How To Street Fight: Street Fighting Techniques for Learning Self Defense

I’m a beginner at self defense, and this is a good straight forward explanation of mma, street fighting, and martial arts moves to defend yourself.

As a serious life time student (and instructor) and collector of martial art, Military Combatives, Self-Defense, Combat physical fitness and related material for more than seven decades I am always on the lookout for new books and manuals coming out on those topics. I recently saw this volume (How to street fight: street fighting techniques for learning self-defense by Sam Fury, 109 pages) on Amazon and decided to purchase it. The delivery time was great and I just finished reading this manual. First off, there is a lot of material and numerous techniques shown in this volume; however, the illustrations are not always clear and it is doubtful one can actually master the techniques without an instructor to show the fine details. Secondly, the term “street fight” indicates this is NOT a boxing, karate or Jujitsu contest with rules, regulations and a referee. Thirdly, the author being from Australia, where their weapon and self-defense laws are much stricter than the U.S. laws. This should always be a consideration when writing this kind of book. Learning sporting contact sports is great; however, there is a BIG difference when it comes to actual street combat fighting. Finally, this book is short on essential actual hard training methods to become an effective force in an actual no holds bar street fight.This book is part of the “survival fitness plan” publications created by the author. I always try to be fair and objective when reviewing any book because as an author myself of numerous books and manuals I can appreciate the hard work that goes into a putting together a publication. This manual covers safety, training methods, achieving maximum power, fighting on your feet, fighting stance, the best way to win a fight, rushing your opponent, elbows and knees, if he strikes first, front kicks, ground fighting, which shows various jujitsu techniques and the use of numerous kinds of weapons for self-defense.In conclusion, I could only give this self-defense text 3 stars even though it does attempt to cover a lot of material, which may be the essential flaw in this manual. Street fighting should be quick, brutal and vicious in order to be effective against mean street thugs who will not stop beating you when you tap out like in a sporting event.Rating: 3 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Pro-Systems Combatives: Vol. 1, 2).

Great book. Well written and depicted. Boosted my confidence on the streets.

Has some useful information. I'd recommend this to someone who wants to learn how to defend themselves. Just remember reading and doing are two different things. However this should help you should the need arise. Remember to fight dirty and take out the vitals to disrupt your opponent in a street fight. The bridge of the nose on a headbutt. The sack to bring a big tall guy to his knees. The temple for unconsciousness and equilibrium disruption. The eyes if someone gets ahold of you.

Although I find some of the techniques in the book useless, most of em are very useful. I'm happy that somebody took the time to write a book on how to street fight cause truthfully street fighting techniques is all you need to know when it comes to self defense. I highly recommend this book to any novice who wants to learn how to fight.

This is a great book on basic fighting techniques. At age 64, retired Airborne Ranger Infantryman, I’ve been practicing martial arts since junior high. I subscribe to the philosophy of mastering a few techniques. The book has excellent diagrams, not pictures, of all discussed techniques. “Keep it simple” applies to the techniques discussed. Whether you are an experienced fighter or a novice you will learn from the book.

The first time I've learned about street fighting from a book. I was a bit skeptical at first, but purchased it anyway based on the price. And I was pleasantly surprised. Although it would take some practice to execute several of these moves with success and a fair amount of luck, there are some that could definitely save your butt. If you haven't read anything on this subject, than read this, and live to fight another day!

This book gives you the basics on how to fight someone in a situation where the person is taller, or just knows how to fight. Reading this book just gives you insight but you do have to practice to do it. After reading this book, my knowledge of fighting has increased

I bought this book, not because I want to go out on the streets and beat people up but because in my declining years I’m making a last-ditch effort to get fit and keep fit. So how does street-fighting help with that? After years spent researching, testing and abandoning a wide range of fitness programmes, I’ve found that one of the most effective ways to get fit is to train to fight. To train like a boxer preparing for a world championship fight. To fight effectively, strength and speed are important but they’re not enough. You also need suppleness, mobility, explosive power and mental discipline. All of these are as important for a healthy old age as they are for taking on a burglar or a knife-wielding thug. I’ve not been involved in a fight since the day I left school in 1979 and I hope that that scuffle will remain the last time I have to defend myself, but I’m finding that the kind of workout needed to benefit from this book is helping me lose weight, sleep better and feel more energetic when I’m awake. That workout is pretty simple: press ups, squats, deadlifts, planks, skipping and a heavy punchbag, along with regular bending and stretching. My lower back pain has gone, along with my sciatica, incipient arthritis in my fingers, knee pain and shoulder pain.The book itself is an easy read. You can skim through it in a day but to benefit fully from it will take months, if not years, of serious training. Ideally you need a partner to spar with, but you don’t need much equipment – a yoga mat can be helpful for falling and ground fighting, though a patch of grass would also do. Be aware that this book contains techniques that could kill or seriously maim another human being, so they should only be used in cases of dire necessity. Even then the golden rule is only use sufficient force to enable yourself to escape or avoid being hurt. If that’s the golden rule, the platinum rule is that for self-defence your most important weapons are your tongue and your feet. Your tongue to talk your way out of trouble and de-escalate risky situations. Your feet to run as fast and as far as possible to avoid violence. However, if all else fails, this book is a potential life saver. Used wisely it shows how to defend yourself from attack and disable one or more assailants so you can live another day. It covers all kinds of scenarios: multiple attackers, use of weapons, fighting on the ground and using the environment to protect yourself or disable your assailant.The author has a website and app with various training plans available on a subscription basis. He also has books on parkour, mountain biking and swimming. Some of the material is free but the author has to make a living so the subscriptions are reasonable if you make good use of the training.Back to this book. The techniques set out here can work for anyone with a reasonable level of fitness and mobility, regardless of age or gender. I would recommend it to anyone concerned about their personal safety who wants to be able to go about their business with a sense of assurance that they can handle the worst if the worst ever happens. I would also recommend it to anyone seeking some kind of practical motivation to get fit and stay fit.

This book was interesting. But the drawings weren't quite clear. I'm glad to have it in my catalogue though.

This is an easy read and gives some good advice, with very basic drawings helping to illustrate the point.

well worth it, buy this book

Not to bad, some interesting aspects and strategies of street fight and self defense.But there are really some points I do not agree with, also I have to admit that I'm not and martial arts experts.First of all why do a lot of authors always favor the palm strike?The plam strike is quiet o.k and got to use but only in the "old" way like it was shown the the Fairebairn books.So use it to go for a chin strike directly up wards to reach the chin or the nose.I would never use it as a jab or punch instead of the fist.If you do this it is quiet critical.A lot of people recommend it to avoid hurting your hand while punching.But you will hurt it in another way.If you do believe me, try to push a wall horizontal on the heights you would punch.And then recognize what happens to your hand !Also some other techniques are not as got as they sound. Kicking the groins can work if you surprise your oponent but can go really wrong because standing on one leg isn't so pretty, against a skilled grappler you are lost!Like a lot of kicks I would never use this in a fight, and mostly you are the person surprised !The defenses in this book are also not very clear and some techniques are quiet complicated. - Don't try to use a throw if you are not skilled in Judo or something similar.So in general not bad but not the best to find in this area !