Description
Book SynopsisDuck 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.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
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
