactical.  It was a weekend training event focused solely on using the revolver.  Instructors Darryl Bolke, Wayne Dobbs, Mark Fricke, Chuck Haggard, and I all taught three to […]

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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Ammo For Sale

I’ve been in the gun game for quite a while. The first “ammo shortage” I experienced was more than 20 years ago. I vowed a long time ago to make myself immune from temporary ammunition shortages by stockpiling a lifetime supply of ammunition.     Back in the day, my police department only allowed .40 […]

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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Peering Into My Crystal Ball…

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Election-related violence is increasing. So are the reported rates of Covid-19 positive tests. If I were to look into my crystal ball and prepare a worst case scenario forecast for the next few weeks, it would look like this:   Street violence is going to increase as we get closer […]

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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Website and Patreon Updates

The world of internet content creation is ever changing. I’m sending out this post to give you a behind the scenes look at what’s going on with my websites and how I’m going to utilize Patreon in the future.   A little history…   I started my blog in 2012. It did very well with […]

Posted on October 19, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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2020 Open Classes

It seems that people are itching to train again after the Covid-19 layoff.  All but two of my remaining classes in 2020 are completely sold out.  The two that are still open don’t have many open seats and are likely to sell out as well.  If you still want to train with me this year, […]

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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Traveling to Mexico During a Global Pandemic

I’d been twitching for awhile.   I hadn’t been out of the country since February.   In a normal year, I travel outside the USA at least four times for a total of about six weeks.  This is the first year since 2006 that I haven’t already taken at least three international trips by this […]

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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Civilian Carry Radio Appearance

Last night I joined Chuck Haggard, Wayne Dobbs, and Darryl Bolke for a roundtable discussion of police training issues on Civilian Carry Radio.   I haven’t done a podcast or radio interview for a few years.  I honestly don’t enjoy them all that much and have been turning down any podcast requests.  I promised CCR […]

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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Some Commentary on Last Weekend’s Snubnose Revolver Class

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   On Saturday,  I taught my first open-enrollment class since February. That might have been the longest break I’ve had from teaching in more than a decade. My teaching skills are rusty. My voice is fried.   But the class went well. It was a snubnose revolver class that was full […]

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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New Website

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Hey folks!  I just wanted to give you all a heads up on my latest writing venture.   I started a second blog. This one will provide daily links and commentary about travel in general and travel safety in particular. The blog is designed to support my current book and […]

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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Busy With Riot Stuff…

Sorry, folks.   Writing output this week will be a little slower than usual.   With all the riots, I’m on mandatory overtime at work every day this week.  That doesn’t leave me much spare time to research and write.   I’ll get back to my normal four articles per week as soon as people […]

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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I Wrote A Book

Written by Greg Ellifritz   I spent most of the day Sunday uploading my third-world travel safety book (think overseas adventure travel) to Amazon.  When it was uploaded, I got a message from Amazon that it would likely be 72 hours before the book went live on their site.  I was pleasantly surprised when I […]

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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The 10,000 Kettlebell Swing Workout

Written by: Greg Ellifritz * Realizing that most of you reading this have lost access to commercial gyms due to the viral pandemic, I decided to reprint this article about my favorite home workout.  I’ve been working out at my police gym, but there is talk of that closing as well.  When it does, I […]

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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January 2020 Classes

I have two classes in Central Ohio coming up at the end of the month.  The host is providing a discount if you register for both.  I hope to see some of you there.   For registration details, go to Personal Defense Systems website.  Class descriptions are as follows:       Knife Skills for […]

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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My Best Writing- 2019

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Last week, I posted an article linking to my most popular posts in 2019.  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 (ranked by page view), but I think other […]

Posted on January 7, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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Back from Africa!

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   I recently returned from an epic two-week trip to South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Botswana.   I had previously been to Africa twice.  I went to Egypt in 2005.  I returned in 2008 to climb Kilimanjaro, visiting both Kenya and Tanzania.  I got really sick climbing Kili (high altitude cerebral edema) […]

Posted on January 5, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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Best Black Friday/Cyber Monday Deals 2019

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 […]

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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Snubby Revolver Class AAR

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Last weekend I taught my inaugural Snubby Revolver for Concealed Carry class.  Dann Sternsher from G4 Personal Safety hosted the class at his excellent private range/classroom facility.   This was my very first time teaching a commercial revolver class.  I got certified to teach revolver skills to cops and security […]

Posted on October 28, 2019 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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