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Walk tall and carry a bog stick!

Cane Fighting is a no nonense book written for anyone who wants to learn how to use the cane or walking stick as a fighting weapon for real-world self-defense.

With over 200 photographs and step-by-step instructions, Cane Fighting is the authoritative resource for mastering the hooked wooden cane, modern tactical combat cane, walking stick, Irish Shillelagh, and bo staff.

Cane Fighting is devoid of tricky or flashy cane fighting moves that can get you injured or possibly killed when defendng against a determined attacker. Instead, it arms you with practical and powerful cane fighting techniques that actually work in the chaos of real-life street assaults. In fact, the skills and techniques found in these pages are surprisingly simple and easy to apply.

Cane Fighting cover these essential topics: Choosing the right cane for your needs, advantages of the combat cane, weapon requirements, grips, important dos and don'ts, weapon terminology, high and low concealment stances, strikes, power swings, first strike techniques, combinations, cane chokes, striking angles, self-defense stages, blocks, deflections, foot work, cane fighting attributes, target areas, probable reaction dynamics, medical implications of cane strikes, use-of-force concerns, conditioning exercises, workout routines, and much more!

Whether you are a beginner or advanced practitioner, student or instructor, Cane Fighting equips you with powerful street-oriented techniques and proven cane fighting methods to get you home alive and in one piece.

Contents

About Cane Fighting
Chapter 1 Choose your weapons wisely
Chapter 2 Handling your weapons
Chapter 3 Stances and concealment
Chapter 4 Target areas
Chapter 5 Cane striking techniques
Chapter 6 Defensive techniques
Chapter 7 Cane fighting workouts
Glossary
About Sammy Franco
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Written by world renowned martial arts expert Sammy Franco, Knife Fighting A Step-by-Step Guide to Practical Knife Fighting for Self-Defense repares you for the deadly world of knife fighting.

With over 200 photographs and easy-to-follow instructions, this comprehensive book cuts through the guess work and teaches you the most practical and effective knife fighting techniques for real-wrold survival.

Knife Fighting will teach you:

How to choose the best combat knife.
Knife carry, quick draw and concealment strategies.
Knife grips, stances, ranges and footwork.
How to contol fear during a knife fight.
Knife targeting and reaction dynamics.
Knife cuts and angles of attack.
Franco's knife fighting blueprint.
Knife fighting defensive skills.
Knife fighting training drills and exercises.
And much, much more.

Whether you are a beginner or seasoned knife fighting expert, Knife Fighting A Step-by-Step Guide to Practical Knife Fighting for Self-Defense teaches you battle-tested knife fighting skills that will get you home alive and in one piece.

Contents

About this book
Introduction
Chapter 1 Preventative measures
Chapter 2 Knife selection
Chapter 3 Knife fighting grips and ranges
Chapter 4 Stance and footwork
Chapter 5 Knife fighting targets
Chapter 6 Cuts and angles of attack
Chapter 7 Knife fighting strategies
Chapter 8 Knife fighting training
Glossary
About Sammy Franco
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AikiBib | May 29, 2022 |
These statistics make frighteningly clear what most of us already know: violence can invade anyone's life at any time, any place. To combat this, you have only two choices: 1) forget about self-defense, cross your fingers, and hope for the best, or 2) accept personal responsibility for learning how to protect yourself and your loved ones from the realitites of violence.

You can't learn this in a martial arts dojo. In fact, there are many instructors out there who are doing a lot more harm than good by making people believe that they are trained to cope with vicious street criminals. The techniques that score points and win trophies coiuld get you killed in real-life encounters.

Sammy Franco's no-nonsense self-defense system, Contemporary Fighting Arts, is both scientifically sound and street-smart. It is designed to provide everyone fed up with the fear of becoming one of tomorrow's statistics with the pracitcal skills, proven techniques, and confidence to avoid, defuse, confront, and neutralize both rmed and unarmed assailants.

When seconds count...you don't have time for mistakes.

