Marc Animal MacYoung

There are many self-defense books on the martket that stress reaction to an attack. Most of their suggestions are based on misconceptions and assumptions from sports martial arts. These books over-whelmingly emphasize reactive techniques, rather than teaching you how to develop and effective-and proactive-strategy. But, as any football fan knows, most often the best defense is a strong, unpredictable offense. With a slavish dedication to the wrong training paradigm and unrealistic goals and attitudes, a fighter who suddenly faces the fight of his life has to make a complete shift, or fail.

The truth is, when you see the fist coming at you it's usually too late to make this shift-on the street, in particular, but also in the ring. Reaction time is seldom as fast as the time it takes to attack, which is why technique-based training so often fails. All the dedication and hard training in the world can't alter or overcome this unpleasant fact. But taking a proactive and strategic approach puts you back in control. This book will teach you how to develop that control.

In Secrets of Effective Offense, Marc MacYoung, in the grand tradition of Sun Tzu and Clausewitz, draws on his long experience to teach the strategy and tactical skills necesary to: 1) avoid dangerous sitautions, 2) defuse unavoidable dangerous situations, and 3) take charge of dangerous situations by switching from defense to the necessary level of effective offense. With black-and-white photographs and straightforward descriptions, MacYong provides an indispensable handbook for those who are willing to take charge.

Marc MacYoung grew up in the violent streets of Los Angeles and was introduced to the martial arts at the age of ten. As well as working in violent professions, he has underone formal training in karate, wing chun, tai chi, silat, bagua, hsing-i, boxing, Western swordsmanship, and kali. His emphasis has always been to take traditional martial arts and apply them in a modern context, both tactically and legally. Preferring not to be called a martial artist, but rather a martial analyst, he teaches personal safety, self-defense, and close-quarter combat to police and military personnel around the world. He is the author of twelve books on street survival and violence. He currently lives in Castle Rock, Colorado.

Contents

Foreword by Joseph P. Bablonka
Introduciton
Chapter 1 Basics and fundamentals
Chapter 2 Defining the problem
Chapter 3 The three components of effective power delivery
Chapter 4 Understanding range
Chapter 5 Body movement
Chapter 6 Structure
Chapter 7 Faith and tactical application
Chapter 8 Blocking and deflecting
Chapter 9 Parrying and countering
Chapter 10 Reconsidering what you already know
Chapter 11 Regaining lost aspects
Cahpter 12 Different offenses: Pulling
Chapter 13 Different offenses: Twisting
Chapter 14 In closing
Appendix: An example of coherent body movement
Acknowledgments
About the author
Index… (altro)

How bouncers, bodyguards, and other security professionals handle ugly situations.

People who most deal with violence on a daily basis as part of their job-including bouncers, bodyguards, hospital orderlies, event security, prison guards, police officers, and other security professionals-know that the best way to avoid being injured themselves or sued by the jerk who started the trouble in the first place is to defuse the situation verbally or, if that fails, put him down fast and hard. In A Professional's Guide to Ending Violence Quickly, Marc 'Animal' MacYoung shows you the many, many ways to do both quickly, effectively, and legally.

Here are just some of the techniques Animal has learned the hard way by working as a security pro for bars, halfway houses, and private companies:

How to recognize and avoid macho escalation of conflicts
How to recognize and relate the stages of intoxication to impending violent behavior
How to counter the four major types of violent behavior
How to give off subtle verbal and physical cues that you are ready and fully capable of using violence yourself
How to take anyone to the ground from the front, back, or side
How to get someone out the door without getting hurt yourself

Animal asks, why spend years training to fight experienced martial artists when that is not who you'll run up against in the real world? A crazed drunk will attack like a crazed drunk, not a sports fighter! So read this book and learn the vital differences. It will save you a lot of hassle and a lot of harm.

Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1 Escalato and why you shouldn't play
Chapter 2 Professional standards
Chapter 3 Physiology, psychology, and other mumbo jumbo
Chapter 4 Gettin' a move on
Chapter 5 Counters, blocks, Czechs and even a pole
Chapter 6 Awwwww! He fell down (okay so he had a little help)
Chapter 7 There's more'n one way to skin a cat
Chapter 8 Taking away his support
Chapter 9 Slaving
Chapter 10 Weapons
Chapter 11 Professionals
Afterword
Appendix A Stages of intoxication as related to violence
Appendix B Effects of alcohol on higher brain functions
Appendix C Four types of violence
Appendix D The four types of violence and their counters
Appendix E Four quads/quarters and windows
Appendix F Two feet and stance integrity
Appendix G Murphy's law of combat
Appendix H Appied self-defense laws and their reasons
Appendis I Comments regarding the trigger… (altro)

Finding yourself in the middle of a knife fight is no time to discover that you don't know what you're doing. You can forget the useless crap you've seen in the movies or learned in the dojo: if you don't you'll probably end up in the morgue.

Let Marc 'Animal' MacYoung show you the down-and-dirty realty of knives and knife fighting. How do you avoid a knife fight? How do you deal with someone who's pulled a knife without pulling your own knife? How do you handle witnesses? When does a knife fight escalate to full combat? Animal covers these topics in detail, as well as choosing a good fighting knife; the best (and worst) grips, draws, and stances; dealing with the police; devious street tricks that people will use to slip a knife into your kidney; and much, much more.

Knife ghting is not for cocky or ignorant people-they're weeded out really quick. You have to rely on your wits, mobililty, speed, and knowledge in order to survive a very dangerous situation. This book will show you just how serious and complicated knife fighting can be and will provide you with the necessary physical and mental skills to come out on top.

Contents

Chapter One Knives and related hassles
Chapter Two Nuts and Bolts
Chapter Three Mental homework
Chapter Four Mobility and balance
Chapter Five Guard
Chapter Six Grip, hell, and balance
Chapter Seven Stance
Chapter Eight Quickdraw
Chapter Nine Draws
Chapter Ten Fighting
Chapter Eleven Combat
Afterword… (altro)