Paladin Press - American Combat Judo

American Combat Judo

186 Photographs, Illustrating Jiu-JItsu, Police tactics, French Foot Fighting, and Wrestling

by B J Cosneck

SKU ACJ

oftcover
978-1-58160-528-0
124 pages, 5.5" x 8.5"
photos

DESCRIPTION

Following his collaboration with Jack Dempsey on the WWII standard, How to Fight Tough, this 1959 solo effort by B J Cosneck, American Combat Judo, is a lengthier training session in vicious close-in fighting skills. In it, Cosneck combines elements of jiu-jitsu, boxing, wrestling, savate and plain old dirty fighting into an easy-to-learn set of practical unarmed combat techniques designed to incapacitate any attacker as quickly and painfully as possible. No collection of hand-to-hand combat books is truly complete without this exclusive reprint edition of American Combat Judo from Paladin Press.

AUTHOR BIO

A champion intercollegiate wrestler and chief hand-to-hand fighting instructor for the U.S. Coast Guard, B.J.Cosneck is perhaps best known as the man who teamed up with boxing great Jack Dempsey to write How to Fight Tough for rookie Coast Guardsmen during the war.

CHAPTER LIST

BOOK CHAPTER LIST 
1) Disabling Blows 
- Hack and Jab 
- Chart of Disabling Blows 
2) Holds and Locks 
- Rear Arm Strangle 
- Grab Belt or Crotch 
- Wrist Hold Variations 
- Grab from Behind – Arms Free 
- Grab from Behind – Arms Locked 
- Arm Drag From Behind 
3) Breaks and Releases 
- Break from Front Body Scissors 
- Break from Rear Body Scissors 
- Break from Full Nelson 
- Break from Hammer Lock 
- Break from Front Finger Strangle 
- Break from Grab Belt and Elbow 
- Break from Rear Strangle 
- Break from Arm Strangle 
- Break from Hand Clasp 
- Break from Front Bear Hug 
4) Throws and Tips 
- Shoulder Twist into Strangle 
- Hip Throw 
- Shoulder Throw 
- Tip Over 
- Counter for Chest Push 
- Pile Driver 
- Ankle or Cuff Jerk 
- Lapel Throw 
- Trip from Rear 
- Trip from Behind 
5) Police Tactics 
- Fighting Two Men at Once 
- Rope Strangle 
- Hammer Lock Come – Along 
- Removing an Unwilling Person from a Chair 
- Disarming an Assailant Who Has a Pistol Pointed at Your Back 
- Disarming an Assailant Who is Facing You with a Pistol 
- Disarming Opponent of Club 
- Crossed Arm Come – Along 
- Resuscitation 
- Taking an Unwilling Prisoner 
- How to Search a Prisoner 
- Blocking Hip or Shoulder Throw 
- Disarming Opponent of a Knife 
- Blocking Kick to Testicles 
- Arm Hack Come – Along 
- Arm Twist 
- Wrist Lock Come – Along 
- Attack from the Ground 
6) Situations 
- Being Attacked from the Rear 
- Being Strangled with Hands 
- Being Strangled with Forearm 
- Being Grasped by the Wrists 
- Being Attacked While Lying Face Down 
- Being Rushed Head – On 
- Fighting Face to Face 
- Making an Attack from the Rear

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Paladin Press - Charles Nelson's School of Self-Defense

Charles Nelson's School of Self-Defense

The Red and Gray Manuals

by Charles Nelson, with a foreword by Carl Cestari

SKU RGMAN

Softcover
978-1-58160-595-2
102 pages, 5.5" x 8.5"
photos

DESCRIPTION

When he left the military after World War II, Charles Nelson realized that there was a realistic need for average citizens to be able to defend themselves against violent assault, so he opened his School of Self-Defense in New York City. During its five decades of operation, Nelson's school taught hundreds of men, women and even children.

To reach more people than could personally attend the school, Nelson published two manuals on self-defense, commonly referred to as The Little Red Manual and The Little Gray Manual, both long out of print. Through these two booklets Charlie influenced generations of law enforcement officers, military personnel, martial artists and celebrities. Now for the first time, the two manuals have been combined to offer a comprehensive picture of the Nelson system of self-defense. Along with the faithful reproductions of the red and gray manuals, Charles Nelson's School of Self-Defense offers an illuminating look at Charlie Nelson by former pupil and World War II combatives expert Carl Cestari as well as a collection of photos from the life of one of the pioneers of civilian self-defense.

AUTHOR BIO

Charles Nelson joined the Marine Corps in 1934 and learned hand-to-hand combat, bayonet fighting and jiu-jitsu from, among others, Colonel Anthony J. Drexel Biddle. From Sergeant Kelly, who had been attached to the International Police in Shanghai, China, in the 1930s, he learned a unique fighting method based on Mongolian wrestling techniques intended to maim or cripple, which no one else in the United States was teaching at the time.

CHAPTER LIST

BOOK CHAPTER LIST 
1) Photographs 
2) The Red Manual 
3) The Gray Manual

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Paladin Press - Arwrology

Arwrology

All-Out Hand-to-Hand Fighting for Commandos, Military, and Civilians

by Gordon E Perrigard, M.D.

SKU AR

Softcover
978-1-58160-507-5
294 pages, 5.5" x 8.5"
photos, illust.

DESCRIPTION

Arwrology is derived from the old Welsh word arwr, meaning an all-out hand-to-hand fighter. It was developed by Gordon E. Perrigard, a Canadian medical doctor who combined his knowledge of advanced ju-jitsu with his knowledge of human anatomy to come up with this devastatingly effective close-in combat system. Arwrology was originally released in 1943 in Canada for use in training combatants for World War II. Martialists from all over the world quickly hailed its superior fighting methods, and today it remains one of the most highly sought after – and most valuable – fighting manuals in the world. Don't miss your chance to add this authentic reproduction of an extremely rare combat classic to your library at a price you can afford.


CHAPTER LIST

BOOK CHAPTER LIST 
1) How to Crawl 
2) How to Fall and Rise 
3) Knee-Blow Psycho-Physical Calisthenics 
4) Unarmed "Blow Power" 
5) The D-U-R-A Hold 
6) Assault Trip Throw 
7) Step Back Trip Throw 
8) Neck Rope Throw 
9) Posterior ARWR Lock 
10) Carotid Artery ARWR Lock 
11) Defense Against Gun in Front of You 
- When Arms Up 
- When Arms Down 
12) Defense-Offense Movement Against a Gun 
- Against Back of Your Neck 
- Pointed at Your Back 
13) How to Attack with a Commando Dagger 
14) How to Use a Dagger 
15) How to Avoid Dagger of Enemy 
16) Bayonet Thrust Defense-Offense Movement 
17) Strangle Hold Defense 
18) Ankle Clamp Throws 
19) Defense-Offense Movements Against a Grip on Your Wrist 
20) Simple Tricks

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