Combat Resources

[Ian Kinder]

For those who may be interested, this is a list that we complied for our students. Some of the titles are listed for historical value only but most are relevant. If you're so inclined, I buy my titles by going to www.glsda.org and clicking on their amazon.com icon, so the Great Lakes Self-Defense Association (GLSDA) will receive up to 10% from my purchase.



Personal Combat from a Comprehensive Perspective



Kill or Get Killed

Col. Rex Applegate

Paladin Press

ISBN 0-87364-084-5



The Close-Combat Files of Colonel Rex Applegate

Col. Rex Applegate & Maj. Chuck Melson

Paladin Press

ISBN 0-87364-998-2



Unarmed Combat



Championship Fighting:

Explosive Punching and Aggressive Defense

Jack Dempsey

Centerline Press

ISBN 0913111007



Combat Conditioning

The Classic U.S. Marine Corps Physical Training and Hand-to-Hand Combat Course

Foreword by Chuck Melson

Paladin Press

ISBN 1581602537



Get Tough

Capt. W. E. Fairbairn

Paladin Press

ISBN 0873640020



Hands Off!

Self Defense For Women

Maj. W.E. Fairbairn

Paladin Press

ISBN 1-58160-443-2



Hand-To-Hand Combat

U.S. Navy

United States Naval Institute

ISBN 1-58160-423-8



How to Fight Tough

Jack Dempsey

Paladin Press

ISBN 1-58160-315-0



Krav Maga:

How to Defend Yourself Against Armed Assault

Imi Sde-Or (Lichtenfeld) and Eyal Yanilov

North Atlantic Books

ISBN 1583940081



Real Fighting

Peyton Quinn

Paladin Press

ISBN 0-87364-893-5



Edge Weapons



Cold Steel

John Styers; text by Karl Schuon

Paladin Press

ISBN 087364025X



Do or Die:

A Supplementary Manual on Individual Combat

A.J. Drexel-Biddle

Paladin Press

0873640284



On Fencing

Aldo Nadi

Laureate Press

ISBN 188452804X



Firearms



Bullseyes Don't Shoot Back

Col. Rex Applegate & Michael D. Janich

Paladin Press

ISBN 0-87364-957-5



Deadly Force Encounters:

What Cops Need To Know to Mentally and Physically Prepare for and Survive a Gunfight

Loren W. Christensen

Paladin Press

ISBN 0873649354



Home Firearm Safety

National Rifle Association

ISBN 0-935998-04-7



In the Gravest Extreme:

The Role of the Firearm in Personal Protection

Massad F. Ayoob

Police Bookshelf

ISBN 0936279001



Quick or Dead

William L. Cassidy

Paladin Press

ISBN 0873641485



Shooting to Live

Capt. William E. Fairbairn & Capt. E.A. Sykes

Paladin Press

ISBN 0-87364-027-6



Combat Strategy, Tactics, Mindset, and Training Methods



The Art of War

Sun Tzu

Running Press Book Publishers

ISBN 0762415983



The Book of Five Rings

Miyamoto Musashi (Translation by Thomas Cleary)

Shambhala

ISBN 1590300408



The Gift of Fear

Gavin De Becker

Dell Publishing

ISBN 0-440-22619-8



On Combat

Dave Grossman and Loren W. Christensen

PPCT Research Publications

ISBN 0964920514



On Killing:

The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

Lt. Col. Dave Grossman

Back Bay Books

ISBN 0316330116



Principles of Personal Defense

Jeff Cooper

Paladin Press

ISBN 0873644972



Sharpening the Warrior’s Edge

Bruce K. Siddle

PPCT Research Publications

ISBN 0-9649205-0-6



The Survivor Personality

Al Siebert, PH.D

Practical Psychology Press

ISBN 0-399-52230-1



Training at the Speed of Life, Vol. 1:

The Definitive Textbook for Police and Military Reality Based Training

Kenneth R. Murray

Armiger Publications

0976199408



Training for Success

Louis M. Chiodo

Available from GUNFIGHTERS Ltd.



Warriors:

On Living with Courage, Discipline, and Honor

Loren W. Christensen (Editor)

Paladin Press

ISBN 1581604548



Politics and Activism



More Guns, Less Crime:

Understanding Crime and Gun-Control Laws

John R. Lott Jr.

University of Chicago Press

ISBN 0226493644



Videos



Hand-To-Hand Combat

Wesley Brown, U.S. Navy

Available from Paladin Press



Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Training Center

1942 film featuring W. E. Fairbairn and Rex Applegate

Available through Traditions Military Videos



Point Shooting

Battle-Proven Methods of Combat Handgunning

Introduction by Col. Rex Applegate

Paladin Press

ISBN 0-87364-820-X



Shooting For Keeps

Point-Shooting for Close-Quarter Combat w/Col. Rex Applegate

Paladin Press

ISBN 0-87364-871-4



USMC Combat Conditioning Series

Bayonet, Club, and Knife Fighting

Available from Paladin Press



…And the American Combatives, Inc. video series, available at www.americancombatives.com



We also recommend the following websites:



www.glsda.org



www.gutterfighting.org/main.html

 

[KenpoTex]

Good list for the most part.

I think that Kill or Get Killed, Get Tough, and Cold Steel should be on everyone's "must read" list. I'd also add Put 'em Down, Take 'em Out by Don Pentecost. When it comes to simple, no-nonsense knife work, this one is a jewel. John Lott's books are great, definately a "must read".The Gift of Fear is good but I totally disagree with DeBecker's feelings on gun-control.

Several of the other's, Dempsey and Drexel-Biddle, are on my "to buy" list.

 

[Ian Kinder]

The Gift of Fear is good but I totally disagree with DeBecker's feelings on gun-control.

I agree (with you, not him)...

 

[SAkenpo]

what are his feelings on gun control?

 

[Cruentus]

what are his feelings on gun control?

He doesn't believe in the citizens right to carry.