By Adam Scepaniak<\/a><\/p>\n Editor\u2019s Note: This article is not legal advice and does not necessarily represent the views of\u00a0<\/em>The Armory Life. You should always consult local laws and qualified legal counsel regarding any questions you have about firearms, deadly force and self-defense.<\/em><\/p>\n T<\/span>here is a misconception that simply having a firearm can solve any problem, but this is flatly wrong. If someone approaches you in a dimly lit parking lot yelling out at you, your natural response shouldn\u2019t be to draw your concealed firearm and deposit some hollow points<\/a> into them.<\/p>\n It could be an elderly man that\u2019s lost, a woman with dementia, a teenager with a flat tire and a dead phone needing to call a tow truck, or something else that is totally innocuous and harmless. The point is, we need \u201csoft skills\u201d so we can vigilantly protect ourselves without incorrectly applying lethal force.<\/p>\n A famous quote from firearm instructor Chuck Haggard warns us, \u201cthere should be something between a harsh word and a gun.\u201d This is where W.O.F.T. comes in.<\/p>\n I first attended Where Our Families Train (W.O.F.T.) three years ago during an industry media event and was fortunate enough to have been introduced to this world-class facility.<\/p>\n W.O.F.T. has instructors to teach you a full spectrum of defensive tactics about situational awareness, knives, flashlights, using your voice powerfully, medical training, pepper spray, tasers, hand-to-hand, and yes, firearms.<\/p>\n In this article, I am going to provide you with an overview of the W.O.F.T. facility. I believe it is one of the best training facilities I have ever visited.<\/p>\n The W.O.F.T. facility is comprised of various stations where subject matter expert (SME) instructors cover various topics relevant to home and self-defense. Since my prior visit, the company added several stations to bring the facility up to covering eight important topics:<\/p>\n While each station is unique, they do share one thing in common: W.O.F.T. strives to make you well-rounded when it comes to protecting yourself and your loved ones.<\/p>\n Sometimes we need a mirror held to our own face to realize what our individual weaknesses are. This could come about because of a harrowing self-defense incident that you narrowly escaped and were wholly unprepared for. It could be because of something that happens to a loved one or friend and \u201chits really close to home\u201d for you.<\/p>\n Live The Armory Life.<\/strong> The latest content straight to your inbox plus an automatic entry to each of our monthly gun\u00a0giveaways!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n While unnerving events can often open our eyes to the need for more training, it is much better to be proactive and seek out more training, intelligence and education\u00a0before<\/em>\u00a0something bad happens.<\/p>\n If you read about self-defense or taken a few courses, you may have heard along the way about the OODA loop. That is something that is taught to fighter pilots when they are in a \u201cdog fight\u201d for their life in the sky. You need to\u00a0Observe<\/em>\u00a0a threat,\u00a0Orient<\/em>\u00a0yourself to that threat,\u00a0Decide<\/em>\u00a0on a course of action, and then\u00a0Act<\/em>. Observe, Orient, Decide, Act.<\/p>\n This OODA loop can be repeated an infinite number of times for a fighter pilot until they finally shoot down their enemy. In everyday life for us, we could apply the OODA loop while leaving a grocery store, watching our children in a park, or being at a mall.<\/p>\n While none of us want to be subjected to a threat or scary situation, that is the only way to know how we will respond under pressure. We need to have our feet put to the fire. We need to be inoculated to stress, or to paraphrase the instructors at W.O.F.T. \u2014 \u201cwe provide a stimulus, and you need to respond.\u201d<\/p>\n In my opinion, W.O.F.T. is world-class at applying necessary stimuli or stress to students to train proper responses. Stimuli events can occur in the Coffee Shop scenario room, Anti-Carjacking and Lowlight Scenario Training.<\/p>\n If the thought of being stressed out \u2014 even if simply training spikes your blood pressure \u2014 that\u2019s okay. W.O.F.T. can moderate and gear their training specifically to everyone. If you think you\u2019re John Wick<\/a> and can handle extreme events, that\u2019s okay as well. W.O.F.T. will ratchet up their training to appropriately stress and test everyone who comes to train.<\/p>\n These stress-response scenarios are valuable for many reasons, including:<\/p>\n When you become intimate with stress in a safe, family-friendly environment, you can become better prepared for that once-in-a-lifetime event that could change the course of your life. If you are ever forced into a defensive encounter, this kind of training will help. We all pray none of us never experience such events, but it can happen. W.O.F.T. training can help you prepare.<\/p>\n Editor\u2019s Note: Please be sure to check out The Armory Life Forum, where you can comment about our daily articles, as well as just talk guns and gear. 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