Functional Gentlemen: Interview with Trek from MDFI

Originally aired February 8, 2018 View on YouTube >>  

Gunfighter Cast w/ Erik Utrecht: How to Take a Class and What to Expect

Originally aired January 31, 2017 In episode GC-124, Gunfighter Cast speaks with Erik Utrecht from Michigan Defensive Firearms Institute about what a student should expect when […]

Cam & Co Interview: Trek’s Trek for the Brian Terry Foundation

Originally aired on NRA News Cam & Co 9/09/14. Erik “Trek” Utrecht is the owner and instructor for the Michigan Defensive Firearms Institute. He is also the […]

Podcast: Civilian Carry Radio

Civilian Carry Radio – brought to you by the Firearms Radio Network About Civilian Carry Radio: Our goal and the focus of this podcast is to […]

Old Alumni Cards Available!

MDFI Will Not Be Training At Caledonia Sportsman’s Club in 2019

Good day everyone. Since releasing our 2019 season, we have been inundated with emails and calls asking when our Grand Rapids classes at Caledonia Sportsman Club […]

Podcast: The Home Defense Show

EPISODE 99 – ALL ABOUT MICHIGAN GUN OWNERS, FORCE ON FORCE & TACTICAL HANDGUN TRAINING This week on the Home Defense Show, Skip speaks with “Trek” […]

Podcast: Ballistic Radio (It’s Not Me, It’s You)

IT’S NOT ME, IT’S YOU (PODCAST – SEASON 6, BALLISTIC RADIO EPISODE 272, SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2018) “If you are known as a menace to your neighborhood […]

I’m All For the 2nd Amendment, But….

On June 20, 2018, Trek was asked to speak at the 2nd Amendment March at the Michigan Capitol. His speech was titled, “I’m All For the […]
Politicians Pens

Trading Rights for Ignorant Bliss…

For all responsibly-armed Michiganders out there: There has been a lot of chatter recently about “enhanced CPLs” (SB 584) where law-abiding citizens of the Big Mitten […]

Get Off The Couch and Exercise Your Use of Force (aka Why Did Little Tiffany Deserve A Bullet?)

So recently in the big Mitten there has been a news story and surveillance camera footage going around that shows what looks like a scenario in […]

JPX Pepper Gun: Mmm… Spicy

Check out the latest article written by Trek in Recoil Concealment: Issue 4 << See a preview on Recoil Web >>
ghost guns

Ghost Guns and Politicians Who Love Them…

If the upcoming election and those in the running to clench the presidency of this nation has taught us anything, it is that politics and those […]

“Cluelessness, Cowardice, and Complicity”

– “At a recent town hall I held, several people said they wanted to explore smart gun technology to reduce accidents…Others mentioned liability reform to make […]

Advice for Astronauts (And Other Advice Worth Keeping to Oneself)

Surprise! Facebook has decreed that it will no longer allow the sale of privately owned firearms on its site. In a move that surprised no one, […]

The Whole Person Concept

Article Written By Trek (Owner/Lead Instructor for MDFI)  | Originally Written For Moderno.com  | February 2, 2015 I cannot count the amount of times that I have […]
Situational Awareness

MDFI Tip of the Week: Vector Changes, Barriers and Avoidance – Neutralizing Threats with Situational Awareness

Getting ready to head out the door- we go through our Pre-flight checklist: Draw stroke with sight picture, press-check, smooth reholster, knife? Yep. 500 Lumen light? […]
Use of Force

MIND: M3 or, “Why its OK to go Weapons-Hot on Greedo”

On the night of February 26 2012, 28 year old George Zimmerman shot and killed unarmed 17 year old Trayvon Martin with a single gunshot in […]
Mind: Road Rage Response

Mind: Road Rage Response

From the wilds of the interwebs: Whole-person concept: Mind We have all witnessed this scenario:  You are driving from point A to B, obeying traffic laws […]