Description


During the fight or flight syndrome we experience what is known as 'mid brain' where we are not discernible from animals and our only concern is that of survival. Our instinct in mid brain then is 'to run' away as opposed to 'stand and fight'. This instinct is deeply embedded in our genes and goes back thousands of years to our Mammalian ancestry where assailants were too great to stand and fight and 'flight' was always the favoured response. The art of posturing works on this proven premise and teaches you how to trigger mid brain in a potential assailant and literally frighten him into 'flight instinct' (so that he runs away) and beat him without becoming physical. It also helps to explain (and therefore give solace) why we feel like running away from all confrontational moments in life and how we can train ourselves and our students to overcome this natural instinct when perhaps running away is not in our best interests.


Reviews


A reader...


I have been tared with many diferent martial arts and not one of them explained the enemy on the street like this book does. This book has taught me what to expect of my enemy and also how to defeat your opponent with your mouth. This book has also intrested me in the "fence".





A reader...


This book had everything you needed to avoid and to look out for in certain situations that present a danger to yourself.also how to not become a victim when in these situations.





About the Author




Geoff Thompson made violence his profession working as a doorman at some of Britain's roughest clubs. As the holder of the rank of 6th Dan black belt in Japanese karate, 1st Dan in Judo and equally well qualified in other martial arts he is a TOUGH man.

As well as many books he has written a film script, Watch My back, based on his life and a stage play, One Sock, that inspired The Royal Court Theatre in London's West End to invite him into their exclusive writers' group.

In 1997 Geoff was flown out to the United States by Chuck Norris to teach at his international seminar. As an ambassador for the martial arts, Geoff has appeared on national and international TV and Radio - for a couple of years as the BBC Good Morning self defence expert - talking about and, giving advice on self protection and related subjects.

His work is both innovative and thought provoking. He is currently Sub Editor of Martial Arts Illustrated and contributory editor of Men's Fitness magazine.He has published several articles for mainstream glossy magazines such as Loaded, Maxim, FHM, Arena, Esquire and has published several articles with GQ Magazine (Britain-Paris).

He has also appeared many times on mainstream TV including ITV's Martial Arts: The Real Story televised in two - one hour programmes. As well as his books and videos He was Martial Arts choreographer for the production 'Hard Fruit' at the Royal Court, London and winner of the EMDA Award for the screenplay of the film 'Watch My Back'.

In 2004 Geoff's short film Brown Paper Bag won a BAFTA.
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