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Self-Defense: Steps to Success: Steps to Survival Paperback - 2007 - 1st Edition

by Katy Mattingly


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Hone your senses, increase awareness, and learn the techniques that could save your life. Self-Defense: Steps to Survival will teach you to identify danger, avoid assault, and defend yourself and others against attackers in a variety of situations.

Based on the proven strategies and techniques taught on campuses and in metropolitan areas worldwide, Self-Defense: Steps to Survival is both practical and immediately applicable for men, women, and teens regardless of previous experience. You'll learn these skills:

-Assess your surroundings, notice warning signs, and remove yourself from potential harm.

-Use the power of your own voice to thwart an attack.

-Recognize warning signs of violence in an intimate relationship.

-Resist and escape physical and sexual violence by strangers and acquaintances.

-Free yourself from an assailant's grasp.

-Develop an arsenal of strikes, kicks, and defense techniques for countering physical attacks.

-Defend yourself against weapon attacks and multiple attackers.

Don't live in fear! Self-Defense: Steps to Survival will change the way you approach everyday life, giving you the assurance that you'll be prepared for the unexpected.

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  • Title Self-Defense: Steps to Success: Steps to Survival
  • Author Katy Mattingly
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 166
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Human Kinetics Publishers
  • Date July 2007
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780736066891 / 0736066896
  • Weight 1.28 lbs (0.58 kg)
  • Dimensions 11 x 8.48 x 0.51 in (27.94 x 21.54 x 1.30 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Hand-to-hand fighting, Survival skills
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007016326
  • Dewey Decimal Code 613.66

About the author

Katy Mattingly was the director and lead instructor at Washtenaw Area Model Mugging (WAMM) Self-Defense in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from 1996-2005. She was trained in the IMPACT system of self-defense, which emphasizes physical and emotional realism, full-force practice against padded instructors, and individualized instruction. Mattingly has been teaching realistic and effective self-defense and personal safety for more than 15 years in a variety of venues, including corporations, universities, youth and community centers, and domestic violence shelters. She also is a freelance writer. She may be reached through www.KatyMattingly.com.

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Based on the proven strategies and techniques taught on campuses and in metropolitan areas worldwide, Self-Defense: Steps to Survival is both practical and immediately applicable for men, women, and teens regardless of previous experience. You'll learn these skills:
-Assess your surroundings, notice warning signs, and remove yourself from potential harm.
-Use the power of your own voice to thwart an attack.
-Recognize warning signs of violence in an intimate relationship.
-Resist and escape physical and sexual violence by strangers and acquaintances.
-Free yourself from an assailant's grasp.
-Develop an arsenal of strikes, kicks, and defense techniques for countering physical attacks.
-Defend yourself against weapon attacks and multiple attackers.
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