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1 comments about Defend yourself! Ketsugo: Complete self-defense: containing the combined unbeatable fighting arts of aikido, yawara, ate-waza, karate, judo, savate and jiu jitsu.

1. Has nice clean line drawings. Has a decent amount of basic stand up jujitsu locks and throws.You will not find any ground work or defense however. Explains the various striking hand formations and ways to condition them. A quick and easy book to read and learn from.

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2 comments about Bruce Tegner Method of Self-Defense: The Best of Judo, Jiu jitsu, Karate, Savate, Yawara, Aikido, and Ate-Waza.

1. Very easy to use techniques for self defense. Bruce Tegner combines best of all self defense styles and demos them for the average person.



2. This guy is a seminal martial arts teacher. And an early exponent of mixed martial arts!
   
   I have purist martial arts expert buddies who sneer at him because his technique isn't the same as the technique taught in their styles. Or because he doesn't teach obviously vicious and death-dealing techniques.
   
   Well, too bad!
   
   What they don't understand is that Tegner was writing to a civilian population in a relatively safe, law abiding world, where most guys were going to deal, at worst, with some bullying and a challenge to "take it outside". He was not, in this book, preparing guys to be commandos or inner-city cops.
   
   Tegner knew that most of the people who read his books were not going to spend ten or twenty years in a dojo learning techniques that had only some application to the real world.
   
   Tegner was a serious judo guy. He'd studied all his life. And judo guys aren't sissies; they call it the gentle way, but when a judo guy hits you with the biggest weapon around (the planet Earth) it doesn't feel very gentle. And you can get seriously hurt in judo if you aren't lucky.
   
   He'd also studied broadly, and had a good knowledge of what techniques were available for hand to hand combat of all sorts, including military hand to hand.
   
   He made intelligent choices of techniques that laymen without a lot of time to spend on training could practice to improve their chances of surviving a fight.
   
   If you are a beginner to martial arts and want to read an author who has balanced ease of use, length of practice to proficiency, and likelihood that the techniques will send you to Sing Sing after the fistfight, this is a perfectly good place to start.
   
   Bear in mind that no book can teach you to fight, and that you'll need to practice with a partner (very carefully and under competent supervision) and on a bag. Also bear in mind that the laws of self defense differs between jurisdictions.
   
   In any case, buying all the Tegner books there are and reviewing the sorts of tricks he teaches is a perfectly good way to begin a study of self defense.
   
   And I give this guy five stars partly because of the cost to technique ratio!

4 comments about Boxe Francaise Savate: Martial Art of France.

1. This is one of the few modern Savate books in English. It is well written and easy to read, containing details on techniques, training methods and background information. The two authors are still practising Savate to this day, and between them have many years experience thus allowing them to have a unique insight into this growing Sport.

   Well worth a read, a good reference tool for anyone interested in this French kickboxing art.




2. This is a well written book. It shows that hands blows in Savate are just as powerful as the kicks. Bruce Lee stole most of his art from Savate and Boxing. If one looks at Wing Chun you can see that the Chinese admired Savate and stole it for them selves, good idea. Savate offers the most useful form of self defence for the streets. This book is a must for serious people. Boxing fist blows and kicks are a rough system to beat!



3. There is probably no better book around on the basics of Savate than this.Breaks down techniques very well.Often a book is illustrated very well but the text describing the techniques is poor;not the case here.Also,the connection between Savate and the kickboxing arts of the former French colonies in Indochina are quite evident.I highly recommend it.



4. However please do not be fooled. Someone posted in here that Bruce "Stole" his art from Savate. This simply is not true. Nor is it true that Savate makes up any part of Shaolin Arts. Bruce liked what he saw in Savate and incorporated this in Jeet Kune Do, but by no means is Savate synonomous with Jeet Kune Do, but rather just one piece of the many pieces that Bruce used in his own personal expression of the Martial Arts.

   I have been trying to retrace the footsteps of Bruce Lee from a very young age, and Savate is definitely one of the mechanisms for that. Bruce was well grounded in Wing Chun, but added the kicks from Savate. If you are looking for an excellent way to add to your existing knowledge of the Martial Arts then this book is definitely for you.

5 comments about Savate.

1. Perhaps for the 1960'S this might be considered good; however I think the technique leaves much to be desired. Many of the low kicks are terrible (incorrect distance,lean and/or bending of support leg). The boxing is sloppy in terms of guard and stance (looks like modified karate).
   Even Tegners earlier Savate book has similar problems (especially concerning distance control and extension in kicking).
   Savate is a very efficient art - assuming its performed corectly.
   However a good book for the price. You can even learn from a bad book.



2. This book seems to be more than just an update of the first edition of "Savate" by Tegner. The spectrum from the first 1960 edition, thru following editions, to this later edition seems to show Savate from earlier bare-knuckled kickboxing self-defense to later full-contact kickboxing sparring.
   
   Like most Western Arts, Savate, by whatever name, has evolved thru phases from its roots. There seems to be three over-all phases -- [1] pre-boxing open-handed kicking-based self-defense -- [2] fencing, kicking and boxing-based self-defense [as in early editions of "Savate" by Tegner] -- [3] full-contact kickboxing sparring [as in later editions of Tegner "Savate", such as the one under review, as well as formal sports federation Savate Boxing].
   
   One Savate mentor stated to me that a wise Savate student can learn from all phases of Savate [and Boxing]. From self-defense combat to full-contact sparring, there is a continuing reality of streamlined rational techniques. So, as is typical of many Western Arts, one can be inspired by various versions, while developing personal style.
   
   So, this book can be a valuable resource for Savate -- especially when combined with other Savate resources.



3. I haven't trained Savate but always been curious about this version of martial art. As a student of karate and boxing I found that many of the techniques presented in Tegner's book is similar to what I learned doing the other styles. Without having more to go on than what I learnt from this book I found this discipline to be like an upgraded version of boxing. However, I remember seeing a French championship in Savate on TV a few years ago and when watching it Savate seemed much more related to Kickboxing than regular boxing. Guess it's difficult to give an all-inclusive description/introduction about a whole discipline in a book? I'm sure it's works better as a complement to existing students of Savate than to newbies.



4. I had the original Savate Book from Tegner. In that book he taught a very simple method of kicking along with general boxing. One of the ideas I got from this book was his T method. The back leg was a support leg only. The front leg did the kicking. Now most martial artists today would go HUH. But when I tried his method in my Wing Chun class it confused alot of the students. More advanced students I was doing very well against. The one weakness in Tegner's style is if your opponent attacks that back leg you might get in trouble. My Wing Chun Teacher figured it out. But if you are going to fight some thug who does not know what he is doing. The techniques in this book are very easy to learn and can be effective!



5. The first edition of this book covered the basic kicks and punches of Savate. The new revised edition provides a more detailed look at this French martial art. One of the things I have always liked about Bruce Tegner's approach to the martial arts is his explanation in a non-mystical way, the essence of a particular martial art system. This book covers the basic exercises, foot movements, stance, punches and kicks of Savate. Like any book involving physical skills, without combining the information with actual hands-on training with an instructor, it will not be easy to learn the intricate details of Savate. In conclusion, this is a book for anyone interested in the martial arts. Rating: 4 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Shotokan Karate for Self-Defense: Combat Karate for the street, Monadnock Defensive tactics System, Use of the Monadnock Straight baton, PR-24 Police Baton advanced Techniques, Martial Art Myths, Season of the Warrior, Never Trust a Politician).

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