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Summary: Real Worl Self Defense
Review: I spent 20 years as a NYC court officer and I found the authors description of what to expect from the criminal justice system to be (unfortunately) deadly accurate. The rest of the volume is superb! Good, solid, pratical and, no doubt, hard won knowledge.This one rates right up there with the works of Rex Applegate and W.E. Fairbairn. Get this book!!!.
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Summary: Real Worl Self Defense
Review: If you can get through the rambling of the author there is some good information here. However, I have to think there are better ways to write on this subject and would not recommend this book.
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Summary: Great read!
Review: Interested in staying alive in dangerous times? Then this is the book to help you do it! Whether you're a beginner or advanced, this book has something for everyone. Many books "Claim" to be the ultimate defense book, but you don't see very many on here being reviewed. That's because most of them are overly complicated, lacking real world approaches or scenarios, or the info is just plain wrong... Not so with this book. Jerry covers each section and chapter in DETAIL, and then backs up that advise with more techniques throughout the book. He's obviously a believer in "stay aware and keep it simple"! (My kinda guy!)
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Summary: Great read!
Review: Interested in staying alive in dangerous times? Then this is the book to help you do it! Whether you're a beginner or advanced, this book has something for everyone. Many books "Claim" to be the ultimate defense book, but you don't see very many on here being reviewed. That's because most of them are overly complicated, lacking real world approaches or scenarios, or the info is just plain wrong... Not so with this book. Jerry covers each section and chapter in DETAIL, and then backs up that advise with more techniques throughout the book. He's obviously a believer in "stay aware and keep it simple"! (My kinda guy!)
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Summary: VanCook will save your life
Review: Jerry VanCook can talk the talk because he has walked the walk. Once you open the Preface of the book "Going Under Cover" you are drawn into a twisted web of psychological puzzles that VanCook puts together for you. Not only is "Going Under Cover" entertaining it is a tactical master piece of stealth. I would recommend this book as S.O.P. to any active duty Police Officer or anyone who is concerned about their personal safety. I couldn't put it down until I read the last line in the book that said, "Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you."
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Summary: Some Good Training Ideas
Review: Jerry VanCook has more than 30 years of experience instructing civilians, cops and military personnel in defensive tactics. He has also spent 14 years in law enforcement as an undercover officer, which he claims gave him a better perspective on the self-defense needs of civilians vs. cops since he was usually in the same situation most civilians find themselves -- alone with no backup and restrictions on the type of weapons they can carry. His system for self-defense is very much like mine and includes firearms, knife, impact weapons and unarmed techniques. He also shares the secret of the "unbendable arm" trick. Too bad, because I have been using -- and exposing -- that trick for a few years myself as a teaching tool. I like this book very much and can recommend it highly for all levels of self-defense students and martial artists.Brad Parker, Defend University
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Summary: Great Book
Review: This is the best book on self defense I have read. I have
read it 6 times already. I'm on my 7th read. Each time I
learn more. It is a superb read, written by a very humorous
ex-policemen who has put in tremendous research into this book. Best book I've read in a long long time.
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Summary: Lives up to the title
Review: VanCook has written the best introduction to the field of self-defense since Franco's general work on the subject some time back -- and he's gone Franco one better for the ordinary Joe who wants to be able to defend himself, but doesn't necessarily want to be an athlete. My personal bookshelves have 4 feet of books devoted to this subject area, and I've read many more than I own. I can say without reservation that VanCook's work is the best general introduction to the field that I have read. Beyond that, it is a provocative and unconventional treatment of self-defense that has much to offer even to an expert. Real World Self-Defense covers mental preparation, legal issues, weapons from firearms down to OC spray, unarmed combat and training considerations. Further, his conclusions in all these areas take into account the findings of recent research on the body's capabilities under the severe stress of having to fight for survival -- a whole area of research that the self-defense field in general has failed to take into account. If you only buy one book on self-defense -- why anyone would buy only one book on anything, I don't know, but anyway, if that's you -- buy this book. -T.R. Nichols Class 1 Instructor, American Combatives
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