Street Ninja: Ancient Secrets for Today's Mean Streets [Paperback]

Dirk Skinner (Author)

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Review

Average citizens may find ancient and modern Ninja techniques useful in protecting against common street crimes: techniques of unarmed combat are profiled in a fine title which covers self-defense strategies ranging from using nearby objects as defenses to moving in such a manner as to always prepare for combat. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Paperback: 254 pages
• Publisher: Barricade Books (April 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569800294
• ISBN-13: 978-1569800294
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,831,356 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars AN INTERESTING READ, January 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Street Ninja: Ancient Secrets for Today's Mean Streets (Paperback)

A good summary of this book could be offered as this. The book provides you with no specific techniques like the "sport arts" that have been invented within the past hundred years. It does provide lots of diagrams and advice on meditation as well as fighting, and breaking and entering, secrets. It provides a good groundwork and formal arguments for the use of weapons by the "street ninja". This book is written frankly and in a down to earth manner. If you feel your life is in danger, whether it be from gangsters, robbers, thugs, druggies, or think your house bolsters the niches that criminals look for, this book is definitely for you.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very complete book on self-defense, September 22, 2002

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Solange Pichette (Ghettoville, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Street Ninja: Ancient Secrets for Today's Mean Streets (Paperback)

Most martial arts today focus on forms(katas etc.), respect and teaching good sportsmanship. All of which are nowhere to be found when someone has to fight for real! This book teaches there's no such thing as "dirty fighting" when your life is in danger. It also teaches versatility and how to use your mind as the greatest of tools. It suggests relaxation, visualisation and meditation exercises which is one of the best aspect of the book. A panicked mind will get you killed where a trained and relaxed mind will easily find the attacker's weaknesses and exploit them. Ninjas have a cheesy reputation because of bad movies but they were very down-to-earth and quick to adapt. Their fighting style reflects this. This is a very good book except for the "burning down the local crackhouse" parts. BUY IT!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Common tactics & Common sense for common people!, January 6, 2001

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Joey Patterson (Somewhere your not.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Street Ninja: Ancient Secrets for Today's Mean Streets (Paperback)

This book is for everyone who ever has been a victim or feels they are about to be. Dirk Skinner's book is down to earth and very low key which helps readers understand an get right to the point. It spots and defines the streangths and weaknesses in other martial arts with out making ninjutsu seem "almighty". I highly recommend this book to anyone who is just starting out or adept in self-defense tactics and/or martial arts.Truly a fantastic book!