MISSION
1. INSPIRE the development of a solid foundation in the essential skills that instills confidence and drives the pursuit of mastering fundamentals necessary for safe and responsible firearms handling.
2. INFUSE learners with unparalleled instruction in personal safety, home defense strategies, meticulous maintenance, and secure storage practices for defensive tools.
3. IGNITE a commitment to embrace empowerment and to live fervently, countering the numbing and destructive paralysis of fear; coupled with a dedication to cultivating situational awareness and prevention strategies, fostering tranquility and seeking peace. Welcome to PREFDEF
"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope" (Jeremiah 29:11).
WE SERVE A PURPOSE
1. To create a learning atmosphere that empowers responsible individuals to, a) cultivate or enhance their defensive capabilities, b) grasp the core principles and attain their objectives, and c) implement essential strategies for personal protection and home defense, thereby becoming more knowledgeable, secure, and proficient.
Through training, students are endowed with the essential tools that enhance their capacity to protect themselves and their loved ones, ensuring they remain mentally alert, morally unambiguous, ethically robust, and within the bounds of legality.
2. Advocate for an all-encompassing educational approach that encompasses home defense strategy, situational awareness, and preventive measures, addressing the full spectrum of consequences following a critical incident, including physical, psychological, legal, financial, physiological, and ethical aspects. Furthermore, the student is: a) educated about the inherent responsibilities associated with using force in self-defense, in protecting loved ones, or while assisting another innocent individual, among many other topics; and b) consequently, the training instills, enriches, and kindles a cultivated mindset that enables informed judgments and prudent decisions regarding their safety.
3. Enhance and refine the skills you've acquired by, 1) Training: Participating in live-fire drills on the range to master the technical aspects of the fundamentals and internalize core principles, 2) Practicing: Engaging in dry-fire exercises at home, 3) Adhering: Strictly following all safety protocols, and through 4) Cognition: Embracing training that is educational, transformative, and enjoyable. Through this comprehensive approach to education, training and coaching, students evolve into more responsible and well-prepared armed citizens. Once again... welcome to PREFDEF!
What it means
It has been said, "the best way to win a fight is to never have gotten into one in the first place." This is the aim of situational awareness and avoidance. Avoiding contentious situations or potential conflicts before they occur or become full-blown. Why? As stated, "the only guaranteed method of surviving a violent encounter is to avoid it in the first place."
A well-known author by the name, "Steve Tarani," highlights this term as, Prefense.
However, since it is not always possible to avoid violent encounters; you may be left with no alternative except to employ an adequate Defense. This is as natural as drinking water, eating food, or brushing one's teeth. It endeavors to preserve life and maintain good health.
Desired Outcome
Derived from the use of Two words, "Prefense and Defense," which depict two opposite acts colliding; the hybrid, "PREFDEF" is its derivative. This is an action in response to an unsolicited, unprovoked and unavoidable aggression herein referred to as a "COUNTERSTEP." When left with no ability to escape, hide or deescalate; you must "meet force with force" as a last resort.
These extreme circumstances notwithstanding, the desired outcome is the preservation of life, the solemnity of the family unit, the protection and security of the home, workplace, or motor vehicle; this is job one. Every member of the human academy has the right to live free of violent assault or criminal invasion to which the first response, therefore, is your own.
Deserving of consideration
At the time of a self or home defense encounter, the defender can only default to their current level of preparedness," and therefore begs the questions:
1. What is the state of your "preparedness?"
2. What is the status of your "toolbox?"
3. What facilities or capabilities do you have onboard that will mitigate, thwart, or bring to an end the unprovoked violent attack against yourself, your family, or another innocent person?
4. What level of maintenance have you performed on said facilities or capabilities, "lately?" You may not answer here and now, but best believe you will have to answer the situation or circumstance then and there.
Are you prepared? Take care of your training needs now and make practice part of your regimen, so that you will not have to, later! Because there is no second place in a lethal situation that requires a first response.
