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This book explodes the myths about what does and what does not work in martial arts on today's dangerous streets. Geoff educates a reader in all aspects of 'pressure testing' the martial arts, ensuring that technique and character fit when it really matters. Price: £9.99
Ground Fighting is one of the most underestimated and yet devastatingly ferocious of all the Martial Arts. 95% of all street fights that are not finished within the first 3 seconds end up on the floor. Are you prepared? This series of books prepares you with the very best of Wrestling, Ju-jitsu, Judo etc. covering ground control, bars, locks, chokes, strangles, cranks, butts, bites, tearing, gouges etc., reintroducing the many illegal and banned techniques from a century ago.
The most devastating finish of all is the choke/strangle. This book demonstrates choke/strangle KO's from multiple positions: underneath, on top, from the knees, the mount etc. demonstrating graphically how to send even the biggest opponent to sleep under 3 seconds. Price: £9.99
Most fighters' worst nightmare is being pinned on their back. This book deals with defences and attacks from that position and shows that it can often be a very favourable position when you have the knowledge. Deals with escaping or finishing with strikes, chokes, broken strangles, leg strangles, bars, butts, bites, gouges etc. Price: £9.99
Take-downs, pins, chokes, bars, atemi and defences from the kneeling position, under his all-fours, over his all-fours or kneeling at the opponent's side or him kneeling at your side. Price: £9.99
Ground Fighting is one of the most underestimated and yet devastatingly ferocious of all the Martial Arts. 95% of all street fights that are not finished within the first 3 seconds end up on the floor. Are you prepared? This series of books prepares you with the very best of Wrestling, Ju-jitsu, Judo etc. covering ground control, bars, locks, chokes, strangles, cranks, butts, bites, tearing, gouges etc., reintroducing the many illegal and banned techniques from the beginning of the century.
Pins are the bedrock of any ground fighting system. Once you have mastered these everything else will follow. How to gain control and completely dominate even the biggest opponent from every and any angle - on the ground - using base techniques - and finish from the same position using pummelling atemi (striking) techniques. Price: £9.99
Grappling (wrestling) is probably the oldest genre of combat known to man. Throughout the world, wrestling and grappling have been a part of every culture, probably due to the fact that pulling, holding, lifting and carrying are far more natural to us as living and working human beings than punching or striking.
Geoff Thompson's extensively illustrated manual takes you step by step through all the moves and techniques needed to become competent in the grappling arts. These techniques can be used to complement other forms of martial arts, or used alone in close range self defence. Price: £9.99
Final book in the REAL series, this volume includes devastating head, knee and elbow techniques from every range. '...it will show you how to train head, knees and elbows to their best effect, and you're getting the advice from one of the world's foremost combat authors and practitioners.' from the Foreword by Dave Turton, 6th Dan. Price: £9.99
The realities of kicking in the street scenario are unveiled once and for all in this concise, professional and down-to-earth book. Geoff Thompson's extensively illustrated manual takes you step by step through all the moves and techniques needed to become competent in the kicking arts. These techniques can be used to complement other forms of martial arts, or used alone in close range self defence. Price: £9.99
The best way to win a fight is to prevent it. Geoff Thompson draws upon his wide experience of martial arts techniques to show that this success is possible. This book teaches you how to trigger the 'flight instinct' in a potential assailant (so that they run away) and beat them without becoming physical. Price: £9.99
How to escape from every ground hold and turn a bad fight into a victory. Escapes from head locks, mounts, side and upper 4 1/4 chokes etc. Knowledge of The Escapes allows you to be calm on the ground and turn disadvantage to advantage. Price: £9.99
Ground fighting is taking the martial arts world by storm... but how do you get to the ground safely and end in a prone position? What are the dangers of throwing and taking an opponent over? Geoff teaches you how to control vertical grappling and destroy an assailant with a demolishing throw, including the original 'blow before throw' techniques banned from sport grappling a hundred years ago. Geoff is qualified in all the different forms of grappling and teaches with a realistic bent. A must for any one who wants to survive a close range encounter in a REAL situation.
Geoff Thompson draws upon many years of dealing with raw street violence to produce a series of books that treat martial arts with an edge of reality, making them far more reliable as methods of self defence. In this fully illustrated Throws and Take-Downs manual, he covers multiple throwing techniques from Freestyle Wrestling. Price: £9.99
Geoff Thompson draws upon many years of dealing with raw street violence to produce a series of books that treat martial arts with an edge of reality, making them far more reliable as methods of self defence. In this fully illustrated Throws and Take-Downs manual, he covers multiple throwing techniques from Greco-Roman Wrestling. Price: £9.99
Geoff Thompson draws upon many years of dealing with raw street violence to produce a series of books that treat martial arts with an edge of reality, making them far more reliable as methods of self defence. In this fully illustrated Throws and Take-Downs manual, he covers multiple throwing techniques from Sombo Russian Wrestling. Price: £9.99
The majority of attacks/fights last less than 3 seconds and are preceded by aggressive or disarming dialogue. This book trains you to read the body language and the attack ritual of bad intention and 'stop' your attacker in the blink of an eye by using a physical and/or psychological 'fence' and cripple shooting attack. The book also covers 'ambush attacks' and 'match fighting' and how to distinguish between and train realistically for all three. Price: £9.99
Develop an awesome fighting body with Geoff Thompson's Weight Training for the Martial Artist. Geoff worked as a night club bouncer for nine years and is a qualified instructor in Karate, Gung-fu, Ju-Jitsu, weapons, self-protection, Thai boxing, western boxing and freestyle Olympic Wrestling. He is the author of many books on related subjects, and has appeared internationally on T.V. and radio as a self protection expert.
This illustrated book shows the routines that helped Geoff Thompson become one of the world's leading martial artists by developing 'STOPPING' power in his punching, kicking and grappling.
Whatever your art: punching, kicking, throwing, grappling etc., there is a routine in this book for you and your art that will give you the muscular armour to place you a cut above the rest.
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