Michael A. Stabile

Escape with Your Life: Basic Awareness and Self Defense Michael A. Stabile

About Nihon Goshin AikidoAikido is about welcoming the energy that the other person is giving to you and re-directing it in order to defend yourself. In Aikido, you learn to use just enough force to protect yourself from an attacker. It is safe to say that you can defend yourself with little harm done to the person that is attacking you, or you can maximize what you do to take out the person for good. But this is up to you at the time, and it will depend on what the person is doing in trying to harm you. It is at this point that I would like to stress to you that what I am about to show you in this book is not a game, but something that you must take very seriously. The information in this book can do damage to a person that can change your life and the life of your attacker forever. I cannot stress this enough. So when you practice these techniques, exercise caution when doing these with another person. Compare this to using a baseball bat to defend yourself. While smacking someone with it can hurt them and possibly ward off an attack, swinging it will all of your might could kill your attacker. Just as you are cautious swinging a baseball bat during a game (or practicing any sport), being unaware of safety will only hurt yourself and possibly those around you. It is with these techniques from Nihon Goshin Aikido that I hope to help you become more confident with defending yourself in a confrontation. You must read and practice what you are holding in your hands. Take a step towards a more confident capability, and you won't be disappointed.