What are some good books to read?

MMA Apostate · 09-26-2006, 06:25 PM

I am going to add "On Killing" and "On Combat" to my library. Curious if there are any other good RBSD books that I should look up and order?

knifehand · 10-02-2006, 12:14 PM

there a lots of good reads out there......my list would be

1)GET TOUGH -W.E.Fairbairn
2)Pavement Arena- Geoff Thompson
3)Kill Or Be Killed - Rex Applegate
4)Defendu - W.E Fairbairn
5) Championship Streetfighting - Ned Beaumont
6)Championship Fighting : Explosive Punching And Agressive Defense -Jack Dempsey

anything by geoff thompson , kelly mcann (aka jim grover) and peter consterdine.......dont buy anything from marc young or whatever the guys name is....hes a joke....anything that basically tells you to hit first and hard is worth a look...traditional martial arts are good as long as you forget the defense mindset and change the system around as you are the attacker and not the defender.....hit first and hit fucking hard.

MMA Apostate · 10-02-2006, 12:43 PM

Thanks for the reply. I'll be taking a look into those books you suggested. Also, judging by your last statement I like the way you think.

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10-02-2006, 12:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
knifehand Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 40 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	there a lots of good reads out there......my list would be 1)GET TOUGH -W.E.Fairbairn 2)Pavement Arena- Geoff Thompson 3)Kill Or Be Killed - Rex Applegate 4)Defendu - W.E Fairbairn 5) Championship Streetfighting - Ned Beaumont 6)Championship Fighting : Explosive Punching And Agressive Defense -Jack Dempsey anything by geoff thompson , kelly mcann (aka jim grover) and peter consterdine.......dont buy anything from marc young or whatever the guys name is....hes a joke....anything that basically tells you to hit first and hard is worth a look...traditional martial arts are good as long as you forget the defense mindset and change the system around as you are the attacker and not the defender.....hit first and hit fucking hard.

10-02-2006, 12:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
MMA Apostate Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 64 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for the reply. I'll be taking a look into those books you suggested. Also, judging by your last statement I like the way you think.

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