'Brad (Steiner) is one of the few individuals in the United states that I have personally certified to teach the Applegate-Fairbairn System...'-Col. Rex Applegate, U.s. Army, retired

When Bradley Steiner self-published The tactical Skills of Hand-to-Hand Combat (Self-Defense) in the mid-1970s, it sold out two sizable printings within eight months. In it, steiner outlined the 12 tactical principles of self-defense from his American Combato system, which he had created in 1975 and which he still teaches today. A fusion of World War II close-quarter combat, traditional martial arts, and realistic slf-defense-incorporating lessons from Rex Applegate, W.E. Fairbairn, E.A. Sykes, and Charles Nelson, among others-Steiner's program also included modern weapons and the excellent (if unorthodix) 'dirty tricks' of alley, street, and prison fighting, with which he had become familiar through his training of and association with New York Police Department officers.

An entertaining and enlightening new introduction by the author provides a concise and illumnating history of the early days of self-defense training in the United States. Paladin Press is pleased to add this legendary self-defense manual to its Combat Classic collection.

'You are indeed a 'Professor' of combat arts! I quote you all the time.'-Grandmaster Jim Harrison, American pioneer of Asian fighting arts and the last person in the world that Bruce Lee said he would want to fight.

Contents

Introduction
Foreword
The first tactical principle is: Never fight anyone on an equal footing, according to pre-set 'rules' or according to set, acceptable or 'fair techniques. Be unfair, he ruthless, be deceptive. Get tough! Use a weapon if possible-even when the adversary is unarmed!
The second thru twelfth tactical principle is:......
Conclusion
Appendix