Knack self-defense for women : strategies, moves & everyday tactics to gain confidence & stay safe
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Wright-Martell, Chris.

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Guilford, CT : Knack, c2011.

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1. Self-assessment -- Home security -- Automotive security -- Workplace security -- Hands-on-training -- Carry a weapon? -- Your risk factors -- 2. Advance preparations -- Make safety plans -- Home invasion -- Go somewhere safe -- Dangerous places & situations -- Parties -- Give yourself the advantage --

11. Navigating the ground -- The mount position -- The side position -- The closed guard -- The open guard -- Headlocks -- Standing & down -- 12. Hitting from your back -- Kicking from open guard -- Avoiding strikes from guard -- Attacking from closed guard -- Attacking under the side -- Attacking under the mount -- Attacking inside the guard --

13. Getting off the ground -- Standing up in base -- Kicking to standing -- Open guard to standing -- Closed guard to standing -- Grabbed from your knees -- Grabbed while standing -- 14. Skills in context 2 -- Standing & fighting -- Escaping the mount -- Reengaging after standing 1 -- Reengaging after standing 2 -- Protecting space -- Escaping a relentless attacker --

15. Dealing with weapons -- Lethal intent vs negotiation -- Carjacking -- Blunt & flexible weapons -- Edged weapons -- Firearms -- Antideployment methods -- 16. Complex situations -- Protecting others -- Multiple assailants -- Unsafe environment -- Finding a weapon -- Inside a moving car -- On an airplane --

17. Exit strategy -- Attracting attention -- Calling 911 -- Assessing exits -- Getting away -- When to stop hitting -- Minimizing injury -- 18. Postcrisis management -- Still danger? -- Are you hurt? -- Giving a statement -- Legal help -- Your continued well-being -- Assemble your team now --

19. Training martial arts

Self-defense workshops

Krav Maga

Jeet Kune Do

Brazilian jiu-jitsu

Judo

Boxing

20. Resources

Recommended schools

Organizations

Equipment and training gear

For further reading

Web sites.

3. Aware & alert -- The world around you -- Your own body language -- Access to support -- Unwanted attention -- Aggressive body language -- Deciding to act -- 4. Targets -- What is your goal? -- The eyes -- The throat -- The groin -- The knee -- Secondary targets --

5. Boxing -- Stance -- The jab -- The cross -- Defenses for straight punches -- Defenses for haymakers -- Modifying the basic punches -- 6. Kicking -- The groin -- Low line kicks -- The head: standing -- The head: down -- The body -- From behind --

7. Four handles -- Introduction to the clinch -- Wrist control -- Bicep control -- Shoulder control: underhook -- Neck tie -- Integrating the four handles -- 8. Controlling distance -- Entering cautiously -- Entering aggressively -- Entering from a strike -- Grabbed from the front -- Grabbed from behind -- Keeping your distance --

9. Close-range striking -- Hair pulling -- Elbows -- Headbutting -- Biting -- Thumb in the eye -- Groin slap / grab -- 10. Skills in context 1 -- Pulled by the arm -- Choke from the front -- Choke from the rear 1 -- Choke from the rear 2 -- Lifted from behind -- Attempted grab --

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Self-defense for women.

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Guilford, CT : Knack, c2011.

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xi, 243 pages : col. ill. ; 21 x 22 cm.

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English

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Includes bibliographical references index.

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Wright-Martell, C. (2011). Knack self-defense for women: strategies, moves & everyday tactics to gain confidence & stay safe . Knack.

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Wright-Martell, Chris. 2011. Knack Self-defense for Women: Strategies, Moves & Everyday Tactics to Gain Confidence & Stay Safe. Knack.

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Wright-Martell, Chris. Knack Self-defense for Women: Strategies, Moves & Everyday Tactics to Gain Confidence & Stay Safe Knack, 2011.

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Wright-Martell, Chris. Knack Self-defense for Women: Strategies, Moves & Everyday Tactics to Gain Confidence & Stay Safe Knack, 2011.

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