Unarmed Combat: Hand-to-Hand Fighting Skills from the World's Most Elite Military Units

Martin J Dougherty

May 2012 · Amber Books Ltd

About this ebook

With the aid of superb line artworks, Unarmed Combat demonstrates to the reader how special forces soldiers are taught to excel in hand-to-hand fighting: how they maximise bodyweight, and the use of various strikes, throws, locks and constrictions to defeat opponents. It explains how different martial arts have been combined by military units to create hand-to-hand combat systems for defence against multiple assailants, for fighting on the ground, for dealing with edged and impact weapons, what works against attackers with firearms and – more importantly – what doesn’t. With tips and techniques from unarmed combat experts, the book is divided into two main sections. The first covers the mental preparation needed to be ready to defend yourself. The second covers the physical techniques needed to defend yourself, and if necessary, strike back to temporarily incapacitate your attacker and escape. With more than 300 easy-to-follow artworks and handy pull-out lists of key information, Unarmed Combat is the definitive guide for anyone wanting to be ready for anything - it could save your life.

Ratings and reviews

If you wanna be in competetive sport then yes learn those martial arts suggested. If this was really a military combat guide it would not suggest going to the ground you cant grapple an experience knife fighter or thug just like that you might be able to keep your distance using kicks and powerful strikes still what about the other 2 guys behind you with weapons. If you wanna learn combat learn Filipino Kali, Krav Maga, Combat Silat, CQC combatives. Know the difference between learning Martial arts,

I feel that this book has given me a better understanding of unarmed combat in a way that no one else could describe it to me with the details that the author provided, very well done piece.

That. Way are men & women should be traind. By are mliltaty. To day what it should be. In life

About the author

Martin J. Dougherty is a freelance writer specializing in military and defence topics. He is the author of Medieval Warrior, SAS and Elite Forces Guide Extreme Unarmed Combat, and SAS and Elite Forces Guide Sniper, Small Arms: From the Civil War to the Present Day, and books on personal self-defence. He lives in northern England.