Soke Jeffrey J. Hall

Jeffrey Hall has over twenty-five years of military and law enforcement experience, retiring as a lieutenant from the Alaska State Troopers. He has extensive training and experience in SWAT and in training.  He has been a full-time trainer since retiring.

Hall is a certified Master instructor in handgun, rifle, shotgun, submachine gun, and precision rifle.  He is a certified instructor in Use of Force, defensive tactics, kubotan, baton, OC, Taser, less-lethal munitions, SWAT tactics, distraction devices, and the police knife. 

Hall is a Handgun Combat Master.  He holds black belt ranks in five martial arts, ranking from 3rd to 10^th dan.  He is the founder, or “soke”, of Hojutsu, the martial art of shooting. Hall has been inducted into several Martial Arts Halls of Fame. His primary interest is Integrated Fighting, the blending of hands, feet, sticks, knives, and all firearms into a blended, integrated fighting system. Hall has used the techniques and tactics he teaches in real-world confrontations.

Hall is currently an NRA staff instructor, and teaches for the Alaska, Idaho, and Washington state P.O.S.T. commissions. He is the author of numerous articles in Tactical Weapons, SWAT, Guns and Weapons for Law Enforcement, PoliceOne.com, and others. He is the author of two books by Paladin Press. He is a firm believer that the only path to success is hard, repetitive, disciplined training under the eyes of masters in any particular field, and that there are no shortcuts!

He can be reached at jeff@forceoptions.net, or soke@hojutsu.com.