Law and Martial Arts

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Summary: Required reading for all martial artists.
Review: For anyone who practices martial arts, this book is a real eye-opener. If you ever wondered about what you can and can't legally do with your skills, this book will answer most of your questions. This is information all instructors should make their students aware of.

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Summary: Informative, but not focussing enough on what matters.
Review: I found this book enjoyable and informative, but I felt it lacked a lot of what I really expected from it. It covered in detail as best as it could some topics of question such as state laws and general self defense legality issues. But, I found that it lacked substance when referring to the main question on any martial artist's mind...WHAT CAN I LEGALLY DO TO DEFEND MYSELF? I found that the book seemed to focus more on what would happen to someone who was attacked by a martial artist, than what would happen if someone was hurt while the martial artist was defending himself / herself. Most of the court cases involved someone with prior martial arts experience that had committed a crime. All and all it was an okay read, but I felt it hazed over a lot of the questions and important detail a martial artist should be concerned about. Things like the consequences of disarming an attacker and then retaliating with the weapon, or the ever popular question on the mandatory registration of black belts as deadly weapons,that is so often spoke of. All in all I would say it is not a must have, but a step in the right direction for legal education for martial artist.