Up next is yet another book by Rory Miller “Facing Violence: Preparing For The Unexpected.”
Yes, Rory shows up a lot in my recommendations because he has put out some excellent and much needed information.
Self Defence is dealing with violence, either by avoiding it or surviving it.
To properly prepare for violence requires a study of what it is and how it happens in the real world. Violence is a huge topic with many different slices of the same pie and no matter what your experience there are lots of slices you will not have dealt with.
However, just because it is a really big topic doesn’t mean there are not characteristics, we can study to help us know what we are dealing with and help provide strategies and tactics.
Rory’s book takes a long hard look at violence and is the best book I have found to help prepare anyone in a study of violence and it does so through a logic rational approach giving you models to work with.
If we want ourselves and our students to be prepared to defend themselves then we owe it ourselves and our students to understand as much about violence as we can to give us the highest percentage chance of avoiding it or surviving it.
For a good read and practical knowledge on the subject of violence I highly recommend this book.
NOTE: Honorary mention for “The Little Black Book of Violence: What Every Young man Needs to Know About Fighting” by Lawrence A. Kane and Kris Wilder.
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