The Pavement Arena

This illustrated manual takes the martial artist step by step through everything necessary to convert their skills for use in the street . The Pavement Arena is Geoff Thompson talking reality training at his absolute best. Not just about the physical changes needed to make dojo techniques stand up to a real affray but also the mind-set and emotional control (and how to develop it) needed to enter the most unforgiving arena, The Pavement Arena. Geoff Thompson worked as a night club bouncer for nine years and is a qualified instructor in Karate, Gung-fu, Ju-Jitsu, weapons, self-protection, Thai boxing, western boxing and freestyle Olympic Wrestling. He is the author of many books on related subjects, and has appeared internationally on T.V. and radio as a self protection expert. Subjects covered include the adaptation of · Stance · Kicks · Punches · Blocks · Kata · Set sparring · Free sparring · Competition fighting and the development of · Fear control · Action triggers · Psyche-outs · The Fence