Throwback Episode to our second show with Tom Givens, originally Ep. 40. ///////////////////// As promised new Tactical Twin (Davis Twins) music at the beginning! Let us know what you think. This episode we have legendary firearms instructor Tom Givens back on the show. This is an AAR based on Eric's experience taking the Rangemaster Instructor Development and Certification Class in Casa Grande AZ hosted by Cecil Burch of Immediate Action Combatives. Tom is a 25 year law enforcement veteran, has...
Jul 12, 2023•1 hr 59 min•Season 4Ep. 119
Adaptive Rifle Book – Ben Stoeger and Joel Park Adaptive Rifle: Stoeger, Ben, Park, Joel, Cook, Jenny, Pranka, Matt, Botkin, Lucas: 9798360280453: Amazon.com: Books Matt Pranka’s CQB Warm up drill – From the book For folks in the audience - Matt Pranka shooting the drill on Youtube On Demand Performance - Do you have it? - YouTube Revisit of rifle/Carbine proficiency Drills to make us better - Especially when we don’t have much room Recoil mag article - Positional Rifle Shooting for Survival [Ho...
Jul 05, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Season 4Ep. 118
This episode we are super pumped to have Paul Sharp back on the show! - Sharp Defense - Shivworks Collective - Straight Blast Gym Black Belt and coach. This show we talk about Paul's move to Idaho, why he moved, JiuJitsu as a super power, knife defense, knife disarms, and of course Paul brings it on the music discussion. Follow Paul on IG for some excellent tips and inspiring content @paul_sharp_sbg https://sbgidaho.com/ Paul's BJJ Fanatics Vids https://bjjfanatics.com/products/jiu-jitsu-based-s...
Jun 27, 2023•2 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 117
Cecil Burch is back on for his 4th appearance to talk about his new JiuJitsu academy, Gracie University affiliation. We also talk about his collaboration with Darryl Bolke and Chuck Haggard for their NPE Counter Robbery course. The course teaches you to think with a gun in your hand, make critical shoot, no shoot decisions, how to manage unknown contacts (MUC), use pepper spray properly all while considering being in an environment that is non-permissive where you may not be able to carry a full...
Jun 20, 2023•1 hr 35 min•Season 4Ep. 116
This Throwback episode we revisit the first time we had Kyle Defoor on the show, it has been one of our most downloaded shows. ////////////////////// We welcome Kyle Defoor of Defoor-Proformance- Shooting to the show. Kyle is a former Navy SEAL Sniper, member of DEVGRU and is a professional shooter teaching pistol, carbine and rifle to a new standard. His use of shooting the B8 Bull at speed on his established standards has influenced the firearms industry undeniably. With tours to Bosnia, Afgha...
Jun 15, 2023•1 hr 48 min•Season 4Ep. 115
We welcome Aaron back on the show as he recovers from his surgery. We then hit on some current threats to the 2nd Amendment, how article 5 of the constitution provides remedies to the current derailment of our federal government, Aaron’s pistol mods, Eric’s shotgun improvements and much more. Contact your congressman in regards to HJ Res. 44 https://www.house.gov/representatives Van Comp Shotgun Cards https://www.vangcomp.com/product/spare-carrier/ Jack Carr’s new book Only the Dead Mark Levin T...
Jun 07, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 114
This episode we have The Rangemaster Chess Club on the show; Lee Weems of First Person Safety, John Hearne of Two Pillars Training and Erick Gelhaus of Cougar Mountain Solutions. We do a run down of their inaugural Cognitive Conclave course (Experience) which was an immersive body of lectures and live fire drills that teach the clients to think with a gun in their hand. The live fire drills used various methods of cognitive stacking adding pressure testing to gun handling, and force shooters to ...
