The Gift of Violence: Practical Knowledge for Surviving and Thriving in a Dangerous World - Softcover

Thornton, Matt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1634310314 ISBN 13: 9781634310314

Publisher: Pitchstone Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

In today's modern world, we are largely isolated from the kind of savagery our ancestors faced on a daily basis. Although violence was as natural to our evolutionary development as sex and food, it has become foreign to most of us: at once demonized and glamorized, but almost always deeply misunderstood. Our hard-earned and hard-wired instincts-- our evolved and trained ability to survive and overcome violent encounters-- have been compromised. Yet, as even a cursory look at news headlines or a police blotter will reveal, the threat of violent crime is ever-present, and those we've entrusted to protect us cannot always be relied upon. The Gift of Violence tells the story of this vulnerability and provides the average person with all the knowledge they need to reduce the likelihood of becoming a victim of violence and to increase their chances of surviving a violent encounter. Based both on the author's decades of experience teaching everyday people how to defend themselves and on a rational approach to the scientific data, The Gift of Violence offers clear, easy-to-remember lessons for people of all ages and abilities. It is designed to empower those who've been affected by violence or are concerned that they or their loved ones could be-- in short, it was written to help good people become more dangerous to bad people. Every reader will be armed with the necessary knowledge to harness the power of violence for him- or herself-- and, in the process, to be not just smarter and stronger but also safer.

About this title

About the Author

Matt Thornton has been teaching functional martial arts for more than thirty years and holds a 5th degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. His organization, Straight Blast Gym, has more than seventy locations worldwide and has produced champion MMA fighters as well as world-class self-defense and law enforcement instructors. He lives with his wife Salome and their five children in Portland, Oregon.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pitchstone Publishing
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1634310314
• ISBN 13: 9781634310314
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400