Street Stoppers: The Martial Arts Most Devastating Trips, Sweeps, and Throws for Real Fighting - Softcover

Mark Mireles; Loren W. Christensen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1934903116 ISBN 13: 9781934903117

Publisher: Turtle Press, 2009

Synopsis

Street Stoppers is your guide to the martial arts most devastating trips, sweeps and throws. Mark Mireles has combined his knowledge of wrestling and jujitsu with his many years of experience as a member of the LAPD to put together this collection of street effective takedowns that will stop an attacker cold. Together with verteran cop, author and martial artist Loren W. Christensen, Mark takes you step by step through each technique and shows you exactly how to apply it when your life depends on it. Mark kicks off your crash course in Street Stoppers with the basics of positioning and targets. From there, jump directly into the trips, sweeps and throws - over 50 solid techniques demonstrated in realistic fighting situations. Mark and Loren also include 15 combination techniques so you ll always have a Plan B to fall back on. And throughout the book you ll get inside tips on choosing the right technique, gaining the upper hand over your assailant, avoiding injuries and ending a fight quickly. Because this book is written by 2 expert martial artists who have decades of experience subduing criminals on some of America s meanest streets, you can rest assured that you re getting proven techniques that work.

About this title

About the Author:

MARK MIRELES has been training in the martial arts since 1977, with black belts in judo and Brazilian jiu jitsu and is currently is a professional mixed martial arts coach/trainer. As an amateur wrestler, he earned All American honors. Mark is a veteran officer with the Los Angeles Police department where, besides his regular duties, he is a certified law enforcement defensive tactics instructor and arrest and control expert as well as a two-time recipient of the Medal of Valor, the highest award for bravery given by the LAPD. LOREN W. CHRISTENSEN began his law enforcement career in 1967 as a military policeman in the army where he patrolled the violent streets of Saigon, Vietnam. Loren has been training continuously in the martial arts since 1965. He has written more than 25 books on the subject and has starred in seven instructional DVDs. He has earned a total of 11 black belts, an 8th dan in karate, a 2nd dan in jujitsu and a 1st dan in arnis.

Review:

This book is a collection of the most effective trips, sweeps and throws in street-oriented fighting arts, techniques and principles that Mark and Loren have experienced first hand. --Jean Jacques Machado

About this edition

• Publisher: Turtle Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1934903116
• ISBN 13: 9781934903117
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288