Yes, a trip back to reality and back to Rory Miller (and Lawrence A. Kane) before moving on to skill sets and other aspects. I think to wrap up (for now) this reality section my next recommendation is spot on: “Scaling Force: Dynamic decision-making under the threat of violence.”
My previous recommendations have covered a great deal so I wanted to round off my self defence recommendations with this book because I think it brings together and ties in the information previously covered.
Scaling Force is deals with making the decision in chaos about how much force you can and should use to protect yourself and others. It also gives some practical ideas of how to do that.
I think it is pretty clear I am a fan of Rory Miller but there is reason for that. His material is well written, well thought out and practical as hell. This book he has done with Lawrence Kane is another example of great information.
This is one of those books that should help you tailor your training or teaching to be far more realistic. If you have followed my recommendations, you will see this book brings in all that has come before and uses that foundation to present other thoughts on what to do physically as well. How you do that would depend on what system and principles you practice, much of the information is not style or system specific.
Another thing to note is that some of Rory’s books have DVDs on them as well: Facing Violence and Scaling force are two of them.
I will have more of Rory’s books to recommend and why but get this one.
Next, I will shift aspects of training a little with my recommendations.