Principles of Personal Defense

Blunt concise and full of very practical information regarding defense your own life and the lives of others. Absolutely essential reading in our world in 2024. Which is very very sad.

This short book is concise, clearly laying out the principles of self defense in a manner that is accessible and sensible. Anyone interested in self defense should read this book, and use it as a springboard for further study and training.

When I was thinking of what type of person should read this book, I really struggled to ID a "type" of person. Then it struck me - everyone needs to read this. There are some people who area already geared up and thinking along these lines. I am one of those persons who tries to maintain situation awareness where ever I go, but Col. Cooper really put my mind in the game. He covers the full mental spectrum of personal defense. Listen, it doesn't matter where you carry concealed or not, it doesn't matter if you ven support the act of carrying concealed. This book isn't about that. This book is about you coming out on the other end of a personal attack alive, able to go home to you family. Able to see you kids another day. Able to see your wife or husband another day (Hopefully you want that...) able to see your brother or sister, mother or father again. This world we live in today isn't like it was 60 years ago. Today people will take from you because they believe they can. Today people don't have a respect and love for human life - other human life. So in light of that truth you should get this book. Yes, I'm talking to you. On the fence, still wanting to believe that "nothing could happen to you". Well I thought that myself and in a small town in a big state I was proven wrong, when a man with a disregard for human life took my mother's life. I wonder how she would have fared had she had the mind that Col Cooper shared with us. Maybe the result would have been the same maybe it would not have been, I will never know. But what I do know is that this world, even small little towns have people with evil intent in their hearts. What will be your response when your path crosses theirs? Here is another fact, your chance for survival increases exponentially when you do counter-attack with surprise, speed, and violence of force, the chances of you seeing those you love another day do increase. This is the area Col. Cooper covers. He doesn't talk about the "How", he talks about the state of mind you need to be in to protect yourself and those you love.

Jeff Cooper thought a lot about the topic of self defense and this short work presents what he determined to be the most important elements of the subject. It is as useful today as when he wrote it.

If you're new to personal defense, you need to read... no you need to devour this text. I assure you that once you ever face situations that Jeff Cooper describes, you will be equipped to handle them. This book literally could save your life. Do not be a victim even when you're the victim! If this book were longer, it would be even better but listen... if it were longer, fewer people would read it. It would sit on shelves for "one of these days" and then it might be too late. I do not know Jeff Cooper but I have read one other book of his and I am so very greatly impressed. He teaches so much more than defense in his writings, although for this jewel, it's primary reason for being is to teach you to protect yourself.

I really like this book (pamphlet if you prefer). I can appreciate the dissatisfaction some reviewers have with brevity of content but I personally do not buy books by the pound. I appreciate the fact I can read and reread the content allowing me to better grasp the principles. My key takeaways were the speed and ruthlessness aspects of the response to a criminal intent on not being avoided. I suspect this content is not for everyone. Possibly written prior to the concept of "victim shaming", references to victims as idiots will not be well received by many, however, most of those readers would most probably not buy the book in the first place. I think I get it that the authors approach is primarily to motivate readers to read, understand and implement the principles with examples of what could / would occur if you do not. Nonetheless, assuming you know who to recommend this book I would highly recommend this material.

You can read a chapter in a minuet or two and spend the rest of the day pondering it. Worth multiple re-reads.

Criminals don't stop until victims fight back. They don't fear the courts or the police. They must be taught to fear armed citizens who are willing to fight back.

Um livro que foca na mentalidade e no protagonismo que devemos ter. Leitura obrigatória!A book about mindset and protagonist. It should be an obligatory reading!

Anyone interested in self defense should read this book. It's not about cinematic martial arts fights but about realistic situations and how to behave properly in these situations or avoid them.

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Exactly what you would expect , pearls of wisdom.from Jeff Cooper.A small book filled with a life time of experience.

It is one of the seminal works of Jeff Cooper. It is a reissue, done later, but no less good.It is basic, but direct and thought provoking.If you ever plan to, or think you may ever need to, defend yourself from hostility then you MUST read this book as part of your preperation for that eventuality. Personally, I believe anyone in a line of work where conflict may occur, and anyone who in their everyday life may encounter violence, HAS TO read this book.It is not going to tell you how to do what you will need to do, but the thought provoking nature of it will certainly help you toward the mental preps needed to act if and when a horrible time comes.