Topics covered will include:
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Ground defense positions
Kicking and striking from the ground
Empty hand lethal force techniques
Escaping from the mount and guard positions
Choke defenses
Students will also learn how to deploy edged weapons from a grounded position and how to defend against both firearms and edged weapons on the ground.
4 hours
$20 per student
Instructor Information:
Greg Ellifritz is a 15-year veteran police officer. He is currently assigned as the department’s full time training officer, responsible for developing and instructing all of his agency’s in-service training. He has previously served as patrol officer, bike patrol officer, and field training officer for his agency.
Greg is also 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 Tactical Defense Institute, The International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors and The American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers.
Greg holds instructor or master instructor certifications in more than 60 different weapons systems, defensive tactics programs, and law enforcement specialty areas. He has a Master’s degree in Public Policy and Management and has written for several publications including: ‘The Firearms Instructor”, “Ohio Police Chief”, “Combat Handguns” and “The Journal of the American Women’s Self Defense Association”.
Greg has studied martial arts for more than 15 years, earning rank in Shorin-Ryu Karate, Judo, Jiu Jitsu, and Krav Maga. He currently is a member in good standing in the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA), International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors (IALEFI), and The American Women’s Self Defense Association (AWSDA).