Practical Karate Volume 5 Self-defense F. Donn F. Draeger
Practical
Karate
Self-Defense
for Women
Practical
Karate 5
Self-Defense
for Women
M. Nakayama
Donn F. Draeger
Tuttle Publishing
Boston • Rutland, Vermont • Tokyo
Disclaimer
The adoption and application of the material offered in this book is at the reader's discretion and sole responsibility. The Author and Publisher of this book are not responsible in any manner whatsoever for any injury that may occur indirectly or directly from the use of this book. Since the physical activities described herein may be too strenuous in nature for some readers to engage in safely, please consult a physician prior to training. The specific self-defense practices illustrated in this book may not be justified in every particular situation or under applicable federal, state or local law. Neither the Author or the Publisher make any warranty or representation regarding the legality or appropriateness of any technique mentioned in this book.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Authors' Foreword | 7 | |
| Preface | 11 | |
| Essential Points | 14 | |
| Chapter 1: | SIMPLE HAND AND WRIST SEIZURES | 15 |
| Frontal Single Arm-Single Wrist Seizure (level ground and elevated position); Frontal Single Arm-Cross Single Wrist Seizure; Side Single Arm-Cross Single Wrist Seizure; Rear Single Arm-Single Wrist Seizure; Rear Single Arm-Cross Single Wrist Seizure; Frontal Double Arm-Single Wrist Seizure (level ground and elevated position); Frontal Double Arm-Single Wrist Seizure (alternate); Frontal Double Arm-Double Wrist Seizure. | ||
| Chapter 2: | PARTIAL BODY SEIZURES | 59 |
| Frontal Single Arm Shoulder or Garment Seizure; Frontal Robbery Threat; Side Hooked Arm Seizure; Rear Garment and Arm Seizure; Rear Choking Seizure; Rear Arm Seizure and Mugging. | ||
| Chapter 3: | FULL EMBRACE SEIZURES | 87 |
| Side Embrace; Frontal Embrace Attempt; Frontal Embrace (alternate); Embrace Against Wall; Rear Bear Hug; Rear Around the Waist Embrace. |
AUTHORS' FOREWORD
THIS book is for you, the ladies, not about you. Please accept it in its intended constructive purpose. It has the very difficult task of bringing to you safe, workable self-defense karate responses for standing positions against a single assailant without requiring you engage in the severe discipline of, and dedication to, daily training required by classical karate. It is not however, an exhaustive survey of karate methods, but chooses those which give direct consideration to easy learning for the average female.
You may find this book overly frank and you may be a bit shocked at its approach. Read it anyway for this approach can save your virtue or life.... or both!
Whether you are beautiful or plain, you are not immune from attacks against your person. There is likewise no guarantee that your name will not join tomorrow's multitude of crime statistics recorded in the daily papers. Police files are filled with an ever increasing number of assaults, robberies, rapes, and other vicious attacks committed against women. Less serious, but nevertheless objectionable, are the operations of "mashers" and meddlesome males who molest women and girls in urban areas. You need to develop a skill with a system of self-defense, whether you are a housewife, student, career girl, or a lady of leisure.
We are dismayed to see that the recent karate boom around the world has given a lucrative chance for unscrupulous and unqualified self-appointed karate "experts" to prey on innocent and unsuspecting women. Many of these "experts" who are not qualified to properly instruct in such a serious subject as self-defense for women, offer short courses in self-defense mastery that promise complete safety under any and all circumstances if only the subscriber will pay to learn certain Oriental secrets. False confidence, established as a result of these teachings, can cause, when brought td the test, endless misery and even disaster. Authentic karate teachers do reside abroad and their teachings have full merit, but choose your instructor carefully, for your very life is in his hands. Karate techniques properly taught, will be an invaluable tool of self-defense for the rest of your life. Badly taught technique may hospitalize you.... or bury you.
This book, like its predecessors, is a categorized collection of self-defense situations and recommended karate responses which will better prepare you for emergencies should defense of your property,