Krav Maga Extreme Survival: Active Shooter * Carjacking * Home Invasion * Predator Profiling

by Gershon Ben Keren

Overview

The result of extensive research, including an analysis of over 140 active shooter/killer incidents, Krav Maga Extreme Survival provides an apolitical view of personal safety—concentrating on practical methods to survive violent situations.

In his third book, Gershon Ben Keren explains how Krav Maga techniques can be used to survive some of the most relevant, extreme situations including carjackings, home invasions and attempted mass killings. The book also details predator profiling methods to aid in the prediction, prevention and avoidance of violence.

Demonstrating effective solutions that have been tried and tested in both the real world and through reconstructions of real-life events, each section of Krav Maga Extreme Survival presents detailed instructions alongside a series of photographs that show how to defend yourself and others against:

• Attacks in workplaces, homes and public places
• Instances of domestic violence including violent and abusive relationships
• Assailants armed with knives, handguns, long barrel firearms, explosives, and improvised weapons
• Attacks in cars and other confined and restricted spaces
• Vehicular rammings
• Unarmed attackers
• One-on-one assaults and attacks targeting a group

Emphasizing a dynamic assessment of your environment, combined with a rapid response, Krav Maga Extreme Survival teaches practitioners to neutralize an assailant's advantage early, before the situation escalates.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780804850285
Publisher:	Tuttle Publishing
Publication date:	10/23/2018
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	667,670
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Gershon Ben Keren is a 5th Degree Black Belt and Head of System for Krav Maga Yashir. He has been training in Krav Maga since 1994, in both Israel and Europe. In his over 25 years of experience, he has trained with many different trainers and associations, including some of the Israeli Defense Forces' most elite Close Combat/Krav Maga instructors. In 2010, he was inducted into the Museum of Israeli Martial Arts by Dr. Dennis Hanover.

Having worked in the security sector, as an operative, trainer and consultant, his emphasis is on violence mitigation, prediction, and avoidance. His real world experience, coupled with his academic background (Master's Degree in Psychology and continued Post-Graduate study in Criminology and Criminal Psychology), informs the reality-based self-defense training that he provides to individuals, corporations, and agencies. He lives in Boston, where he runs his full-time school, and corporate services, as well as free women's self-defense/self-protection training, through Krav Maga Yashir Boston.

Table of Contents

Dedication 6

Introduction 7

Risk and Consequence 8

General Safety Precautions vs. Specific Safety Precautions 9

Part I Active Killers & Mass Killings

Active Killers with Knives 13

Dealing with Recoil 22

Second and Third Phase Attacks 26

Vehicular Rammings 37

Speed, Tunneling, and Potential Casualties 38

Active Shooters 39

Some Common Misconceptions Concerning Active Shooter Incidents 39

Long Barrel Weapons with Slings 40

Run, Hide, Fight-Three Options for Dealing with Active Shooters/Killers 46

Running/Disengaging 46

Secondary Exits and Cover and Concealment 50

Hiding, Barricading, and Lockdowns 52

The Failure of the Traditional School Lockdown 53

Engaging and Fighting the Shooter(s) 55

Convergence Tactics or "Swarming" 55

Creating Environments That Improve the Success Rate of Swarming and Tackling 59

Tactical Breathing and Negating Some of the Adverse Effects of Stress 66

Times When the Barrel of the Gun May Be Handled 67

Issues with Playing Dead 69

Exiting After an Active Shooter Incident 70

Active Killers and Explosive Devices 71

Hand Grenade Attacks 71

Disarming an Assailant Armed with a Hand Grenade 73

Blast Patterns 75

Workplace Violence and Active Shooters 77

The Lethal Employee 77

Disrespect 78

The Lethal Employee and the Need for Revenge 79

Profiling and Predicting the Lethal Employee 83

Lethal Employee interventions-For Supervisors & Management 91

Conclusion 95

Part II Carjacking & Other Vehicular Crimes

Parking Lots 97

Use of Keys and Other Improvised Weapons 101

Trunk Emergency Locks and Preparation and Planning 105

Blind Spots 106

OC/Pepper Spray 107

Road Rage Incidents 110

Sticks, Baseball Bats, and Pipes 111

Second, Third, and Fourth Phase Attacks 115

Weapons Training and Improvised Weapons 116

Pipes, Sticks, and Baseball Bats When on the Ground 118

Hard and Soft Breakfalls 121

Hard Rear Breakfall 121

Soft Rear Breakfall 123

Real-World Ground Fighting/Survival 125

Training in Confined Spaces-Defending Yourself in a Vehicle 127

Attacks from the Back/Rear Seats 133

Getting into Cars with Strangers 138

Taxis and Ridesharing Services 140

External Dangers When Driving 144

Side of the Road Carjackings 147

Targeting of Vehicles and Individuals 150

Driving/Travelling In Foreign Countries-Kidnapping and Hostage Taking 150

Conclusion 157

Part III Home Invasions

Home Invasions vs. Burglaries 159

Methods of Entry-Forcing a Door 160

Roundhouse kicks 166

Dealing with pushes when prepared 168

Being pushed in Through your Door as you Enter 172

Continuous Striking and Striking Rhythms 176

Overlapping Rhythm 177

Combining Upper and Lower Body Strikes with an Overlapping Rhythm 178

Breaking the Rhythm (Being Unpredictable when striking) 180

Break-Ins 182

Home Invasions and Mistaken Identities 183

Home Invasion-When Your Assailant is Already in the House 187

Abusive Relationships 187

The cycle of Abuse 189

Covering Versus Blocking 190

Recognizing Abuse 192

Controlling Your Assailant While Striking 193

Who Abuses and Why 195

Identifying Potentially Abusive Partners 199

Dealing with Kicks When on the Ground 202

The Difficulties of leaving Abusive Relationships and Repeat Victimization 205

Home Invasion-Stalkers and Stalking 206

Dealing with Stalkers 209

Restraining Orders 216

Defending Third Parties 217

Conclusion 222

Acknowledgments 224

Editorial Reviews

"Should you judge a book by its cover? In the case of Krav Maga Extreme Survival, by Gershon Ben Keren, absolutely…The book has plenty of clear colour photos to take you through what to do…For a book about such bad events, which could easily have been gloomy, instead I found Ben Keren's ending, like the whole book, empowering and uplifting." —Professional Security Magazine

"Written by Gershon Ben Keren, who's practiced Krav Maga for 25 years, this text covers—as the cover says—active-shooter scenarios, carjackings, home invasions, predator profiling and other aspects of self-defense. It's 223 pages long and includes numerous full-color, step-by-step photos." —Black Belt Magazine

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