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Duck punch, cover block and knee strike. Boxing, wrestling and Ju-Jitsu. Gameplan, lines of attack and final disengagement. If you can't take flight, you're going to haveto fight. Extreme Unarmed Combat is an authoritative handbook on an immensearray of close combat defence techniques, from fistfights to headlocks, from tacklingsingle unarmed opponents to armed groups, from stance to maneuvering.With more than 120 black-&-white illustrations of combat scenarios, punches, blocksand ducks, and with expert easy-to-follow text, Extreme Unarmed Combat guidesyou through everything you need to know about what to do when you can't escapetrouble. This book could save your life.
About the author
Martin J Dougherty is a Master Level Assessor with the Self-Defence Federation, holding black belts in two styles of Ju-Jitsu as well as self-defence. His martial arts career has encompassed ju-jitsu, kickboxing and self-defence as well as military combative systems. Martin has written books on a variety of subjects including self-defence and warfare in addition to his work in the defence and security industry, where he is an expert on weapon systems and asymmetric conflict. He is author of Small Arms: From the Civil War to the Present Day, Warriors of the World: The Ancient Warrior, Weapons and Fighting Techniques of the Medieval Warrior and The Art of Self Defense.
Summary
Presented in a handy pocketbook format, Extreme Unarmed Combat considers the different fighting and martial arts skills a person can use before looking at the areas of the body to defend, showing how to attack without letting oneself be hurt as well as how to incapacitate an opponent.
