Table of Contents
A Note to Readers xi
Introduction xiii
Tony Blauer
001 SPEAR 2
002 Determine Your Nonviolent Posture 5
003 How to Index Palm a Face 8
004 How to Throw a Rear Palm Strike 10
005 Understand the Proper SPEAR Stance 13
006 How to Perform a Tactical SPEAR 16
Tony Jeffries
007 How to Throw a Jab 20
008 How to Throw a Cross 23
009 Understand Body Strikes 26
010 How to Throw a Hook 29
011 How to Shadowbox 32
012 Perform a One-Two Combination 35
013 How to Generate Power 38
014 Increase Footwork, Speed, and Agility 41
015 Strengthen Your Punch Power 44
Marcus Torgerson
016 Understand Situational Awareness 48
017 How to Palm-Heel-Strike Your Adversary 51
018 How to Throw an Elbow Strike 54
019 How to Side Kick Your Opponents Knee 56
020 How to Front Kick a Pair of Balls 58
021 Escape a Rear Bear Hug 60
022 Stop a Knife Attack 63
023 Snatch a Bad Guy's Gun 66
024 Knife to Throat Escape 69
Stephen K. Hayes
025 How to Counter a Boxers One-Two Combination 74
026 How to Counter a Drunken Flurry of Fists 76
027 How to Escape an Abdominal Blade Attack 79
028 How to Counter a Knife-to-Throat Threat 82
029 How to Counter a Gun-to-Head Threat 85
030 How to Throw a Throwing Star 88
Zoltan Bathory
031 How to De-escalate a Potential Fight 92
032 How to Block Strikes 95
033 How to Counter Your Adversary's Grip 98
034 Use Your Hooks to Trip Your Opponent 100
035 Learn Judo Throws to Stop the Fight 103
036 Turn Your Blocks into Strikes 106
Joe Robaina
037 Use a Cane's Horn as Brass Knuckles 110
038 Take Out Multiple Threats with a Windshield Wiper 113
039 Smash a Nut and Crack a Skull 116
040 Attack the Wrist and Take the Gun 119
041 Use a Figure Eight to Intimidate 122
Brian Halliday
042 Outlaw Awareness and Bar Fighting Tactics 126
043 Creative Everyday Carry Weapons 129
044 Identify Improvised and Environmental Weapons 132
Jason Johnson
045 Understand Different Knife Throwing Draw Strokes 136
046 How to Grip like a Knife Thrower 139
047 Distance Determines Grip 142
048 Proper Knife Throwing Technique 144
Rich Graham
049 Rich's Everyday Carry 148
050 Understand Basic Knife Grips 150
051 How to Stab 153
052 How to Use the Breaker 156
053 How to Cut 158
054 How to Hack 160
Trevor Roe
055 Trevor's Everyday Carry 164
056 How to Draw a Concealed Handgun 166
057 Proper Stance, Balance, and Grip 169
058 Trigger Control and Sight Alignment 172
059 Tap, Rack, Bang 175
060 Target Engagement 178
Pat McNamara
061 Pat's Everyday Carry 182
062 Tactical Deception 184
063 One-Two Combo with a Lateral Move 186
064 Hook to the Body 189
065 SPEAR to Sternum Strike 192
066 Teep to the Chest 194
067 Achieve Separation and Draw Stroke 197
John Lovell
068 The GTF Combo 202
069 Double-Leg Takedown 205
070 Taking Your Adversary's Back 208
071 One-Arm Rear Naked Choke 211
072 Feign Compliance to Survive the Threat 214
073 Survive an Ambush 217
Dom Raso
074 Dom's Everyday Carry 222
075 Chin Jab Flow 224
076 Blade Draw and Flank 227
077 Shield to Pistol Draw 230
Greg Thompson
078 Greg's Everyday Carry 234
079 Rhino Block 236
080 Rhino Block to Guillotine and Garment Choke 239
081 Rhino Block to Garment Choke 242
082 Counter Multiple Outside Attackers 245
083 Use a Lanyard Choke 248
084 Dagger Draw and Concealment 251
Bill Rapier
085 Understand the Reactionary Gap 256
086 Perform Cross Elbow Strikes 259
087 How to Uppercut and Shield with Elbows 262
088 How to Headbutt 264
089 How to Draw Your Blade 267
090 Blade to Pistol Transition 270
091 Weapon Retention 272
092 Elbow Strike to Handgun Draw Combo 275
093 Use Circle of Awareness to Keep Rifle Ready 278
094 Proper Rifle Grip and Control 281
095 Proper Rifle Fighting Stance 284
096 How to Muzzle Strike with Your Rifle 286
097 How to Shoot an Assault Rifle 289
Monty Leclair
098 How to Sight-In a Rifle Scope 294
099 How to Stalk and Kill 297
100 How to Build an Urban Hide 300
Note from the Author 305
About the Authors 307
About the Illustrator 309
