If you are going to fight, you might as well fight to win! This book presents 20 simple fighting techniques that will win any fight, any time! Fight to Win teaches you how to fight with a minimum of technical jargon. It allows you to quickly develop the ability to win by learning a small number of techniques that ALWAYS work in EVERY situation. This is far more effective than learning hundreds of movements and variations which work only in specific circumstances (and are easily forgotten in the heat of the moment!).With 400 full-colour photos and easy-to-follow instructions, this martial arts book presents self-defense techniques such as: The Hammerfist delivered by straightening a bent arm and striking with the base of the fist The Double Leg Takedown will make the opponent land so hard he'll be stunned and unable to defend himself The Triangle Choke uses the opponent's arm and shoulder to compress the carotid arteries and cut off blood supply to the brain and more!

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Battles of the American Civil War introduces twenty key battles from a conflict that devastated the United States for four bloody years.

The book explores the different uses of hand weapons, from pistols to semiautomaticsto sniper's rifles, from flick knives to machetes, from stun grenadesto CS gas, from knuckle-dusters to nunchaku sticks. With tips and techniquesfrom combat experts, the book explains which weapon to choose for givensituations and how to use each weapon.With more than 300 easy-to-follow illustrations and handy pull-out lists of keytraining tips, Guns, Knives & Other Personal Weapons is the definitive guidefor anyone wanting to be ready for anything.

Duck punch, cover block and knee strike. Boxing, wrestling and Ju-Jitsu. Gameplan, lines of attack and final disengagement. If taking flight isn't an option, fighting is a necessity. Extreme Unarmed Combat is the authoritative handbook on an immense array of close combat defense techniques, from fistfights to headlocks, from tackling single unarmed opponents to armed groups, from stance to maneuvering. Presented in a handy pocketbook format, Extreme Unarmed Combat's structure considers the different fighting and martial arts skills an individual can use before having to consider at the areas of the body to defend. It teaches how to attack without getting hurt, and how to incapacitate an opponent. With more than 120 black-&-white illustrations of combat scenarios, punches, blocks and ducks, and with expert easy-to-follow text, Extreme Unarmed Combat guides you through everything a person need to know about what to do when escaping trouble isn't an option. This book can save lives.