There are two major, and few shorter chapters in the book. The main chapters discuss training mainly from instructor's point of view, and defense against deady threat. These two chapters cover about two thirds of the book. In other chapters Christensen presents main principles and concepts of combat, discusses the nature of combat, tells how to create witnesses, and so on. The text is filled with humor and witty cop stories from real life, making the book fun to read.

I think that while reading the book can be useful to anyone interested in real-life self defense, it is self defense instructors who benefit most from it. And everyone can have a good time reading it.


Right on!   September 1, 2002
 6 out of 6 found this review helpful

I loved this book. Like all of Christensen's books, whether they are police related or martial arts, you will laugh a lot at his biting humor while learning much from his experience in the trenches.

This book not only shows lots of techniques, but Christensen talks a lot about the psychology of dealing with bad guys as well as how to deal with a police administration. Often, dealing with a naive, stupid and uncaring politically motivated police administration is tougher than wrestling some crazy doper to the ground.

Great in-your-face book. If you want to learn some amazing defensive tactics, check out Loren Christensen's video tape set, Restraint and Control Strategies. Expensive, but well worth it for even twice the money.