A Guide to Improvised Weaponry
A Guide to Improvised Weaponry

Author: Terry Schappert

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015-03-06

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1440584737

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Defend yourself with salad tongs, hairbrushes--and even a dirty diaper! A sidewalk thief tries to steal your wallet, but you are unarmed. What do you do? With A Guide to Improvised Weaponry, you'll know how to protect yourself--even if all you have are your car keys and a candy bar. Written by Green Beret and combat expert Terry Schappert, this book teaches you how to turn your lipstick, your wristwatch--even the shoes on your feet--into strategic self-defense tools. Traditional weapons can be expensive, dangerous, and in the blur of an attack, easily turned against you, but with his life-saving advice, you can avoid these risks and defend yourself by deploying the hidden tactical uses of 100 ordinary items. Whether you're out grocery shopping, riding in an elevator, or enjoying a stroll through the park, A Guide to Improvised Weaponry shows you how to control your environment and become your own bodyguard--ready and able to act when you need to.

Client Violence in Social Work Practice
Client Violence in Social Work Practice

Author: Christina E. Newhill

Publisher: Guilford Press

Published: 2004-01-28

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781593850388

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Presenting practical strategies for violence assessment and prevention that are grounded in solid empirical research, this book guides social work practitioners and students to provide state-of-the-art treatment to aggressive clients while reducing violence risks. Effective methods are described together with specific recommendations for approaching, engaging, and intervening with potentially violent clients in both office and field settings. Skills development exercises, case analyses, and guidelines for developing and implementing an agency safety plan enhance the book's utility as a training text and professional resource.

Everyday Self-Defense
Everyday Self-Defense

Author: Khalegl Quinn

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Published: 1994-06

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780722529911

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Promotes effective self-protection by explaining the importance of self-esteem and awareness. Offers techniques for resisting physical attacks.

Self-Defense for Everyday Life
Self-Defense for Everyday Life

Author: Mete Sünsüli

Publisher: Saygın Kantara

Published: 2019-01-01

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13:

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Although you aim to live your life with intentions of “ abstaining from violence and avoiding fights,” what matters rather than your intention, is whether violence or trouble finds you or your loved ones. Though people hear news about violence, abuse and rape incidents in newspapers and various forms of media, they fail to develop defensive awareness, falling for the fallacious belief “that would not happen to me or my child.” The dangers of this mentality are apparent in light of recent statistics revealing that violence is not only inflicted by strangers. Rather, two-thirds of sexual assaults are committed by known and familiar relations in broad daylight. Reading this book will help you learn simple methods of defending yourself, foreseeing and even avoiding exposure to any possible threats without the necessity of becoming a martial artist. It will also instruct you on basic actions required both before and after a probable attack.

Self-Defense in Mexico
Self-Defense in Mexico

Author: Luis Hernández Navarro

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2020-03-02

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1469654547

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In Mexico and across other parts of Latin America local Indigenous peoples have built community policing groups as a means of protection where the state has limited control over, and even complicity in, crime and violence. Luis Hernandez Navarro, a leading Mexican journalist, offers a riveting investigation of these armed self-defense groups that sprang up around the time of the 1994 Zapatista uprising in Chiapas. Available in English for the first time, the book spotlights the intense precarity of everyday life in parts of Mexico. Hernandez Navarro shows how the self-defense response, which now includes wealthier rancher and farmer groups, is being transformed by Mexico's expanding role in the multibillion dollar global drug trade, by foreign corporations' extraction of raw minerals in traditionally Indigenous lands, and by the resulting social changes in local communities. But as Hernandez Navarro acknowledges, self-defense is highly controversial. Community policing may provide citizens with increased agency, but for government officials it can be a dangerous threat to the status quo. Leftists and liberals are wary of how the groups may be linked to paramilitary forces and vulnerable to manipulation by drug traffickers and the government alike. This book answers the urgent call to understand the dangerous complexities of government failures and popular solutions.

Think ACT Stay Safe with the R.E.A.C.T. Approach to Self Defence
Think ACT Stay Safe with the R.E.A.C.T. Approach to Self Defence

Author: Stephen W. Collins

Publisher: Steve Collins

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13: 0007102364

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As the newspapers and television constantly remind us, violent crime is on the increase, violence that can strike at you anywhere and at any time - on holiday, at work, on nights' out or during any one of a thousand everyday situations. But even if you are confronted by the unthinkable, you don't have to become a victim. This important new book shows you how you can protect yourself regardless of your age, sex or level of fitness by using the simple but effective REACT formula: R: Recognise E: Evaluate A: Alternatives C: Concentrate T: Terminate Using clear and concise step-by-step instructions, reinforced with many illustrations and diagrams, each of these five basic principles is expanded and explained in such a way that they quickly become 'second nature'. Following this sequence in any circumstance will allow you to recognise potential threats, decide on the best form of action to take and equip you carry to this through. While The R.E.A.C.T. Self defence System does concentrate on a dozen or so straightforward but effective self-protection combat techniques, it is not just another self-defence book, full of impractical or ineffective martial arts routines. What it does is heighten your perception of danger, letting you understand what could be happening to you and enables you to do something about it before it does.

Hardcore Self-Defense
Hardcore Self-Defense

Author: C. R. Jahn

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2002-02

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 059521651X

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HARDCORE SELF-DEFENSE is totally unlike any other martial-arts book you've ever read. It is the result of a lifetime of experience by one who walks the Warrior's Path. Jam-packed with useful information, no space is wasted with "filler material" like training methods, foreign terminology, or photographs of the author pretending to spar. No, this book gets right to the point and tells you the best ways to defend oneself, as well as commonly taught nonsense that will not work against a real opponent. This book is heavy on combat psychology and weaponscraft, and is intended for those who are truly serious about protecting themselves and their loved ones. Be warned, this book is NOT FOR THE MEEK!

She Explores
She Explores

Author: Gale Straub

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2019-03-26

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1452167672

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For every woman who has ever been called outdoorsy comes a collection of stories that inspires unforgettable adventure. Beautiful, empowering, and exhilarating, She Explores is a spirited celebration of female bravery and courage, and an inspirational companion for any woman who wants to travel the world on her own terms. Combining breathtaking travel photography with compelling personal narratives, She Explores shares the stories of 40 diverse women on unforgettable journeys in nature: women who live out of vans, trucks, and vintage trailers, hiking the wild, cooking meals over campfires, and sleeping under the stars. Women biking through the countryside, embarking on an unknown road trip, or backpacking through the outdoors with their young children in tow. Complementing the narratives are practical tips and advice for women planning their own trips, including: • Preparing for a solo hike • Must-haves for a road-trip kitchen • Planning ahead for unknown territory • Telling your own story A visually stunning and emotionally satisfying collection for any woman craving new landscapes and adventure.

Knack Self-Defense for Women
Knack Self-Defense for Women

Author: Chris Wright-Martell

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2011-08-02

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0762768282

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The statistics are spine-chilling: One in four women will be assaulted in her lifetime. With Knack Self-Defense for Women, the female gender finally has a comprehensive, picture-driven guide to personal security that covers allthe essential strategies to maximize personal safety. Full-color photos accompany step-by-step, detailed instructionson each move. You’ll learn easy ways to improve your everyday security, and the book’s hands-on chaptersprovide you with simple and effective tools, culled from more than twenty martial arts, that could prove vital duringan assault. Post-assault strategies and crisis management are also covered, rounding out this indispensableresource to your new empowerment.