Looking Forward to Being Attacked

By Jim Bullard

Book Overview

Looking Forward to Being Attacked This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871315009
• ISBN13: 9780871315007
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: M Evans & Co
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Funny but fierce

The humorous presentation is terrific at diverting the anxiety of people who might be afraid to read about self-defense situations, while the content is very clear and accessible. I've shared it with my wife and her sisters, and they all laughed while learning something practical.

Clever and fun

I purchased this because I saw a review. It's full of great information presented in a lighthearted way, but it's for a very serious purpose. Women who are serious about learning to protect themselves will appreciate the techniques.

All Women Should Read This Book

This book is written for women and should be read by even men to have the proper attitude and a plan in place in the event of being physically attacked, threatened or simply harassed. It's not a complete self-defense book, as it's not intended to be, however it is an easy, humorous and quick read with a lot of great advice. The author, Jim Bullard shows how easy it is to push off an attacker by different methods related to how the attacker grabs the individual. Pictures are included as examples (I love the clothing styles from the 70s!). Bullard also makes the point that we have turned our cities and streets over to criminals out of fear by a lack of wiliness to do anything about it while we hide in our homes. Even though this was written 30 years ago, it still holds true for today. I am surprised that this book is out-of-print as well as that it has not been updated? You'll also probably want to try out the self-defense techniques on a willing friend, but just be sure to go easy and have a padded floor!

An excellent self-defense manual for women.

This excellent manual has some of the most practical and effective self-defense techniques for women. It was written by a police officer who used to be on the Memphis Police Dept. He used this manual, as well as his video, with the same title as a supplement to his live presentation titled, "Changing Attitudes in Changing Times." There are eleven chapters in this text. There are clear and large size pictures on most of the techniques, which helps in attempting to follow each move. Chapter one explains how you must change your attitude to be effective in self-defense. Chapter two explains the weak points theory in defending yourself. Chapter three deals with methods to unbalance your attacker. Chapter four covers striking vulnerable areas and chapter five shows how pressure points can help in defending yourself from an assailant. The remaining chapters cover such issues as dealing with obscene phone calls, burglars, peeping toms, exhibitionists and other related problems. In conclusion, this is an excellent manual for women desiring to learn basic self-defense when used in conjuction with actual hands-on instruction from an expert. Rating: 4 stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Persuader Defense Systems, PR-24 Baton Advanced Technques, The Monadnock Defensive Tactics System, The use of the Monadnock Straight Baton)