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For security-conscious civilians, law enforcement officers, military personnel, andsecurity professionals alike who want to improve their chances of not just surviving an armed attack, butincrease the odds of prevailing without serious injury.
List of contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Professional Level
Three Reaction-Proaction Levels
Fight Timing
The Best Use of This Book
Chapter 1—Civilian, Law Enforcement, and Military Krav Maga Training
Chapter 2—Defending the Most Common Upper-Body and Lower-Body Attacks, Throws, and Counterthrows
Chapter 3—Clinches, Choke and Takedown Defenses, Escorts, and Ground Survival
Chapter 4—Impact-Weapon Combatives and Defenses
Chapter 5—Firearm Cold Combatives
Chapter 6—Defending Edged Weapons: Open Handed and When Your Handgun Is Inoperable
Chapter 7—Multiple Assailants
Chapter 8—Firearm Defenses
Chapter 9—Firearm Retention and Professional Kravist Weapon-Defense Drills
Appendix—Use of Force
Use of Force and Law Enforcement, by Sergeant First Class Mick McComb, Ret.
Use-of-Force Standard: Objective Reasonableness
Summary of Force Options
Severe Threat Level and Factors
Biographies
Resources
Index
About the author
David Kahn serves as the Israeli Krav Maga Association's U.S. Chief Instructor and teaches federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies along with all branches of the U.S. military. David is the only American ever to sit on the non-profit Israeli Krav Maga Association's board of directors. David is also a certified instructor through the New Jersey Police Training Commission and Mercer County Police Academy and also teaches at the New Jersey State Police Academy.
David received his advanced blackbelt teaching certifications from Grandmaster Haim Gidon of the Israeli Krav Maga Association.
David graduated from Princeton University cum laude and received his juris doctor from the University of Miami School of Law. David Resides in Princeton, New Jersey
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For security-conscious civilians, law enforcement officers, military personnel, andsecurity professionals alike who want to improve their chances of not just surviving an armed attack, butincrease the odds of prevailing without serious injury.
