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| Dirty Dozen: 12 Nasty Fighting Techniques For Any Self-Defense Situation | 
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| Creator: Larry Jordan
Publisher: Paladin Press
Category: Book
List Price: $20.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 23564
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.3
ISBN: 1581603177
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9781581603170
ASIN: 1581603177
Publication Date: May 2002
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| Customer Reviews:
 not as good as i thought it would be August 4, 2006
32 out of 42 found this review helpful
I read all the great reviews about this book, but what really made me buy this book is because one reviewer described how he/she trains in martial art for so many years and this book offers effective and deadly self defense moves with no training required. ok, so i bought the book for about $13, when the book arrived I was surprised by how small and thin it was, yeah its only 96 pages, but its half the size of a notepad. Anyhow, its the content that count right? Well, I read through the whole book in less than a hour, the book does help set your mental state and mental awareness, it describes different situation and how criminal now are more violent than ever. It uses the scare tactic to prepare your mind into thinking: "fight to kill, or be killed". Everything is great until I get to the actual 12 technique section...then it starts getting disappointing....its like technique #1: kick, #2, punch, #3 poke eye, #4 punch some more.....you get the picture. Then you get to the pictures section, which pretty much look all the same except in a different scenario. Just click on the available "Search Inside" Amazon images and that's basically it. Pull hair, hit throat, poke eye, kick inside knee...ok, maybe I knew more about self defense than I thought I did, all these techniques are very effective but I consider them as survival instinct and second nature, I was hoping for so much more based on the review. In the book it mentions being approached by multiple aggressor, but no where does it teach or show you how to defend against multiple aggressor.
Anyhow, this book can be recommended for anyone as a starter "mental preparness" book whom has never read an self defense book in their life. But for a good starter self defense book I would recommend Royce Gracie's book instead.
All in all my next self defense book will be a book against guns and knives, cuz now a days no one is going to rob or attack you without a weapon, nor do people fight one on one.
 Larry Jordan's Dirty Dozen delivers! May 22, 2006
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
This is a great book whether you are a serious martial artist or someone who simply wants to learn a handful of extremely effective self defense techniques. I am a practicing mixed martial artist with training in judo, wrestling and Kenpo Karate. My experience has been that formal training, particularly in the martial arts, can be too time consuming and cluttered with useless detail and information. After almost 6 years in one particular art I can tell you that the techniques presented in this book are right on the money in terms of simple, fast and effective as well as easy to learn, practice and execute.
The author clearly has the life experience to present this material. I read the book in short order and am already practicing the techniques with training partners.
If you're serious about defending yourself in a violent situation, this is more than worth the investment. The techniques are geared toward the reality of violence on the street rather than the perfect scenarios that are studied in a studio on a nice soft floor with padded partners.
And for those of you who are simply too busy with life, why would anyone want to learn 400 techniques when these 12 do a better job of covering all the bases and can be practiced to an extreme level of proficiency.
Sound advice January 2, 2006
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
A little pricey for a 96 page book but worth every penny if you need to acquire fundamental self-defense skills quickly and do not have access to proper training. For years I've said you'll never learn any martial art solely from any book, yet this excellent work may be one of the few exceptions to that rule. It contains simple, straightforward, and easy to apply techniques that really work. They are well described and fully illustrated to help you understand what to do. Essential mental factors are covered as well. The scenarios are well thought out, covering many (but certainly nowhere near all) situations you may find yourself in. The target audience is primarily folks with little to no martial training. If you are an experienced martial artist you'll find nothing new. If you are not, however, the sections on vital targets and dirty dozen techniques are right on target and sound advice. It's a bit lacking when it comes to avoiding confrontations in the first place (e.g., awareness, avoidance, de-escalation, evasion, escape) and also falls short on dealing with weapons but there's only so much one can cover in a hundred pages so I did not mark down for that. I believe it encompasses what it set out to do thoroughly enough. Overall it is a well written, highly recommended book.
Lawrence Kane
Author of Surviving Armed Assaults, The Way of Kata, and Martial Arts Instruction
A great first step August 5, 2005
28 out of 28 found this review helpful
I am the author of ATTACK PROOF and have been studying self defense for 49 years and have trained with many of the world's best teachers. This book DIRTY DOZEN by Larry Jordan is one that I will have my students read and pass on to their friends and loved ones. It is basic and practical. It does describe some types of criminal attacks but first and foremost it is nasty and if you don't have a long time to train this book can be very helpful. Yes it does not show you how to get out of a mounted position from a world class fighter but I don't see many of these top professionals attacking people for money or kicks in the street. As I said it is for basic understanding of how to fight dirty in a short time. You might try the U.S. Army combatives books both present and past if you have the time. I gave this book a five star rating for exactly what it was. A fine and nasty quick primer on street survival.
 Easy moves for a woman May 7, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought this book not because I felt in danger, but I wanted to be prepared "just in case." This book has a lot of pictures and good descriptions. The majority of the techniques I do feel confident in using to at least slow someone down. Just reading this would not be enough. Some hands on practice is needed or at least preferable.
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