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Posts tagged "John Mosby"

Weekend Knowledge Dump- February 24, 2017

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Math for Marksmen: The Speed Vs. Accuracy Equation The Mountain Guerrilla weighs in on what he thinks is the optimal balance between speed and accuracy.  You should also read his followup article on Calling […]

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
Active Self Protection, AK-47, AR-15, concealed carry, health, holsters, John Mosby, knives, Lucky Gunner, Massad Ayoob, medical skills, Morgan Atwood, Paul Gomez, police, Prepared Gun Owners, Primary and Secondary, reloading, statistics, Tim Larkin, women's carry View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- February 10, 2017

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   A Stark Reminder to Keep Your Defensive Firearm Chambered For those of you who carry chamber empty, watch the video. Here is video evidence of a man shot by robbers as he attempts to […]

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
active killer, Active Self Protection, Concealed Nation, John Mosby, Melody Lauer, OC, Paul Sharp, police, Prepared Gun Owners, school shootings, Short Barrel Shepherd, statistics, training, Vuurwapen Blog View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- December 16, 2016

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   The Power of Fear An interesting article on firearm use during the urban warfare of the Balkan war in Bosnia in the early 1990s. English is not the author’s primary language, so it isn’t […]

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
Active Self Protection, ccw, Dave Spaulding, diet, health, Hock Hochheim, John Mosby, knife training, Mark Manson, Rob Leatham, scenario training, shooting drills, Short Barrel Shepherd, survival, terrorism, Weapons Man, women's self defense View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- December 9, 2016

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Basic Rifle Marksmanship (BRM) Series for your AR15- Intro A lot of great basic rifle information here.     Bleach for Survival? Bleach (or pool shock) is a useful addition to your survival supply […]

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
1911, AR-15, ccw, Claude Werner, Dave Spaulding, Glock 19, John Mosby, Lucky Gunner, magazines, Mat Best, Michael Bane, optics, Paul Sharp, Prepared Gun Owners, Return of Kings, shooting drills, situational awareness, survival, Survival Sullivan, Tamara Keel, women's self defense View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- November 18, 2016

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   12 Things You Need To Do And 1 Thing you Need to have If You Get Caught Up In A Riot Decent riot survival information.     Living a Barbarian Life: Don’t Settle for […]

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
Active Self Protection, AR-15, Bombing, Bombs, Cecil Burch, diet, health, history, John Mosby, Lucky Gunner, Massad Ayoob, medical skills, police, Prepared Gun Owners, Recoil Magazine, revolvers, Rory Miller, terrorism, The Art of Manliness, vehicle tactics, women's carry, women's self defense View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- October 21, 2016

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Why Do The Least Knowledgeable Have The Most Conviction? “Regarding the Personal Protection community (but applicable to every discipline), one of the great mysteries to me is trying to wrap my head around the […]

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
Active Self Protection, Breach Bang Clear, ccw, Chris Fry, edible plants, exercise, fitness, Grant Cunningham, health, John Mosby, Kelly Starrett, Mark Sisson, medical skills, NOVA, open carry, police, psychology, survival View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- September 30, 2016

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Video from Rangemaster Conference 2016 Cecil Burch shares a few video clips from his class at Rangemaster earlier this year.  If you are interested in some quality tips about fighting from the clinch, you’ll […]

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
Active Self Protection, Cecil Burch, Chuck Taylor, fitness, Gabe Suarez, grappling, Growing Up Guns, Hsoi, John Mosby, Max Velocity Tactical, medical skills, open carry, Peter Burlingame, psychology, Ralph Mroz, terrorism View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- July 15, 2016

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Day of Rage Protests Are Scheduled for July 15th in These American Cities Lots of violent protests scheduled today. Check out the article for places to avoid this afternoon/evening.  Snopes says this is fake.  […]

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
Active Self Protection, John Mosby, knife fighting, knives, Legal, Massad Ayoob, medical skills, open carry, optics, police, psychology, reloading, Scott Baab, travel View Post

“Forging the Hero”

John Mosby sent me a pre-release copy of his latest book Forging the Hero to review.  He asked me to write a blurb for his website.  This is what I wrote:   “Mosby starts his book with a chapter called: “Shit Just Ain’t Right.”  It’s a feeling that many of us share, but few are […]

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Greg Ellifritz in Book Reviews
John Mosby, Mountain Guerilla, survival View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- February 5, 2016

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Do you carry religiously? You may not be as safe as you believe. Grant brings up a very good point here and I tend to agree with him.  I travel out of the country […]

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
accidental discharge, active killer, Active Self Protection, Cecil Burch, Grant Cunningham, home security, John Mosby, Karl Rehn, Larry Lindenman, Legal, Massad Ayoob, modern service weapons, physical fitness, police, Prepared Gun Owners, Rangemaster, survival, training, travel View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- January 1, 2016

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   IN EXTREMIS COMMUNICATION, PART 1 One of the biggest problems I have with my students is training them in the VERBAL aspects of self protection.  This article provides phenomenal information from my friend Larry Lindenman […]

