I thought I might talk about books.
I thought I would start with the books I think should be read by those studying martial arts and self defence. I believe that all martial arts were developed for some form of self defence – could be military or personal.
As time has moved on things may have gotten shaky in a couple of ways. One way to stay on track is to take a good hard look at your training.
So, the first two books I will recommend will address issues that could develop.
My first book, and this posts focus is by my favourite author and one of my most favourite people, Rory Miller. Rory has written a number of great books and I recommend all of them, but I recommend his first book “Meditations on Violence: A comparison of martial Arts Training & Real World Violence.”
If you read the reviews some people have missed what Rory is saying and personally, I think some are written because he hits far too close to home.
This book compares the unicorn of violence that can infect a martial art and the shocking reality when those practitioners run into the rhinoceros that is reality. Note Rory is not bashing traditional martial arts – he has a great deal of traditional training – he is just making sure the view of the world being prepared for is real.
If you want to keep your training on a good solid realistic track then this is the right book.
Tons of valuable information in this book – I highly recommend it.