How to use this book
You will find several self-defence techniques described for the Walking Stick, Umbrella and Sjambok.
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Read the whole book through, and then decide which of the weapons described seem to appeal to you best.
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Choose perhaps two, maybe three techniques that seem to suit you.
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Practise each technique carefully, trying to work out the why’s and wherefore’s of each.
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Do this in sets of perhaps ten or better twenty at a time.
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You will probably grasp the fundamentals in five minutes or so; but it could take five weeks or even more till you have sufficient understanding to be able to apply them in a mugging situation.
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The more you practise the techniques, the safer you will become.
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There are no short cuts: you simply must study and rehearse the various moves till they become second nature.
Fortunately the majority are straightforward and easily learnt.
You can find more comprehensive information in the several core books in the series at:
http://www.sjambok.co.uk
http://www.personalprotectionpublications.co.uk
May I just say here, after many years of studying the martial arts and self-defence systems, as an elderly man well past my prime, I rely upon the Sjambok as the method of choice for my personal protection.
John Roberts-James 4th Dan
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