Title: Arm Bars and Joint Locks
Description: Ground Fighting is one of the most underestimated and yet devastatingly ferocious of all the Martial Arts. 95% of all street fights that are not finished within the first 3 seconds end up on the floor. Are you prepared? This series of books prepares you with the very best of Wrestling, Ju-jitsu, Judo etc. covering ground control, bars, locks, chokes, strangles, cranks, butts, bites, tearing, gouges etc., reintroducing the many illegal and banned techniques from a century ago.The most aesthetic and yet devastating finishers of all: the bars and locks. Covers arm bars, face bars, leg/ankle/foot bars, finger locks, neck cranks from every position, all used to control or ultimately destroy an opponent on the ground. Geoff Thompson made violence his profession working as a doorman at some of Britain’s roughest clubs. As the holder of the rank of 6th Dan black belt in Japanese karate, 1st Dan in Judo and equally well qualified in other martial arts he is a TOUGH man.
Subjects: Health & Fitness, Nonfiction, Sports & Recreations, Text Book, Hand-to-hand fighting, Self-defense