United States Martial Arts Hall of Famer (2012) and body-guard to the elite, Hank Hayes, founded NLB Tactical in 1998. Since then, NLB Tactical has built its reputation on training Military and Law Enforcement Units (mainly at the Special Teams level) how to survive and take down real world threats in extreme close quarter environments.

To date, NLB Tactical has trained well over 22,000 Law Enforcement and Military operators ranging from SWAT Teams from our Nation’s most dangerous jurisdictions to our Nation’s most elite Tier One Units to include Army, Navy, Marines and Joint Special Operations Commands and Alli Nations, all under Government Contract....

NLB Tactical was originally centered around Hank’s patented invention of the "No Lie Blade" which is a training marking blade designed to give immediate feedback for your knife defense technique and see if it worked, or didn't. The No Lie Blade was so revolutionary it completely created a new category for training and training products.

With the success of the blade, Hank quickly recognized that the men and women that keep this Country safe and who were using the tool didn't have the necessary fighting skill and training with extreme violence of action to fend off a knife attack. Thus the NLB Knife Defense and Combatives System was born and is now a world leader in edged weapon defense, empty hand extreme close quarter combatives, and tactical firearms training.

In 2019, after years of civilians asking for this training, Hank started Intuitive Self Protection.

ISP trains people from all walks of life how to effectively protect themselves and their loved ones from real life threats. This training has saved the lives of countless Military and Law Enforcement personnel and can do the same for you.