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you admit to getting your ass kicked with a hairbrush? Animal
would, because as a seasoned veteran of streetfighting, he
knows it can happen. Learn to pick up damn near anything and
use it to survive.
5 out of 5 - May 19, 2000
This was the first of Marc "Animal"
MacYoung's books I read and still one of my favorites. Improvised
Weaponry is a terribly under-studied field. This isn't ancient
Japan or the old West, we can't walk around with a katana
or Colt six shooter on our hips. Many people just cannot carry
weapons on a routine biases (Weapons are forbidden on the
Navy ship I work and live on for instance) so the art of improvising
weapons quickly in a crisis is an extremely handy skill. On
another note this book introduced me to the wonderful and
always practical writings of ex-street fighter Marc "Animal"
MacYoung. Although not a how-to book so much as a book on
comman sense and stradegy. Animal's books are easy to read,
incrediably funny, touching in parts, and though provoking.
Personnaly I think this comes from the very human nature of
the author. Like it our not (And Animal if your reading this
I hope you take this the right way) Animal is not unique.
He's good yes, but there's a guy just like him in half the
bars between New York and LA. Animal is not some martial arts
guru who has spend every waking nano-second of his life perfecting
his art. He fights to live he dosen't live to fight.
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