Books & Video Reviews Archive

Scientific Self-Defence

Ted Truscott — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:41:13 -0500

Defendu, written by Fairbairn for the police forces of the Far East, was the base for this revision expanded for civilians.

But I must take exception to this: much of the content is useful only to police who must restrain and arrest a person. Seldom will ordinary folks have to do this although the knowledge in this book would come in very handy if we did.

Douglas Fairbanks, actor and sportsman, wrote in the preface, 1931:

“After a long experience of methods of attack and defence, I am convinced that no methods that I have seen put into book form meet the requirements of the average man and present-day conditions.”

Total Awareness

Ted Truscott — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:51:22 -0500

For those who have not yet used a link to go to his site, Darren is an LEO with extensive combat training and teaching. He is also an extraordinary researcher, unwilling to accept statistics on their face value or “new” research without deeper personal investigation.

Total Awareness: A Woman’s Safety Book is almost a one stop shopping center for the topic of personal home and street safety.

Real Crimes, Real Criminals

Ted Truscott — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:20:19 -0400

Peyton writes about Real Crimes, Real Criminals:

RMCAT classes are reality based and to accomplish that we have interviewed convicts, killers and criminal assailants of most every kind. This video is a collection of some of those very interviews. In talking to violent, convicted felons we learn how they select their victims and very importantly why they will pass on a given individual as a potential victim if they spot certain behaviors in them.