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SAS and Elite Forces Guide Extreme Unarmed Combat: Hand-To-Hand Fighting Skills From The World's Elite Military Units
Duck punch, cover block and knee strike. Boxing, wrestling and Ju-Jitsu. Gameplan,
lines of attack and final disengagement. If taking flight isn't an option, fighting is a necessity. Extreme Unarmed Combat is the authoritative handbook on an immense array of close combat defense 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 an individual can use before having to consider at the areas of the body to defend. It teaches how to attack without getting hurt, and how to
incapacitate an opponent.
With more than 120 black-&-white illustrations of combat scenarios, punches, blocks
and ducks, and with expert easy-to-follow text, Extreme Unarmed Combat guides
you through everything a person need to know about what to do when escaping trouble isn't an option. This book can save lives.
lines of attack and final disengagement. If taking flight isn't an option, fighting is a necessity. Extreme Unarmed Combat is the authoritative handbook on an immense array of close combat defense 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 an individual can use before having to consider at the areas of the body to defend. It teaches how to attack without getting hurt, and how to
incapacitate an opponent.
With more than 120 black-&-white illustrations of combat scenarios, punches, blocks
and ducks, and with expert easy-to-follow text, Extreme Unarmed Combat guides
you through everything a person need to know about what to do when escaping trouble isn't an option. This book can save lives.
- GenresMartial Arts
320 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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About the author
Martin J. Dougherty
180 books54 followersHailing from northeast England, Martin J Dougherty is a professional writer specialising in military history. He has been at times a games designer, an engineer, a self-protection instructor, a teacher and a defence analyst. Martin has published a range of books covering topics as diverse as self-protection, medieval warfare and space flight, and has addressed international conferences on anti-shipping missiles and homeland security issues.
Martin's interests include martial arts and fencing. He has coached Fencing, Ju-Jitsu, Self-Defence and Kickboxing for many years at the University of Sunderland, and has competed to national level as a fencer. As a martial artist he holds black belts in Combat Ju-Jitsu, Nihon Tai-Jitsu and Self-Defence. Martin is a Senior Assessor with the Self-Defence Federation and an IL1 instructor/assessor with the Britsh Federation for Historical Swordplay, specialising in the Military Sabre and the Smallsword.
Martin's interests include martial arts and fencing. He has coached Fencing, Ju-Jitsu, Self-Defence and Kickboxing for many years at the University of Sunderland, and has competed to national level as a fencer. As a martial artist he holds black belts in Combat Ju-Jitsu, Nihon Tai-Jitsu and Self-Defence. Martin is a Senior Assessor with the Self-Defence Federation and an IL1 instructor/assessor with the Britsh Federation for Historical Swordplay, specialising in the Military Sabre and the Smallsword.
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