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Damian Ross

Self-Defense For Dummies

Damian Ross

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English
For Dummies
28 November 2023
Combat sports & self-defence
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
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Imprint:   For Dummies
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 213mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 23mm
Weight:   295g
ISBN:   9781394197088
ISBN 10:   139419708X
Pages:   320
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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

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.

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