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Self-Defense: Steps to Success

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I teach Kenpo Karate and have been active in Kenpo for over 26 yrs. The text by Joan Nelson is an excellent reference source for the lay public on self defense, but an invaluable tool for professional self defense instructors of most styles.

I am a 2nd degree black belt in karate and also teach women's self defense. I started looking for references to guide me in developing my SD class and came across this book. This book has been a great help for me in organizing my class. I highly recommend it.

Although the Karate influence on this book is hard to miss it is still an excellent template to how self defense should be taught. If you are an instructor you can use this book as a template to helping you design your lesson plans. If you don't like a given technique then insert one that you do like following the author's method and you will be surprised at the outcome. The method of instruction and reinforcement that the author utilizes will work for any introductory self-defense course. I've read this book 100+ times and I am still learning from it.

This book is oriented to teachers of a women's self defense course. It contains class activities, drills, standards for sucess in each technique, descriptions for performing the techniques, and safety techniques. I find this book extremely helpful for any one teaching a self-defense course. I refer to this book frequently. I am a law enforcement self defense instructor and a 1st degree black belt in judo.

As a lifetime student of the martial arts of karate, jujitsu, judo, krav maga and other combat systems, I found this book to be an excellent guide in setting up a practical self-defense course. The organization of the material makes this instructional text unique. This book breaks down the learning of the material into easy to follow steps. The four sections include the following: The first section covers the three A's of personal safety which include awareness, assessment and action. The second section deals with neutralizing techniques. Counterattacks are delt with in section three. The final section is the applications involved in defending against choke holds, bear hugs and other attacks. In conclusion, this is a book for both the novice and the expert in self-defense.

Rating: 4 stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Shotokan Karate Self-Defense Techniques: Practical Combat Karate for the Streets)