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INTRODUCTION

This book introduces a set of invaluable skills you can add to the “bag of tricks” you call on in difficult or dangerous situations. I hope you will use it as a practical guide to preparing for the worst—the possibility that you will someday be attacked or otherwise need to employ martial arts techniques in your work.

I wrote this book because of the dramatic rise in assaults on law enforcement officers. According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, more than 62,000 officers are assaulted every year. Of those, over 21,000 are injured! (This doesn’t include the many assaults and injuries that go unreported.) The majority of these assaults on officers are carried out with an attacker’s “personal weapons”—hands, fists, or feet. (See Appendix A for more details.)

In a real fight, you may not be able to use a gun. Because of the suddenness of the attack or the proximity of others, pepper spray or batons may not help either. You may be left with only your hands, fists, or feet—and your brains—to defend yourself.