Hess Defense
Chris Hess
Master Texas Peace Officer
State of Texas Certified Firearms Instructor
Self Defense Expert
Training includes:
Police Firearms
Police Defensive Tactics
Combatives
Boxing
Wrestling
Martial arts
Tribal arts
Philosophy and quotes:
"Beware of the man with one gun, for he probably knows how to use it." —Unknown
"Killaz is killaz and ya need to respect that" —Professor Kelly S. Worden
"Train or be chained" —Master at Arms James A. Keating
"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far" —West African proverb
"Rip the slide off of it, son!" —Mike Faas
"I think we have a class four stoppage here!" —Unnamed HPD SWAT Operator / Instructor
"You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them." —Malcolm Forbes
"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment." —Mother Teresa
On finally arriving: "I wouldn't want to meet you in a dark alley." —Unnamed Blackwater Operator / Instructor
One of my favorite war stories.
A couple of years ago, my good friend Dick told me how when he was eighteen, his Marine unit had just fought a lengthy firefight in Korea. The ammo dump they captured turned out to have been built on top of a brewery. After the fight the Leathernecks, upon discovering the vast supply of beer, all got thoroughly blitzed. Dick said, "We were all too drunk to fight if they had come back with re-enforcements. I dozed off for what seemed like a moment and then opened my eyes. I saw a pair of shiny brown boots. I looked up and there stood General Chester Puller. The General didn't look down at me but rather he gazed around and said 'Everything looks good here!' Then he climbed in his jeep and drove away."
Self Defense
Self defense is about your safety. That means avoiding trouble whenever possible. It's not always fun to yield the right-of-way to rude, inconsiderate or belligerent people. And there is no reward for getting into an altercation but there are plenty of risks. Injury however minor is not worth it. What about serious injury or death, who's going to take care of your family? And say you come out on top in the fight, then what? Consider that you may be arrested or sued, or both. And what about revenge? It'll be coming. Self defense is about preserving your life. Violence is rarely the right option, but when it is, it's the only option.
A word on the pistol "quick draw."
The lost art of the pistol "quick draw" needs to be re-considered as a necessary life saving skill. Some may ask "isn't the quick draw just an old cowboy movie trick or some outdated fad?" Hardly. I submit to you that it is more important than ever for the modern gunfighter to be skilled in this area.
Learning the proper performance of the quick draw is not what you might think. That is to say, that applying fast movement to inefficient or bad technique only worsens the situation. In the old days men went to school or at least sought out someone to learn from. The pistol "quick draw" is based on the old sword and knife drawing methods. Those were methods by which a man could rapidly respond to a threat by drawing their blade and delivering a telling cut all in one smooth motion.
To properly learrn the "quick draw" or as I term it "the rapid aquisition and deployment of a handgun" one should study it in a scientific way. It must be broken down and studied on an elementary level. By "elementary level," I don't mean stance, grip, breathing and etc. What I mean is, the finer points of stance such as grounding, balance, posture, forward pressure and etc. In other words when someone tells you "okay get in a good solid comfy shooting stance." To me that is like telling a first time driver, "okay, just get in drive nice and safe and proper." Not to mention that stance is just a snap shot in time or what you do for a split second between movement.
Folks just don't know what they don't know. And with something as important as defending one's life, you'd think they'd seek the truth. The quick draw's not important eh? Just ask anyone that's ever defended their life with little to no warning from the holstered position. They may disagree.
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