Beyond Self-Defense: AKT Combatives Reality-Based Personal Protection (The Take Ground! Series)

NEED SELF-DEFENSE SKILLS NOW? FIGHT BACK AND SURVIVE!

Learn effective techniques to fight back and survive a physical attack.

These highly effective and practical techniques provide simple yet brutally effective methods of self-defense.

• Adaptable techniques for anyone regardless of experience, size, or gender.


• Learn your assailant’s “anatomic vulnerabilities” for target acquisition.


• This personal combatives system provides a seamless transition of defense for all ranges and planes of attack, giving you the tools needed to defend yourself in a physical attack.


• With over 325 full color images and diagrams with directional arrows, Beyond Self-Defense includes valuable personal protection concepts and effective techniques for real-life self-defense that will help you prevail during a violent confrontation.


• Currently being used as a college textbook. Beyond Self-Defense can also be used for self-education for real-world personal protection. The techniques are presented in a logical, progressive, and instructional format as taught in Dr. Broughton’s self-defense courses and seminars.

Educate Yourself. Be Prepared. Fight Back and Survive!

U.S. Army veteran (Battalion Medical Officer) and Martial Arts expert Grandmaster Barry A. Broughton, PhD has applied his extensive training in martial arts and years of practicing orthopedics and sports medicine to create the AKT Combatives-Jujitsu system for reality-based martial arts and real-life self-defense.

Martial Arts Halls of Fame inductee, Grandmaster Barry A. Broughton, PhD has applied his extensive training in the martial arts and years of practicing orthopedics and sports medicine to create and found AKT Combatives, a comprehensive reality-based martial arts system. Dr. Broughton served on active duty in the US Army as a Combat Medic and a Battalion Medical Officer and holds black belts in several styles of martial arts. Additionally, he has been inducted into multiple Martial Arts Halls of Fame, the World Wide Martial Arts Council, and has served on the Board of Directors of a number of martial arts organizations; he is currently the Northeast Regional Director for the US Sport Jujitsu Association. Due to his numerous accomplishments, he was also featured in The Martial Directory: International Instructors Edition. Broughton is the owner of AKT Combatives Academy with several locations in New York State and is the head coach of Team AKT sport jujitsu team. He teaches his Self-Defense and AKT Combatives curriculum as Physical Education credit courses at a State University of New York (SUNY) college and teaches related seminars around the country. Drawing on his multi-faceted experience, Dr. Broughton has created this concise text to include accurate references to human anatomy, valuable concepts, and effective techniques for real-life self-defense. This book can be used as a college text or for self education in real-world personal protection. For more information about the author and AKT Combatives, or to schedule a self-defense seminar with Dr. Broughton in your area, visit www.AKTcombatives.com.