Unarmed Combat: Hand-to-Hand Fighting Skills from the World's Most Elite Military Units (SAS and Elite Forces Guide) - Hardcover

Martin J Dougherty

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1782743286 ISBN 13: 9781782743286

Publisher: Amber Books Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

With the aid of superb line artworks, Unarmed Combat demonstrates to the reader how special forces soldiers are taught to excel in hand-to-hand fighting: how they maximise bodyweight, and the use of various strikes, throws, locks and constrictions to defeat opponents. It explains how different martial arts have been combined by military units to create hand-to-hand combat systems for defence against multiple assailants, for fighting on the ground, for dealing with edged and impact weapons, what works against attackers with firearms and - more importantly - what doesn't. With tips and techniques from unarmed combat experts, the book is divided into two main sections. The first covers the mental preparation needed to be ready to defend yourself. The second covers the physical techniques needed to defend yourself, and if necessary, strike back to temporarily incapacitate your attacker and escape. With more than 300 easy-to-follow artworks and handy pull-out lists of key information, Unarmed Combat is the definitive guide for anyone wanting to be ready for anything - it could save your life.

About this title

About the Author:

Martin J. Dougherty is a freelance writer specializing in military and defence topics. He is the author of Medieval Warrior, SAS and Elite Forces Guide Extreme Unarmed Combat, and SAS and Elite Forces Guide Sniper, Small Arms: From the Civil War to the Present Day, and books on personal self-defence. He lives in northern England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Amber Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1782743286
• ISBN 13: 9781782743286
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320