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Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9781581604887
ISBN number: 1581604882
Label: Paladin Press
Manufacturer: Paladin Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 272
Printing Date: 2005-11
Publishing house: Paladin Press
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Studio: Paladin Press
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Discover how to transform fear from dreaded enemy into powerful ally. Here Bill Kipp describes how the FAST Defense system develops awareness and communication skills that can help you avoid being targeted as a victim, desensitize you to the verbal abuse and threats that attackers use to control their victims and equip you with verbal defense skills that will stop most altercations before they ever become physical. Finally, he reveals how this fast, effective scenario-based training methodology empowers you to unleash the fearsome force of adrenaline to fight for your life when all else fails.
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This is a good book. I enjoyed reading the material that Bill Kipp covers from start to finish. Keep in mind that it is a book. Just because you read a book about riding a bike doesn't mean your going to have sucess your very first time out. If anything this book is a testimony to continued training in a system like FAST offers. If you are a fan of Gavin de Becker or Tom Taylour you will find this book an interesting read.
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...this is really a INFORMATIONAL/PROMOTIONAL book, *NOT* an INSTRUCTIONAL book. As long as you know that, it's not too bad.
However, the book's cover is disingenuously designed to suggest that it is really a "how to" instructional manual, which is a SHAMELESS LIE. The very first 1/2 to 2/3rds is a bunch of long-winded anecdotes and arguments trying to convince you of just how practical and necessary Kipp's approach is in real life situations, esp. as compared to traditional martial arts and even traditional self-defense approaches. Well, DUH! Kind of like preaching to the choir, since anyone who didn't already suspect that would never go near a book like this to begin with. The remainder of the book JUST BARELY brushes over specific drills and techniques, with very few photos or diagrams or even detailed descriptions.
In any writing class, you are bound to hear the old axiom, "Show, don't tell." Well this book is all about TELLING...yada yada yada yada, just endless filler, ad nauseum. The author is hell bent to show you as little as possible.
It's painfully obvious that the main purpose of this book is to get you to go take one of Kipp's workshops, so they don't want to give anything away to those of us who simply don't have the time or money to do so. Makes sense from an economic perspective, since book sales are way less profitable than workshops. It's just the sleazy marketing approach which is annoying.
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Bill Kipp provides insight that can only come from very first hand experience in adrenalin based training methods. Clearly explains the 'flailing' and / or flight syndrome you often see, why it happens, and how proper training methods can teach you to manage the problem. Challenge is how to translate the knowledge into practice.
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As the founder and senior professor of VITAL Self-Defense, and the co-host of a weekly podcast (The Self-Defense Show), I can tell you from experience that this is a tremendous book. If you are really looking for a self-defense system out there that "gets it"... this is one of the best out there. It cuts right through all the bull and gets to what really helps you in a violent encounter. No fancy pants moves, no athletic skills required. Real options for real people facing real violence. The style of self-defense shown in this book is similar to the Model Mugging and IMPACT programs from which it evolved. Bill Kipp has been a pioneer in these and other programs, and the FASTDefense program is everything he has learned over 20 years polished to a fine shine. It's no wonder that this was voted the best self-defense system of 2006! I've learned many great things from this book (and Bill Kipp's program) and it has really helped me fine tune and craft my self-defense system. Thank you, and please, keep more stuff coming! A+
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There are people that write for a living having very first researched a subject. Then there are people that write from very first hand perspective, experience and knowledge.
Bill Kipp falls into the latter category. He writes from years of very first hand experience of being afraid, of confronting that fear, and producing a very first class self-protection training system.
The methodology of scenario based training is well known to be one of the best for training people to handle stressful encounters.
Think about a very first aid analogy. If you spend all your time in classes assimilating knowledge, you'll very likely freeze and panic the very first time you encounter a real casualty.
The same is true of training for aggressive and violent encounters. Martial arts and self-defence courses are often so technique based that they miss this aspect all together. Many ranking martial artists have been completely out of their depth outside the bar on a Saturday night.
This book (and the training courses it's based on) will show you how to deal with the inner opponent.
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