Get Tough! by Captain W.E. Fairbairn
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GET TOUGH! How to win in hand-to-hand fighting by Captain W.E. Fairbairn
Paladin Press, 1996 | ISBN 0873640020 | 120 pages | PDF | 11 MB
The father of modern hand-to-hand combat, Captain W. E. Fairbairn, taught the famed British Commandos from this classic, long-out-of-print manual on unarmed combat. Known for his "get tough" attitude, Fairbairn designed these practical methods after years of training troops and watching ruffians, thugs, bandits and bullies. Now you can profit from his experience.
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Tricks of Self-Defence by W. H. Collingridge
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Tricks of Self-Defence by W. H. Collingridge
Health and Strength Ltd, 1920 | 96 pages | PDF | 18 MB
This is a volume dealing simply with self-defence features, which need comparatively little time, very moderate space, and no special outfit. It has been the author's object to make the explanations as celar and concise as possible, and to assist in this every lock is illustrated, so that there shall be little difficulty in following the instructions. In addition to the liberal selection of locks for standing positions, he has given a few trips and locks on the ground as, although you would not take to this position in the street if you could avoid it, it is well to be ready for every contingency.
From the introducion
Watch My Back
Geoff Thompson "Watch My Back"
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Publisher: Summersdale Publishers 2000 | 452 Pages | ISBN: 1840240830 | PDF | 2 MB
Watch My Back is the story of one man’s search for courage.
Depressed, bullied, intimidated by life and indoctrinated to believe that this was his lot, Geoff Thompson, on the verge of a breakdown, decided to fight back. In a bid to confront his fears, he took a job as a bouncer in one of Britain’s roughest nightclubs.
His life was never to be the same again.
Over the next ten years, and after being involved in hundreds of brutal and bloody fights that left two of his friends murdered and many more in prison, the bullied 11 stone youth turned himself into a fearsome fighting machine with an unparalleled reputation as a knockout specialist. Seduced by beautiful women, attacked by maniacs with knives, guns (and a pair of garden shears), chased and locked up by the police and sought after by top establishments to ‘clean up’ their clubs, Geoff reached the top of his trade and became addicted to violence.
Then it all changed.
After being stabbed, glassed and nearly killed in a gang attack, and almost killing one of his attackers in a savage car park match-fight, he was forced to reassess his relationship with violence. After writing down his experiences in an effort to exorcise his demons, Geoff discovered a flair for writing. Within a few short years his work found a cult following all over the world.
This is the story of an ordinary man who faced his fears and took himself from bedsit to bestseller but very nearly got killed on the way.
Geoff Thompson made violence his profession working as a doorman at some of Britain’s roughest clubs. As the holder of the rank of 6th Dan black belt in Japanese karate, 1st Dan in Judo and equally well qualified in other martial arts he is a TOUGH man. As well as many books he has written a film script, Watch My back, based on his life and a stage play, One Sock, that inspired The Royal Court Theatre in London’s West End to invite him into their exclusive writers’ group. WATCH MY BACK is his account of nine years as a doorman and bouncer, of living with the ever present fear of going too far and killing someone in any of the 300 violent and bloody confrontations.