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SELF-DEFENSE

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DEFENSE

Defend Yourself :: Every Woman's Guide To Safeguarding Her Life
by Matt Thomas
One in five women will be attacked at some point in her life. Based on the self-defense approach currently being taught to thousands of women across the country, this book offers easily learned techniques women can use to protect themselves in a variety of dangerous situations.

Equalizers
by N. Mashiro
Learn how to utilize the intimidation and shock force even of unfamiliar weapons in this long-awaited fourth volume of the acclaimed Black Medicine series. Dr. Mashiro shows you how to pick up and operate modern spray and electric shock weapons, firearms, hatchets, knives, sticks, shields and more...

Fugitive :: How To Run, Hide & Survive
by Kenn Abaygo
If you're serious about going on the lam, this book may just save your life. Learn to build an evasion shelter, erect path guards, lose a pack of tracking dogs, enter the "Network" of people willing to assist evaders, apply natural camouflage and utilize primitive first aid skills.

How To Fight Back & Win :: The Joy Of Self Defense
by Judith Fein
Former military intelligence officer Fein has a black belt in tae kwan do. She brings her own self-defense program to readers through step-by-step lessons illustrated by photos that demonstrate stances and moves. She covers the basics of physical self-defense and of preventing rape and sexual assault, escaping from multiple assailants, and defending against armed attackers. As important as the physical techniques, she says, are the psychological elements involved (as in both fear of fighting and successfully fighting), the legal aspects of self-defense, preventing domestic violence, being protected at home and on the road, and the other skills women need to be streetwise. Key to her whole presentation is seeing self-defense skills as survival skills and that self-defense begins with self-esteem.

How to Prevail in Hostile Environments
by Xavier Maniguet
Surviving diving accidents, shipwrecks, desert hikes, avalanches, jungle travel, and other hazards is possible, according to Maniguet, who offers a large body of supporting advice, factual evidence, and true-adventure tales. Lists of myths precede his facts and amazing survival stories. He offers charts that delineate types of vaccines, medicines, snow, sharks, and snakes. His blend of anecdotes and how-to makes this a fascinating book for the armchair traveler as well as an essential guide for the daring one, whether camper or polar explorer.

In The Gravest Extreme :: Role Of The Firearm
by Massad Ayoob
Ayoob offers something rare, common sense. The book is not the usual testosterone overdosed rant about how to kill the bad guys it is a realistic view of how to avoid trouble and how to deal with trouble if it can not be avoided by a respected and seasoned police officer and educator.

Knife Self-Defense for Combat
by Michael Echanis
Like his stick fighting book,this is an excellent read as well. The techniques shown are brutally effective and easy to learn.Had this not been the case, Mr.Echanis would have never been selected to train hand-tohand instructors for the Special Ops.

No! No! No! :: A Woman's Guide To Personal Defense & Street Safety
by Kathy Long
Five-time world champion kickboxer Kathy Long shows women how to defend themselves in almost any situation. The first book on this subject by a woman who fights for a living, No! No! No! helps women become aware of potentially dangerous situations and equips them with skills to fight back.

Paintball! Strategies & Tactics
by Peter Wrenn

Stalk & Kill
by Adrian Gilbert
Military insiders would do well to eyeball this stalwart survey of an important yet understudied martial art. British historian Gilbert (Sniper: The World of Combat Sniping, 1995) begins with the American Revolution, works his way through major and minor wars, and concludes by pondering the role of snipers in present-day Bosnia. He writes, for example, of the Kentucky long rifle, which with its longer barrel and smaller bore became the best hunting weapon of its time (with a marksmanship potential highly prized by a nation of hardy, dead-eye hunters). British regulars, on the other hand, burdened with their inaccurate ``Brown Bess'' muskets, suffered heavily from canny, mobile American sharpshooters; Gilbert opines that the gap separating war and hunting can at times be a small one.

Survial / Fighting Knives
by Leroy Thompson
From the combat-tested, slash-and-thrust blade to me no-nonsense, general-purpose survival knife, this book shows you which type of blade suits your need best. For the man who really uses his knife, it covers utility blades, hollow-handled survival knives, survival kits, folders, combat and streetfighting knives and knife specs and evaluations.

The Farnam Method Of Defensive Shotgun & Rifle Shooting
by John Farnam
"Those who administer firearms programs for law enforcement agencies will find this book an excellent foundation for departmental guidelines or standard operating procedures." --- James Kielland, The New Gun Week, February 1998

The Koehler Method Of Guard Dog Training
by William Koehler
This book is one of Koehler's best. It contains the most effective methods for training dogs in the three levels of protection; alert, threat and attack. This book will take you through each level of of training with easily understood explainations and pictures.

The Truth About Self Protection
by Massad Ayoob
Ayoob's dynamic, no nonsense writing style "grabs" the reader right from the start and doesn't let go. This book in particular covers the full spectrum of considerations regarding so many aspects of self-protection. He covers the pros and cons of various methods of defense with sound advise leaving the reader with "options" so that you can choose what works best for your situation.

 

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