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
active killer, Breach Bang Clear, ccw, Cecil Burch, communication, CP Journal, ground fighting, holsters, John Mosby, Ken Hackathorn, Larry Lindenman, Legal, medical skills, medicine, Paul Sharp, Precision Rifle Blog, Ralph Mroz, Recoil, rifles, survival, Tom Givens, verbalization, William Aprill View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- October 23, 2015

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Travis Haley – An Exercise in Compromise Travis Haley talks about the different weapons he carried while fighting in various locations around the world.  An interesting read.     Preparing for an election year […]

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
active killer, active shooter, AR-15, Breach Bang Clear, ccw, Dave Spaulding, Glock 42, Growing Up Guns, ITS Tactical, James LaFond, John Mosby, Lucky Gunner, Marcus Wynne, police, Prepared Gun Owner, purse carry, running, Short Barrel Shepherd, survival, teaching, travel, Travis Haley, women's carry View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- September 11, 2015

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   The Duty to Not Make S**t Worse “The gun owners making shit worse aren’t fighting terror or tyranny, and they aren’t advancing the cause of gun rights. They’re just making themselves look stupid, and […]

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
ballistics, Blights and Sirens, concealed carry, economic collapse, Ed's Manifesto, Growing Up Guns, Gun Nuts Media, Hock Hockheim, Jeff Chudwin, John Mosby, Kathy Jackson, Massad Ayoob, open carry, police, Practical Eschatology, shooting drills, Short Barrel Shepherd, Smith and Wesson, survival, Todd Green View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- August 14, 2015

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Armed Robbery At Mesquite Chevron I often have students in my close quarters shooting class say something like “I don’t need weapon retention skills. If the bad guy grabs my gun, I’ll just shoot […]

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
active killer, active shooter, AK-47, Claude Werner, Close quarter shooting, concealed carry, Ed's Manifesto, holsters, home invasion, improvised weapons, ITS Tactical, Jeff Gonzales, John Mosby, knives, Marc MacYoung, Max Velocity Tactical, Paul Sharp, Practical Eschatology, psychology, riots, shooting drills, Survival Podcast, takedown, weapon retention View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- August 7, 2015

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   “Having a gun and being armed are two different things.“     Watch this video of two police officers being assassinated. It’s from Venezuela. In that country, gun control makes it impossible for the […]

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
active killer, Alain Burrese, Claude Werner, communication, crime statistics, Doom and Bloom, Ed's Manifesto, gelatin tests, ground fighting, John Mosby, knife training, Mark Manson, medical skills, police, Rory Miller, shooting drills View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- July 10, 2015

Links to some of the best tactical information on the web.  If you have some free time, check them out this weekend.   Why you should ALWAYS carry your gun What you can learn from the gunfights that 65 of Tom Givens’ students have been involved in.     The Magical Content Tree Dmiti Orlov […]

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
Active Self Protection, AR-15, Dave Spaulding, diet, drones, exercise, firearms training, John Mosby, magazines, Marcus Wynne, Massad Ayoob, Max Velocity Tactical, Mike Pannone, optics, police gunfights, Recoil Magazine View Post

“The Reluctant Partisan- Volume Two: The Underground”

Written by: Greg Ellifritz I am hereby providing all appropriate “trigger warnings” for those of my readers who can’t handle a little coarse language.  The last time I reviewed one of John Mosby’s books, I was deluged with emails about the adult language present in some of the book’s passages.  Don’t send me that shit.  […]

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Book Reviews
book review, John Mosby, survival View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- March 13, 2015

Links to some of the best tactical information on the web.  If you have some free time, check them out this weekend.     Finding a Handgun Grip that Fits An excellent tutorial on how to properly grip a handgun and what features you should be looking at when purchasing a defensive sidearm.     […]

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
3rd world travel, active killer, Active Self Protection, active shooter, ccw, Claude Werner, diet, dryfire, exercise, fitness, health, history, Hock Hockheim, John Mosby, Legal, Lucky Gunner, medical skills, modern service weapons, psychology, robbery, running, scams, survival, travel View Post

Some Recent Press

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Of late, I’ve managed to find myself mentioned in several media outlets.  In a shameless act of self promotion, I’ll share them here in the hopes that you will find some of the content useful.   Close Range Threat – Greg Ellifritz @ Rangemaster Tactical Conference 2015   Dr. Z […]

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
Grant Cunningham, John Mosby, Marcus Wynne, Rangemaster View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- March 6, 2015

Links to some of the best tactical information on the web.  If you have some free time, check them out this weekend.   C&R Trigger Pull Test Trigger pull weight comparison on a whole bunch of older rifles.     Day Tripping: Benefits Seen in Psychedelics An interesting article from a mainstream source (Newsweek) about the […]

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
ammunition, ballistics, Bombs, drugs, exercise, Gun Nuts Media, health, home security, Jeff Gonzales, John Mosby, knives, Limatunes, Massad Ayoob, medicine, Mike Seeklander, modern service weapons, optics, Paul Sharp, precision rifle, Rangemaster, rifles, scopes, survival View Post
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