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Shorthand Empty Hand: Expedient Stylized Fighting
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u/derpleberryfinn · 147 pointsr/mallninjashit

wow it is really really hard to say

> (description of linked book, "SHORTHAND EMPTY HAND") - In this brief text, Phil Elmore, publisher of The MartialistT: The Magazine For Those Who Fight Unfairly, outlines his curriculum for an "expedient system of stylized fighting." The program is presented as "self-defense for the average citizen."

holy shit this is solid gold

here, this is the description for "Street Sword"

> The 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.

PHIL AIN'T GOT TIME FOR STANCES

pls note that he is carrying a katana, a weapon notorious for requiring years of training because it will break if you don't swing it exactly right

> 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.

once again, he's not carrying a longsword or some other kind of sword actually capable of "delivering force"

> 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,

i'm very interested in seeing the part where he justifies the practicality of even carrying a sword

> quickly providing an understanding of the simple physics involved, as well as concepts like timing and distance.

"if he's about six feet away, you should swing. if he is about 20 feet away, you should not swing. NEXT CHAPTER:"

> 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.

because you can throw it at the knife-wielding thug and he might get a nasty papercut

u/MaNiFeX · 9 pointsr/mallninjashit

I prefer Short-hand Empty-hand. Really cuts to the meat of the subject.

u/tubeyes · 2 pointsr/suggestmeabook

This may be a joke or you may be into it, but the Phil Elmore books are worth a look for the covers alone, Flashlight Fighting: How to Make Your Pocket Flashlight a Take-Anywhere Self-Defense Weapon, Street Sword: Practical Use of the Long Blade for Self-Defense, Short Hand Empty Hand, etc.