Street Sword: Practical Use of the Long Blade for Self-Defense Review

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Street Sword: Practical Use of the Long Blade for Self-Defense ReviewAt first I thought that "Street Sword" by Phil Elmore was just a joke. I mean, honestly, does anyone carry around a spare Katana for self defense these days? Is it practical to carry such a thing around for self defense? Well, I am sad to report that Elmore appears to think that the Katana is a perfect self defense weapon for the 21st century. This book is clearly a case of the Larping philosophy taken to its conclusion.
Mr. Elmore is not only happy to dispense lots of untested advice on personal protection, he insists on dragging the reader into his own warped, incredibly paranoid, Randian world. Mr. Elmore advocates "sizing up" anyone who is close enough to you to pose a threat. Perhaps this tactic works in the sticks, but anyone who has lived more than a year in the city knows, that sizing people up is a good way to instigate an attack. Of course people should engage the world with some caution, but Elmore seems to fear every shadow. He is locked in a "modern-day warrior" fantasy, in which he is the lonely everyman, who stands against a world of people who have relinguished their freedom to the collective.
One can't help but wonder, if Mr. Elmore has simply read too many science fiction novels. His writing style has a fantasy/sci-fi feel, and he seems to be one of those armchair martial artists, who gets all of his information on the sciences and reason from the Fantasy section at Borders.
This book isn't worth the paper it is printed on. You asking for trouble if you lug around a katana into the city. The basic premise of the book, is simply flawed. The Katana, of all the options available today, is one of the worst personal defense items out there. But it gets worse. Mr. Elmore not only thinks it is a great personal defense weapon. He inexplicably advocates "dual wielding" (to use the Larping and RPG vernacular) a Katana and personal firearm! Someone needs to sit down with Mr. Elmore and stop him from watching bad action movies and sci-fi flicks.Street Sword: Practical Use of the Long Blade for Self-Defense OverviewThe sword has been a brutally effective weapon for thousands of years, but try to find instruction on using one for self-defense today and you're liable to find nothing but books written by dojo-dwelling, gi-wearing martial artists hung up on ancient traditions and picture-perfect stances. For the modern sword aficionado looking for real-world advice, author and pragmatic martial artist Phil Elmore wipes the slate clean with Street Sword.Despite attempts by elitists to romanticize, deify or otherwise elevate it into a mystical artifact, Elmore treats the sword like a tool for delivering force, period. It is a mundane object that obeys the laws of physics, just like any other weapon. Street Sword will give you a framework in which to use the sword as a functional, practical weapon in today's violent world, quickly providing an understanding of the simple physics involved, as well as concepts like timing and distance. Reading this book won't help you win a colored belt or an Olympic fencing medal, but it may be invaluable if a knife-wielding thug ever comes crawling through your bedroom window one dark night.

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