When Seconds Count is a comprehensive, scientific, yet street-smart approach to how law-abiding citizens can defend themselves against the mounting threat of violent crime, which strikes another victim in America every 17 seconds. You can't learn this in a martial arts dojo. In fact, there are many instructors out there who are doing a lot more harm than good by making people believe they are trained to cope with vicious street criminals. The techniques that score points and win trophies could get you killed in real-life encounters. Sammy Franco is no stranger to violence or self-defense. He is the author of thirteen books and the innovator of Contemporary Fighting Arts¨, a bold system that allows you to cut through the ceremony and posturing of traditional martial arts and break self-defense down to its simplest elements: practical skills, proven techniques and the confidence to use both on armed and unarmed assailants. Learn how to hone your awareness skills, assess threat levels, de-escalate situations before they turn violent, use weapons skillfully and cope with the aftermath of violence. When seconds count....you don't have time for mistakes.

Product Description
This no-nonsense self-defense system instructs law-abiding citizens on defending themselves against the rising threat of violent crime. It provides the practical skills, proven techniques and necessary confidence to avoid, defuse, confront or neutralize armed and unarmed assailants. When seconds count, you don't have time for mistakes.

About the Author
Sammy Franco is among the world's leading authorities on armed and unarmed combat. Highly regarded as a pioneer and innovator of combat sciences, Mr. Franco is the founder and creator of Contemporary Fighting Arts, a scientific and practical combat system designed specifically to provide the most efficient and effective methods possible to avoid, defuse, confront, and neutralize both armed and unarmed assailants. Mr. Franco has authored numerous magazine articles and several books, as well as a series of instructional videotapes. He has also been featured in newspaper articles and on radio and television programs, including CBS' 48 Hours with Dan Rather.
Mr. Franco is a Law Enforcement Master Instructor who teaches and supervises defensive tactics training for local and federal law enforcement agencies, including the United States Border Patrol. He is a member of the prestigious American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers (ASLET) and is also listed in the 'Who's Who Directory of Law Enforcement Instructors.' In addition, Mr.Franco is a nationally certified police instructor in the following curriculums: PR-24 Side-Handle Baton, Police Arrest and Control Procedures, Police Personal Weapons Tactics, Police Power Handcuffing Methods, Police Oleoresin Capsicum Aerosol Training (OCAT), Police Weapon Retention and Disarming Methods, Police Edged Weapon Countermeasures and 'Use of Force' Assessment and Response Methods. He is also a nationally certified firearms instructor (police and civilian) who specializes in firearm safety, personal protection, and advanced combat shooting.
Mr. Franco holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland and is regularly featured as a speaker at a number of professional conferences. He also conducts exciting and enlightening seminars on the martial arts, self-defense, and firearms. As part of his ongoing mission to deliver 'the combative truth,' Mr. Franco has also authored seven books. Four of these--Street Lethal, Killer Instinct, When Seconds Count, and 1001 Street Fighting Secrets--are currently available through Paladin Press. The other three, tentatively titled 'First Strike,' 'The Bigger They Are, the Harder They Fall,' and 'War Machine,' are under contract with Paladin.

'When Seconds Count' is one of the best, if not the best, book on self-defense that I've read. Mr. Franco takes a step-by-step approach to explain in detail the various aspects of self-defense. He paints a rather graphic picture of the evil human beings are capable of committing. Next, he provides, in detail, the preliminary aspects of self-defense: awareness, assessment and de-escalation. By increasing our skills in these three areas, it is possible to avoid the need to fight back. But if that is not possible, Mr. Franco provides the tools to do so. The last option available is the use of deadly force. He explains, in detail, the advantages/disadvantages of using guns and knives.The material is presented in such a way as to make the reader understand their responsibily in their own self-defense. I particularly liked the quiz,which helped me assess my risk as a crime victim. In addition, Mr. Franco provides a chapter on CFA Safety Rules & Guidelines covering automotive, street, child, home, workplace, telephone and vacation & travel safety which I have found to be very useful. I recommend this book to anyone concerned about this issue. I particularly would recommend it to women. Although I initially found some of the material rather graphic and disturbing, further readings and experience convinced me of its truthfulness. The less illusions people have about self-defense, the less likely they are to be surprised by violent crime.