May 31, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Season 4Ep. 113
This show Eric has John Valentine back on the show to talk about the upcoming inaugural Combatives Summit, 22-24 Sep 2023 in Auburndale Florida. This epic event will have 17 of the most prominent Combatives instructors in the industry teaching life saving pressure tested modules of instruction. Some of the event teachers will be Craig Douglas, Matt Larsen, Cecil Burch, Ben Aubin, Cliff Byerly, Jerry Wetzel, John Valentine himself and many more. For more info and to sign up please go to: https://...
May 24, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 112
Todd Fox is a former Marine, an accomplished Brazilian JIuJitsu black belt, Combatives and integrated martial arts subject matter expert, an author, and the CEO of Tour Protection. They provide protective services, training, and risk management to the who’s who in Hollywood, the music industry and diplomatic security globally. Some of their notable clients are….Madonna, Tool, ColdPlay, Nine inch Nails, Motley Crew and Journey to name a few. This show we spend some time talking about his new book...
May 17, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 111
This episode Aaron is joined by Ben Simonson from Boresight Solutions. Boresight Solutions provides clients with the best hard use customized pistols available. The results are pistols that are carefully and purposely customized by hand to be ready and reliable if you’re forced to truly fight with your pistol. Ben talks about growing up engrossed in shooting, progressing into high level training and competition. These experiences finally lead him to acquire a Glock 19. Although he realized the b...
May 04, 2023•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 110
Caleb Causey is a former Army medic, and owner of Lone Star Medics. He is a subject matter expert in trauma medicine, and combines his courses with live fire and simunitions/marking cartridges in some cases to build skills in a stress inoculation environment. Just our kind of dude! He is also a multidisciplinary practitioner, and instructor/presenter at the storied Rangemaster TacCon. Eric and Aaron finally had the opportunity of meeting Caleb at TacCon23. The twins attended his EDC Medical Kit ...
Apr 25, 2023•1 hr 51 min•Season 4Ep. 109
Eric starts a his new Shotgun adventure as a rank newb. He talks about picking up a new Beretta A300 Ultima Patrol, and starting this new path with a new platform. The Twins also talk about the SGT Perry conviction, and what Andrew Branca and Mas Ayoob have to say about it as well. Also, calling 911 after a self defense incident, what to do and what NOT to do. https://lawofselfdefense.com/ Intro and Outro Music by: The Tactical Twins, Jason Bieler and The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra and Tim Alex...
Apr 14, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Season 4Ep. 108
This episode Eric and Aaron do an AAR of Rangemaster TacCon 23 in Dallas. The training was pound for pound the best training event the twins have ever attended. For more info and how to get into TacCon next year: https://taccon.info/ Intro and Outro Music by: The Tactical Twins, Jason Bieler and The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra and Tim Alexander/Fata Morgana Please subscribe and share our podcast with friends and family. Visit our website for bios, future events and info at www.evosec.org Like, f...
Apr 04, 2023•1 hr 43 min•Season 4Ep. 107
Eric and Aaron discuss some current events, Aaron's new Boresight Solutions Glock and the Pros and Cons of confronting rude people. Special Intro and Outro Music by: Jason Bieler and The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra Please subscribe and share our podcast with friends and family. Visit our website for bios, future events and info at www.evosec.org Like, follow and share us on Facebook and Instagram @evosecusa WE ARE PUMPED TO HAVE A NEW AFFILIATE LINK FOR ORIGIN AND JOCKO FUEL!!! Help support this...
Mar 22, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 106
This show we have one of the most influential rock guitarists, musicians and song writers in Aaron and Eric’s upbringing; Jason Bieler of Saigon Kick and his latest band, Jason Bieler and The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra. He provides some incredible insight into the music industry, his song writing routine and how he stays fit on the road and at home. The connection for our loyal audience is certainly salient to mindset and discipline. For more about Jason, how to get his latest album and more: h...
