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No One Is Coming To Save You

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   In the last few weeks my social media news feed has been deluged with videos of inept police officers who cannot fight.   Most citizens assume that the police officers who patrol their neighborhoods are competent fighters.  Those people couldn’t be more wrong.   Depending on the state, police officers […]

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
Dave Spaulding, defensive tactics, police, police training View Post

Your Tactical Training Scenario- Fighting Multiple Attackers

Written by Greg Ellifritz   Depending on the source of the research you read, you’ll find that about 40% of violent criminal attacks will involve you fighting more than one attacker.  Fighting one person is bad enough.  Fighting a group is exponentially worse.   I’m seeing lots of recent news articles where groups of teens […]

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Greg Ellifritz in Tactical Training Scenarios
awareness, book reviews, concealed carry, defensive tactics, flash mobs, gang violence, impact weapons, multiple attackers View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- December 19, 2014

Links to some of the best reading on the web.  If you have some free time, check them out this weekend.   Gear Review: 5.56 Muzzle Device Shootout For those of you looking for a compensator for your AR-15, this is a comprehensive evaluation of the options on the market. They looked at which one […]

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
active killer, AR-15, concealed carry, crime statistics, defensive tactics, drugs, Grant Cunningham, health, Hock Hockheim, John Lott, Ken Hackathorn, knife fighting, Limatunes, medicine, Michael Janich, police, Recoil Magazine, reloading, revolver, teaching, travel View Post

Police Defensive Tactics Training- Are Officers Getting Enough?

Written by: Greg Ellifritz     Although much of the population views the police officer as proficient in all aspects of unarmed self-defense, practical experience proves otherwise.  Conversations with police officers will usually show that most officers receive little, if any, unarmed self-defense or defensive tactics training after their initial course of instruction in a […]

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
defensive tactics, police, research View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- April 26, 2013

  Here are a few links to articles and videos I found interesting this week and want to share.  Some are intellectual.  Some are informative.  Some are just fun.  If you have some free time, check them out this weekend.   How to Handle Any Stressful Travel Situation I’m outside the USA (generally in some […]

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
1911, defensive tactics, firearm maintenance, fitness, gunsmithing, police. medicine, Rory Miller, survival, travel View Post

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