This detailed and introductory guide to self-defense will help you when you need it most. You will gain the confidence that comes with knowing the basics of hand-to-hand combat and learn how to successfully fight for your life. Purchasers of this book get exclusive access to an online video companion that allows you to actually see the techniques in the book being performed as well as additional material.
It is prudent to know how to survive on many levels. The Red Cross recommends that every person learn how to survive on land (learn self-defense skills) and how to survive on water (learn how to swim). By learning more about how to make ourselves better prepared, we are acting as responsible spouses, parents, friends and neighbors.
The world around us seems to be getting more and more desperate and volatile with each passing day. This is a key part to understanding the various threats around you that have the potential to affect your life at a moment’s notice. These threats tend to show up when you least expect them, and can be triggered by man-made events such as in the form of a robbery, rape or kidnapping, or are triggered by natural forces such as floods, fires, earthquakes or tornadoes. We need to be prepared at all times and aware of the potential threats to our safety and the well-being of our families.
You will learn how to define your specific safety concerns, discover how to increase your awareness of those around you, evaluate environments where problems can arise, and recognize potentially bad situations you may find yourself in. You will learn how to put yourself in a position of strength, not weakness, starting with being more acutely aware all the time of the people, places and things around you that contribute to your well-being…or lack of it.
You will learn how to use your body’s many natural weapons, master the most effective defensive techniques to use, locate the most effective and exposed targets to hit, learn the ways to properly execute various types of hand and kicking strikes as well as trips, throws, pressure points and joint manipulation in order to train for various types of attacks you may face.
Do you know the difference between a fighter and a warrior? You must learn how to develop the “warrior mindset” so that you will always come out on the winning side of any altercation. Enable yourself to let go and do what needs to be done without fear of loss which may cause you to hesitate or not react as quickly as you should when seconds count.
Finally, you will learn prevention techniques, the need for mental as well as physical fitness, and the importance of post-altercation support when you are involved in an event. Prevention is always the best option, but when you have no choice, being fit both mentally and physically will allow you to perform to the best of your abilities. Once the crises has passed, the need for support by others is the key to trying to get back to “normal”.
More than a few bonuses have been added to this book such as an online video companion and body charts showing the positions of major organs, nerve centers, pressure points, joints and tendons. A pressure point chart is also included for your study as well.
My hope is that you gain the confidence and the knowledge to be able to handle yourself in a situation that you never find yourself in. But if you find yourself with no other choice but to fight, you will do what what needs to be done in order to survive.
All the best to your health and well-being,
Master Pete Canavan
Learn Self-Defense Online (http://learnselfdefenseonline.com)
Senior Master Instructor, Hapkido Tae Kwon Do Institute (http://www.htkdi.com)
President, North American Hapkido Tae Kwon Do Federation (http://www.nahtf.com)