I have read just about every book out there on self defense and this book by Sonny Franco is right up there with the best of them. Like all good self defense books, this one puts a big emphasis on awareness and de-escalation skills.But where i think this book stands out is when it gets down to the nitty gritty- the physical confrontation with the attacker. Mr. Franco teaches survival- plain and simple. The techniques described are meant to maim and kill. Nothing pretty, just whatever is neccessary. I thought this book was very empowering. If one fully integrated the information from this book into their psyche, that person would about as ready for trouble as you can get.

I've been researching this field extensively for about the last 4 years, and When Seconds Count is one ot the best books I've read. It heavily emphasizes awareness skills (a topic sadly lacking in most books.) It is also dedicated to showing the reader how to counterattack when necessary with efficiency, effectiveness and safety, covering the continuum from empty-hand fighting all the way to firearms. I had an opportunity to train with Mr. Franco personally, and the man is an authority. He has the personal experience, discipline and expertise to back up what he says in print. If he says it works, it's because he has made it work, and he's taught other people to make it work for them too. An excellent work by an excellent author. Read his other books as well. You won't be disappointed. (Qualifying note: Street Lethal, Franco's first book, is a bit dated. It's very helpful if you want to see the development of Franco's fighting system, but otherwise, it's missable.)

The world is a dangerous place, and you need to be prepared. That's the message. 'When Seconds Count: Everyone's Guide to Self-Defense' starts off with an almost depressing review of what life is really like. I say depressing in the fact that most of us seem to live in a nice little bubble on the Earth where nothing bad can really happen to us, or so we think. This book immediately bursts that bubble by showing us what the REAL world around us is like whether we have previously acknowledged it or not. The purpose is not to depress us or cause paranoid fear, but to educate the reader as to the realities of what can and often does happen when we least expect it.

The following segment covers the differences between the author's own fighting system 'CFA' or 'Contemporary Fighting Arts' and the more common 'Traditional Martial Arts' such as Karate, Kung Fu, Aikido, Ju-Jitsu and the like. Subsequent sections go into topics like: Awareness, Assessment, De-Escalation, Fighting Back, Weapons and the Author's Closing statements which are every bit as valuable as the rest of the book.

The segment which hit me most was the section on 'Awareness.' It asked question after question which in application really makes you think about how safety minded you REALLY are. It even includes a questionnaire which IMO very accurate assesses how likely you are to be attacked by a criminal assailant. This section alone was more than worth the cost of the book to me and it provided more education on the topic of situation/tactical awareness than did almost twenty years of other more 'traditional' martial arts and self-defense training. I absolutely recommend this book to EVERYONE! -by Damian J.

Contents

Preface
Introduction Man-The bloodthirsty savage
Chapter One Contemporary fighting arts
Chapter Two Awareness
Chapter Three Assessment
Chapter Four De-escalation
Chapter Five Fighting back
Chapter Six Guns, knives, & other weapons
Closing words
Appendix A CFA Safety rules & guidelines
Appendix B The aftermath of violence
Appendix C Selecting a self-defense school
Appendix D Realistic training
Appendix E Glossary
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If you want to survive a real streetfight, forget about those fancy leaping kicks and preplanned responses that you learned in the dojo-they simply will not work in a real-life encounter. Street Lethal confronts this problem by both outlining the principles for a realistic street-fighting martial art and taking a controversial look at the current state of traditional marial arts in America.

Author Sammy Franco argues that traditional martial arts are locked into ancient styles and form as and have lost their effectiveness as combat systems that would work on today's city steets. In response to this,Franco has funded Contemporary Fighting Arts, a hard-hitting self-defense system that goes to the heart of a streetfighting situation and ends it quickly. Street Lethal is a provocative book on unarmed combat that every serious martla artist should read.

Contents

Preface
Introduction
Chapter One Physical conditioning
Chapter Two The fighting stance
Chapter Three The ranges of unarmed combat
Chapter Four The offensive structure
Chapter Five The defensive structure
Conclusion
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