Self-defense
Book - 2024
Providing a self-defense system that actually works in the real world, this action-packed guide to avoiding attacks, neutralizing attackers and protecting yourself and your loved ones helps you to sharpen your instincts and respond proactively to impending danger, master hand-to-hand combat basics and more.
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Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
[2024]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- xii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- ISBN
- 9781394197088
- Introduction
- About This Book
- Foolish Assumptions
- Icons Used in This Book
- Beyond the Book
- Where to Go from Here
- Part 1. Getting Your Head in the Game
- Chapter 1. Laying the Groundwork for Self-Defense
- Getting to Know the Real Enemy
- Recognizing the Two Components of Self-Defense
- Soft skills: Getting your head in the game
- Hard skills: Fighting back
- Making Self-Defense Training Less Overwhelming
- Everybody lies
- Less is more
- A practical approach
- Incorporating Self-Defense Skills into Your Everyday Life
- Recovering After an Attack
- Chapter 2. Wrapping Your Brain around Self-Defense Concepts
- Distinguishing Self-Defense from Martial Arts
- Exploring cultural fighting arts and combat sports
- Understanding what makes self-defense so different
- Comparing Self-Defense to Police and Military Defensive Tactics
- Gaining Insight from the Predator-Prey Paradigm
- Using the Four Pillars of Self-Defense to Your Advantage.
- Position and distance
- Momentum and balance
- Grasping Key Tenets of Self-Defense
- Force = Mass × Acceleration
- Fight-or-flight mode affects your ability to fight
- Keep it simple
- Action is faster than reaction
- Recognizing the Three Levels of Self-Defense
- Awareness and avoidance
- Escape and evasion
- Control and domination
- Ranking Self-Defense Tactics on the Use-of-Force Hierarchy
- Chapter 3. Developing a Self-Defense Mindset
- Coming to Terms with Your Emotions
- Harnessing the power of your emotions
- Keeping panic at bay
- Managing anxiety
- Clearing a major mental hurdle
- Lessening the Emotional Trauma of an Attack
- Getting Up to Speed on Your Legal Right to Defend Yourself
- Dispelling common legal self-defense myths
- Consulting the deadly-force diamond
- Checking three key criteria
- Defending your "castle"
- Gauging your level of force
- Knowing when to stop your counterattack
- Making use-of-force decisions as an officer of the law
- Deciding whether to use force
- Chapter 4. Knowing What You're Up Against
- Assuming the Worst
- Busting a Common Myth about Attackers
- Comparing an Attack, a Street Fight, and a Fight in the Street
- Profiling Your Attacker
- Criminals
- Bullies
- Sociopaths
- Deeply disturbed or highly intoxicated people
- Analyzing Common Motivations for Violence
- Desire or desperation
- Violence for the sake of violence
- Recognizing Four Common Attack Types
- Attacks of opportunity
- Attacks of familiarity
- Attacks of ego
- Sociopath attacks
- Leveraging Every Attacker's Three Biggest Fears
- Recognizing the Importance of Trusting Your Instincts
- Part 2. Starting with Basic Self-Defense Tactics
- Chapter 5. Deterring Attacks and Attackers
- Becoming a Hard Target
- Exuding strength and confidence
- Finding safety in numbers
- Avoiding risky places and situations
- Trusting your gut
- Sizing up a room
- Avoiding traps
- Navigating Public Spaces
- Walking down the street
- Moving through parking lots
- Staying aware in bars, restaurants, and nightclubs
- Paying attention in sketchy neighborhoods
- Being extra vigilant in a crowd
- Keeping your head in protests and civil unrest
- Tactical Driving
- Gearing up for safe driving
- Avoiding common dodges
- Commuting on Mass Transit
- Using Rideshare Services Safely
- Staying Safe When You Travel
- Researching your destination
- Packing for your trip
- Securing your hotel room
- Asking the locals for advice
- Chapter 6. Getting Loud, Angry, and Violent
- Using Your Voice as a Weapon and an Alarm
- Knowing what to say and how to say it
- Knowing when to employ verbal resistance
- @#$%!: Let your words fly
- Embracing Your Inner Beast
- Develop the protector mindset
- Train to be brutal and relentless
- Get your head right
- Chapter 7. Adding Weapons to Your Self-Defense Arsenal
- Choosing a Weapon
- Wading in Gradually with Nonlethal Weapons
- Pepper spray
- Tactical flashlight
- Personal alarms
- Stun guns
- Stepping Up to Impact Weapons
- Blackjacks
- Collapsible batons
- Clubs and axe handles
- Fortified fists
- Exploring Edged Weapons
- Getting real
- Breaking down the types of edged weapons
- Using an edged weapon
- Improvised Weapons
- Firearms (Projectile Weapons)
- Following essential gun safety rules
- Choosing a firearm
- Carrying and concealing your handgun
- Training to use your gun
- Part 3. Developing Hand-to-Hand Combat Skills
- Chapter 8. Knowing How and Where to Strike to Gain the Advantage
- Taking the Position of Advantage
