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| Cheap Shots, Ambushes, And Other Lessons: A Down And Dirty Book On Streetfighting & Survival | 
 enlarge | Author: Marc Animal Macyoung
Publisher: Paladin Press
Category: Book
List Price: $25.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 266046
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 264
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0873644964
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.8
EAN: 9780873644969
ASIN: 0873644964
Publication Date: January 1989
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| Customer Reviews:
Very good book by "Animal" September 22, 2005
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Well,
Senshido instructor Richard Dimitri speaks highly of Marc "Animal" MacYoung's books, and like always, Rich is right.
Animal's books contain excellent tips about how to detect violence and deal with it effectively using no nononsense techniques.
Marc talks about many important things in his book, such as the importance of awareness, the difference between a striker and a maimer, real stories that either happened to him or to acquaintances regarding violence, among other things.
If you're into Real world self defense, not flashy Martial Arts, get this book, and others by this author. I know I will.
I highly recommend getting "In Total Defense Of The Self", by Richard Dimitri. It just takes your training to the next dimension and enhances your survivability a hundredfold
 His Other books are better August 28, 2005
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I think this book was all the extra manuscript (read 'stories') that Animal had left on his computer. It's okay as far as content, but his other titles are much, much better. His web site is just as inclusive and actually serves as a clear guide to his personal philosophy and approach to fighting and combat. I now have ALL of his books. This one might gather dust, whereas the others will continue to be dog-eared, high-lighted, well-read and savored for their wisdom.
Generaly good book December 14, 2004
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
The book presents the author's attitude and practical knowledge of fighting and combat obtained from the streets. All his arguments are sound and clear. You will find the concepts and mostly not the specific martial art techniques. In my opinion the book is for all sorts of people, for housewives, for young men, and for martial arts experts too. The writing style is from the streets, making the book more colorful and interesting.
Maybe the best side of the book is 'Martial Arts vs. Street Fighting' chapter; I think this chapter answers the childish questions which martial art is the best, what moves from dojo should not be implemented and other. This is very valuable chapter, even to martial arts experts.
There are several chapters on mental characteristics of 'bed guys'. There is also a chapter 'Alpha and Beta', which structures the problematic groups and make very good points. This is definitely an interesting text because it is the essence of acting on streets.
The other chapters are also informative, and they all convey the street concepts - and that is the most important of all. I surely recommend this book.
Basics of street fighting November 25, 2004
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is a concept-level book of self defence. By that I mean that the author Marc "Animal" Mac Young does not try to teach specific techniques, but rather ideas and underlying concepts. I think that this is a right approach, as it is very hard to explain motor skills in print. At the very least, it would take excessive amount of text and lots of pictures, and still it would be uncertain if the reader understands the technique right. That's why I feel it is much better to learn techniques from video (if you can't get hands-on instructing, that is).
The book opens with basics of fighting, like types of punches, range, balance and so on. This is very interesting to read, although it is quite basic stuff. At about 1/3 of the book is devoted to these basics, and after that the book goes into more abstract stuff. At this point, the author starts to lose it. The book becames tediouos to read, and I was hard-pressed to understand some of the things Animal tried to explain. It's as if he did not possess the capacity to explain these abstract ideas to the reader. Luckily, after a while the book went on to human behaviour and human interrelations. This is again very interesting to read, as well as being an important subject. At the end of the book there is a chapter devoted to women's specific needs (threats), some stuff about weapons, the differences between martial arts and streetfighting, and so on. The book also includes a strange version of a concept commonly known as Cooper's color code of awareness (named after Jeff Cooper, who popularized the concept). In addition of making unnecessary changes to an established standard, Animal also fails to explain it properly.
Animal likes to tell stories. On some occasions he falls in love with himself a bit too much, and the stories meant to be entertaining and amusing became annoying. This tendency is even more prevalent in this book than other books by Animal I have read.
Despite it's shortcomings, I think that this is important book for anyone who is interested in self-defense. It's not that you won't find this information anywhere else, but this book is as good place to start as any similar book.
 Great awareness training November 5, 2004
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
Let's face it, the chances of a martial artist being attacked in the dojo where he or she is warmed-up, wearing loose fitting clothing, and ready to go are about zero. Bad guys are bad because they cheat (among other things). All the martial arts training in the world is useless if you get taken down in an ambush before you have a chance to use it or even know that you might need to. Knowing where, how, and when an attacker might act is essential knowledge for survival. MacYoung's straightforward, witty style makes this an excellent read.
Lawrence Kane
Author of Surviving Armed Assaults, The Way of Kata, and Martial Arts Instruction
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