Eric Ward is a highly sought after Certified Firearms Instructor with over a decade of experience teaching programs and training. Under his leadership, 4Ward Defense had successfully trained tens of thousands of responsibly armed Americans.

Eric is a 10 year student of Krav Maga and is an accredited firearms instructor certified with the Texas Department of Public Safety, The National Rifle Association, the United States Concealed Carry Association, and ConcealedCarry.com. He is also a member of the Harris County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).

He sees Self-Defense as a natural right. An entrepreneur with a multifaceted background in sales, marketing, communication, business and consulting- he found that these skills transferred seamlessly to his passion of training others to protect themselves.

Forever a student of the industry, he is an 07/02 Firearms Dealer based in Houston, Texas.