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Summary: Best armed street defense book available!
Review: As an experienced ex-ghetto-cop, the one and only armed street tactics book that I can honestly recommend with no reservation is: "SECRETS OF STREET SURVIVAL-ISRAELI STYLE" by Eugene Sockut.
To quote from the back cover, "In this book, Israeli self-defense and small arms specialist Eugene Sockut shares the secrets his people have gleaned from years of prevailing in hostile territory."
"Based on a lifetime of study, experimentation, and worst-case-scenario planning, [this book] is a compilation of the best, most practical ideas Sockut has garnered from those who have "seen the wolf and conquered him."
If you can read only one book on street survival tactics, this is it. It covers everything: mind-set, weapons, tactics, rigs for the street, riots, your vehicle, home, and even hand-to-hand and knives.
I personally recommend this book 100%.
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Summary: WRITTEN BY A HEAVYWEIGHT TONY GAMPU
Review: Back in 1995, Sockut's book, SECRETS OF STREET SURVIVAL-ISRAELI STYLE, first hit the streets. Sockut wrote of the danger of a world-wide Islamic Terror Network (Al Qaeda) which would hit US economic targets (world trade center). Sockut took a lot of flak about this, being labelled "paranoid" among some other derogatory terms. Seems, like all visionaries, Sockut suffered criticisms from those who should have known better. Well, Sept. 11, 2001 has changed all that, Sockut's warnings and predictions have unfortunately come to pass, in spades. Sockut also warned of growing world crime. Well, what's happening in many countries around the world is bearing that out too. 9/11 has educated us all to these dangers which are only just beginning to engulf us. If anything, Sockut was too conservative in his early predictions. My hat is off to Sockut for being brave enought to speak his mind when we were all asleep and he was a lone voice in the wilderness. THIS IS A GREAT BOOK
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Summary: Sensible Advice with a Definite Place in Today's World
Review: Do You Live In Dangerous Times? This is not a picture-by-picture how-to book, but a thick volume (394 pages) of sound advice for anyone who is intent on surviving attack in any form. Author Sockut's book is thin on photos, and BIG on common sense. Sockut presents case studies and examples, and then advice gleaned from the events in a series of "Street Survival Lessons". Rather than simply advising us that we can never be to careful, we learn this scenario after scenario.This volume emphasizes situations where an armed or unarmed individual meets up with an armed antagonizer, and breaks attackers down into categories by their weapon of preference, offering advice specific to each. Covered are bladed weapons (knife & sword), batons and clubs, and guns (short & long). You will learn what to watch for concerning suspects, how to guard against the unlikely, and how to stay focused. You will learn the best way to conceal weapons on your person, and how to be certain your weapons will be in working order when you need them. Recommended especially for anyone who works in law enforcement, corrections, in a capacity for the military, or other public service employees. A good companion to this is Rex Applegate's "Kill Or Get Killed".
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Summary: Sensible Advice with a Definite Place in Today's World
Review: Do You Live In Dangerous Times? This is not a picture-by-picture how-to book, but a thick volume (394 pages) of sound advice for anyone who is intent on surviving attack in any form. Author Sockut's book is thin on photos, and BIG on common sense. Sockut presents case studies and examples, and then advice gleaned from the events in a series of "Street Survival Lessons". Rather than simply advising us that we can never be to careful, we learn this scenario after scenario. This volume emphasizes situations where an armed or unarmed individual meets up with an armed antagonizer, and breaks attackers down into categories by their weapon of preference, offering advice specific to each. Covered are bladed weapons (knife & sword), batons and clubs, and guns (short & long). You will learn what to watch for concerning suspects, how to guard against the unlikely, and how to stay focused. You will learn the best way to conceal weapons on your person, and how to be certain your weapons will be in working order when you need them. Recommended especially for anyone who works in law enforcement, corrections, in a capacity for the military, or other public service employees. A good companion to this is Rex Applegate's "Kill Or Get Killed".