Mar 07, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 105
“KA is going straight to hell, because he sold his soul to the devil to shoot that well…” Tom Givens This show we have KA Clark on the podcast: He is one of the most accomplished shooters in the open enrollment circuit winning every high level patch, pin, TacCon championship, and aspiring designation to place a goal on. One of the most coveted: 4 Perfect 125 scores at the Rogers Shooting School Test from concealment - (Bill Rogers himself has 4 125s). This show we talk about KA's practice routin...
Feb 28, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 104
This show we have a special guest on the show: Justin Ball is a fellow 0600 am JiuJitsu coach at @hold_fast_jiujitsu with Eric Davis. Justin is also a retired Special Forces Medic serving with 1st Special Forces Group at Joint Base Lewis-McChord WA, and ending his career as a Sergeant Major in a Army special mission unit at Fort Bragg NC. This show we dive deep into trauma medicine, Americas treatment of law enforcement, his JiuJitsu journey and much more. Intro and Outro Music by: The Tactical ...
Feb 15, 2023•1 hr 39 min•Season 4Ep. 103
This episode we get an audio pistol lesson from USPSA Grand Master Tim Herron. Including a discussion about the use of the 32 MOA circle reticle instead of a precise dot with your RDO. Also, as one of the world class instructors for the upcoming TacCon 2023, Tim offers tips to Aaron, Eric, and all first-time attendees. Tim Herron is a USPSA Grand Master in both Single Stack and Limited division, a Master Class CDP shooter in IDPA, and has experience in defensive shooting, IDPA, Steel Challenge, ...
Feb 07, 2023•1 hr 42 min•Season 4Ep. 102
Chris Lapre 4 - Chris is our first 4th return guest! This show we talk about tactics to deal with home defense. How to harden your home, strong points, family training...etc. Also, should we do one man/women house clearance or not? We discuss supplemental gear to help harden your home and much more. Link to EvoSec Blog with all of the suggestions from the show. As Chris mentioned, The Greyman Brief's https://www.superessestraps.com/ Previous shows with Chris - Episode 43 Episode 83 Episode 69 Ch...
Feb 01, 2023•1 hr 53 min•Season 4Ep. 101
Our 100th show! We couldn't think of a better way to celebrate this milestone than by having our two most important mentors on the show: Mike Brown of the former Praesidium Group and Craig Douglas of Shivworks. Topics: Meeting Mike in the mid 90s, how he became such an important coach and mentor to Eric and Aaron; how he pushed Eric join the TPI forums and to take ECQC. The Twins becoming a host to Craig for multiple classes through the years and how that relationship led to training with others...
Jan 25, 2023•1 hr 50 min•Season 4Ep. 100
Eric and Aaron discuss and highlight their accountability for 2022, classes taken and given, gear purchases, changes in strength and conditioning efforts and more. They then go into what is in store for 2023, and lastly talk about a little current second amendment news. Please subscribe and share our podcast with friends and family. Visit our website for bios, future events and info at www.evosec.org Like, follow and share us on Facebook and Instagram @evosecusa WE ARE PUMPED TO HAVE A NEW AFFIL...
Jan 17, 2023•1 hr 40 min
This show we have Kyle Defoor back on to table about shooting standards, their importance and how standards are getting more challenging to meet the growing capabilities of shooters in the community. Check out Kyles new Pistol Hat Qual we speak about, it is a near perfect standard for over all defensive shooting skills. We then talk about some of Kyle’s best relationships in the shooting and training community and lastly hit on some gear and music of course. Gear: Holosun EPS, Staccato and more....
Jan 03, 2023•1 hr 47 min•Season 4Ep. 99
This show Eric talks about a grid attack on Moore Country NC close to where he lives, and the nations grid vulnerabilities. He then goes into basic family bugging in emergency preparation. Some of the products and tips discussed below. 5 gal jugs 55 gal barrel Amazon.com : H2O ResQ Water Storage, Natural and Patented Formula, Treats 55 Gallons, Keeps Water Fresh for 5 Years : Sports & Outdoors https://www.waterpreserver.com/water-preserver-dealers/ Propur Gravity Water Filter system If your ...
