Beschreibung:
The book explores the different uses of hand weapons, from pistols to semiautomaticsto sniper's rifles, from flick knives to machetes, from stun grenadesto CS gas, from knuckle-dusters to nunchaku sticks. With tips and techniquesfrom combat experts, the book explains which weapon to choose for givensituations and how to use each weapon.With more than 300 easy-to-follow illustrations and handy pull-out lists of keytraining tips, Guns, Knives & Other Personal Weapons is the definitive guidefor anyone wanting to be ready for anything.
The book explores the different uses of hand weapons, from pistols to semiautomatics
to sniper’s rifles, from flick knives to machetes, from stun grenades
to CS gas, from knuckle-dusters to nunchaku sticks. With tips and techniques
from combat experts, the book explains which weapon to choose for given
situations and how to use each weapon.
With more than 300 easy-to-follow illustrations and handy pull-out lists of key
training tips, Guns, Knives & Other Personal Weapons is the definitive guide
for anyone wanting to be ready for anything.
- Contents
- Introduction
- Guns
- Small arms: pistols and semi automatics
- Snipers and rifles
- Range and suitability
- Defending yourself against a gun attack: minimising your exposure
- Knives
- How to hold a knife
- Defending yourself with a knife
- Not letting your knife be used against you
- Knife moves
- Throwing knives
- Harpoons
- Daggers and short swords
- Long blades, jagged blades
- Flick knives, pen knives
- Dodging a knife attack. Deflecting knife blows.
- Clubs, Truncheons and Bats
- Holding positions – using a mace, a staff
- Directing the blow
- Morning Star and other spiked clubs
- CS gas and stun grenades
- Using gas and grenades without endangering yourself
- The chemical risks
- What to do if you are exposed to the gas
- Knuckle Dusters, Bullwhips & Martial Arts Weapons
- Learning to use nunchaku sticks, chigiriki chain, stirrup-like Tekko and other martial
- arts weapons
- Bullwhips, Boomerangs and Bolas
- Defending yourself
- Glossary