Knife Skills for Concealed Carriers

7282 N. FM 51,Decatur TX 76234

28 May, 2023

Description

This course presents students with skills needed to effectively utilize a folding or fixed blade knife as a defensive tool. This class is designed to address realistic situations where a law-abiding citizen may have to utilize a knife to defend against a lethal force attack. The course introduces simple, effective movements that are easy to learn, court defensible, and work well under stress. Topics Covered: • Choosing a defensive knife • Carry locations • Drawing & opening the folding knife under stress • Basic cutting angles and targets • Three ways to use a knife to stop an attack • Escaping life-threatening physical attacks with a knife • Transitioning between knife & pistol • Weapon retention using the knife The class will run 9:00am to 4:00 pm with a short lunch break. The class will be held on an outdoor shooting range. Please bring fluids for hydration and whatever sun protection you require. Course tuition INCLUDES the $25 per day range fee. The class will be physical, but you will be able to control your level of participation in each drill. This class will not include any physical conditioning, nor will it devolve into some type of "Fight Club" scenario occasionally seen in similar classes. I pride myself on taking care of my students. You'll be tired at the end of the day, but if you can stand on your feet and engage in light intensity upper body exercise for a period of about six hours, you will do absolutely fine in the class. I will make every attempt to alter the class for anyone with injuries or physical limitations. About the instructor: Greg Ellifritz is Active Response Training's President and Primary Instructor. Greg recently retired after serving 25 years as a police officer. During his tenure, Greg spent 13 years as the full-time tactical training officer for a central Ohio police department. In that training position, he was responsible for developing and instructing all of the in-service training for his 55-officer agency. In addition to the training position, he also served as patrol officer, firearms armorer, bike patrol officer, bike patrol coordinator, sniper, and field training officer during the course of his career. Greg holds instructor, master instructor, or armorer certifications in more than 80 different weapons systems, defensive tactics programs, and law enforcement specialty topics. In addition to these instructor certifications, Greg has successfully completed more than 4,000 hours of documented formal training with the leading firearms, empty hand fighting, and edged weapons instructors in the country. Greg additionally served as an adjunct instructor for the Ohio Peace Officer’s Training Academy, teaching firearms, defensive tactics, bike patrol, knife defense, and physical fitness topics. He has taught firearms and self defense classes at the national and international level through The American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers, The International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors, Rangemaster Tactical Conference, and Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police. He has a master’s degree in Public Policy and Management with a focus on criminal justice policy issues and has written for several publications and websites including: ‘The Firearms Instructor,” “Ohio Police Chief,” “Combat Handguns,” Survivalblog.com, “Concealed Carry Magazine,” Primedia's "Personal & Home Defense Annual," "Recoil Magazine," and “American Handgunner.”