Dec 23, 2022•57 min•Season 4Ep. 98
This episode of the EvoSec Podcast we have Lanny Bassham back on the show - Olympic Gold Medalist and World champion shooter and Preeminent mental coach - Author of With Winning in Mind. Starting 20 + years ago, Mr. Bassham started influencing the EvoSec Crew with his life changing book and coaching protocols. Prescribed by pistol instructor, IDPA national champion, Masters JiuJitsu World Champion and good friend Mike Brown (Episode 5), his book enables all who want to excel in any endeavor the ...
Dec 13, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Season 4Ep. 97
This episode we congratulate Aaron on his promotion to blue belt in BJJ! We also discuss our recent Defensive Pistol and Combatives with Weapons Integration classes held in Tulsa OK 19-20 Nov 2022. Lastly we talk a little current events/politics towards the end of the show. Please subscribe and share our podcast with friends and family. Visit our website for bios, future events and info at www.evosec.org Like, follow and share us on Facebook and Instagram @evosecusa EvoSec Class highlight video....
Dec 07, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Season 4Ep. 96
This show we do an After Action Review of Scott Jedlinski's Modern Samurai Project Red Dot Instructor class that Eric just attended 29-30 Oct 2022 outside Fort Bragg NC. https://www.modernsamuraiproject.com/ Scott's MSP targets. Please subscribe and share our podcast with friends and family. Visit our website for bios, future events and info at www.evosec.org Like, follow and share us on Facebook and Instagram @evosecusa WE ARE PUMPED TO HAVE A NEW AFFILIATE LINK FOR ORIGIN AND JOCKO FUEL!!! Hel...
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 4Ep. 95
EvoSec Defensive Pistol and Combatives and Weapons Integration - 16 hr course 19-20 Nov 2022 in Tulsa Oklahoma. This gear and mindset episode Aaron gives an update on his shorty AR15, let's just say its a political but still its a badass AR. Aaron also mentioned an excellent video called Why everyone needs an AR15 by T.Rex Arms. This video gives a historical perspective on the origin of firearms in this nation and destroys the myth that "military" arms are somehow different than civilian arms. A...
Nov 01, 2022•58 min•Season 4Ep. 94
This is a Throwback re-air of our first episode with Craig Douglas in 2019, great content and worth the relisten: EvoSec Defensive Pistol and Combatives and Weapons Integration - 16 hr course 19-20 Nov 2022 in Tulsa Oklahoma. Replay: This week we are extremely excited to have Craig Douglas of Shivworks on the show. Craig is the father of the real life “Fight Club” with a gun or knife. His course work Extreme Close Quarters Concepts (ECQC) has changed the lives of countless people throughout the ...
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Season 4Ep. 93
EvoSec Defensive Pistol and Combatives and Weapons Integration - 16 hr course 19-20 Nov 2022 in Tulsa Oklahoma. Gear and Mindset show 9 Eric and Aaron talk Emergency Comms. They also talk Low Ready to keep you from legal trouble in a no shoot yet and no shoot scenario and more. Good All around Quick Reference Guide for Ham Radio and preparing you for obtaining your license. Ham Radio 2021 For Technicians, Extras and General License : A 2021 Quick Reference Guide to Obtaining License and Setting ...
Oct 19, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Season 4Ep. 92
EvoSec Defensive Pistol and Combatives and Weapons Integration - 16 hr course 19-20 Nov 2022 in Tulsa Oklahoma. This episode we finally have the last member of the Shivworks Collective on the show; Chris Fry of MDTS Training, and PFC Training www.pfctraining.com . Chris is one of 5 people certified by Craig Douglas of Shivworks, is a BJJ black belt and is a preeminent expert in multidisciplinary training. This show we dive deep into what training is vs practice, and how to practice effectively. ...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 55 min•Season 4Ep. 91
