How to Win a Street Fight: Unarmed Self Defense and Street Fighting Tactics (Self-Defense)

If you only want an overview, this should be sufficient. It is a very short introduction to several other books by the same author. This book is setup in a way that would be helpful to a beginner, but most of the descriptions leave out some of the detailed info you would want to receive from an instructor (hard on soft offense, soft on hard defense, etc.). It also appears to be written to give away... so if you want the full, exhaustive technique and a better illustration, then you will buy his other books or (best alternative) join a self defense school that teaches multiple styles of martial arts (i.e. aikido, karate, judo, Kung Fu, Silat, jiu jitsu, kickboxing, etc.)I teach all of these techniques (and others) to my students. I would highly recommend you not join a "sport" martial art if you want to learn self defense. (Criminals do not care about your point system.) Every good martial arts school I've seen will let you observe before joining. Listen to the instructor(s). If they only teach points and they harp on the "style" or the "look" of the moves, then it is not a self defense school.If you are in a sports-based martial art, then his book will help you see how to apply what you have learned.

I am a writer, so my interest in this book was not for my actual use but for research. I learned quite a few useful bits, too. I was a little saddened to find that all of the sketched "attackers" appeared to be dark men and the "defenders" all seemed to be light.I do not know how well these techniques would hold up in a real situation, but they make good research material for me.

I must admit that this issue is so far away from me and I like to think, that this guide is intended for self-defense, or street fighting competitive. As such, this guide is very detailed and gives a lot of self-study materials. You really can learn alone, step by step, how to overcome those who attack you. You can practice by yourself again and again, the techniques are explained. I find, this guide can be useful to many people.

Nice book with a lot of techniques. Description is clear with pictures. Helpful ! I suggest it warmly.

Have not had to use any of the ideas but it seems to be good reading.

I got this book just to have a view on how street fight about. But out of my surprised, I got to learn more from it. This book has great self defence tactics and many illustrated parts for us to follow. Thanks for the book!

I liked this book because it is well explained and easy to remember. The techniques are simple and most anyone can use them.

It only cost a little less than $7, otherwise I would have given it zero stars. 53 half filled pages of large font discussion with very poor illustrations. $2 would be the max anyone should pay for such minimal information. Not worth your time getting this.

This small book arrived quickly through the post, I found it to be a well written to the point book about self defence.The only down point about this book is I thought it would be a bigger book, for the price I paid for it at the time.Cheers.

Yet another well researched and up to date book by Sam Fury. Simple. Practical. Serious. Fillow the strategies prescribed and you will increase your chances of survival.

A good read but like any book of this type you need consistent and persistent practice so the techniques become second nature

Good

May save you from harm on a darkened night.