{"product_id":"self-defence-for-women-and-girls","title":"Self-Defence for Women and Girls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwenty practical methods of escape and counter-attack, set down by the British officer who trained the commandos of the Second World War, for readers with no fighting background at all.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eSelf-Defence for Women and Girls\u003c\/em\u003e turns the author's hard experience into plain steps: how to break a wrist hold, get out of a bear hug or a strangle, deal with an attacker who seizes your coat or your hair, and free yourself when a car pulls up beside you. Photographs carry the reader through each movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book appeared while British women were doing night shifts, walking home through the blackout, and serving in the auxiliary services, and the tone matters: Fairbairn assumes his reader is lighter and slower than the man in front of her, and he never once suggests she brought the trouble on herself. It survives as both a founding text of modern unarmed close-quarters instruction and a small, sharp piece of home-front life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition features: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe complete text of Fairbairn's manual, published as British women took on wartime work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwenty numbered methods, from wrist holds and bear hugs to being seized in a stationary car\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStep-by-step photographic sequences showing every hold, break, and blow from the defender's point of view\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten by the instructor of the wartime commandos and co-designer of a famous fighting knife\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA clear starting point for beginners and a primary source for students of unarmed fighting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Captain W. Fairbairn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Whitley Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/23\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.12d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781473311992","brand":"Whitley Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53325692207402,"sku":"9781473311992","price":30.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1022\/4553\/1946\/files\/img_6617dc0e-2b37-4728-83f1-1928c7ad51ed.jpg?v=1793061226","url":"https:\/\/delvanta.shop\/products\/self-defence-for-women-and-girls","provider":"Whitmore Lane","version":"1.0","type":"link"}