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May and June 2024 Open Enrollment Classes

Here are the classes I’m doing in the next two months that still have open seats.  Check them out below.  If you are a $10 tier Patreon supporter and missed the email with your 20% off discount codes for these, contact me and I will send it to you.     At the end of […]

Posted on May 14, 2024 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
Boondocks Training Center, class announcements, FPF Training View Post

April and May Open Enrollment Schedule

Here are the classes I’m doing in the next two months that still have open seats.  Check them out below.  If you are a $10 tier Patreon supporter and missed the email with your 20% off discount codes for these (except the class at Blackwing), contact me and I will send it to you.   […]

Posted on March 27, 2024 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
Blackwing Shooting Center, Boondocks Training Center, class announcements, FPF Training, Last Resort Firearms Training, Rangemaster View Post

Upcoming Classes: March-May 2023

Here are all the open enrollment classes I am teaching between now and the end of May.     My next class  will be Tactical First Aid and System Collapse Medicine at Blackwing Shooting Center on  March 12, 2023 in Delaware, Ohio.  Registration details HERE.  As of today, there is only one open slot.  Register  quickly […]

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
Blackwing Shooting Center, class announcements, firearms training, FPF Training View Post

Upcoming 2023 Open Enrollment Classes

I’m working on finalizing my 2023 class schedule and will be teaching my first open enrollment class at the end of the month.  Here’s what I have scheduled for February, March, and April.   My first class is in the Los Angeles, California area on February 25-26, 2023.  It will be my relatively rare Two-Day […]

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
class announcements, FPF Training, John Murphy, Richard Smith View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- February 3, 2023

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Mass Attacks in Public Spaces: 2016-2020 A new Secret Service study analyzing 173 public mass attacks.  It’s free and contains valuable information.  Download it.     Snubbies-The Four Formats Massad Ayoob provides a lot […]

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
ACLDN, Active Self Protection, American Handgunner, Bill Blowers, ccw, Chris Cypert, ConcealedCarry.com, Dave Spaulding, exercise, firearms training, FPF Training, Glock, Gun Mag Warehouse, holsters, James Keating, John Murphy, Kathy Jackson, knife fighting, Legal, Lucky Gunner, Mark Rippetoe, Massad Ayoob, medical skills, Pew Pew Tactical, police shootings, Primer Peak, Reflex Handgun, shooting drills, snubnose, That Weems Guy, Tiger McKee View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- November 18, 2022

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   ‘Aggressive drills’ in response to US school shootings can harm students, expert says Stupidly conducted active killer drills can harm student welfare. But not having such drills gets lots more kids killed in the […]

Posted on November 18, 2022 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
.25 ACP, American Cop, AR-15, ccw, chokes, Condition Red Response, Dan John, Erick Gelhaus, exercise, flashlights, Force Science Institute, FPF Training, GAT Daily, Gun Mag Warehouse, Hock Hochheim, John Murphy, Karl Rehn, Ken Hackathorn, Massad Ayoob, night vision, Pew Pew Tactical, police, Recoil Offgrid, revolvers, Richard Nance, Rory Miller, school shootings, school violence, shooting drills, snubnose, The Armory Life, The Revolver Guy, vehicle attacks, weapon mounted lights View Post

Street Encounter Skills and Tactics

Last month, John Murphy of FPF Training invited me to Dallas to take his ‘Street Encounters Skills and Tactics” course.  I’ve been friends with John for a long while and he has been hosting me at his Virginia facility for about seven years.  I have taken several of his classes at conferences like Rangemaster Tac […]

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
class review, FPF Training, Hardwire Tactical, John Murphy, Rangemaster, Wayne Dobbs View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- August 12, 2022

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Vehicle Tactics in a Carjacking — How To Play It Safe Most newer cars have chipped keys that make it much harder for criminals to hotwire vehicles to steal them.  The easier option is […]

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
Active Self Protection, American Cop, American Handgunner, Annette Evans, AR-15, Breach Bang Clear, carjacking, crowd violence, Erick Gelhaus, firearms training, FPF Training, Gabe White, Gun Mag Warehouse, history, Hock Hochheim, ITS Tactical, John Murphy, Jon hauptman, knife defense, Lee Weems, Lucky Gunner, Massad Ayoob, medical skills, On Her Own, pepper spray, PHLster, red dot sights, reloading, revolvers, shooting drills, Swift Silent and Deadly, William Aprill View Post

Image-Based Decisional Skills

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   My friends Brian and Shelley Hill from The Complete Combatant have recently introduced a new product that I think many of you will find incredibly valuable.  Image Based Decisional Drills comes as a kit which includes: 1 Water resistant carry bag 5 IBDD business cards to pass out 1 Instruction […]

Posted on June 9, 2020 by Greg Ellifritz in Gear Reviews
FPF Training, John Murphy, The Complete Combatant View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- October 4, 2019

Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Revisiting The 21-Foot Rule The “21-foot rule” has been widely misunderstood and misapplied in the years since it was first published.  Here is a good discussion of the evolution of this “rule” with links […]

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
active killer, Active Self Protection, active shooter, AK-47, AR-15, ccw, Claire Wolfe, Dave Spaulding, Doom and Bloom, Ed Monk, exercise, FPF Training, Glock, Growing Up Guns, health, holsters, Kerry Davis, Mark Sisson, medical skills, Mike Seeklander, PHLster, pistoltraining.com, Practical Eschatology, rifles, Ryan Holiday, shooting drills, sights, Strategos, T-Nation, The Complete Combatant, The Revolver Guy, Tim Ferriss View Post

A Couple Gun and Gear Comments

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Last Saturday John Murphy from FPF Training hosted me for a one-day Extreme Close Quarters gunfighting class down in Culpeper Virginia.  As expected, John’s students were great, the facilities were excellent, and the logistics were sorted properly.  The 20 students and I had a good day of training.   Here […]

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
1911, FPF Training, John Murphy, Kimber, women's carry View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- January 8, 2016

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Back-up Iron Sights Buyer’s Guide All of my red dot equipped fighting rifles have backup iron sights.  Yours should too.     Defensive Shooting Myths and Misconceptions: “I shoot that gun really well.” A […]

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
Breach Bang Clear, burglary, communication, diet, FPF Training, Grant Cunningham, Gun Nuts Media, health, home security, Larry Lindenman, medical skills, optics, police shootings, Recoil Magazine, scams, sights, statistics, travel View Post

Reviews of Last Weekend’s Class

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Last weekend I teamed up with Dr. William Aprill to teach an “Unthinkable” class in Manassas, Virginia.  The class was all about dealing with worst case scenarios and was hosted by John Murphy of FPF Training.   The 24 students we had in class seemed to really enjoy it.  We […]

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
class reviews, FPF Training, Todd Green, William Aprill View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- September 4, 2015

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   How to Avoid Getting Pickpocketed A comprehensive guide to pickpocketing tactics.  Pay extra attention to all of the distractions listed in the article.  Those are the ones that tend to be very successful against […]

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
Active Self Protection, AR-15, art of manliness, chokes, Claude Werner, Dave Spaulding, drones, firearm maintenance, firearms training, FPF Training, Glock, Legal, Mad Science Defense, Max Velocity Tactical, medical skills, medicine, Mike Seeklander, police shootings, Prepared Gun Owner, rifles, Rory Miller, sights, survival View Post

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