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Summary: sockut admires jim bowie
Review: i am a serious student of knife fighting who has read them all. I'm sorry to say, most are bull-throwers woh advocate "secret" techniques and "magic" knives (and who never used one in anger against a serious opponent) that's why i liked sockut's recommendations. he believes in knife fighting basics, without "smoke and mirrors." he also admires and advocates jim bowie's technique. bowie was a real knife fighter and not a walter mitty. but sockut, goes one step further. while advocating th bowie knife and technique, he knows most will not carry a full size one because blade length and weight. so he also recommends a good double edge fighting knife which can do everything the bowie can but chop. that's practical. that's real. my hat's off to sockut. he makes survival sense.
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Summary: ONE OF THE BEST
Review: I have been writing on the subject of street survival for more than 10 years. My articles appear in a variety of firearm, knife and survival magazines. I hold black belt in a number of martial arts and, I have also been involved in several gunfights. So, I feel qualified to review Eugene Sockut's book, SECRETS OF STREET SURVIVAL-ISRAELI STYLE. I have read and reread this book more than a dozen times. I always learn something new with each turn of the page of this book.
I can't think of anyone more qualified to write on the subject of "Street Survival" than Sockut. who lives in a street war zone every single day of his life. As former Chief Marksmanship and Sniper Officer for the IDF, Sockut's credentials are well-recognized. Sockut walks the walk and, talks the talk. In the hotly contested area of the Middle East, Sockut can be found wearing a brace of Colt Giovernment Model 1911's on a daily basis. As a much sought-after security expert, Sockut can be found lecturing on the subject of street survival and settlement defense on a regular basis. SECRETS OF STREET SURVIVAL-ISRAELI STYLE, gives the reader solutions to a variety of deadly encounters. These types of encounters can be found just about any place in the world, not just in Israel. Sockut's book is must reading for anyone serious about street survival.
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Summary: Timely, Accurate, and Realistic
Review: I just finished this book and it has, without question, become an important book to read if you are in any way concerend with personal security. It is written for the citizen and is not yet another book geared to the police/military community. Detailing Sockut's Israeli experience, his advice is very timely for Americans. While terror levels in the US do not reach Israeli proportions, his advice transitions easily to US urban street crime senarios, as well as preparting the reader, mentally, for what may become more common. And, if/when terror increases in the US, as it seems it will, this book is a broad based, yet quick, read of mental and physical security preparedness for the armed citizen.
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Summary: Good self-defense, but a bit quirky
Review: I liked this book in terms of the way it illustrates self-defense in the real world, interspersed with some real life stories from the Mid-East - one of the most dangerous places. The author knows what he is talking about. Yet, I did not like some of the philosophizing. The author also tends to get a bit "apocalyptic" at times. For example "We live in frightening times - some would say cataclysmic times - ... in many parts of the civilized world, the streets have become a war zone, and noone is ever truly safe". I guess that might apply to Johannesburg pretty well, but, let's not exagerrate it. Most cities in "the civlized world" have seen their crime rates fall in the 90s. To counteract statements like the author's, read the great book "Culture of Fear", by Barry Glassner - about how the press makes the world seem scarier than it really is. Another book I would recommend on self-defense is "The Concealed Handgun Manual" - for those of us who live in societies (the U.S., Norway, Switzerland) where the average person can legally own a gun, and not just the rich (as in Britain and most other countries). Still, Eugene Sockut's book is currently the only book available in the U.S. on krav maga - Isreali self-defense, and is well worth buying.
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Summary: The best book on self-defense and street smarts
Review: If you can only afford to buy one book on street survival this is the one to buy. A well writen book that covers mind set, training, weapons (handguns, rifle, and knifes plus objects that can be used as weapons but not thought of as such). Excellent story telling skills with lessons for survival. Buy it, read it, study it!
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Summary: not for the faint of heart
Review: If you had one book to read on street survival- this would be it. Now, if your looking for a information on how to beat up the barroom bully or 5 easy moves that will make you undefeatable, this isn,t the book to read. If you really want to gain insight into the brutal reality of street violence and the the kind of mindset you need to deal with that reality, you will find it here. The only other book that comes close, in my opinion, is Walter Rauch's book. Most of this book deals with the use of weapons, so if the idea of arming yourself with a firearm or a weapon of opportunity repulses you, you won't like this book. The book does get very technical when discussing firearms. Even if you don't envision yourself evr using one, it's valuable information, because guess what: the person jacking you up on the street will probably have one! The author also stresses the single most important thing about survuving the streets- awareness.
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