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Self-Defense for Dummies

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-1-394-19708-8
Verlag: Wiley
Erscheinungstermin: 15.11.2023
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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


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9781394197088
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-1-394-19708-8
  • Verlag: Wiley
  • Erscheinungstermin: 15.11.2023
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage 2023
  • Produktform: Kartoniert
  • Gewicht: 306 g
  • Seiten: 320
  • Format (B x H x T): 137 x 211 x 19 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
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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