Jeff Cooper
Jeff Cooper
John Dean "Jeff" Cooperwas a United States Marine, the creator of the "modern technique" of handgun shooting, and an expert on the use and history of small arms...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCelebrity
Date of Birth10 May 1920
CountryUnited States of America
matter self-defense ifs
It's a matter of will. If you know that you can keep your head, and that you must keep your head, you probably will keep your head.
thinking answers self-defense
Now how do we cultivate an aggressive response? I think the answer is indignation... Your response, if attacked, must not be fear, it must be anger.
speed salvation self-defense
Therefore, if you are attacked, retaliate instantly. Be sudden. Be quick. Speed is your salvation.
self-defense precision ifs
Under any sort of attack, keep cool. And if you must shoot, shoot with precision.
defense doe environment
Anyone who is aware of his environment knows that the peril of physical assault does exist, and that it exists everywhere and at all times.
worry action self-defense
Let your attacker worry about his life. Don't hold back. Strike no more after he is incapable of further action, but see that he is stopped.
moral offensive self-defense
Aggressiveness carries with it an incalculable moral edge in any combat, offensive or defensive.
serious self-defense harm
On the very instant that we know that our assailant intends us serious physical harm, we must work just as fast as we can.
fighting perfect defense
The perfect fight is one that is over before the loser really understands what is going on. The perfect defense is a counterattack that succeeds before the assailant discovers that he has bitten off more than he can chew.
safety up-to-you self-defense
Your physical safety is up to you, as it really always has been.
felons self-defense lives-of-others
If a felon attacks you and lives, he will reasonably conclude that he can do it again. By submitting to him, you not only imperil your own life, but you jeopardize the lives of others.
fighting self defense
The one who fights back retains his dignity and his self-respect.
causes consideration self-defense
Anyone who willfully and maliciously attacks another without sufficient cause deserves no consideration.
justified victim self-defense
We are fully justified in valuing the life and person of an intended victim more highly than the life of a pernicious assailant. The attacker must be stopped. At once and completely.