One of the first books I ever owned on the subject!

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	• Weapons At Hand (Black Medicine) N. Mashiro Paladin Press, 1979 - 88 pages average customer review:based on 18 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Concentrated Strikes!!!!

In My opinion the best of this book is the section on the yawara stick or an improvised version of it.
This weapon needs little training too be very effective and will often be a surprise too the most seasoned streetfighter or martial artist!
Try it on yourself!
Point proven!

excelent choice

It's a very useful book, easy to read, it's explain all you must know about self defense.

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One of the first books I ever owned on the subject!

Being the author of several books on the martial arts and fighting, I am always looking for books of exceptional quality to add to my library. If I have a book in my library, it's definitely worth owning. One such book is N. Mashiro's, "Black Medicine: The Dark Art of Death."

This was one of the first books that I ever purchased years ago when I was in high school and starting to learn about the martial arts. This book gives you a very good overview on the vulnerable and vital points on the human body and is very informative. If you are interested in self-defense or any of the martial arts, I would definitely put this book on your too buy list.

Introduction:

1. The 3 Ways To Get Your Attacker To Stop Hurting You

a. Make him lose his concentration.
b. Interfere with his control over his body.
c. Destroy the integrity of his body.

2. The 3 Ways To Kill Your Opponent

a. Destroy the central nervous system.
b. Destroy or interfere with circulation.
c. Interfere with breathing.

What the author does with this book is to give you a fairly basic, yet detailed description of the locations of certain vulnerable and vital areas of the body, and the effects that certain blows can and will have when directed against these areas. This is done not only through accurate written descriptions, but also through the realistic and practical use of photographs and in some cases, illustrations.

The author breaks down the following chapters to vital points located in certain areas of the body and its extremities. They are as follows:

1. Vital Points of the Head
2. Vital Points of the Neck and Throat
3. Vital Points of the Upper Trunk
4. Vital Points of the Lower Trunk
5. Vital Points of the Hand and Arm
6. Vital Points of the Leg and Foot

The author concludes this book with a section on the vital points of pistol shooting. Which in and of itself is a remarkable section and one in which an entire book should be devoted.

This review is without a doubt the shortest one I have ever written, and on a book that should be a staple in the library of every martial artist and/or self-defense practitioner. Simply stated, "If you could only have a select number of books in your library, this book would definitely be one of them."

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A must get for martial artist

This book is just great. It's very technical at some points (I don't know very many anatomy terms). But the author explains everything very simply and with diagrams. If I wasn't taking martial arts though, I wouldn't know what he meant by "knife hand" or "hammer fist". He does not explain (from what I could tell) how to preform these strikes. This is not a book on how to take someone out with a flick of the finger. It's for the martial artist to know where to strike and what damage you could possibly do. This is very important to know in a real life or death situation. Very empowering.

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No substitute for experience

I am no martial arts expert or even amateur. However, my conclusion on reading
this book is that anyone reading it thinking it is a shortcut to self defense knowledge
will be disappointed. In the end, learning these moves (and practicing them, which
I wonder exactly how one does) requires patience, time, and training from an
experienced martial arts expert.

Some specifics I noted:
1. Some of the moves require a sharp blow. If you are a 98 pound weakling,
delivering that blow still required strength.
2. Some of the moves talks about a hard hit with a stick or solid object, which is
great if you happen to have one.
3. Some of the moves would only work if you had an opponent in a disadvantaged
position, which it is hard to see how you would achieve.
4. In a brief section on vital points (instantly lethal) for pistol shooting, the author
makes too much of what is not realistic under a stress shooting situation. Look,
you can shoot 10s all day at the range, but shooting an uncooperative target
while you are under stress will see your shooting skill drop 50% or more.
Unless you are a trained sniper or SWAT, go for the center of mass and
keep shooting. You want a clean one shot kill, go hunting.

For an experienced martial arts person, I imagine this book could be a good
review of basics.

For the inexperienced, you will learn how frail your body is. But if you really
want to use this stuff, you need training.

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The sequel to N. Mashiro's infamous Black Medicine I: The Dark Art of Death, this book presents 112 parts of the body that are natural weapons, largely because they are very injury-resistant. Also, in a radical break from conventional self-defense theory, it lists more than 180 deadly makeshift weapons that can save your life. Action photos show exactly how to use the "black medicine" techniques discussed. For academic study only.

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