When talking to new self-defense students whether it be Military, Police or the everyday person, a common question arises among a self-protection mindset.

Will the skills they learned match up with their values in life, their courage, personal integrity, personal honor, and personal principles?

True firearms self-defense skill is SO much more than pointing the weapon and pulling the trigger, there are a pile of things that must be considered.

  1. Do you REALLY have what it takes to shoot someone if you had to?
  2. Have you thought out what it may feel like after you’ve shot someone and maybe even killed them?
  3. If the weapon goes down, what would you do? How would you get back in the fight and win?
  4. If you have to run through your house to get a hold of the gun are you mindful of what you could use as cover among a fire of incoming bullets? Are you aware of what concealment is or could be and how it would help you or even hurt you?
  5. Do you have a plan or know what to say to your wife / husband / kids in that moment a bad guy has entered your house?
  6. What would you say to the Police if you have to call 911 with an injured or dead person laying in your doorway?

These are all questions you NEED to have planned out for yourself and your family. Do not take these possibilities lightly or think they would never happen to you. If you own a gun and plan to use it to protect your family should you need to, you owe it to yourself and your family to take that planning and protection ALL THE WAY and have this thought out for your personal insurance. For you and your family’s peace of mind.

"When your done with this course you will have answers to ALL of these questions but most importantly you will KNOW them significantly better than 96% of the world population. You will know them at a hands-on level!"

You will have attained some serious knowledge AND skill and be 100% ready for our live on the range courses which will take your skillset to yet an even higher level of confidence with live shooting and moving to and from cover positions.

You will start from the very beginning with firearms safety and emergency procedures. You will understand the goal of being an intuitive self-defense individual. You will have a full knowledge and skill of proper pistol grip, stance and firing fundamentals which are the foundations of dynamic – intuitive shooting. You will to learn how to move safely with your weapons systems and engage fire if you have to.

One of the most important things you will learn is how to fix your gun if and when it goes down in a fight. Yes, that is right. It’s not a car with a flat tire where you call AAA for help. You and you alone must know how to fix the problem and fix it REALLY fast. You will learn how to do all these things and so much more.

However, there is one thing we haven’t discussed yet which is the mental mind shift you will experience during and after this course. We guarantee that after you go through this course and you put in the work your confidence in your abilities with a firearm and your mental psyche will be absolutely changed!

I don’t believe there are any short cuts in life but what I can tell you is that this course and any course you do with us is without question the most comprehensive fast track to obtaining your goal of being successfully proficient with a firearm in a short period of time.

We are very excited to work with you and get you moving and started today!


Hank Hayes / ISP CEO

The ISP training experience.


Online Firearms Training
"This may be one of the most complete, single-session gun courses I've ever seen"

Former SWAT Lead - Lance S. Pennsylvania Department



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What I found notable about this course is the many different ways they provide information.
You're always learning more because you're seeing it so many ways. In addition you must pass the test to proceed forward. Great built in fail safe.
I highly recommend this course if you're serious about learning weapons craft.
CPL Hunt Detroit Police Department


I was super impressed with all the information they provided and the way everything was laid out. It was so easy to follow each section and lesson. 
I already had shooting experience but this course fixed some things I was doing wrong which significantly boosted my confidence. I would recommend this course to anybody especially to new shooter and shooters that haven’t been professionally trained.

Proud Mom - Holly Anderson


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Course Curriculum

  Introduction to ISP Protective Pistol Online
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  Required Gear
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  The Basics of Pistol Firing
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  The Big 6
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  Ready Positions
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  Pistol Reloads
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  Pistol Malfunctions
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  Putting it All Together
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  Prepping For Next Level
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  Final Exam
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  Bonuses
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Included in Your Purchase is

Level 1 - Part 2


In Level 1 - Part 2 You Will:

  • Learn Strong and Support hand only pistol manipulations as well as draw stroke.
  • Learn Strong and Support hand only reloading and malfunction clearing. 
  • Learn how to effectively draw your weapon for concealment with a discussion on Concealed Carrying, weapon selection, gear selection, and carry positions.
  • Learn to quickly and accurately engage multiple targets.
  • Learn the difference between cover and concealment and techniques to utilize both.


Hello and welcome to Intuitive Self Protection Online Academy.

Hello and welcome to ISP (Intuitive Self Protection) Online Academy. I am Hank Hayes the CEO and our ISP team is looking forward to being your guide through this journey of success with us.

A little bit about me so you know who is driving this ship. I grew up in New York City in the '60s in an all Italian neighborhood which today is still 100% Italian. I want you to use your imagination and picture what that was like for a black kid back then. Yes, it is just like movies make it out to be; aggressive, hardcore and violent to drop a few descriptive verbs.

By the time I was 10 years old, I must have been in 7 or 8 fights. These were mainly fights where no adults ever intervened. The fight was over when someone ran away, couldn’t move or some adult stopped it. Needless to say, it toughened me up for sure. Around this time, I started up with Martial Arts and was golden glove boxing at age 14. A few years later during an evening out doing something I probably shouldn't have been doing, I was introduced to a fellow who was involved in a very violent form of street fighting. Let me put it this way, if you got into a scrap you wanted these guys on your side. They were gentlemen for sure but 100% finishers. I found my home with them and we still train and connect on occasion today. The mindset to be a finisher is still the driving force of all we teach.

We are not advocates of starting trouble, agitating problems or messing about. However, when it is time to finish, it is time to finish.

Believe it or not, when I got started with firearms 25 years ago, I was deathly afraid of them. As a kid I witnessed the aftermath of my 5-year-old neighborhood friend accidentally getting killed with his Dad's shotgun, and it made me terrified of guns.

My start with firearms began when I was a bodyguard - close protection specialist and my time on that journey brings us to where we are now with our parent company ( NLB Tactical / No Lie Blades ) teaching U.S. Military, Law Enforcement and Special Teams on a variety of combat platforms having officially instructed over 22,000 operators. My wish for you and this course is for you to achieve a massive transformation in your gun craft skills development.

Our team is here to help you through your journey.

Welcome aboard!

Hank Hayes

FAQs

Why is ISP Online priced the way it is?

To be clear, this is NOT like any other online or video self-defense program. This is an investment that will give you the skills required to save your ass and those you love. This learning platform is lightyears ahead of anything that is currently on the market today. With that said, it is impossible to adequately compare us to what is currently on the market because we’re the only ones bringing this level of training to your door. But, if you did want to shop around, you’ll find that we are priced very competitively especially when you factor in everything we provide you to get the most out of your training. At ISP we believe strongly in what we teach, but more importantly, how we teach it because our methods work time after time. All that is required of you is to sign up, get the knowledge, and put in the reps. We’ll do the rest.   

What will you get out of this course?

In this course you will receive the same pistol skills that are taught to elite Military and Law Enforcement Units around the world. These skills have been tailored, NOT watered down, to meet the needs of the everyday person.

What makes ISP’s Online Academy different from any other virtual self-defense training?

From our numerous decades of being a student in this space and over two decades of professionally teaching special teams we have found that students learn best after the following occurs:

1. Seeing it.

2. Reading it.

3. Writing it.

4. Doing it.

5. Being tested on it.

6. Teaching it to others.

7. Hear other peers’ perspective on it.

8. Feedback from a professional.

9. Being stressed tested on the material.

Even at the base level membership, you will experience at least 6 of these learning modalities. If you opt into our more premium level memberships, you will experience all of them. This is what sets the training you will receive apart from any other online training program. It is the most comprehensive self-defense course you can take short of attending one of our live training events.