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ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎1394197095

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎9781394197095

Author:   Damian Ross  

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.

Self-Defense For Dummies 1st Table of contents:

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
Making Self-Defense Training Less Overwhelming
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
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
Grasping Key Tenets of Self-Defense
Recognizing the Three Levels of Self-Defense
Ranking Self-Defense Tactics on the Use-of-Force Hierarchy
Chapter 3: Developing a Self-Defense Mindset
Coming to Terms with Your Emotions
Lessening the Emotional Trauma of an Attack
Getting Up to Speed on Your Legal Right to Defend Yourself
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
Analyzing Common Motivations for Violence
Recognizing Four Common Attack Types
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
Navigating Public Spaces
Tactical Driving
Commuting on Mass Transit
Using Rideshare Services Safely
Staying Safe When You Travel
Chapter 6: Getting Loud, Angry, and Violent
Using Your Voice as a Weapon and an Alarm
Embracing Your Inner Beast
Chapter 7: Adding Weapons to Your Self-Defense Arsenal
Choosing a Weapon
Wading in Gradually with Nonlethal Weapons
Stepping Up to Impact Weapons
Exploring Edged Weapons
Improvised Weapons
Firearms (Projectile Weapons)
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
Assuming the Interview Stance
Putting Your Attacker Off-Balance
Zeroing In on Target Areas
Chapter 9: Mastering Basic Empty-Hand Techniques
Launching a Quick Counterattack to Escape an Assailant
Maximizing Speed, Power, Shock, and Cover
Delivering Edge-of-Hand Strikes
Delivering Heel-of-Hand Strikes
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
Boxing the Ears with the Cupped-Hands Strike
Delivering a Shoulder Smash
Headbutting Your Attacker
Throwing Elbows
Hip Butting
Kneeing Your Attacker
Kicking … But Nothing Fancy
Chapter 11: Breaking Free of Grabs and Holds
Attacking Your Attacker
Countering Double-Hand Grabs
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
Chapter 12: Down-and-Dirty Ground Fighting
Descending the Ground-Fighting Ladder: From Bad to Awful
Falling Safely
Gouging, Ripping, and Biting
Fighting from the Ground When Your Attacker Is Standing
Fighting an Attacker When You’re Both on the Ground
Part 4: Neutralizing Weapon Attacks
Chapter 13: Clearing the Weapon and Attacking the Attacker
Weapon Attack Basics
Responding to Dynamic-Impact and Edged-Weapon Attacks
Interrupting Static Edged-Weapon Attacks
Surviving a Firearm Attack
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
Letting the Police Do Their Job
Knowing What to Do as a Parent
Protecting Your School if You’re a Teacher or Administrator
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

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