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Knives, Knife Fighting, & Related Hassles $15.00 
Knives, Knife Fighting, & Related Hassles: How to Survive a Real Knife Fight by Marc "Animal" MacYoung
Knife fighting is ugly business, so you'd better know what you're doing if you ever find yourself in one. This book will show you the down-and-dirty reality of knife fighting, from choosing the best knife to devious street tricks commonly used to get in the first strike. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, softcover, photos, illus, 128 pp. $15.00
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Making It Stick (DVD) $39.95
Making It Stick: How to Throw Edged and Improvised Weapons for Sport and Self-Defense with Michael D. Janich
With the help of ultra-slow-motion photography and computer animation, knife expert Michael Janich teaches you the secrets of weapon balance, spin and throwing distance and shows you how to apply them to accurately throw and consistently stick knives, tomahawks, axes and a variety of other purpose-designed throwing weapons. Janich demonstrates both blade and handle throwing methods and shows you the intricacies of half-spin, full-spin, one-and-a-half and double-spin throws. He then teaches you how to apply these same principles to common, everyday objects to turn scissors, screwdrivers, chisels, tire irons and even ballpoint pens into potent improvised throwing weapons. This is the most complete instructional video on weapon throwing ever produced and the only video to realistically address the use of throwing weapons in self-defense situations. For academic study only. Color, approx. 60 min. $39.95
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Martial Blade Concepts (DVD) $29.95
Martial Blade Concepts: A Crash Course in Defensive Knife Tactics with Michael D. Janich
What skills and tactics give you the best chance of effectively defending yourself with a knife? If you had only limited training time and resources to develop your knife skills, what would you practice? In this amazing video, Michael Janich answers these questions with an incredible crash course in his system of Martial Blade Concepts (MBC). Janich begins by graphically demonstrating what small knives can actually cut and teaches you exactly how and where you must cut an attacker to stop him effectively. He then explains the critical concepts of fighting with a knife and leads you step-by-step through the best “go to” moves of his MBC curriculum. Finally, he teaches you how to connect these techniques into high-speed training drills that will quickly hone your reflexes to a razor’s edge. For information purposes only. Color, approx. 60 minutes. $29.95
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Mastering Fighting Folders (DVD) $79.95
Mastering Fighting Folders: Secrets of Reverse-Grip Knife Fighting and Advanced Folding Knife Tactics with Michael D. Janich
Recognized edged-weapon expert Michael Janich continues his
best-selling Fighting Folders video series with this
comprehensive course in reverse-grip knife tactics. Building upon the foundation
of the first two volumes in the series, Janich first shows you how to adapt
standard-grip knife skills to the body dynamics of reverse grip. He then
presents step-by-step instruction in his combat-oriented variations of the
classic Filipino reverse-grip training drills, including “Trap and Roll,”
“Cover and Slash,” palisut and hubud. More importantly, he teaches you how
to extract the appropriate skills from each of these drills so you can instantly
and reflexively respond with the most effective technique in a defensive
situation. Finally, he reveals the secrets of getting “up close and
impersonal” with your knife work, integrating never-before-seen instruction in
pentjak silat footwork and throwing technique with all the skills of the Fighting
Folders series to create an unstoppable edged-weapon fighting system.
Combining Janich’s proven instructional style, multiple camera angles and
spectacular digital slow motion, this video sets a new standard in edged-weapon
training videos. For information purposes only. . Color, approx. 150
min. $79.95
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Surviving A Street Knife Fight (VHS) $19.95
Surviving A Street Knife Fight: Realistic Defensive Techniques with Marc "Animal" MacYoung
Real knife fights are characterized by lightning-fast ambushes, vicious gang attacks and multiple stab wounds. Here are hundreds of effective techniques and tips that will keep you alive if you ever must face a crackhead, barroom brawler or any other dirty fighter who's aiming to shank you. Color, approx. 70 min. $19.95
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Winning A Street Knife Fight (VHS) $19.95
Winning A Street Knife Fight: Realistic Offensive Techniques with Marc "Animal" MacYoung
If you can't avoid a street knife fight, then you'd better learn how to win one. Here Animal shows you how. Learn the #1 secret of effective knife fighting; the 6 "laws" of a good stance; the key to fast, natural attacks; streetwise nonlethal targets to end a fight; and how to kill someone if you must. For information purposes only! Color, approx. 70 min. $19.95
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Urban Knife Warfare DVD $39.95 
Urban Knife Warfare: Edged Weapon Combat for Military Personnel and Defense-Minded Civilians with Datu Kelly S. Worden
Packed with bleeding-edge military knife techniques designed for real-life combat in the most hazardous situations imaginable, this hard-core video production from Paladin Press brings you Datu Kelly S. Worden’s knife-fighting program, originally taught only to U.S. Special Forces troops. Utilizing principles of instinctive movement, instantaneous counterattack and simple arcs and thrusts, Worden focuses on the nitty-gritty of knife fighting, not martial arts dancing useful only in the dojo. Shot on location in one of the most dangerous urban neighborhoods in Washington state, this video will teach you how to maintain your footing in places you’re most likely to wind up in a real fight for your life, as well as how to use your environment to put your attacker at grave disadvantage. Worden also teaches control methods with the knife as less-lethal options for defense, as well as one- and two-man restraining techniques previously taught only to military personnel. Then, taking what you’ve learned with the blade to empty hand, he shows you how to crank up the intensity into the red zone, demonstrating how to disarm a determined attacker and keep him from getting back up again. For information purposes only. Color, approx. 85 min. total. $39.95
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