Training for Sudden Violence - 72 Practice Drills

The speed and brutality of a predatory attack can shock even an experienced martial artist. The sudden chaos, the cascade of stress hormones-- you feel as though time slows down. In reality, the assault is over in an instant. How does anyone prepare for that? The author gives you the tools to prepare and prevail, both physically and psychologically. He shares hard-won lessons from a world most of us hope we never experience.--Publisher.

About the author

Rory Miller is a writer and teacher living peacefully in the Pacific Northwest.

He has served for seventeen years in corrections as an officer and sergeant working maximum security, booking and mental health; leading a tactical team; and teaching subjects ranging from Defensive Tactics and Use of Force to First Aid and Crisis Communications with the Mentally Ill. For fourteen months he was an advisor to the Iraqi Corrections System working in Baghdad and Kurdish Sulaymaniyah. Somewhere in the midst of that he received a BS degree in Psychology; served in the National Guard as a Combat Medic (91A/B); earned college varsities in judo and fencing and received a mokuroku in jujutsu. He has drunk chichu with reformed cannibals and 18-year-old scotch with generals...and loves long sword fights on the beach.

Summary

The speed and brutality of apredatory attack can shock even an experienced martial artist. The suddenchaos, the cascade of stress hormonesyou feel as though time slows down. Inreality, the assault is over in an instant. How does anyone prepare for that?

Product details

• Authors: Rory Miller
• Assisted by: Wim Demeere (Foreword), Demeere Wim (Foreword)
• Publisher: Durnell
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2016
• EAN: 9781594393808
• ISBN: 978-1-59439-380-8
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 391 g
• Illustrations: 20 black & white halftones
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Martial arts, self-defence; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Combat sports & self-defence, SPORTS & RECREATION / Martial Arts / General, Combat sports and self-defence