Logic Of Steel By Lafond J. (Book)
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The sole purpose of this book is to capture the cold, hard, logical nature of edged-weapon encounters as experienced by the author and more than 90 other people. This analysis of more than 250 knife fights is told from the perspective of the attackers, eyewitnesses and victims and is broken down by weapon type and use patterns.
The circumstances, motivations and mechanics of real-world blade and shank encounters are illuminated through the use of gripping (and sometimes comical) first-person accounts, photographs and hard stats. LaFond also examines the psychology, injury patterns and legal ramifications of knife fighting, as well as providing invaluable tips on preventing clinches and ground fighting from escalating into a knife fight, surviving unarmed against a blade-armed assailant, spotting a knifer and predicting his behavior, and assessing when it's in your best interest to just run for your life.
James LaFond works as a night laborer in Baltimore, where he has been documenting the violent underside of the human population and the relationship of ordinary aggression to contemporary martial arts studies since 1966.
1. The Real Raw Deal
2. The Ignorant, the Arrogant, and the Unkind
3. The Doer, the Done, and the Dumbfounded
4. Twerps, Goons, and Bloodthirsty Babes
5. Shaving Sideways
6. Getting Boned
7. Bloody Junk
8. Awesome but Obsolete
9. Dressed to Kill
10. Getting Stuck in the Grapple
11. When You're Food
12. Taking Them with You
13. Flesh against Steel
14. Living to Fight Another Day
Conclusion
Apologies
Glossary of Slang Terms
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9781581601305 |
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140 x 215, 248 pp., 45 photos |
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