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Mjollnir Member Joined Feb 2008 Posts 1249 EE 100% (34) VA, USA	Posted: 7/17/2018 1:44:18 PM EDT Looking for self defense book recommendations for the basics. Had a few when I was young and would love to get a few for my sons. Actually had one on Ninjitsu that was actually pretty interesting. More like the Boy Scouts handbook of basic history and training . Was really good but no idea who wrote it. TIA.

StraightMiataMan Member Joined Dec 2015 Posts 764 EE 100% (51) TX, USA	Posted: 7/17/2018 2:38:10 PM EDT [#1] The Gift of Fear, because avoiding a situation is always preferential to fighting your way out of one that could have been avoided.
	"Some mistakes, you can only make once." - Aaron Cowan, Sage Dynamics I don't even own a Miata anymore. I just can't change my username. "All that's needed for joy are small exchanges of happiness, after all." - Katawa Shoujo

Bonzo Joined Nov 2012 Posts 415 EE 100% (239) OH, USA	Posted: 7/17/2018 3:11:53 PM EDT [#2] Anything from Rory Miller will be an awesome resource for armed/unarmed citizens.

easttxshooter Transporter Chief Joined Jan 2010 Posts 5087 EE 100% (41) TX, USA	Posted: 1/7/2019 10:56:32 PM EDT [#3] Quote History Originally Posted By StraightMiataMan: The Gift of Fear, because avoiding a situation is always preferential to fighting your way out of one that could have been avoided. View Quote +1 for The Gift of Fear. Great read.
	"Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances." - Thomas Jefferson

Kinzei Member Joined Nov 2017 Posts 714 EE 0% (0) TX, USA	Posted: 1/7/2019 11:24:01 PM EDT [#4] Left of Bang is an excellent book as welll.
	Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing. Robert E. Howard

Pcmangler Pinworms Joined Oct 2018 Posts 403 EE 0% (0) USA	Posted: 1/7/2019 11:26:43 PM EDT [#5] Quote History Originally Posted By Kinzei: Left of Bang is an excellent book as welll. View Quote Just picked this up from Goodwill. Lest than a buck, looks to never have been read.
	The world ends when you’re dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man… and give some back.” – Al Swearengen

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