Lieutenant Colonel Al Ridenhour
is “a veteran of the Persian Gulf War and Operation Iraqi Freedom.” He is a co-author of Attack
Proof: The Ultimate Guide to Personal Protection.
According to the book description of
Attack Proof: The Ultimate Guide to Personal Protection, “Real self-defense is not a movie,
game, or sport. While martial arts may teach disciplined thoughts and movements, most come up short when it comes to self-defense
and survival in brutal, real-world attacks. Patterned, choreographed techniques are often useless amid the chaos and random
dynamics that characterize life-and-death fights.
Attack Proof presents a proven personal
protection system for anticipating and fending off even the most brutal assaults. It’s based on the insights, real-world
experiences, and forensic research of a New York cop who is a teacher of hand-to-hand combat instructors in the military and
police forces and who survived over 100 violent armed and unarmed encounters. Attack Proof trains you to become a martial
"realist" by abandoning all forms and techniques in favor of principles that teach "guided chaos". Attack
Proof is the next best thing to having your own personal bodyguard.”
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One reader of Attack Proof:
The Ultimate Guide to Personal Protection said, “I've been training and teaching Shotokan Karate for
nearly 25 years and over the years I've accumulated a sizable collection of books based on various martial disciplines.
Many of them talk about "real fighting", but most of them are pretty much the same, emphasizing flashy "cool
looking" moves over common sense techniques and skill development. So at first glance at the book's title I was skeptical.
However, after reading Attack Proof: The Ultimate Guide to Personal Protection, I enthusiastically recommend it! While I have
a lot of classical training under my belt I also know that the streets of Brooklyn are anything but "classical."
The book Attack Proof offers both the martial artist and lay person a bare-bones methodology to real self-defense and street
survival skills. The author's base their techniques on sound principles of fighting found in most martial arts systems,
and support them with examples of real world applications and experiences. I was so impressed with Attack Proof's practical
approach to not only fighting, but to street awareness as well, that I bought copies for my sons, both who are trained in
Shotokan and one who is a "Rookie" cop with the NYPD. Whether you're a seasoned martial artist, martial arts
instructor or just someone who wants to learn enough to protect yourself. You'll find that the techniques and principles
taught are understandable and easy to grasp, but most important of all, effective!”
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