A Concise Self Defence Book

PREFACE

I was interested in martial arts as a kid, probably because I was lanky and skinny, and I guess physically weaker than some of the bigger boys at school. Without going into too much of my early years, they certainly were not the best years of my life. Apart from considering myself physically weak, I never knew my dad, and then at 16 my mum died, and so I went to live with my older sister and her husband.

Anyway, over the years, I've had a bit of a journey through the world of martia...