About this item
Get street-smart. Unleash your inner warrior.Forget everything you thought you knew about self-defense. Those graceful martial arts moves that are so effective in the movies are likely to get you killed on the street. In fight-or-flight mode, you won't have the calm thinking and fine motor skills to execute them. You need a simpler approach with a few fundamental moves that are easy to remember and perform yet devastating to an attacker. The solution? Self-Defense For Dummies, your guide to avoiding attacks, neutralizing attackers, and protecting yourself and your loved ones. In this book, you discover a self-defense system that works in the real world, where armed criminals target the most vulnerable and don't fight fair.Discover strategies to make yourself a hard target, as opposed to an easy oneHeighten your awareness of your surroundings and potential threatsSharpen your self-defense instincts and respond proactively to impending dangerMaster hand-to-hand combat basics and defend against grabs and holdsLearn how to use weapons and defend against them.
About the Author
Damian Ross is an instructor, coach, first responder, former bouncer and bodyguard, husband, father, founder of The Self Defense Company and inventor and patent holder of Bodyguard Bulletproof Backpacks and the Peacemaker CCW bulletproof Jacket. He's also the creator of The Self Defense Training System Combatives Program and a Pisces. Below are a list of highlighted accomplishments: Founder of The Self Defense Company Inventor of Bodyguard Armored Backpacks and JacketsCreator of The Self Defense Training SystemAuthor of the Official "Self Defense for Dummies"4th Degree Black Belt Tekken Ryu Jujutsu and Combatives under Carl Cestari2nd Degree Black Belt Judo under Yoshisada Yonezuka2nd Degree Black Belt Tae Kwon DoVarsity Wrestling Lehigh University2x National Runner Up Judo, Black Belt Masters3rd Place Bando Nationals Kick Boxing Black Belt DivisionNew Jersey State Champion Judo - Black Belt DivisionFormer Bouncer and Bodyguard with NJ Conceal Carry PermitCertified Coach and TrainerVarsity Wrestling Coach Ridgewood High School, Ridgewood, New JerseyRidgewood High School Hall of Fame Football and WrestlingBachelor of Arts, Lehigh UniversityCertified Range Safety OfficerFire FighterCancer Survivor
