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Summary: Train To Fight! Fight To Win!
Review: Mention the name "Holifield" in military circles and your bound to hear the word "Awesome". With over 30 years martial arts and close-quarter combat experience, Professor Holifield literally rewrote the way the U.S. Army trains in hand-to-hand combat. An 8th degree black belt, Professor Holifield is considered one of the worlds leading authorities on military combatives. I am honored to share my work with you. I wrote Close-Quarter Combat "A Soldiers Guide to Hand-to-Hand Combat" as a basic reference guide on close quarter combat tactics geared for military personnel. As the former Chief Combatives Instructor to the United States Army from 1987 to 1997, I have had the unique opportunity to train hundreds of active duty military personnel on what works and what doesn't work in a close-quarter combat situation. This book was written to give you the reader, a basic fundamental understanding of hand-to-hand combat while introducing you to a variety of effective hand-to-hand combat techniques.
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Summary: poor information overall
Review: not instructive shows overly complex moves and questionable knife usage a disappointing tome
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Summary: limited practical use
Review: The grappling section of this book is extremely poor, so are throws and the failing techniques. The fighting techniques are basic hard style karate. The pistol disarms, if actually used would likely end with the death of the hostage. The only thing I liked were the rifle techniques and even then they were used on an unarmed opponent. Save your $ and go see an instructor.
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Summary: a fair book, but lacks depth
Review: This book contains hundreds of well photographed techniques, some of which may be practical for the real world. However the author does not talk at all about the psychological aspect of combat, gives too little input on training and conditioning or the applications of the techniques that he demonstrates. the book is just a collection of pictures with short phrases written beside them.
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Summary: Not what I expected
Review: This book is not worth the money. Holifield is a solid tacher and knows his stuff but this book doesn't reflect that. The pictures are very good but there just isn't very much here. There are good chapters on striking points and anatomy vulnerability but other than that I didn't see much good come out of this book. There is also a half decent chapter on improvised weapons. Readers will benefit from other books, better books.
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Summary: Great book
Review: This is a great book on hand to hand combat. I especially enjoyed the techniques if your assailant has a gun or knife. Some of the techniques are very dangerous and should only be used in a life threatening situation. But overall, this is a great book and I highly recommend it.
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Summary: A great book
Review: This is a great book, if anyone want to learn how to fight hand-to-hand, you need to get this book. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: A Great Book
Review: This is a great book. I like it b/c it is great. I think this book is the greatest. It is a really great book. And it is also great. I like this great book. It is Great.
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Summary: An inferior Hand-to-Hand Combat Manual
Review: This is simply a poor book. The moves are, as an earlier reviewer pointed out, overly complex. The moves borrow too heavily from jiu-jutso, which seems to be endemic among the Army's hand-to-hand combat program. A much bettter book on the subject of Close-Quarters Battle is "CLOSE COMBAT" by USMC; the Marines' system is much more simple and pragmatic. Their book is also almost half the price of this nonsense and 10 times as detailed. Though the book was definetly a waste of money t does have, however, a good psychological ops section and some good techniques for the reversal/counter to punches. Other good books besides "CLOSE COMBAT" regarding HtH include "Get Tough" by Capt. Fairbairn and "Commando Fighting Techniques" by Jim Wilson and Paul Evans, all availible through Amazon.
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Summary: Close Quarters Combat
Review: This was a good book on close Quarters Combat. I personally like a manual with pictures,because its easy'er to apply the techniques in your mind(If you dont always have a partner to work with).The only thing I didnt like about the book was the Defefense against Handguns section.Not sure if some of these Techniques are workable.
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