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A Professionals Guide to Ending Violence Quickly: How Bouncers, Bodyguards, and Other Security

Professionals Handle Ugly Situations by Marc Animal MacYoung

He Tells It Like It Is

People who deal with violence on a daily basis know that the best way to

avoid getting injured or sued by the jerk who started the trouble is to

defuse the situation or put him down fast and hard. Here Animal shows

you how to do both.

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* ISBN13: 9780873648998

* Condition: USED - VERY GOOD

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Personal Review: A Professionals Guide to Ending Violence Quickly: How Bouncers, Bodyguards, and Other Security Professionals Handle Ugly Situations by Marc Animal MacYoung Being the author of several books on the martial arts and fighting, I am

always looking for books of exceptional quality to add to my library. If I

have a book in my library, it's definitely worth owning. One such book is

Marc "Animal" MacYoung's, "Ending Violence Quickly."

As I have said before, one of the great things that I absolutely love about

Marc's books is his no-holds barred direct approach to getting his point

across. There is never any sugarcoating or politically correct terminology is

his books. He simply tells it like it is, whether you like it or not.

Once again, Marc gives you a no-holds barred look at the reality of fighting

and surviving on the street. This book is simply loaded with sound

principles and easy to learn techniques for making the most of a bad

situation. I find the information on the principles behind the techniques very useful, and it is usually a very good indicator of a high quality self -defense

and/or martial arts book.

Marc starts off this book with a chapter devoted to the escalation of

violence, and why it is generally not a good idea to do so. Although it tends

to be a common occurrence in today's society, the more preferred method

should almost always be de-escalating the situation into a non-violent

resolution, rather than escalating it.

Chapter two delves into the subject of awareness and triggers. A trigger

being the point at which you have previously decided is the time when a

specific course of action is to be taken. Similar to what some call a point of

no return. This section also goes into the different types of attackers and

some of the cues to look for that usually take place immediately prior to an attack. Marc brings up a very good point in this section where he tells you

that you should never wait for the actual physical attack to strike, but for

the intent of your attacker to strike.

The next chapter takes a look at the physiology and psychology of violence

and also a very good technique which Marc calls an attitude interrupter.

This is something that a psychiatrist would call, patter interruption. This is a

technique which is used to momentarily take an individuals focus away

from what they are doing and put it on something else. Marc gives a real

good example of this using a naked lady.

Chapter four deals with an often neglected and misunderstood technique

called footwork. Footwork is something that any good boxing instructor will

tell you is the foundation of a good boxer. Applying proper footwork can get

you out of the line of fire quickly, or it can also be used to put your entire body behind a blow. This is an outstanding section in an otherwise very

good book.

"Counters and Blocks" is the next chapter and just like the title alludes to,

deals with blocking and countering your opponents attack. However, Marc

points out a very important strategic maneuver that is often overlooked by

many martial artists and self-defense instructors alike. If you aren't in your

attackers' line of attack, how can he hit you? In other words, avoiding the

attack in the first place is preferable to blocking it.

Chapters six, seven, and eight deal with various techniques you can utilize in order to take your opponent to the ground while maintaining your

standing position. They also discuss at length various sneaky tricks that

you can use to take your opponents base of support out from underneath

him. With the intended effect of having him lose his balance and eventually

fall to the ground.

Chapter nine talks about what Marc refers to as slaving, which is when you

use your opponents on weight and momentum against them. Exac tly like

what you would see in Judo and Aikido.

What follows next is a brief chapter on how to deal with various weapons

that you are likely to encounter in a self-defense situation. Just like the rest

of this book, the principles behind dealing with weapons are by far more

important than the actual techniques themselves. I especially liked the last page in this section that showed what a potential attacker may look like as

he is reaching for a weapon.

The last chapter deals with the basic instinct for survival of the species and

dealing with situations in a professional manner. Both of these section in

this last chapter are very educational and should be taken to heart,

although the section on professionalism tends to be geared more for the

bouncer than the average person, it is still very good knowledge to have

and to apply.

Marc finishes this book with a great section on the effects of alcohol on a

person as related to violence, and the four types of violence that you may

encounter. This section is very well done (as is the rest of the book) and

could actually be devoted to an entire volume, which in my opinion it

should be. Of course my favorite section is the one devoted to "Murphy's Law."

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