Geoff Thompson (1)

Things I liked:

- Easy language, plenty of examples. Step models about breaking down fear seemed good.

Things I thought could be better:

- Sometimes seemed like he was trying to talk like a scientist (which I thought was weak) vs arguments based on his own experience and approaches (which I thought was stronger).
- I would have enjoyed more examples/interviews from the office-workplace vs physical-combat domain (and it's extensions like army, police etc).

Lessons learned

- Adrenaline is often misinterpreted as 'fear' when in fact it is just a biological sub process that alerts us to an active context for fight/flight.
- Take action to mitigate the impact of fear.
- Action vs 'right action', don't get sucked into analysis/paralysis.

Questions
- How to take action in a non-combat scenario (easy, low impact actions to take).
- OODA Loops (Observe Orient Decide Act).

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Contents

Introduction
Chapter One What is fear?
Chapter Two The first step
Chapter Three A few home truths
Chapter Four What are you afraid of?
Chapter Five Comfort zones
Chapter Six Step two
Chapter Seven The inner opponent
Chapter Eight The treatment
Chapter Nine Principles of exposure therapy
Chapter Ten The fear pyramid
Chapter Eleven Visualisation
Chapter Twelve Dealing with killjoys
Chapter Thirteen Hurdles and pitfalls
Chapter Fourteen Interviews
Interview 1 Peter Mathews
Interview 2 Andy Davis
Interview 3 Pat Leemy
Interview 4 Jim MacDonnell
Interview 5 Robin Horsfall
Epilogue… (meer)

The majority of attacks/fights last less than three seconds and are preceded by aggressive r disarming behaviour.

This book trains you to read the body language and ritual of attack and 'stop' your attacker in his tracks by using a physical and psychological 'fence' or a cripple-shooting attack. Tkhe book also covers 'ambush attacks' and 'match fighting'.

Conents

Foreword
Chapter One Changing times
Chapter Two Awareness-the power base
Chapter Three Muscle memory
Chapter Four The game plan
Chapter Five The support system
Chapter Six The fence-putting a fence aroiund youor factory
Chapter Seven The attack
Chapter Eight Aftermath-by Peter Consterdine
Conclusion… (meer)

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 over within the first 3 seconds end up on the floor-are you prepared?

This series of books six prepares you with the very best techniques from Wrestling, Jui-Jitsu, Judo etc. It covers ground control, bars, locks, chokes, strangles, cranks, butts, bites, tearing, gouges, etc. re-introducing the many illegal/banned techniques from the beginning of the century.

Most fighters' worst nightmare is being pinned on their back. This book deals with defences and attacks from that position and shows that it can often be a very favourable position when you have the knowledge. deals with escaping or finishing with strikes, chokes, broken strangles, leg strangles, bars, butts, bites, gouges etc.

Contents

Introduction
Chapter One The guards
Chapter Two Attacking from your back
Chapter Three Chokes and strangles
Chapter Four Chokes and strangles from under the scarf hold
Chapter Five Bars from your back
Chapter Six Finger and wrist locks
Chapter Seven Drilling
Conclusion… (meer)