Evolution Security Podcast

In this show we talk with Ernest Langdon about their new Langdon Tactical Technology Glocks, his wife Aimee winning the AZ Tactical Games, Ernest's experience in the Shivworks ECQC class, a Red Dot master class and much more.... Ernest Langdon has 12 years active duty as a U.S. Marine and 17 years in the firearms industry. He served as the Chief Instructor of the Second Marine Division Scout Snipe...

John is a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Modern Army Combatives under the "Father of Modern Combatives," Matt Larsen. He served as an assistant instructor to Matt Larsen for several years.  He now focuses on firearms and reality based simulation training.   John taught for various organizations and units, providing training for service members, law enforcement, and everyday Americans. He be...

Lee Weems is the owner and operator of First Person Safety and is also staffed with Rangemaster LLC where he assist Tom Givens with their storied Instructor Development program. He has been a Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council (POST) certified peace officer since 1999 having been sworn at the local, state, and federal levels and has served as a patrolman, field training officer,...

This show Eric and Aaron Davis start a new series of bonus shows where they talk Gear and Mindset.   We all love gear, in other words "Hardware," yet we know it's low on the priority list when we look at the hierarchy of surviving violent encounters.   That said we still love gear and know our audience loves gear as well.   We will primarily talk about gear that supports us on The Path but will re...

Erick Gelhaus is s 29 year Law Enforcement veteran, former US Army infantry squad leader and Iraq veteran. He has decades of firearms instructor experience teaching both at his Sherriff's Department and the legendary Gunsite founded by Jeff Cooper the father of the modern technique. He recently founded Cougar Mountain Solutions, CMS is a training & consulting firm that focuses on Developing practi...

This episode we have Spencer Keepers of Keepers Concealment back onto the show.  Spencer discusses the Sub-Second draw, its efficacy and provides some real world examples of why it may be in your interest to achieve it.  We also discuss his extensive Force on Force training experience and why he and the EvoSec crew believe it is essential in being prepared for a violent encounter.   Eric and Aaron...

This episode we welcome back Cecil Burch of Immediate Action Combatives for a third time!  Cecil holds the record for most appearances and said on the air that he would have to ensure that no one took his lead....hehe! -  We do an After Action Review of the Immediate Action Jiu-Jitsu and Pugilism seminar we hosted in Tulsa OK 16-18 July 2021.  The course was very transformative for all the student...

Todd Fox is a Protective Service professional, Marine, MMA fighter, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Rickson Gracie and a Weapons based environment/Tactical trainer. His Tour Training provides tactical and self protection, full spectrum security training, and stress inoculation simulation to military, Law Enforcement and Civilians. His Tour Protection Co. provides security for some of the bigg...

This week we are extremely excited to have Craig Douglas of Shivworks back 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 US and around the world. This show we change gears a bit and talk about Craig's newer Beta class Entangled Rifle Options (ERO), v...

Larry Lindenman is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and is a member of the Shivworks Collective.  The collective is a consortium of experts in multidisciplinary defensive training under the guidance of Craig Douglas, focusing on pressure testing personal tactics.  He is a former police officer, former SWAT officer, and defensive tactics expert with an education background in exercise physiology. H...

Scott "Jedi" Jedlinski of the Modern Samurai Project is a life long martial artist in TKD, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and shooting. He is a Master class shooter in USPSA and is one of the industry leaders in the use of red dot optics (RDOs) on pistols. He is one of the most sought after instructors in this quickly evolving technology in firearms.  This episode Aaron interviews Scott in a deep...

This episode we welcome back Cecil Burch of Immediate Action Combatives -  If you want to know the secret to Jiu-Jitsu, tune into this show.  The answer is likely something you may know but it is certainly something that those serious about Jiu-Jitsu or self defense need to hear; and likely need to here often.   In addition the crew speak with Cecil about the upcoming seminar that EvoSec is hostin...

Mike Brown is a 22 year retired veteran of the Tulsa Police Department. He has been an accomplished athlete becoming a Division I wrestler from Cornell, a national champion in IDPA at the expert level and has made the top 5 in the Master Class division at IDPA nationals. He is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Jean Jacq Machado and a world champion at the IBJJF brown belt masters.  He current...

This episode 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, Afghanistan, and other real world applic...

This episode we invite Lieutenant Chris Lapre to the show. He is a SWAT Commander for Pinal Country Arizona Sherriff's department and runs Asymmetric Options. Asymmetric Options provides training in firearms and tactics to Law Enforcement, Military and Civilians. Chris also leads training at his agency, providing opportunities for both himself and his deputies to train with the top instructors in...

This episode the EvoSec crew celebrate the Heritage of the American Rifleman, and also celebrate the modern Musket, the AR15. They then go into the details of their primary ARs. In addition Aaron provides a summary of Bill HR 127, a draconian gun control bill that everyone should be aware of and should contact their representatives to oppose. Reference below for links to Project Appleseed and the...

This episode we invite John Daub of KR training on the show.  John is co-author of the very influential book, Strategies and standards for Defensive Handgun Training.  If you have been a listener to the show for a while you will recall, this book was part catalyst in EvoSec being founded.  The book dives deep into the statistic that only 1% of firearms owners actually train. It then goes into prov...

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 vete...

Pete is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black belt who had a brilliant vision...bring back American manufacturing. In a world of outsourcing and insurmountable roadblocks to US companies, Pete and his employees have proven everyone wrong. Making the best Jiu-Jitsu Gis available and Jeans out of cotton grown in the US, and woven on looms from the US textile past. They also make boots, industry leading supple...

This episode we have the preeminent expert of Self Defense Law - Andrew Branca on the show. Arguably the only attorney in the nation that focuses purely on self defense law giving him expertise that all of us should seek. Andrew is also the author of the book, The Law of Self Defense, which will educate you on the principles needed to keep you out of legal trouble. It can not be over emphasized, i...

This week we welcome life changing leadership instructor JP Dinnell of Echelon Front on the show. JP is a former U.S. Navy SEAL and now a leadership instructor and speaker with Echelon Front, where he serves as Director of Tactical Training Programs. Jeremiah spent nearly a decade in the SEAL Teams with three combat deployments. Sent to the violent terrorist stronghold of Ar Ramadi, Iraq in 2006 w...

This episode we have legendary firearms instructor Tom Givens of Rangemaster on the show. Tom is a 25 year law enforcement veteran, has been teaching firearms in some fashion since the 1970s, and has been teaching full time for 24 years. He is a prolific author with 6 books and 100s of magazine articles for the industry leading magazines, and is a highly successful competitive shooter.  Tom was al...

This episode the EvoSec crew lighten the mood with gear talk and music.  Eric and Brian discuss their new 300 Blk AR pistol builds/back pack guns. Aaron taps into Brian's expertise on SBRs and Suppressors due to his experience as a Class 3 Manufacture SOT. Then the crew drop some eclectic music tapes to decompress- Pure fun pure Freedom.    Blue Tooth Enabled Ear Pro mentioned in discussion on dis...

We welcome back Chuck Haggard of Agile Training for another very timely show.  Chuck offers very sound advise on how to end the riots plaguing U.S. streets, more use of force perspective along with some very interesting history.   We even hit on what Chuck prefers for home defense.  Visit his website for training opportunities.   https://agiletactical.com/ Please go to our website for up coming ev...

This week we have the pleasure of bringing Kato Murakami on the show.  He is a 27+ year veteran police officer in the Chicago Land area and is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.  His company Rectitude Training focuses on life saving training in combatives and weapons based grappling for Law Enforcement but also provides similar training to the civilian defender as well.  Kato discusses his thoug...