I have a variety of open enrollment classes scheduled in Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Florida during the next few months. All of them still have plenty of openings, but every class I’ve taught in the last 9 months has sold out. Act quickly if you’d like to book any of these unique training classes. […]
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I spent last weekend teaching at the Rangemaster Tactical Training Conference in Dallas. I’ve now taught at the last nine Tactical conferences and my TacCon blocks are regularly the most fun classes I teach every year. The conference is three days of material taught by 40 different world-class instructors. Each instructor teaches blocks on a […]
I’ve been so busy teaching on the road (in nine different states so far since February) that I forgot my blogging anniversary. Last week marked the completion of 10 full years of blogging about self defense, firearms, and personal safety topics. I started this website on March 18, 2012 and have posted 2248 total […]
Many of my regular students reached out to me when I moved to Texas. They were concerned that I wouldn’t be teaching any more classes in the Midwest after my move. I still have lots of family and friends who live in Ohio. I’ve been traveling back there on a fairly frequent basis. You Ohio […]
I recently completed the 64-hour Rangemaster Master Instructor program at the fabulous Royal Range in Nashville, Tennessee. The Master Instructor Certification is awarded when an instructor completes all three Rangemaster Firearms Instructor class certifications, passes a written test, and passes three difficult shooting qualification courses. I took the Basic Instructor Course in 2019, the […]
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. In pre-pandemic times, […]
I’m happy to note that I am getting settled into my new home state of Texas and am starting to get some classes scheduled for this year. I recognize that many instructors have their schedules ready more than a year out. Not me. Dealing with Covid-19 long haul complications and moving across the country has […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Last week, I posted an article linking to my most popular posts in 2021. 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 […]
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 […]
If you are looking at getting my book as a holiday gift, now is the time! I’m putting Choose Adventure on sale for the next three days. The Kindle edition is half price. The hardcover is $5 off. This is the first and only sale I’ve ever done on these books. […]
Today marks the six-week mark since I’ve been released from the hospital after suffering a bad case of Covid-19. I caught the bug in Ecuador. I first noticed symptoms on July 30. I tried to battle the virus myself without any medical attention until August 9th when I flew home to the USA. I […]
Last weekend I taught shotgun and revolver classes at the excellent Condition Red Response facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana. If anyone is in the nearby area, taking a class from these folks is a great idea. Quite a few of the CRR instructors took both classes on their own time. It’s a quality organization with […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz If you haven’t been paying attention, The Biden administration banned the importation of ammunition and firearms from Russia into the United States. The ban goes into effect next month and will last at least a year. Here are the best articles I’ve found discussing the issue. Read up and […]
This is the third and final installment writing about my recent adventures and misadventures in Ecuador. Before reading this article, get up to speed by reading Part One (Guayaquil) and Part Two (Montañita). My Health Issues After seven days in Ecuador, I woke up in my hotel bed soaked in sweat and feeling […]
After spending a couple days in Guayaquil, I was off to a little hippie surf town called Montañita where I was going to spend the majority of my vacation. I had originally planned on going by bus. Long haul Latin American buses are usually fairly comfortable and the bus fares are really cheap. The […]
I recently returned from a 16-day trip to Ecuador. As most of you reading this will probably never make it to this gorgeous country, I thought I’d write about some of my travel adventures there. Why Ecuador? I had originally planned a trip to Rwanda and Uganda to see the mountain gorillas in […]
I’m happy to announce a collaboration with Lone Star Medics to teach a unique class in the Dallas, Texas on October 2-3, 2021. Operation: “ALAMO” course description When we began talking about a collaboration, we looked at what was happening in the world. – The pandemic was raging, and people didn’t want […]
I just booked some short notice classes that will be running in a little less than a month. I think there is probably enough local demand to fill them quickly. I’m teaching “Impact Weapons for Personal Protection” and “Extreme Close Quarters Gunfighting” at James and Korey Cocking’s private range and training facility in Brookville, […]
About 15,000 of you have signed up to get email updates whenever I write a new article. The service I’ve used to provide those updates is Feedburner, a company now owned by Google. Back in April, Google decided to change the core functions of Feedburner. Sometime in July, Feedburner will no longer send you […]
