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Summary: Basic Self Defence
Review: An easy to understand guide to self defence teaching confidence, physical fitness, and common sense to avoid dangerous confrontations w/ others. And of course simple self defence moves based on realistic life situations. Helped me get started w/ martial arts and also I refer back to this book when I needed to be be grounded back to reality when I'm getting too involved w/ learning complex physical moves that are fun to do and/watch but have little to do w/ real life. Great for women, children and other smaller individuals looking to protect themselves from assault.
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Summary: Basic Self Defence
Review: An easy to understand guide to self defence teaching confidence, physical fitness, and common sense to avoid dangerous confrontations w/ others. And of course simple self defence moves based on realistic life situations. Helped me get started w/ martial arts and also I refer back to this book when I needed to be be grounded back to reality when I'm getting too involved w/ learning complex physical moves that are fun to do and/watch but have little to do w/ real life. Great for women, children and other smaller individuals looking to protect themselves from assault.
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Summary: Excellent information despite the tiny size
Review: I was looking for information about use of the kobotan keyring and the only book soley on that subject is out of print. However, this little gem I stumbled across at a Chapters bookstore in B.C. has both words and pictures, along with lots of other good stuff.
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Summary: Small but useful self-defense book
Review: Most people are unwilling or unable to devote three to five hours a week studying a classical martial art like karate or judo. This book is aimed at the reader who has an interest in gaining information which would be useful in self-protection, who is willing to spend a spare hour or two thumbing through a tiny book (the book is only about 3 inches by 5 inches). Notwithstanding its size, the book is well illustrated with drawings and photographs which are surprisingly easy to see (even with my middle-aged eyes), and the text is also large enough to be legible. Rather than set out five hundred specialized techniques requiring substantial amounts of practice, the author elects to protect his reader by 1) discussing the circumstances which may give rise to a need to exercise self-defense, and how to avoid them, 2) discussing the law with an emphasis on English Law concerning self defense, 3) discussing general principles and examples of self defense techniques, with appropriate illustrations. In a sort of bonus, the author also briefly discusses securing the home against entry, self defense against environmental hazards (dogs, snakes, scorpions, and other sometimes troublesome visitors), and dealing with the aftermath of violent crime. While the book is emphatically not written with the experienced or trained martial artist in mind, it is exactly what it purports to be: a basic self defense book with practical advice on how to avoid confrontation and techniques to deal with it if it can't be avoided.
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Summary: my title
Review: my older brother was alwas picking fights with me, and he'd win becaus ehe is 2 time bigger than me, well i secretly ordered this book and readed it and praticed the moves, when he started hitting me, the next thing he knows is he is on the ground and he has a black eye, and i have had him hit me again.
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Summary: Pretty impressive for a small and cheap book
Review: This book starts by giving you information on showing your confidence when out and about. It then has a very basic keep fit chapter. Next it tells you where you stand within the law if you have to defend yourself. It then shows the weak areas of the body and explains how to attack those areas and how you should stand. The book has numerous illustrations to reinforce the self-defence techniques; there is also a section on defending yourself with everyday objects. I love the simplicity of some of the moves they show you, these are things you would probably never think about in a confrontation. The undertone of the book is obviously to avoid confrontations when possible, but it will teach you the basics of how to defend yourself if you have no other option. There are also chapters on protecting your home, protecting yourself whilst travelling around the world and protecting yourself against animals and insects. There is also a basic first aid section. All in all I liked this book but bear in mind that a book this size only covers the basics, in many respects I think that could be enough for most of us.
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