NCJ Number
99756
Date Published
1985
Length
86 pages
Annotation
This illustrated training manual shows police officers how to defend themselves in hand-to-hand combat with an opponent who is either unarmed or armed with a knife or a gun.
Abstract
Basic conditioning exercises and a conditioning program to attain physical fitness in 10 weeks are presented. The basic defense principles of balance, good body mechanics, leverage, the use of strength against weakness, and the use of opponents' strength and momentum to their disadvantage are outlined. Instructions on fundamental tactics explain the combat stance, footwork, and vulnerable areas of the body and ways to exploit them. Further guidelines focus on fall positions and how to practice falling, holds used to escort individuals for short distances, methods of defending against various grasps and holds, techniques for countering attacks with a knife or a gun, and methods of getting someone into or out of an automobile. Photographs illustrate each tactic.