Peace of Mind

About the Book

When people talk about self-defense, everyone immediately thinks of an eight-stone woman throwing a fifteen-stone man over her shoulder and stomping on his groin. In reality, many situations can be avoided by using commonsense tactics and talking your way out of a situation. Learning to be positive and assertive is a must. Self-defense also includes communication skills, streetwise tactics, and positive body posture. There are many techniques we can use before combat. Not all attackers are strangers; four out of ten men who attack women are already known to the victim—even friends and family members have been convicted of physical and sexual abuse. The following course is designed to teach even the most timid person to evade conflict and deal with physical confrontation should it arise. On this course, you will learn that everyone has vulnerable areas, especially men, and that all would-be victims have the weapons within their own bodies to use against these areas.

About the Author

My name is Graham Summerfield and I am a fully qualified professional karate and self defence instructor. I have been teaching and training in karate for nearly 30 years and currently hold the “rank” of 5th Degree Black Belt in Wado Ryu Karate Do. As well as teaching the traditional syllabus we also train in other forms such as BJJ, Judo, Boxing, Dim Mak and joint manipulation. Although now retired from competition, I have represented Shindo-Kai many times in the UK, I am also a coach with the Shindo Kai Karate Association and regularly coach our fighters in competitions on the EKF circuit. At present my company, Anshin Karate & Self Defence (Anshin meaning “peace of mind” in Japanese) teaches self-defence at Barnsley and Wakefield Colleges, plus karate in many of Barnsley’s Primary schools as well as our evening classes. We have also been contracted to teach self-defence as part of the P.E. curriculum in many of the secondary schools within the Barnsley, Wakefield, Sheffield, Leeds, Rotherham and Doncaster areas