Modern Technique of The Pistol - "D.V.C."

"D.V.C."

Jeff Cooper summarized the Modern Technique in his personal motto: D. V. C..

This initialism stands for three Latin words:

• Diligentia – Accuracy: You must hit your assailant in order to injure him.

• Vis – Force: You must strike your opponent with sufficient force to incapacitate him.

• Celeritas – Speed: You must strike him quickly, so your opponent does not injure you before you injure him.

It is this motto 'D.V.C.', and the word 'frontsight' that students of the Modern Technique would take away with them. Such is the prevalence and intensity of the imprint of these two concepts during training in the Modern Technique.