Use your eyes. Do not enter unfamiliar areas that you cannot observe first. Make it a practice to swing wide around corners, use window glass for rearward visibility, and get something solid behind you when you pause.

Therefore, if you are attacked, retaliate instantly. Be sudden. Be quick. Speed is your salvation.

Speed is the absolute essence of any form of combat

Not to our surprise, we discover that gun crime in Britain is up 10.9 percent since the disarmament of the private citizen.

If you find yourself under lethal attack don't be kind. Be harsh. Be tough. Be ruthless.

'Heroism' is not the same as coping. A man who does his job properly and succeeds through his own efforts is definitely to be commended, but he is not a hero in the classic sense until he deliberately lays his life on the line for a cause he deems to be greater than himself.

"What would I do if?.." By thinking tactically, we can more easily arrive at correct tactical solutions, and practice - even theoretical practice - tends to produce confidence in our solutions which, in turn, makes it easier for us, and thus quicker, to reach a decision.