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| Kill Or Get Killed | 
 enlarge | Author: Rex Applegate
Publisher: Paladin Press
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 87044
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 120
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.4
ISBN: 1581605587
EAN: 9781581605587
ASIN: 1581605587
Publication Date: October 1976
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 Realistic training advice January 25, 2003
26 out of 32 found this review helpful
In real CQC (Close Quarter Combat) anything is possible, anything CAN happen, and time is always fatally short in terms of being able to deflect and deliver blows whether you're armed with a small weapon or you're unarmed. All those fancy Martial Arts techniques and looney "in vogue" routines promoted as being a means of "self defense" are, in a word, "worthless" when the chips are down and you're facing an assailant who is bent on killing or severely injuring you. Serious and life threatening hand-to-hand combat literally explodes into being with very little to no prior warning of what the criminal intends to do to you. When you find yourself in such a situation, you definitely won't have time to "set up" in some stance, or prepare to deflect and then counter his blows with some fancy Kata or complicated series of movements. Rather, you'll find yourself in the midst of a hailstorm of punches, kicks, knee blows, finger pokes at your eyes, or worse - blows from things like bicycle chains, iron pipes, baseball bats, knives, etc. Under such circumstance you need to be able to react instinctively and with very basic, straight forward attacks that require no thought on your part or any need for "set up". There just won't be time. Your attacker with be all over you and you'll either be dead or unconscious in less than a minute. When two idiots square off in a bar and each is egged on to fight by his rummy friends or is simply acting out of drunken animalistic stupidity, the danger is quite different and so are the legal consequences, but when you're ambushed or otherwise targeted for destruction by the serious street criminal or psychopathic preditor, you have the legal right to defend your physical well being with ALL necessary force. Do you think your fancy Karate or Kung Fu techniques are going to work in this sort of a scenario? Well, I can tell you they won't, but the information and tactics in this book will. What you'll find here is specifically targeted for such down-and-dirty, anything goes encounters where the time for survival is measured in seconds. Here you'll learn of the most easy-to-deliver strikes, knee blows, and kicks that, when practiced properly, will easily become second nature and will flow out of you without needing you to THINK about what you're doing first. Don't be fooled by all the fancy nonsense and new fangled so-called "Self Defence" tactics from the Navy Seals, Marines, The KGB, etc. They may be good for dealing with obnoxious bar flies, but they ALL come from the information contained in this book anyway. But know this - once you are aware of these techniques and are also aware of the deadly target points on the human anatomy, you'll immediately raise your survival potential in CQC by several orders of magnitude. Its all quite simple, but it works and that's what matters. Remember, real life conflicts DON'T unfold the way the fights you see in the movies do, and you can't afford to face real life conflicts that are potentially fatal with some sort of trumped up "self defense" nonsense and a "motion picture mentality" about how things are likely to unfold. Woe unto you if you fail to understand this and fail to take the correct path!
 One of the few August 1, 2002
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
There are very few good books on this topic. The methods of the WWII trainers such as Rex Applegate are better than most efforts. I began my studies in self defense with these sources but I have since moved on (I developed my own thoughts, changed as a person and so on.) There are better approaches to realistic training, perhaps they are evolutions from this, perhaps they are a rebellion against the limitations of the WWII tradition. None the less, few of these approaches are presently availble in print. As far as books are concerned, this work will give you a broader perspective.
Kill or Get Killed: August 21, 2001
17 out of 21 found this review helpful
The title says it all. In war time or in a true life or death self-defense situation that is the only option; kill or get killed. All parties interested in realistic self-defense must accept this concept and act appropriately . This book is not for those "Paper Tiger" black belts or sudo warriors. The princples and concepts are as relevant today as they were 58 years ago, when the data for this book was compiled. Some of the weapons and technical data is outdated, yet the goal is the same; survival... The point shooting techniques are practical and realistic and have proven to be reproducible under the stress of a lethal encounter; unlike those target shooting techniques of the weaver stance. The tactcis and techniques that Col. Applegate learned from Fairbairn and Sykes is one of the most effective and practical systems of training for survival during close quarter combat situations, especially given the time limits to train recruits. Granted if more time were allowed for training (every trainer desires more time to teach recruits) other techniques would be added and more practice could be conducted. Some of the hand to hand techniques are questionable, i.e. knife hand chops, but for the most part a very capable curriculum for training soldiers, police officers and citizens in the survival concepts and tactics. If one is not prepared to take the life of another in a true life or death encounter, than that individual should not even attempt to consider themselves capable of self-defense; especially soldiers.
Fight to WIN!!! July 5, 2001
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
This book tells it the way it is. Long ago, dirty fighting wasn't our way of doing things. Cheap shots were unacceptable, and the good guy always wore the white hat. Our country went to war, and our troops were getting beat down and killed by a brutal enemy who had no rules. This book helped change all that. Written by Col. Rex Applegate, formerly of the OSS, it taught a lot of combat troops how to fight to win- to be as brutal and savage as the enemy. Applegate's classic text shows all the tricks to disable or kill the enemy with a knife, gun and even your bare hands. No fancy moves, no John Wayne nonsense (sorry Duke), and no BS!! This is the real deal! The pages on close combat is the best part of the book and more than justifies the price. The chapters on small arms is interesting as well, teaching cover, concealment, and point shooting, as opposed to aimed fire. It's obvious thst Col. Applegate was an advocate of realistic firearms training (silhouette targets in a killhouse opposed to bullseyes at the range), and although some of the techniques and weapons depicted are dated, it makes for good reading, and one could learn the fundamentals of combat shooting from these chapters. Police officers could learn a few defensive tactics that may give them the edge they need in a streetfight or while trying to subdue a combative suspect, but I would not recommend the use of some of the techniques for handling prisoners, as they are very outdated and unsafe....Also interesting is Applegate's chapter on battling Communist tactics and stategy, a bit of nostalgia for all you Cold War Commandos, ready to take on the reds! Read this book and LIVE!!...
A Classic Text April 17, 2001
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is a must have if you ever intend to study hand-to-hand combatives. The information is tested, just look at WWII. We won didn't we! I've been fortunate enough to train with an instructor in these skills and he requires this as a standard text for his teachings. Col. Applegate is a legend among men in the arena of combatives, pistolcraft and self-defense instruction.
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