The Art and Science of Self Defense Training
YMAA Publication Center (Verlag)
978-1-59439-872-8 (ISBN)
FINALIST—2022, Sports, Best Books Award American Bookfest
The Art and Science of Self Defense Training provides you with a condensed system of distilled self-defense skills and techniques, each carefully selected for its reliability in a high stress environment.
Topics include situational awareness, avoidance, and how to take action should you need to physically defend yourself.
Martial arts, combat sports, and self-defense are different realms; although interconnected they are not entirely the same. — This book can help bridge that gap.
This curriculum is streamlined and divided into nine logical stages of training that allows both martial artists and those with no formal fighting experience to quickly and methodically learn and develop reliable skills for self-defense.
While training in the martial arts or competitive combat sports can aid you in a self-defense situation, it does not prepare you for those aspects that are unique to actual self-defense.
The book begins with the basics, upon which everything else relies – awareness, avoidance, and anticipation skills – before moving on to building a reliable arsenal of self-defense techniques. You will progress through a series of carefully selected actions for high stress situations.
The aim of this curriculum is to improve confidence and skills in a structured and logical way.
Topics include
Awareness skills including situational, spatial, and environmental
Avoidance skills to deal with fear, escape, and de-escalation
Anticipation skills for being approached, posturing, and reading body language
Action arsenal including targeting, striking, yelling, evading, and countering
Advanced arsenals for dealing with ground fighting, weapons, and multiple attackers
Whether you are just starting out, or have been practicing martial arts for years, there are important self-defense skills for everyone in this book.
Joe Varady is an award-winning author of The Art and Science of Staff Fighting, and The Art and Science of Stick Fighting. He is a sixth-degree black belt with over thirty years of experience in martial arts. Joe has trained in numerous Eastern and Western disciplines, including karate, judo, eskrima, boxing, fencing, and long sword. He has won numerous awards competing in full-contact weapons tournaments around the world. Joe holds a master’s degree in elementary education. He is the head instructor at Satori Dojo and Modern Gladiatorial Arts. Joe Varady resides in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Part 1: Combat Sports, Martial Arts, and Self-Defense
Part 2: Self-Defense and the Law
Part 3: The Art and Science of Self-Defense
Level 1: Awareness
Part 1: Situational Awareness
Part 2: Variable Assessment
Part 3: Recognizing a Threat
Level-1 Activities
Level 2: Avoidance, De-escalation, and Anticipation
Part 1: Avoidance
Part 2: De-escalation
Part 3: Anticipation
Level-2 Activities
Level 3: Building an Arsenal
Part 1: Targeting
Part 2: Offensive Techniques
Part 3: Defensive Techniques
Level-3 Activities
Level 4: Action!
Part 1: Right Time
Part 2: Right Place
Part 3: Right Technique
Part 4: Right Perspective/Run
Level-4 Activities
Level 5: Dirty Tricks
Part 1: When to Fight Dirty
Part 2: How to Fight Dirty
Level-5 Activities
Level 6: Takedowns
Part 1: The Clinch
Part 2: Falling
Part 3: Throws
Part 4: Foot Sweeps and Trips
Level-6 Activities
Level 7: Ground Fighting
Part 1: Basics
Part 2: Pins, Hold-Downs, and Locks
Part 3: Escaping
Level-7 Activities
Level 8: Weapons
Part 1: Improvised Weapons
Part 2: Defending Against Weapons
Level-8 Activities
Level 9: Multiple Attackers
Part 1: Establishing Control
Part 2: Evading and Escaping
Part 3: Going on the Attack
Level-9 Activities
Acknowledgments
Appendixes
Appendix 1: Dog Attack
Appendix 2: Children
Appendix 3: Sexual Assault
Appendix 4: Training Equipment
Erscheinungsdatum | 04.08.2021 |
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Reihe/Serie | Martial Science |
Vorwort | Gary Dean Quesenberry |
Zusatzinfo | B/W photos and drawings |
Verlagsort | Rolindale, MA |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 184 x 238 mm |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-59439-872-0 / 1594398720 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-59439-872-8 / 9781594398728 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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