Musings On Violence

Bestselling writer Loren W. Christensen has written many well-reviewed how-to-do books. In Musings on Violence, Loren takes a different approach and conveys his thoughts on training for violence, surviving it as it happens, and managing the aftermath. He also discusses what it means to be a warrior-a martial artist, a cop, soldier, and citizen. Loren has been a martial artist since 1965. He is an inductee into the martial arts Masters Hall of Fame and holds an 8th dan in karate, a 2nd dan in jujitsu, and a 1st dan in arnis. A 29-year veteran of law enforcement (ret), Loren brawled one-on-one with outlaw bikers, an Olympic Games powerlifter, construction workers, anarchists, crazed dopers, and the violent mentally deranged. As a Military Policeman in war-torn Saigon, Vietnam (then ranked the most dangerous city in the world), he experienced, as he said in a recent interview, "twenty years of violent police work condensed into 12 months." In short, Loren knows what he's talking about. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION SECTION ONE: MARTIAL ARTS CHAPTER 1: The First 50 Years CHAPTER 2: You're Turning 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 CHAPTER 3: More on Training Consistency CHAPTER 4: Three Answers to Three Questions CHAPTER 5: Can You Think Yourself Faster? CHAPTER 6: 25 Tips for Developing Powerful Techniques CHAPTER 7: The 1,200-Rep Kicking Drill CHAPTER 8: Thoughts on Flexibility CHAPTER 9: Dirty Fighting Techniques CHAPTER 10: Thoughts About the Tackle CHAPTER 11: No Stance as a Stance CHAPTER 12: Hitting the Liver CHAPTER 13: Ground Fighting CHAPTER 14: Ground and Pound and Return to Sender CHAPTER 15: How to Develop Callused Knuckles CHAPTER 16: Ki, Chi, or Kung Foo-ee? CHAPTER 17: OMG It's the Exclamation People CHAPTER 18: Me, the Bully CHAPTER 19: Some Lessons Hurt CHAPTER 20: Parting Thoughts on the Martial Arts SECTION TWO: SELF-DEFENSE CHAPTER 21: Use Your Eyes to Save Your Bacon CHAPTER 22: Preparation for Defense Against a Gun CHAPTER 23: De-escalation CHAPTER 24: Personal Responsibility CHAPTER 25: Firearms: Be in the Moment or Someone Might Get Shot CHAPTER 26: Elements of Gun Defense CHAPTER 27: "An Attacker Would Never ..." CHAPTER 28: Active Shooter: The First Five Minutes CHAPTER 29: The "You Know What Really Hurts?" Game CHAPTER 30: On Getting Nailed in the Groin CHAPTER 31: The Groin: Hit it More Than Once CHAPTER 32: Street Magic and Street Fighting CHAPTER 33: Clinching: A Few Painful Defenses CHAPTER 34: Carotid Constraint: It's Not a Toy CHAPTER 35: Street People: How Dangerous are They SECTION THREE: LAW ENFORCEMENT CHAPTER 36: PTSD: Be Careful About That CHAPTER 37: Helping Families Cope with Officer-Involved Shootings CHAPTER 38: Shot 10 Times CHAPTER 39: Carotid Constraint CHAPTER 40: The Street Dance of Hookers, Tricks, and Cops CHAPTER 41: Advice from a Veteran Prostitution Decoy CHAPTER 42: 5 Psychological Factors that Affect Rioters and Police CHAPTER 43: Controlling Fear CHAPTER 44: The Power of Combat Breathing CHAPTER 45: Psyching Up CHAPTER 46: The Sometimes Unreality of Combat CHAPTER 47: Criticism is a Given in Police Work CHAPTER 48: 65 Tips for Cops SECTION FOUR: WARRIORHOOD CHAPTER 49: Discovery CHAPTER 50: Thoughts on Warriorhood CHAPTER 51: Are You Ready? CHAPTER 52: Physical Conditioning for the Warrior: More Reviews of some of Loren's other books. Surviving a School Shooting "The author doesn't pull punches; he tells it the way it is." Deadly Force Encounters "The book's authors know what they are talking about." On Combat "I cannot recommend this book highly enough." Self-Defense for Women "One of the best martial arts/combat writers out there." Cops' True Stories of the Paranormal "I absolutely love this book. Read it one evening." Defensive Tactics "Best police DT book I've read." Policing Saigon "The best book I have read about the Vietnam War."