Defend Yourself 101

Pool Cues, Beer Bottles, and Baseball Bats: Animals Guide to Improvised Weapons for Self-Defense author: Marc Animal MacYoung rating: asin: 0873645456 binding: Paperback list price: $20.00 USD amazon price: $15.60 USD

This is the first book of Animal’s that I read. I have been hooked ever since on his raunchy, witty style and the wealth of information he covers.

Like most of Marc’s early works, it is designed to teach young macho black belts the realities of being tough and getting into fights. And what you can do about those realities when they start to expand your experience.

Hard-Won Wisdom from the School of Hard Knocks: How to Avoid a Fight and Things to Do When You Can't or Don't Want to author: Alain Burrese rating: asin: 0873649052 binding: Paperback list price: $21.00 USD amazon price: $21.00

HARD WON WISDOM from the school of HARD KNOCKS: how to avoid a fight and the things to do when you can’t or don’t want to, by Alain Burrese. Authors Choice Press, 1996. ISBN: 0-595-17422-1

For a book about not fighting, Alain Burrese has filled this with a lot of excellent tips about the how-to’s of physical protection from assault.

As an ex-paratrooper and sniper, a well trained martial artist and gifted motivational speaker, Alain is uniquely qualified to write about the avoidance of violence.

Real World Self-Defense: A Guide to Staying Alive in Dangerous Times author: Jerry Van Cook rating: asin: 1581600445 binding: Paperback list price: $20.00 USD amazon price: $13.60 USD

Real World Self-Defense:
            … a serious book about a serious topic. And Jerry is the man to write it.

Put 'Em Down, Take 'Em Out!: Knife Fighting Techniques From Folsom Prison author: Don Pentecost rating: asin: 0873644840 binding: Paperback list price: $14.00 USD amazon price: $14.00

This shocking little book, (54 of the toughest pages you can find), was an eye opener in the late eighties when it came out. Designed to teach the truth about knife attacks and defenses, it is just as relevant now as it was back in the day as martial arts systems keep their focus upon what can be done in the dojo rather than what should be done on the street.

Surviving A Street Knife Fight: Realistic Defensive Techniques rating: asin: B000056HU1 binding: VHS Tape list price: $19.95 USD amazon price: $19.95

Amazon Video Description
Real knife fights are characterized by lightning-fast ambushes, vicious gang attacks and multiple stab wounds. Here are hundreds of effective techniques and tips that will keep you alive if you ever must face a crackhead, barroom brawler or any other dirty fighter who’s aiming to shank you.

HAPKIDO CANE: Big Stick Fighting from the Dojo to the Street by that force of nature, Alain Burrese.

 The UPSIDE:
Once again Alain has created a quality product out of the strongest interests of his life, self defence and Hapkido.