The Art and Science of Self Defense Training - Joe Varady

The Art and Science of Self Defense Training

A Complete Instructional Guide

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
304 Seiten
2022
YMAA Publication Center (Verlag)
978-1-59439-872-8 (ISBN)
21,15 inkl. MwSt
AWARDS


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
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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