Review: Self-Defense & Personal Security - How to Defend Yourself The Secrets Behind Personal Security, Self Defense Techniques & Self D
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 7, 2013
I read this book because a grandson of one of my friends is a keen martial art practitioner and enjoys telling me what is involved. I thought I would get a few ideas from reading this book to give him a pleasant surprise.However while reading it the reality of what the author says about the mentality of the street and martial arts as sport brought back the memory of how the son of a prominent martial artist who himself was an expert, as well as a "nice guy" was murdered by a gang of thugs. This happened in one of the countries  where I lived when I lived abroad. They shot him.You need skills but you also need the mindset to suit the situation. The author cuts through the usual verbalizing and gets to the heart of the thing in an easy to read book.