Evolution Security Podcast

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...

This week we lost one of the most brilliant and impactful thinkers and instructors in the self-protection community, Dr. William Aprill. William was a member of the Shivworks Collective, and was owner of Aprill Risk Consulting, and was the community's pre-eminent mental health professional providing us the means to understand ourselves and the criminal mind. William will be deeply missed and will...

This episode of the Evolution Security Podcast we are super excited to interview Lanny Bassham - 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 and IDPA national champion and go...

Paul Sharp of Straight Blast Gym Illinois and Sharp Defense comes on the show to provide some additional much needed perspective on the current anti-police sentiment, the state of Law Enforcement and the current riots. Paul is a veteran Elgin Illinois police officer, a black belt in Jiu-Jitsu and is a preeminent expert on multidisciplinary and integrated martial arts under the Shivworks Collective...

This week we are blessed to have Marshal Chuck Haggard of Agile Training and Consulting on the show.  He is a 30 year veteran of both law enforcement and the military, and is a well-known subject matter expert in police use of force.  Chuck provides some much needed perspective and expert analysis of the current events to include the tragic killing of George Floyd by a now charged rogue police off...

We are super pumped to have Jiu-Jitsu superstar Lachlan Giles on the show. Lachlan is a second degree BJJ black belt. At ADCC 2019 in the Absolute division, Lachlan as one of the lightest competitors (under 77kg) submitted 3 world class heavyweights (Kaynan Duarte, Patrick Gaudio and Mahamed Aly) all by heel hook. At Kinektic Invitational 1, a five vs five grappling event, Lachlan single-handedly...

This week we have Dr. William Aprill back on the show to hit on some very timely subjects.  William is the self-protection industry leader in knowing the criminals mind and the protectors mind and how to use this knowledge to keep us safer.  Some of the topics discussed are the phycological effects of the COVID 19 lockdowns and economic impacts, and current riots spurred by George Floyd's death at...

This week we have legendary mentor to us all, Massad Ayoob.  Mas has likely been a contributor and mentor to everyone serous about self-defense, firearms, and the law for over 40 years  He is a prolific author and has been an instructor to most of the current industry leaders.  Conversely, he has always been and still is a student and has trained and collaborated with the current legends in the fi...