Robert K. Spear

from cover

During Desert Shield, Saudi Arabian troops laughed at their G.I. counterparts because every American soldier conspicuously carried a big fighting knife, yet none had ever been given formal training on how to use them correctly.

Robert K. Spear has filled this training gap with a manual which goes far beyond the usual. His practical approach to knife fighting covers all the areas needed plus a few most people never think about, for instance having to fight assailants with unequal weapons such as bayonets on rifles or entrenching tools.

Easy to do yet effective are the trademarks of Mr. Spear's unique training methods. No military or tactical police personnel should be without this title in their reference library. Written as a universal approach to knife fighting, this manual especially enhances the use of the Field Fighter Combat Knife series developed by Mr. Spear for military applications.

Contents

Foreword
Chapter 1: Birth of a Fighting Knife
Chapter 2: Fighting Grips and stances
Chapter 3: Targets
Chapter 4: Blocks and Counters
Chapter 5: Serial attacks
Chapter 6: Parallel Attacks
Chapted 7: Knife Grappling
Chapter 8: Sentry Kills
Chapter 9: Knife vs Bayonet
Chapter 10: Knife vs Entrenching Tool
Chapter 11: Knife Throwing
Chapter 12: Training Hints… (plus d'informations)

from cover

Hapkido the 'way of coordinated power,' is a total martial art, encomassing the striking spects of karate, the throwing aspects of judo, and the locking and breaking aspects of aikido. Because the art is so multifaceted, there has never been a definitive text published prior ot this book. now, internationally respected self-defense expert and Hapkido black belt, Robert K. Spear, brings you the most ambitious self-defense bok in history.

Contents

Part One: Introduction to Hapkido
1 The History of Hapkido
2 The Philiosophy and Application of Hapkido
3 Training
4 Belt System
Part Two: Basics (Blue Belt)
5 Warm Up Exercises
6 Basic Kicking Techniques
7 Breakfalls
8 Basic Strikes
9 Hitting Techniques
10 Joint Lock Self-Defense Techniques
11 Self-Defense Against a Held Wrist
12 Cooling Down Exercises
Part Three: INtermediate Level (Red Belt)
13 Sweeps
14 Basic Kick Defense
15 Basic Punch Defense
16 Intermediate Escapes
17 Free Sparring
Part Four: Advanced Level (First Degree Black Belt)
18 Offensive Moves
19 Advanced Kick Defense
20 Advanced Punch Defenses
21 Defenses While Sitting or Lying Down
22 Cross Wrist Escapes
23 Defenses Against a Club Attack
24 Defense Against Knife Attacks
25 Countering Throws
26 Escapes From Chokes
Part Five: Upper Belt Level Familiarization
27 Cane and Upbrella (Stick) Techniques
28 Fighting Sticks Familiarization… (plus d'informations)

The United States may have the most powerful fighting force in the world, but it would be vastly overmatched in a hand-to-hand combat situation. The reason: Other countries, including Russia, advocated training their personnel in martial arts techniques. A combination of several well-known martial arts could save the lives of many U.S. soldiers, including its female force.

Contents

Introduction
Section I Tools and techniques for personal combat
Chapter 1 Martial art theory
Chapter 2 The natural weapons of the body
Chapter 3 Kicks
Chapter 4 Breakfalls
Chapter 5 Throws
Chapter 6 Chokes, locks and come-alongs
Chapter 7 Defenses against punches and strikes
Chapter 8 Unarmec defenses against club attacks
Chapter 9 Unarmed defenses against knife attacks
Chapter 10 Unarmed defenses against bayonet attacks
Cahpter 11 Unarmed defenses against chokes
Chapter 12 Unarmed defenses against kicks
Chapter 13 Unarmed defenses against throws
Chapter 14 Unarmed defenses against holds and grabs
Chapter 15 Fighting from the ground
Chapter 16 Knfe fighting
Chapter 17 Sentry neutralization
Chapter 18 Expedient weapons
Section II Installing martial arts into unit training
Chapter 19 Training female soldiers
Chapter 20 The threat
Chapter 21 Physical conditioning with the martial arts
Chapter 22 Mental/emotional conditioning with the martial arts
Chapter 23 Training facilities and aids
Chapter 24 Training drills
Chapter 25 Training programs
Section III Translating personal combat into unit combat
Chapter 26 Using the martial arts to develop military tacticians
Chapter 27 Universal force dynamics in battle planning and execution… (plus d'informations)