Dewey Decimal796.81
Table Of ContentIntroduction PART ONE: TOOLS 1. Basics 2. Defensive Tools 3. Striking Tools 4. Grappling Tools 5. Groundfighting Tools PART TWO: APPLICATIONS 6. The Unarmed Opponent 7. The Armed Opponent 8. Firearms 9. Multiple Combatants 10. Distraction, Misdirection & Psychological Techniques PART THREE: TRAINING 11. Physical Training 12. Application Work Final Notes Appendices: Civilian Applications Glossary Index
SynopsisFrom fundamentals of unarmed combat to Israel's special forces' Krav Maga techniques Expert text giving clear instructions on an immense range of combat scenarios 300 instructive, easy-to-understand illustrations, Extreme Unarmed Combat teaches a huge range of close-combat techniques, guiding you through everything you need to know to overcome an aggressor in any hand-to-hand combat situation. Using more than 150 illustrations, the book outlines how to tackle single opponents and groups, as well as attackers armed with blunt weapons, blades, and firearms. Includes tips on evasions, kicks, hits, holds, chokes, deflections, and takedowns, and is divided into chapters on defensive techniques, unarmed and armed opponents, firearms, multiple combatants, distractions, and training. Book jacket., Duck punch, cover block and knee strike. Boxing, wrestling and Ju-Jitsu. Gameplan, lines of attack and final disengagement. If you can't take flight, you're going to have to fight. Extreme Unarmed Combat is an authoritative handbook on an immense array of close combat defence techniques, from fistfights to headlocks, from tackling single unarmed opponents to armed groups, from stance to manoeuvring. Presented in a handy pocketbook format, Extreme Unarmed Combat 's structure considers the different fighting and martial arts skills you can use before looking at the areas of the body to defend, how to attack without letting yourself be hurt and how to incapacitate your opponent. With more than 300 black-&-white illustrations of combat scenarios, punches, blocks and ducks, and with expert easy-to-follow text, Extreme Unarmed Combat guides you through everything you need to know about what to do when you can't escape trouble. This book could save your life., With more than 300 black-&-white illustrations of combat scenarios, punches, blocks and ducks, and with expert easy-to-follow text, Extreme Unarmed Combat guides you through everything you need to know about what to do when you can't escape trouble. This book could save your life.