You're staring 'down the barrel of a gun and you're unarmed, your life is on the line and you have but a split second to wrest control and keep it-because there won't be a second chance! Combato expert Bradley J. Steiner shows you how to save your own life and possibly the lives of others when, unarmed, you face a lethal weapon. Whether your occupation requires these skills or you simply want to protect yourself under the worst possible circumstances, here is an invaluable guide to both the psychological and physical skills you need. Detailed descriptions and photos profile the various assailants and weapons you could confront and graphically demonstrate the instant, ruthless action that will disarm your attacker and put him out of commission-completely. If your're threatened by a handgun, knife, bludgeon, shoulder weapons, or any number of informal street weapons, here is your key to survival-don't find yourself unprepared.

Contents

1 Disarming and hand-to-hand combat in police training
2 The law-enforcement officer and disarming training
3 Mental conditioning, ch'an and applied psychology
4 Disarming techniques in the combato system
5 The bladed-weapon attack
6 Disarming the knife-wielding attacker
7 The bludgeon attack
8 Disarming the bludgeon attacker
9 The handgun attack
10 Disarming the handgun attacker
11 The shoulder-weapon attack
12 Disarming the shoulder-weapon attacker
13 Basic principles and additional applications
14 Guidelines for instructors