I am sure everyone who has been reading these will be shocked that my next book is another one by Rory Miller: Training For Sudden Violence: 72 Practical Drills.”
Eventually I will run out of Rory books but expect to see a few more.
My recommendations have included a lot of self defence focused books and sometimes we sit back with this knowledge and go so how do I train parts of that? Creating drills take a certain skill and creativity. A little help with that doesn’t hurt.
Rory has written a book that contains 72 practical drills that he has created and tested in seminars, You can take these drills and work them and you can also apply your own creativity in adapting them to your style or system when it comes to the physical side.
Keeping classes fresh is a good business strategy. Giving your students something to bring together and apply what has been taught is very effective instruction.
Not to mention that these are a lot of fun to do. You learn a great deal from them and have a fantastic time doing them. I say this having done pretty much all of them in Rory’s seminars, so this is firsthand information. And if you can’t get to a Rory Miller seminar then you can at least get his notes.
As always there is a nice logical progression through the material: Evaluating Drills, then starts with a great drill – “One Step” so recently misunderstood on the net (no surprise there), blindfold drills, dynamic fighting, fundamentals, ground movement, plastic mind (one of my favourites), Internal work, Combat drills, World Work, and finishes with discussions of sparring and competition, and tricks and one-offs.
With 72 drills to pick from you are sure to find ones that work with what you teach or train.
This book is a treasure trove of excellent drills so if you have been looking for ways to train this self defence stuff or simply add fresh material to your classes then why not go with the best. I highly recommend this book.