The author's actual experiences provide the backbone for this realistic look at self-defense. Barroom brawls, street fights, and barracks ruckuses combined with bouncing, security, and bodyguard work taught the author the realities of fighting and street violence. This informative and entertaining guide contains loads of serious lessons and practical advice on fighting and violence and gives you the knowledge you'll need to prevail in a physical encounter (including how to be aware of and avoid an impending fight). In this revised and expanded edition of the Paladin Press classic, Burrese covers the physical aspects of self-defense such as punching, kicking and other related training, but more importantly, he covers the little discussed aspects of self-defense and fighting. Things such as: what you are wearing, who you are with, and most importantly your mental state and realizing when you don't have to fight. If you want to learn how to avoid a fight, or what to do when you can't or don't want to, this book is one you will thoroughly enjoy and learn from.

The Tough Guy Wisdom series is the ultimate collection of "Tough Guy" movie quotes and trivia. The movie lines you love, along with the settings, the actors/actresses in the scenes, movie trivia, and interesting facts about the actors who said them. For action movie buffs and tough guy film aficionados, the Tough Guy Wisdom series will "Make your day " "Okay, you people sit tight, hold the fort, and keep the home fires burning, and if we're not back by dawn, call the president." Kurt Russell as Jack Burton - Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

What if you could speed up your martial arts and self-defense training? What if you could avoid spending precious time on the things that will not help you improve? In this book, bestselling author and expert martial artist Wim Demeere compiles some of the best posts from his blog. He covers martial arts and self-defense as primary topics but also connects them with many other aspects such as training, teaching, health, psychological factors and much more. This volume includes not only updated versions of those posts, it also offers you contributions by other world renowned experts such as: - Loren W. Christensen - Marc MacYoung - Rory Miller - Alain Burrese - Kris Wilder - Mark Mireles This book isn't about untested theories or hypothetical situations but instead focuses on practical advice you can use right away to gain new insights into violence, martial arts and self defense. Wim Demeere and these other authors team up to share the hard-earned knowledge they learned in decades of shedding blood and sweat in both the mean streets and the ring. Some of the articles you'll read in this book are: - MMA sucks, traditional martial arts suck more. - From the Octagon to the Street - How to learn techniques from video - How to piss off your training partner - MMA against multiple opponents - How to avoid shoulder injuries in the martial arts - The limits of martial arts knowledge and skill - Three keys to joint lock success Whatever your fighting art or goal, this thought-provoking book helps you improve your skills and knowledge for years to come.

The Tough Guy Wisdom series is the ultimate collection of "Tough Guy" movie quotes and trivia. The movie lines you love, along with the settings, the actors/actresses in the scenes, movie trivia, and interesting facts about the actors who said them. For action movie buffs and tough guy film aficionados, the Tough Guy Wisdom series will "Make your day " "Men are gonna get killed here today, Sue. And I'm gonna kill them." Kevin Costner as Charley Waite - Open Range (2003)

"The most important weapon in the self-defense arsenal is your brain. Learn how to hone your instincts, forge a fighter's mindset, and keep yourself safe. An extraordinary and important read from an author who really knows his stuff " --Lawrence Kane, author of Surviving Armed Assaults, among others The Fighter's Mindset is the foundation to build your safety and self-defense strategies upon. You must have the proper mindset to stay safe, aware, and avoid potential danger; and you must have the proper mindset to escape to safety or attack back if you are assaulted or attacked. Now, in How To Protect Yourself By Developing A Fighter's Mindset, Hapkido, self-defense, and safety expert Alain Burrese outlines the most important ingredients to develop your fighter's mindset. Learn how and why you must be aware, be decisive, be courageous, be willing, be vicious, be determined, be cool and believe in yourself. He even shares why being nice is a safety and self-defense strategy. Filled with practical advice and quotations from many leading experts, this guide to developing a fighter's mindset will be the cornerstone to your safety and self-defense. Buy it. Read it. And learn from it to increase your safety and ability to defend yourself if ever attacked.

The Tough Guy Wisdom series is the ultimate collection of "Tough Guy" movie quotes and trivia. The movie lines you love, along with the settings, the actors/actresses in the scenes, movie trivia, and interesting facts about the actors who said them. For action movie buffs and tough guy film aficionados, the Tough Guy Wisdom series will "Make your day " "I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you." Liam Neeson as Bryan Mills - Taken (2008, US release 2009)