Practical Karate 4: Defense Against Armed Assailants (Practical Karate Series , No 4)

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Summary: Dangerous advice
Review: I am a big fan of Mr. Draegers books in general so it pains me to say that this book was poor at best and dangerous at worst. It is not so easy to hit a specific anatomical point in a live moving situation. Some of the techniques used in this text leave the weapon hand free while attacking other targets. This approach may work sometimes but there are much more effective/safe ways to disarm an assailant. It is always good to get other points of view but I would try these techniques with somebody in a controlled unscripted environment before relying on these techniques on the street when your life is on the line.

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Summary: Exclusive coverage
Review: This is the only book I know of devoted exclusively to the subject of defense against weapons attacks. The author includes a large number of situations using just about every weapon you can think of. For example, besides the usual standard things like club, knife, and gun defenses, he also includes defense against a straight razor and a chain. Altogether an excellent book on this specialized topic.