First Strike

First Strike

by Sammy Franco
First Strike

First Strike

by Sammy Franco

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Overview

Learn how to stop any fight before it starts by mastering the art of the preemptive attack. First Strike gives you an easy-to-learn yet highly effective self-defense game plan for handling violent close-quarter combat encounters.

First Strike will teach you instinctive, practical and realistic self-defense techniques that will drop any opponent to the floor with one punishing blow. 

This book will show you:

How to end a fight instantly
How to spot and avoid being targeted for a fight
How to deceive the most seasoned street thug
Simple and effective fighting techniques
Critical knock-out targets.
How to avoid being arrested

First Strike also includes: range proficiency, ghosting, secondary strikes to finish off an attacker, the compound attack and offensive flow, the relocation principle, how to avoid getting arrested, strikes, blocks, parries, punches, jabs, and beginner, intermediate and advanced workout routines, real-life first-strike fighting scenarios and much more!

By reading this book and by practicing, you will learn the hard-hitting skills necessary to execute a punishing first strike and ultimately prevail in a fight. And that's what it is all about: winning in as little time as possible.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940149406333
Publisher: Contemporary Fighting Arts, LLC
Publication date: 05/02/2014
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 202
File size: 15 MB
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About the Author

With over 30 years of experience, Sammy Franco is one of the most recognized authorities on both reality based self-defense instruction and martial arts training. Highly regarded as a leading innovator in self defense, Sammy Franco was one of the premier pioneers in the field of hand to hand combat. His innovative ideas have made a significant contribution to changing the thinking of many in the field about how people can best defend themselves against vicious and formidable street criminals.

Sammy Franco is the founder and creator of Contemporary Fighting Arts (CFA). Contemporary Fighting Arts is a sophisticated and practical system of self-defense, designed specifically to provide efficient and effective methods to avoid, defuse, confront, and neutralize both armed and unarmed attackers.

Sammy Franco has frequently been featured in the Washington Post and the Washington Times newspapers and appeared on radio and television programs, including the CBS television news magazine 48 HOURS (TV series) with Dan Rather as well as the Montel Williams Show. Mr. Franco is also frequently featured on Washington DC's top news stations including: News Channel 8, NBC 4 News, Channel 9 News, and Fox 5 Morning News.

Mr. Franco has also published 13 books on subjects relating to the martial arts and reality based self defense training. He has also authored numerous self defense articles for Black Belt magazine, Inside Karate, Inside Kung-Fu and several other national magazine publications. In addition, Mr. Franco has written and produced over 60 instructional self defense dvds.

Sammy Franco's experience and credibility in the field of reality based self defense is impressive. One of his many accomplishments in the field includes the fact that he has earned the ranking of a Law Enforcement Master Instructor, and has designed, implemented, and taught officer survival training to the United States Border Patrol (USBP). Mr. Franco has instructed members of the US Secret Service, Military Special Forces, Washington DC Police Department, Montgomery County, Maryland Deputy Sheriffs, and the US Library of Congress Police.
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