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Posts tagged "TDI"

Weekend Knowledge Dump- March 10, 2017

Knowledge to make your life better.  If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Former Green Beret Reveals #1 Shooting Drill You Aren’t Doing Right (or Enough!) This may be the single most important drill to practice with either a handgun or rifle.     Specimen   Rory […]

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
Active Self Protection, AR-15, Ballistic Radio, Chris Fry, firearms training, ITS Tactical, John Mosby, malfunctions, Marc MacYoung, Massad Ayoob, MDTS, medical skills, Pew Pew Tactical, Prepared Gun Owners, Rory Miller, shooting drills, Short Barrel Shepherd, Survival Sullivan, TDI, Tony Blauer, William Aprill View Post

PHLster Fightworthy Sheath for TDI Knife

Written by: Greg Ellifritz     Jon Hauptman from PHLster sent me one of his newly designed “Fightworthy” sheaths for the Ka-Bar TDI knife.  The TDI is a very popular little fixed blade centerline carry knife designed by my friend John Benner at Tactical Defense Institute.  The TDI is great for its intended use, the […]

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Greg Ellifritz in Gear Reviews
ccw, knives, PHLster, TDI View Post

Observations from TDI’s Extreme Close Quarters Class

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   You all really seem to like it when I post information about the gun and gear problems I see in class.  I could write a 3,000 word article filled with high level tactical insight and it will be virtually ignored.  But if I talk about how a certain gun is […]

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Greg Ellifritz in Firearm Reviews
ccw, TDI, training View Post

Surviving a Mass Killer Rampage

  I recently read a book about active killers that many of you will enjoy.  Surviving a Mass Killer Rampage by Chris Bird was just released and is one of the better books available on the topic.   Unlike many books, Chris looks at the problem through the eyes of both police officers and everyday […]

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Greg Ellifritz in Book Reviews
active killer, active shooter, book reviews, TDI, terrorism View Post

Shotgun Tips from TDI’s John Motil

  This is  a guest post written by TDI General Manager and Instructor John Motil.  John is at every shotgun class taught at TDI and put together a few notes based on past experience about what works and what doesn’t.  It’s good advice. -Greg   – Make sure your shotgun has a stock (either polymer […]

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
guest author, John Motil, shotguns, TDI View Post

Comments on TDI’s “Snubby Revolver” Class

  Even though you “tactical types” don’t like to admit it, there are a lot of folks who carry small-framed revolvers for self protection.  But since they are not “cool,” many sources don’t write about them on the internet or in gun magazines.  That leads people to carry revolvers with less than optimal sights, grips, […]

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Greg Ellifritz in Firearm Reviews, Gear Reviews
class reviews, guest author, revolvers, snubnose, TDI View Post

A Year’s Lessons from TDI’s Tactical Rifle Classes

Written by: John Motil   The Tactical Defense Institute is closing up on a banner year of training.  Almost every course has been sold out and the instructors are working hard.   One instructor, John Motil, took the time to write up some of the “lessons learned” from that tactical rifle classes that they taught […]

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
AR-15, John Motil, rifles, TDI View Post

Optimizing Your Training Experience

  We train a lot of students every year at TDI.  When students come to a four-day class, we want them to get a good value and be able to concentrate on the instruction, rather than battling gear issues.   TDI staff instructor John Motil has the following advice after seeing a couple students suffering […]

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
ammunition, TDI View Post

“Secrets of the Concealed Carry Snub” AAR

  Written by Greg Ellifritz   Last week I was able to attend a private training class hosted at TDI.  Michael de Bethencourt came in to teach us two days’ worth of snubnose revolver techniques.   Michael de Bethencourt has been teaching an innovative revolver shooting class for more than 30 years.  Most trainers in […]

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
Michael deBethencourt, revolver, snubnose, TDI View Post

Notes From TDI’s Level 1-3 Handgun Class

  This is part two of a series of articles describing students’ and instructors’ experiences in the classes we teach at TDI.   These articles are a collaboration between  Greg Ellifritz and John Motil with input from additional TDI instructors as well.   Level 1-3 Handgun is TDI’s entry level handgun course.  It is a […]

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
ammunition, gunsmithing, holsters, magazines, TDI, training View Post

Notes From TDI’s Precision Rifle Class

    As most of you know, in addition to teaching classes through this company, I have been teaching classes at the Tactical Defense Institute for about 12 years.  TDI is a wonderful fixed site tactical training facility in southern Ohio and is one of the top shooting schools in the country.   TDI sees […]

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
precision rifle, sniper, TDI, training View Post

TDI Knife Class at Rick Hinderer Custom Knives

Last weekend I was honored to teach my TDI Defensive Knife Class at  Rick Hinderer’s annual get together in Shreve, Ohio.  This was my fourth time being hosted by Rick and his wife Lori and I always have a great time.   This last class had 14 students coming from as far as Michigan, Florida, […]

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
knife training, knives, Rick Hinderer, TDI View Post

New Class Review!

John Holbrook, who has been a student in two of my classes at TDI, just wrote a very good summary and review of the most recent TDI Active Shooter/Killer class that I taught.     A Review Of The Active Killer-Shooter Course at TDI   John is a very observant individual, takes excellent photos and […]

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
active shooter, class review, TDI View Post
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