Title: Good on mental BAD on physical!
Product review: The mental components covered in this book are good. However, the physical skills taught are NOT recommended for those who truely care about their safety.The author bases the skills on traditional martial arts training when they should instead be based on the realities of life-or-death altercations. The skills should be based on modern physiological and psychological research as well as adhere to the current understanding of motor-skill research.In short, while the section on mental self-defense is good, there are better books out there covering this subject. I would recommend caution for any reader who believes the physical skills taught in this book will help them in a life-or-death altercation. Also, the book is completely lacking in the area of de-escalation or verbal self-defense, which should be considered long before physical self-defense is attempted.
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