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"From one who has been there."
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"Street knowledge."
As a martial arts student and teacher since 1965, Loren has trained hundreds of students, competed in dozens of tournaments, and trained with many true martial arts masters.
Loren was never a martial arts movie actor or a tournament champion. Instead, he applied his skill set over and over in the extraordinarily mean streets of Saigon, Vietnam as an Army MP and as a police officer in a large city.
He was involved in shootings, riots, and more fights than he could ever count. He worked as a bodyguard for presidents, vice presidents, an assortment of political candidates, a high-profile religious figure, an infamous criminal, and others. The path he traveled in the military and law enforcement required him to call upon his martial arts abilities over and over.
Those experiences—he considers them opportunities— taught him much about violence, the martial arts, and the human condition.
Street Lessons is about his journey.
Author(s): Christensen, Loren W.
Publisher: Independently published
Year: 2018
Language: English
Commentary: STREET LESSONS, A JOURNEY, 26 years of using martial arts in the street
Pages: 270
Tags: STREET LESSONS, A JOURNEY, 26 years of using martial arts in the street
CONTENTS
Foreword
Introduction
Section 1: The Early Years
Chapter 1: High School: The Fight That Didn’t Happen
Chapter 2: It's Just Pain
Chapter:3: "We Can Beat Anyone With This"
Chapter 4: First Belt Test
Chapter 5: Breakthrough At 3 AM
Chapter 6: Dairy Queen, A fight, And Jail
Chapter: 7: The Evolution Of My Karate Uniform
Chapter 8: Kata And Sparring Competition
Chapter 9: Tai Chi, Wind, And Ice Rain
Chapter 10: Finding The Zone
Chapter 11: Vietnamese Language School
Section 2: The Street: Lessons Learned
Chapter 12: Military Police
Chapter 13: City Police
Section 3: Miscellaneous Items
Chapter 14: It's Just Pain
Chapter 15: Speed
Chapter 16: Magic
Chapter 17: Improvising
Chapter 18: Self-Defense In Cold Weather
Chapter 19: Discipline
Chapter 20: Overtraining
Chapter 21: Work Your Favorite Techniques
Chapter 22: The Art Of Fighting Without Fighting
Chapter 23: Expert Witness
Chapter 24: Training My Kids
Chapter 25: Writing About The Martial Arts
Chapter 26: Those Who Have Pointed The Way
Conclusion
About the Author
