Lethal Force Institute Information

Lethal Force Institute was founded and incorporated in 1981 by Massad Ayoob and Dorothy Ayoob. It was the first "threat management school" emphasizing responsible, advanced training in the use of defensive deadly force by private citizens as well as law enforcement and military personnel. LFI received a great deal of favorable press nationwide from its inception. It remains unchallenged as the premier school of its kind. The StressFire™ combat shooting system developed by LFI has been adopted into combat pistolcraft doctrine by the United States Army. Documentation of this fact is readily available, and readily visible with a glance at the Army's marksmanship training manual FM23-35. Some of LFI's advice on better control of a handgun under stress has also been incorporated as optional shooting technique by the elite US Army Pistol Team. Numerous police and civilian national champions have credited StressFire™ techniques with their success. More importantly, countless police officers, soldiers, and armed citizens have credited their survival of violent encounters and their avoidance of tragedy to what they learned from LFI. LFI courses have been taught throughout the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii, and also in Canada, Great Britain, South Africa, Switzerland and Venezuela. Attendance at, and demand for LFI training remains high in comparison to the rest of an increasingly competitive and rapidly growing handgun training industry.