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Collins Gem - SAS Self Defence [Paperback]

Barry Davies
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Collins; New edition edition (7 Jun 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007178514
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007178513
  • Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.1 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 522,213 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Belfast News Letter Group

This book could help us all to keep safe.

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A compact, practical manual of self-defence techniques based on those taught by the elite Special Air Service

Did you know that if you live in London you have a one-in-our chance of being attacked or your house burgled?

Collins Gem SAS Self-Defence is a clear and concise guide to making sure that you can deal with a wide variety of circumstances and confrontations.

General sections on fitness and the law lead into the basics of self-defence and using everyday objects as defensive weapons.

Attacks on public transport, in your own car or by animals are all covered, as are sections on medical emergencies and tips especially for women to deal with the likes of gang attacks, stalking and malicious phonecalls.

All defence techniques are illustrated with clear, step-by-step photographs and diagrams.


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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
a worthwhile read 31 May 2008
Firstly Barry Davies is a great author with many years experience both in the regiment and out. This book assumes the reader has no experience of self-defence techniques and is just your 'average joe'. It gives a good insight into the mind of a would-be attacker and gives you plenty of tips on how to avoid being a potential target. Personally i find this book is mainly aimed at women, which doesnt mean its not worth reading if you are are not, its just the way i interpret it. There is plenty of instruction on the body's vital points and weak areas as well as showing you how to use day-to-day items as weapons.

If you want to learn self defence then you are best to look up a martial arts club in your area. However this book is still a good read and i would recommend it to anyone who is looking for an insight into self protection techniques
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2 of 8 people found the following review helpful
The author soils this work with his establishment line, much as Lofty Wiseman ruined his own work on urban survival skills in the same manner. As the UK is a nanny state gone mad, this is no great shock, yet I still am enraged at ridiculous notions about relying on the state to look after you when personal security is the moral imperative of the individual. Therefore, daft laws that disarm peaceful citizens and require ludicrous levels of restraint in fending off brutal attackers are made to be broken, spat on and sent to hell.

I take issue in this book with numeous government propaganda statements, such as:

"We are lucky in Britain to possess a police force that is well disciplined and fair". There are many people who would beg to differ, as the long list of bogus convictions and petty harassment from the police will verify.

"Treat the police with respect and do exactly as they say". Yeah, sure. With some jumped up pig in my face telling me that doing 80 mph on the motorway is reprehensible when in Germany it's considered a snailspace, I'm not inclined to CONFORM, as the pro establishment author recommends we do. If I murder someone, yes, that's absolutely evil morally, but 80 mph as being wrong has no absolute moral basis. It's merely an opinion that I and the rest of the nation were never consulted upon, yet we must bow down and obey upon pain of harassment and fines.

Apart from my hatred for the author's pro establishment tone (but what else could one expect from an SAS endorsed book), the book is otherwise good enough to merit recommendation on the basis of the hand-to-hand material covered. If he could just have the guts to level with people and let them know that only hardcore responses count in dealing with hardcore attackers who won't play by Queensbury rules and will use that gun or knife without hesitation. In other words, every private citizen is morally obliged to be armed, nanny state dicta notwithstanding, as is permissible in numerous other developed nations where violent crime is lower for the very reason that the people are armed. The moral imperative here overrides any law.
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