![]() ![]() I’m not certain whether it’s intended to show the ‘fluid nature’ of combat, or whether he’s just off. Vunak appears off balanced or out of posture. Many photos are included, making the concepts clear, but in a lot of them, Mr. The rest of the book is a relatively nice jaunt through JKD, Filipino Arts, and some ‘biting’ art called Kino Mutai. This wasn’t a no-holds-barred tournament. It even has the desperately cliched pull quote: He claims he was hospitalized after a severe beating because his friends each took one opponent to the ground, leaving a large group to pound down the unfortunate Mr. ![]() After the preface, the book veers dangerously close to silly ranting in the ‘No-Holds-Barred Tournaments are not Streetfights’ chapter, complete with an anecdote about he and some wrestlers losing terribly in a mass barfight against a large group of people. The preface poses the question, ‘who is the best fighter’, and then tries to define a streetfight, combining a variety of definitions. The book is ambitious in scope – it covers tactics, instinct, Jeet Kune Do concepts, Filipino arts, HIV implications, women’s self-defense, and legal issues. ![]() I was mostly pleased with what I received. I purchased this book in the hopes of a realistic treatment of combat in a non-sporting context.
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