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How To Be Your Own Bodyguard: Self defense for men and women from a lifetime of protecting clients in hostile environments
MASTER THE SKILLS OF A BODYGUARD AND REDUCE YOUR RISK OF EVER BEING A CRIME VICTIM
Now you don’t have to be rich enough to hire your own bodyguard. Instead, you can learn the skills in this book and take care of yourself the way the pros do.
WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR?
“How To Be Your Own Bodyguard” is an invaluable reference
• Anybody who wants to significantly reduce their risk of ever being a victim of a crime.
• People smart enough to figure out there’s more to self-defense than learning how to fight
• Anyone who travels for business or pleasure.
• Professional Close Protection Agents
• People who want to try and avoid trouble rather than fight their way out of it.
• Teens going off to college.
• Martial artists
• Law Enforcement Officers
The book explains how to keep you and your loved ones safe from criminals and also covers mindset training, which martial arts to pick, resources used by professional bodyguards, and more. There are chapters on where you should stay in a hotel, the safest places on an aircraft, how to conduct a threat analysis like a pro, staying safe in your car, and dealing with blue light bandits.
THIS BOOK WILL TEACH
• That your car windows are stronger if they’re down a quarter of an inch if a mob is trying to break them.
• Why riots and contact lenses don’t mix
• The four unconscious things that bad guys do before they attack you
• Why RUN HIDE FIGHT during an Active Killer Event is wrong, and what works better.
• How criminals select their victims
• Why “Soft Skills” constitute 75% of self-protection, and precisely what they are
• A less than $10 security kit that will keep you safe in sketchy hotels
WHY THIS BOOK?
Because a former professional protection agent who, for over 25 years, used the contents to keep his clients safe in hostile environments around the world wrote it. As one Amazon reviewer said, “I am a regional disaster preparedness officer for a multi-national corporation. This is the best book on personal security and disaster preparedness I have ever read…and I have a library of such books.”
Critically acclaimed by security experts worldwide, this is the only book you’ll need on the subject. Take advantage of Amazon’s “Look Inside” feature and check out the table of contents for everything you’re going to learn. There’s even a bonus home security checklist for you that the author uses when looking after high-risk clients.
WHY MOST OTHER BOOKS GET IT WRONG
They all begin with you being attacked.
In reality, the attack started a long time before the assault began.
Non-consensual violence begins with the SELECTION of the victim. Next comes ISOLATION. The book will teach you how to run counter-surveillance and develop your situational awareness, so you’ll know in advance you’re being set up.
After the bad guy isolates his intended victim, there will be a distraction phase consisting of some VERBAL patter. Verbal aggression is also always present in attacks in bars. “What are you looking at?” “You were looking at my girlfriend” If you can say something to make the situation worse, then you can learn to say something that just might make th
Now you don’t have to be rich enough to hire your own bodyguard. Instead, you can learn the skills in this book and take care of yourself the way the pros do.
WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR?
“How To Be Your Own Bodyguard” is an invaluable reference
• Anybody who wants to significantly reduce their risk of ever being a victim of a crime.
• People smart enough to figure out there’s more to self-defense than learning how to fight
• Anyone who travels for business or pleasure.
• Professional Close Protection Agents
• People who want to try and avoid trouble rather than fight their way out of it.
• Teens going off to college.
• Martial artists
• Law Enforcement Officers
The book explains how to keep you and your loved ones safe from criminals and also covers mindset training, which martial arts to pick, resources used by professional bodyguards, and more. There are chapters on where you should stay in a hotel, the safest places on an aircraft, how to conduct a threat analysis like a pro, staying safe in your car, and dealing with blue light bandits.
THIS BOOK WILL TEACH
• That your car windows are stronger if they’re down a quarter of an inch if a mob is trying to break them.
• Why riots and contact lenses don’t mix
• The four unconscious things that bad guys do before they attack you
• Why RUN HIDE FIGHT during an Active Killer Event is wrong, and what works better.
• How criminals select their victims
• Why “Soft Skills” constitute 75% of self-protection, and precisely what they are
• A less than $10 security kit that will keep you safe in sketchy hotels
WHY THIS BOOK?
Because a former professional protection agent who, for over 25 years, used the contents to keep his clients safe in hostile environments around the world wrote it. As one Amazon reviewer said, “I am a regional disaster preparedness officer for a multi-national corporation. This is the best book on personal security and disaster preparedness I have ever read…and I have a library of such books.”
Critically acclaimed by security experts worldwide, this is the only book you’ll need on the subject. Take advantage of Amazon’s “Look Inside” feature and check out the table of contents for everything you’re going to learn. There’s even a bonus home security checklist for you that the author uses when looking after high-risk clients.
WHY MOST OTHER BOOKS GET IT WRONG
They all begin with you being attacked.
In reality, the attack started a long time before the assault began.
Non-consensual violence begins with the SELECTION of the victim. Next comes ISOLATION. The book will teach you how to run counter-surveillance and develop your situational awareness, so you’ll know in advance you’re being set up.
After the bad guy isolates his intended victim, there will be a distraction phase consisting of some VERBAL patter. Verbal aggression is also always present in attacks in bars. “What are you looking at?” “You were looking at my girlfriend” If you can say something to make the situation worse, then you can learn to say something that just might make th
389 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 10, 2023
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About the author
Nick Hughes
16 books6 followersNick Hughes started his martial arts training in 1969 and in that time has achieved black belt status in everything you can get a black belt in. He's boxed professionally, taught unarmed combat in the French Foreign Legion and Krav Maga to civilians.
His extensive practical experience has come from a career as a bouncer around the world beginning at age 16 in the roughest clubs he could find, as security and crowd control for a slew of concert venues, a military police officer in the French Foreign Legion, and a bodyguard to the worlds rich and famous.
He speaks several languages, is a member of Toastmasters International, was a member of Mensa and is a tattoo artist of note.
Most recently he was contacted by the producers of Spike TV's hit show Deadliest Warrior to represent the French Foreign Legion in a showdown against the Gurkhas in an episode which aired on Wed the 14th of September, 2011.
When not writing, training, instructing, tattooing, painting, developing apps, reading or riding his motorbike he's usually eating or asleep.
His extensive practical experience has come from a career as a bouncer around the world beginning at age 16 in the roughest clubs he could find, as security and crowd control for a slew of concert venues, a military police officer in the French Foreign Legion, and a bodyguard to the worlds rich and famous.
He speaks several languages, is a member of Toastmasters International, was a member of Mensa and is a tattoo artist of note.
Most recently he was contacted by the producers of Spike TV's hit show Deadliest Warrior to represent the French Foreign Legion in a showdown against the Gurkhas in an episode which aired on Wed the 14th of September, 2011.
When not writing, training, instructing, tattooing, painting, developing apps, reading or riding his motorbike he's usually eating or asleep.
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March 2, 2025
Nick's book contains plenty of great ideas. My most memorable was that of ensuring that you can see ones tires in front of you when stopped. While I may have heard this before (and now practice it all the time) it's a great reminder. If you are new to self protection and preparation concepts, this book will be a feast of information. If you already swim in this ocean, it will be a good reminder, and provide some new and unique perspectives.
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