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Title: Put 'Em Down, Take 'Em Out! : Knife Fighting Techniques From Folsom Prison by Don Pentecost ISBN: 0-87364-484-0 Publisher: Paladin Press Pub. Date: November, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.92 (25 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: All I really needed to know about using a knife...
Comment: As many previous reviewers stated, this book is pretty short (54 pages of information), but it's probably the best crash-course in knife fighting I've ever seen. A lot of martial arts today that specialize in the knife actually speciallize in what Marc MacYoung calls "knife dueling"; they don't realize how knives are most often used in American culture: for assasination. Whatever you call it, in the US, and I'm sure most of the western world, if a guy pulls a knife on you, he intends to kill you because he sees you as a victim, not an equal. This book is all about one guy with a knife, and one guy without. The techniques are simplistic, but effective, and incorperate empty-hand stragegies and tactics in harmony with the knife. Things compatable with unarmed combat are stance, footwork, trapping, and grappling. This book is about agression and simplicity, and in my oppinion ought to be the foundational book for any knife-fighting or -defense program. The five chapters are "Basics of Knife Fighting", "Knife Fighting Myths", "Knife Attack", "Knife Defense", and "Training". Among the things that are covered are grips, group attacks, set-ups, mental tactics and training, and the stance-footwork-etc. stuff I mentioned earlier. One thing that rubbed me a little wrong was how the guy basically said, "Only my style works, forget anything else." While I would recomend anyone interested in knife fighting get this book, I'd say to not make it your only source of information.
Rating: 4
Summary: RUNNIN' THE GEARS!!!
Comment: Wow. This book was like a slap in the face. Short & sweet, very intense, and gets right to the point (no pun intended). Pentecost really knows what he's ranting about when he derides the effectiveness of the "saber" and "commando" grips -- these work great if you've got a sword (or a short sword, like a Bowie), but if you strike bone with force (and don't have a protective hilt) your fingers are gonna be sliding up and over the cutting edge if you haven't got a rock hard grip! Those fancy grips work well in practice (especially for accurate jabs at small targets), but when it comes down to the real deal you'll just end up either cutting yourself or dropping your knife (one reason why you should wear a fingerless glove and carry an extra blade). The pictures of him stabbing his wrasslin' partner in the kidney were painful to look at! Although I disagree with much of what is presented in this book, it is good to look at what other stylists are doing -- even if it happens to be "shank-fu."
Rating: 5
Summary: A must have
Comment: This book is another must have for both street self defense
and in case you ever wind up in the big house, most martial
arts systems don't provide effective methods of knife fighting
and defense against knife attack , this book is one of the few
source's of valuable info on WHAT REALLY WORKS in a knife
attack or defense situation
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Title: Knives, Knife Fighting, And Related Hassles : How To Survive A Real Knife Fight by Marc Animal MacYoung ISBN: 0873645448 Publisher: Paladin Press Pub. Date: January, 1990 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Professional'S Guide To Ending Violence Quickly : How Bouncers, Bodyguards, And Other Security Professionals Handle Ugly Situations by Marc Animal MacYoung ISBN: 0873648994 Publisher: Paladin Press Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Knife Fighting : A Practical Course by Michael Janich ISBN: 0873647408 Publisher: Paladin Press Pub. Date: November, 1993 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Master Of The Blade : Secrets Of The Deadly Art Of Knife Fighting by Richard Ryan ISBN: 1581600488 Publisher: Paladin Press Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Real Fighting : Adrenaline Stress Conditioning Through Scenario-Based Training by Peyton Quinn ISBN: 0873648935 Publisher: Paladin Press Pub. Date: July, 1996 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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