Self-Defense For Dummies (eBook)

Damian Ross (Autor)

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2023 | 1. Auflage
320 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-394-19709-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Get street-smart. Unleash your inner warrior.

Forget everything you thought you knew about self-defense. Those graceful martial arts moves that are so effective in the movies are likely to get you killed on the street. In fight-or-flight mode, you won't have the calm thinking and fine motor skills to execute them. You need a simpler approach with a few fundamental moves that are easy to remember and perform yet devastating to an attacker. The solution? Self-Defense For Dummies, your guide to avoiding attacks, neutralizing attackers, and protecting yourself and your loved ones. In this book, you discover a self-defense system that works in the real world, where armed criminals target the most vulnerable and don't fight fair.

* Discover strategies to make yourself a hard target, as opposed to an easy one

* Heighten your awareness of your surroundings and potential threats

* Sharpen your self-defense instincts and respond proactively to impending danger

* Master hand-to-hand combat basics and defend against grabs and holds

* Learn how to use weapons and defend against them

Autor

Damian Ross is the founder and CEO of The Self Defense Company, a global organization of defensive tactic instructors, civilian advisors, and military and law enforcement officers dedicated to providing crime prevention and conflict resolution education and training.

Inhalt

Introduction 1

Part 1: Getting Your Head in the Game 7

Chapter 1: Laying the Groundwork for Self-Defense 9

Chapter 2: Wrapping Your Brain around Self-Defense Concepts 23

Chapter 3: Developing a Self-Defense Mindset 43

Chapter 4: Knowing What You're Up Against 57

Part 2: Starting with Basic Self-Defense Tactics 71

Chapter 5: Deterring Attacks and Attackers 73

Chapter 6: Getting Loud, Angry, and Violent 97

Chapter 7: Adding Weapons to Your Self-Defense Arsenal 103

Part 3: Developing Hand-to-Hand Combat Skills 127

Chapter 8: Knowing How and Where to Strike to Gain the Advantage 129

Chapter 9: Mastering Basic Empty-Hand Techniques 151

Chapter 10: Adding Advanced Strikes to Your Arsenal 175

Chapter 11: Breaking Free of Grabs and Holds 199

Chapter 12: Down-and-Dirty Ground Fighting 215

Part 4: Neutralizing Weapon Attacks 241

Chapter 13: Clearing the Weapon and Attacking the Attacker 243

Chapter 14: Surviving the Horror of an Active Shooter 269

Part 5: The Part of Tens 283

Chapter 15: The Ten Commandments of Self-Defense 285

Chapter 16: Ten Tips for Survivors 289

Index 295

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.10.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Schlagworte: Ratgeber • Selbstverteidigung • Self-Help • Self-Help Special Topics • Spezialthemen Ratgeber
• ISBN-10: 1-394-19709-8 / 1394197098
• ISBN-13: 978-1-394-19709-5 / 9781394197095