- Step 1: Set your distance
- Step 2: position yourself on the point of entry
- Assuming the Interview Stance
- Positioning your feet
- Positioning your arms and hands
- Tensing up
- Avoid the fighting stance
- Putting Your Attacker Off-Balance
- Knowing when to act
- Attacking at the point of entry
- Ignoring distractions
- Leading with speed and following with power
- Zeroing In on Target Areas
- Grouping high-value targets
- The head group
- The groin group
- The leg group
- Chapter 9. Mastering Basic Empty-Hand Techniques
- Launching a Quick Counterattack to Escape an Assailant
- Assuming the bladed stance
- Delivering the finger dart
- Executing the whip kick
- Delivering a combination
- Maximizing Speed, Power, Shock, and Cover
- Drop-stepping into your attack
- Stomping your feet
- Tucking your chin
- Protecting your kisser
- Driving forward
- Exploding with convulsive movement
- Delivering Edge-of-Hand Strikes
- The short edge-of-hand strike
- The long edge-of-hand strike
- The short and long edge-of-hand combination
- The vertical edge-of-hand strike
- Combining edge-of-hand strikes
- Delivering Heel-of-Hand Strikes
- The chin Jab
- The chin-jab uppercut
- The punch stop
- Chapter 10. Adding Advanced Strikes to Your Arsenal
- Delivering Web-of-Hand Strikes
- Rattling Your Attacker's Skull with a Double Chin Jab
- Targeting the Jugular Notch
- Pounding with Hammer Fists
- Short hammer fist
- Long hammer fist
- Boxing the Ears with the Cupped-Hands Strike
- The atomic slap
- Stopping an attack on someone else
- Delivering a Shoulder Smash
- Headbutting Your Attacker
- Forward headbutt
- Upward headbutt
- Throwing Elbows
- The elbow spike
- The wheeling-elbow swing
- The rear elbow smash
- Hip Butting
- Kneeing Your Attacker
- Kicking … But Nothing Fancy
- Chapter 11. Breaking Free of Grabs and Holds
- Attacking Your Attacker
- Countering Double-Hand Grabs
- Breaking free of a double-collar or two-handed choke hold
- Breaking free of a double-wrist grab
- Escaping a Bear Hug
- Countering a Full Nelson
- Reacting to a Rear Naked Choke
- Freeing Yourself from a Headlock
- Carpe Testiculos: Seize the Testicles
- Reacting to Single-Hand Grabs
- Breaking free of a single wrist grab from the front
- Reacting to a single-arm or collar grab
- Making an attacker let go of your hair
- Chapter 12. Down-and-Dirty Ground Fighting
- Descending the Ground-Fighting Ladder; From Bad to Awful
- Falling Safely
- Falling backward
- Falling forward
- Gouging, Ripping, and Biting
- Gouging the eyes or mouth
- Let 'er rip
- Taking a bite out of crime
- Fighting from the Ground When Your Attacker Is Standing
- Getting off the ground
- Fighting an attacker who's standing in front of you
- Fighting an attacker who's standing to your side
- Fighting an Attacker When You're Both on the Ground
- Fighting from the top down
- Battling from the bottom up
- Part 4. Neutralizing Weapon Attacks
- Chapter 13. Clearing the Weapon and Attacking the Attacker
- Weapon Attack Basics
- Putting it in perspective
- Attack the attacker
- Distinguish dynamic attacks from static attacks
- Responding to Dynamic-Impact and Edged-Weapon Attacks
- Fleeing and dodging
- Using a chair to your advantage; The lion tamer
- Neutralizing a club attack
- Countering a knife attack
- Interrupting Static Edged-Weapon Attacks
- Attack from the front
- Attack from behind
- Multiple edged-weapon attackers
- Surviving a Firearm Attack
- Dodging bullets: When the firearm is distant
- Distracting an active shooter as you move in
- Resisting firearm threats and muggings
- Protecting Yourself with Body Armor
- Chapter 14. Surviving the Horror of an Active Shooter
- Recognizing the Characteristics of an Active-Shooter Event
- Packing in Anticipation of an Active-Shooter Event
- Seeking Cover
- Attacking the Active Shooter
- Shooting it out
- Pop smoke
- Blast the shooter with a fire hose
- Move into ambush position
- Rush the shooter
- Letting the Police Do Their Job
- Knowing What to Do as a Parent
- Working the system
- Preparing your child
- Staying informed when your child's school is in lockdown
- Responding to a credible active-shooter event
- Protecting Your School if You're a Teacher or Administrator
- Beefing up school security
- Neutralizing an active shooter
- Protecting Yourself in the Workplace
- Part 5. The Part of Tens
- Chapter 15. The Ten Commandments of Self-Defense
- Assume Your Attacker Is Armed
- Never Underestimate an Assailant
- Count on Your Attacker Having Friends Nearby
- Don't Make Yourself an Easy Target
- Be Prepared to Fight Anywhere
- Keep Fighting Until You're Safe
- Expect the Unexpected
- Don't Count on Getting Any Help
- Don't Telegraph Your Intentions
- Don't Trust Your Attacker
- Chapter 16. Ten Tips for Survivors
- Reclaim Power and Control
- Take Some Time
- Don't Fret What You Can't Recall
- Call the Police … and a Lawyer
- Get Back into the Swing of Things
- Talk about the Incident
- Give Yourself a Break
- Seek Therapy
- Look for the Good in the World
- Become a Victims' Advocate
- Index