Evolution Security Podcast

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...

On this show we do a book review of Straight Talk on Armed Defense, what the Experts want you to know. by Massad Ayoob. This book is masterful in bringing together the preeminent experts in the firearms and self-defense industry into one book. It is a detailed reference book covering everything from what real criminal assault looks like, how to live the carry life style, how to find effective trai...

Ernest Langdon has over 25 years of competitive shooting experience, has a Grand Master rating in USPSA (United States Practical Shooting Association) and is a Distinguished Master in IDPA (International Defensive Pistol Association) with 10 National Championships and 2 World Speed Shooting Titles. In this show we talk about Ernest's life as a Marine as a Scout Sniper, and his life as a Marine Cor...

This show we have the pleasure of interviewing Jeff Mau the CEO of Tenicor. Jeff is a former Law Enforcement patrol and SWAT officer for a Pacific North West agency and was a firearms instructor for Insights Training Center in Seattle WA. Jeff has turned his innovative focus to building Tenicor into a very successful Holster, Gear and Training company. In this episode we talk business acumen, Jeff...

This is our second show with Chris.  He is a decorated SWAT officer with more than 20 years of experience in patrol and SWAT operations and use of force subjects. He works in the South West Washington/Portland metro area and is a martial arts and firearms instructor focusing on enhancing clientele in close quarters capabilities for extreme close quarter's encounters in both professional applicatio...

This episode we have Karl Rehn of KR Training with us, he is a accomplished firearms and defensive tactics instructor and co author of the book, Strategies and standards for Defensive Handgun Training.  Karl is a Grand Master in 5 USPSA divisions: Production, Carry Optics, Limited, Limited 10, and Pistol Caliber Carbine.  He holds instructor certificates in:  Texas Concealed Handgun License Instru...

On this show the EvoSec crew provide a book review of the KR Training book Strategies and Standards for Defensive Handgun Training by Karl Rehn and John Daub.  This book was a big catalyst in the birth of Evolution Security.  Get this book, it is Guaranteed to make you better!   To purchase the book to support KR Training go to https://www.krtraining.com/ If you are interested in winning a signed...

This episode the EvoSec crew discuss a couple of defensive use stories and a minor discussion on the Coronavirus.  After that the guys discuss something very important to them, Music.  As you guys are likely tracking the bumper music on the show is Eric and Aaron Davis of the EvoSec crew.  The guys discuss a little music history, their music background and all three of the host discuss their favor...

Dr. Sherman House - The Civilian Defender   https://civiliandefender.com/ EvoSec site www.evosec.org/ Sherman is in his second decade as a medical health care provider. He is Dentist and Reserve Police Officer just outside of Nashville TN. Dr. House is the originator of the CIVILIAN DEFENDER training concept. He has personally saved lives using his extensive emergency medical knowledge. He has als...

Essentials 2 This week the EvoSec crew discusses what they believe to be the most important priorities as it relates to the Defense/Protector Lifestyle.  This is the second installment enumerating the next 5 priorities in order of precedence. In addition, Brian discusses the current anti-second amendment movement in Virginia.  Also visit our website www.evosec.org for upcoming events and visit our...

This show we welcome back Jason Kelly of @C2T2_training and @wrestlerj on Instagram.  Please go to his face book at C2T2 to checkout what he does and his upcoming events in your neck of the woods.  Facebook at C2T2 Contact and Control/Techniques and Tactics.  Jason was the American Top Team's first wrestling coach, and has coached multiple national and world champions from wrestling to Jiu-Jitsu. ...

Cecil Burch - Immediate Action Combative Cecil Burch is a life long martial artist training in a multitude of systems for over 40 years. Some of the systems have been Jeet Kune Do and Filipino Martial Arts under Dan Inosanto and Paul Vunak, he has trained in Thaiboxing, western boxing, Sevate and Pentjak Silat and many more. Currently Cecil's primary focus is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in which he has a...

Owner of Shooting Performance and the American Warrior Society (AWS); Mike is a Marine (Retired), former Federal Air Marshal and FAMS Firearms instructor, and a former police officer. He is a Professional shooter sponsored by Wilson Combat, and just won the 2019 IDPA World Championships and continues to shoot at the highest levels in the world. He is heavily into combatives, Jiu-Jitsu, fitness, me...

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 US and around the world. This show we discuss the details of the course and hit on the experience that the EvoSec crew had in the rece...

Ryan Mayfield is a 14 yr Law Enforcement veteran with 10 yrs on SWAT and was the lead Defensive Tactics/Combatives instructor for his department.  He currently runs Kodiak Security Solutions, teaching lifesaving, stress inoculating MMA with knives, sticks and guns to 1000s of students.  His most important attribute is being a critical thinker and a forward thinking defensive tactician. Please join...

This week the EvoSec crew discusses what they believe to be the most important priorities as it relates to the Defense/Protector Lifestyle.  The first instalment enumerates the top 5 priorities in order of precedence. Follow on episodes will discuss additional priorities and will dive deep into each individual priority. Please visit out sponsor Tenicor at www.tenicor.com/ to check out their Gen 4...

ECQC After Action Review: This week the EvoSec crew does an AAR of the 13-15 Sep 2019 Olympia WA Extreme Close Quarters Concepts (ECQC) course with Craig Douglas.  EvoSec hosted the event.  If you are serious about self-defense, this course is a must, it is life saving and life changing.  The ShivWorks Extreme Close Quarter Concepts (ECQC) course is a two-and-a-half-day (20-hour) block of instruct...

This week we welcome Rich Brown of the American Warrior Society.    https://americanwarriorsociety.com/   Rich is a retired Marine Officer, a former police officer, an accomplished competitive shooter, and a life time martial artist.  He is co-owner of AWS and is also co-host of the industry leading AWS podcast.  In this show we talk about Rich's life as a Marine, his time in corrections and LE, h...

Modern semi-auto rifles are demonized by the mainstream but are they actually a viable defensive tool? We believe they are arguably the preferable defensive firearm. In this show we talk about a defensive use of an AR that took place just recently, no mention in the media of this case. We also hit a little on our preferred ammo for ARs.  Lastly, Brian Schilt dives deep into the details of AR Pisto...