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| Surviving Armed Assaults: A Martial Artists Guide to Weapons, Street Violence, and Countervailing Force | 
 enlarge | Author: Lawrence A. Kane
Creator: Loren W. Christensen
Publisher: YMAA Publication Center
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
Buy New: $13.36
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 90667
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.9 x 1.2
ISBN: 1594390711
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.66
EAN: 9781594390715
ASIN: 1594390711
Publication Date: September 1, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Ships immediately! Perfect and New! 2006 Paperback.
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| Customer Reviews:
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Solid! October 9, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is likely one of the best personal safety books to hit the market in the past couple of years. While there are a few very minor things I don't agree with, such as recommending putting keys between the fingers for an improvised defensive tool and the application of traditional stances & traditional movements for weapon defense, I pretty much agree with most of it. Also, while the de-escalation material is good, it's also more applicable to workplace violence or heated family arguments than actual weapon assaults committed by unknown assailants. However, I do realize that this a book written for martial artists by a martial artist, so I can overlook those few things I don't agree with. However, overall it's one of the best books on surviving weapon threats to come out in quite a while. I would recommend it to anyone interested in learning how to keep themselves safe from potential weapon assaults.
"Surviving Armed Assault"...get it, get the edge September 6, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
"22 knives," Lawrence Kane said. We had just passed through security at a football game and taken our seats. "I just counted 22 knives between the security and our seats." He then proceed to explain to me the "tells" the knife carriers had, where they wore their knives and what that meant as well.
The world hasn't changes much in many ways, one of those constants is people kill each other. They use, make-shift weapons, and weapons deliberately designed to kill you. Put these weapons in the hands of a remorseless punk, career criminal, the mentally imbalanced, just stupid, or even ad hoc terrorist and the problem is all on your end. Kane instills awareness without paranoia, wisdom with context and opens your eyes to the subtle precursors to violence.
"Surviving Armed Assault"...get it, get the edge.
If you buy one martial arts book this year, it should be this one! August 26, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
"Surviving Armed Assaults" is by far and away the BEST book on protecting yourself against weapon attacks that I've ever read. It's incredibly thorough and 100% B.S. FREE! There's no "kick the knife out of his hand" silliness in this book; just straight forward, practical information.
It's absolutely superb. And it's not just me who thinks so. The book has endorsements from many luminaries from the worlds of martial arts, self-protection, and security including Peter Consterdine, Dave Grossman, Jeff Cooper, Dan Anderson etc. This is a book that anyone who is serious about self-protection or practical martial arts needs to read.
If you want to learn how to protect yourself against armed assaults, this is the book! Indeed, if you buy one martial arts book this year, it should be this one!
Iain Abernethy 5th Dan, Coach with the British Combat Association and author of numerous martial arts books and DVDs
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