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| The Brutal Art of Ripping, Poking & Pressing Vital Targets | 
 enlarge | Author: Loren W. Christensen
Publisher: Paladin Press
Category: Book
Buy New: $23.65
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 394054
Media: Paperback
Pages: 284
ASIN: B000JI25RO
Publication Date: 2006
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There is nothing pretty or clean about brawling. It hurts, its frightening, its brutal and its ugly. If you accept the fact that all fighting is dirty all the time, then you must take advantage of every dirty trick you can muster. Thats where this book comes in.The ripping, poking, pinching and pressing techniques in this book emphasize quick, vicious delivery to the eyes, throat, ears, groin, nerve points and other acutely vulnerable targets on the human body. They range from annoying (to distract an attacker while you set up other moves) to devastatingly destructive, when there are no other options but to cause intense pain and potential injury. The criteria for their inclusion are that they must be simple, they must hurt and they must work in close-in fighting.No streetfighting education is complete without the arsenal of nasty tricks in this book.
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Practical, realistic, and sometimes extremely brutal, techniques for real self-defense! March 17, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"The Brutal Art of Ripping, Poking, and Pressing Vital Targets" by Loren W. Christensen is a book full of what some people would call dirty fighting techniques. But as Christensen points out, all fighting is dirty. This is not sport, it's fighting. In the ugliness that is a street fight, techniques to the eyes, throat, ears, groin, nerve points, and other acutely vulnerable targets are not foul, but necessary to ensure you go home unhurt and it is your attacker that regrets attacking you.
While this book is over 270 pages, it has less written words than many of Christensen's books. There are over 400 clear photographs illustrating the techniques Christensen provides in this text. Christensen's criteria for techniques included in this book were that they be simple, they hurt, they are executable within just a few inches of space, they give direction to the attacker, and they have psychological and physical shock value.
The book is full of pictures of simple applications of ripping, poking, pinching, twisting and pressing. These techniques may not be the first that come to mind when people think of fighting. Punching, kicking, and grappling probably top most people's lists. Well, after reading this book, you won't think a pinch is just a pinch any longer. Christensen's techniques include things such as pinching your attacker's eyelid and snapping your hand back as if you are ripping a bandage off a wound. Or how about going Mike Tyson on your opponent's ear by chomping his ear with prejudice? Christensen advises that you tear into his ear like a dog on a rabbit, jerking your head from side to side.
These are the kinds of techniques this book is full of. These techniques are not pretty, there are not flashy for the movie screen, but these techniques could just save your life. In real fights, you don't know what you are going to be able to do. You often just take what you can get and count your blessings that you were able to get that. These techniques may be the only ones you have opportunity to use, and if you read this book, add the techniques to your repertoire, and practice them so that you can use them when needed, they may be just the thing that turns the table on your attacker and provides you with the arsenal to be the victor in an otherwise drastic situation.
This book has nothing to do with sport. However, if you are interested in practical, realistic, and sometimes extremely brutal, techniques for real self-defense, this book belongs on your self-defense book shelf. Just make sure you read it, and practice what it contains.
Reviewed by Alain Burrese, J.D., author, speaker
Hard-Won Wisdom From The School of Hard Knocks, Hapkido Hoshinsul, Streetfighting Essentials, Hapkido Cane, and The Lock On Joint Locking series
Definitely brutal January 12, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have all of Christensen's books and DVDs and love every one of them. This book is no exception. Great photos, easy to follow text, and as always, fun to read. He has a dark humor that is often laugh out loud funny.
Some of these moves are nasty enough to end a situation right here and now and others are tricks to save the day when other more common techniques aren't working.
Just the techniques for pinching and ripping the eyelids are worth the cost of the book.
A great addition to your self-defense repertoire December 6, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Like all of Christensen's works, this one is very practical. It is also exceptionally well-illustrated with hundreds of clear, easy to understand photographs and packed with nasty, painful, and effective techniques that all serious martial artists ought to know. In fact, when it comes to actual street fighting, these techniques can be just as important as the traditional punches, kicks, locks, and throws that we practice every day.
Whether you study a traditional martial art or a modern combatives system, these applications are a great addition to your repertoire of self-defense techniques. They are all simple, painful, easy to execute with only a few inches of space, give direction to the attacker, and have both psychological and physical shock value. You will learn how to cause pain using your fingers, knuckles, knees, shin, and forehead to pinch, twist, rip, hook, claw, press, and flick vital targets. Contents are organized by the part of the body you will attack: head, arms/shoulders, torso, groin, legs, and feet.
Unlike many technique books, the author not only explains "how", but also tells "why" and, more importantly, "when" you should consider using these applications. Throat attacks, for example, can be extraordinarily dangerous. Similarly, eye attacks can not only cause a great deal of damage, but also play poorly in court. Christensen not only teaches you how to do these things but also puts you mind in the right place to know when to use them wisely.
No dojo darling, the author not only knows his stuff but has successfully used it in real life as well. Christensen began his martial arts training in 1965, earning 10 black belts over the years, 7 in karate, 2 in jujitsu, and 1 in arnis. A retired police officer with 29 years experience in military and civilian law enforcement, he specialized in street gangs, defensive tactics, and dignitary protection. He is the author of more than 30 books on the martial arts, self-defense, law enforcement, nutrition, prostitution, and post traumatic stress disorder. His book On Combat, which he co-authored with Lt .Col. Dave Grossman, is mandatory reading at the United States War College in Washington, DC.
Lawrence Kane
Author of Surviving Armed Assaults, The Way of Kata, and Martial Arts Instruction
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