Welcome to Hock’s Blog Page. Here military, police, martial vet and author Hock discusses what’s on his mind including books, movies, weapons, fighting techniques, martial school management, geo-political issues as they relate to training and much more. Plus he adds the occasional excerpt from his own books. Many of Hock’s articles and blogs have been … Continue reading Hock’s Fightin’ Words – Blog →

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Let’s get real! W. Hock Hochheim via Force Necessary brings you the best self-defense, combatives videos, downloads and seminars currently available anywhere in the world.  What you need to ask yourself is this – would you be wise to learn from someone who has spent his life researching the tactics and strategies of ALL THE MAJOR … Continue reading Hock Hochheim Combatives and Self-Defense Shopping →

Certified & Active, Force Necessary and FMA-PAC USA Instructors The 7 SFC Courses 1 – Force Necessary: Hand  2 – Force Necessary: Stick 3 – Force Necessary: Knife 4 – Force Necessary: Gun 5 – CQC Group (The above 4 combined – the Close Quarter Concepts Group) 6 – Essential FMA and Pacific Archipelago Concepts  … Continue reading U.S. Force Necessary and FMA-PAC Instructors →

W. Hock Hochheim is a former military police patrolman and investigator, a former Texas patrol officer and detective, and former private investigator. During his career, spanning three decades he worked in “line operations” only, and he’s investigated more than a 1,000 crimes and arrested nearly as many suspects. He has graduated from numerous, national Assault … Continue reading Hock Hochheim Bio →

“It is not my intention to move in and replace existing police agency use-of-force and tactical programs. Not at all. Defender adds on moves and ideas, and reinforces good methods to existing police training programs with advanced applications and innovations in situational and positional problem-solving. I want to re-organize a physical-response system based on martial, … Continue reading Defender! Enforcement and Security Course →

Essential Filipino Martial Arts and the PAC! The fighting methods from the Philippines, Indonesia, Hawaii, and Japan Martial Arts “Hey Hock, I’m at the end of one of two days of a “famous Filipino guy” seminar. Had an absolute blast, but I can barely remember a single thing. Thanks for making a system that’s as … Continue reading Filipino Martial Arts and Pacific Archipelago Concepts →

  Situational – Tactical – Practical – Strategic – Gun Combatives Hock is a military and police veteran with multiple black belts. He currently tours some 11 allied countries conducting some 25 seminars a year (barring these Covid times) teaching hand, stick, knife and gun combatives. He has been a paid consultant for four branches … Continue reading Force Necessary: Gun →