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Manufacturer: Paladin Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.8159
EAN: 9780873647243
ISBN: 0873647246
Label: Paladin Press
Manufacturer: Paladin Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 184
Publication Date: 1993-07
Publisher: Paladin Press
Studio: Paladin Press
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This follow-up to the best-selling Sudden Violence takes you deeper into the aggressive psychology and ruthless techniques of kung fu san soo. Master Jones helps you develop the "beast" within you and reveals how it can be harnessed into a ferocious fighting force that no attacker can withstand.
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Summary: San Soo Student
Comment: I love this philosophy. I love San Soo. I love this book. Even without the training the attitude taught in this book can help anyone survive in today's world.
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Summary: The book stands on its own
Comment: When you read of "the inner beast" in this book, I'm referring to confidence in willingness to commit to attack.
The key word here is 'confidence'. If you aren't confident in your ability or readiness, you'll be tentative, hesitant, and headed for disaster.
Preparing for realistic violence means training realistically from comitted attacks in places you're most likely to be, outside a school. Only then will you have the confidence to seize that sparkle-burst moment of opportunity to end a dangerous situation at its beginning.
Confidence is a state of being that I can't give you; this is something you must earn through the sweat of your own brow.
There's no such 'thing' as 'the beast', It's only a metaphor for an intangible condition.
Regardless of what I or anyone else ever says about fighting, remember this: Rhetoric is debatable; pain is irrefutable.
The study of violence in any form is a pathway, not a destination. I wouldn't cheat you of the journey even if I could.
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Summary: Not As Advertised
Comment: One thing you are trying to learn as a martial artist, is the ability to turn your "inner beast" back on. Civilization has put a big onus on not losing your temper, staying cool, to the point that most individuals attending self-defesense classes don't have the ability to "turn it on" at will while staying in control of themselves. They are poorly served by classes that only rely on "technique" and that do not teach the real essentials of combat.
Therefore, a book that is titled "The Inner Beast Of San Soo" and then fails to give a "how to" account of this essential part of selfdefense, is misleading it's readers.
In fact, when it comes down to it, the author implicity states - I'm not going to tell you! Work and "it will come to your". Well that's not why I forked over $14.96.
To quote from the chapter Calling Up The Beast Within: "We truly are the total sum of every decision we've ever made. And when you decide to feed the beast [what with?] and make it grow, _it will grow_! When you decide to slumber and live the life of ease and look for someone else to protect you, the beast will wander and hybernate. You can have a ferocious power in your hands that will protect you always. Decide now to master the beast. Believe now, and it will happen!"
Wow. Gee, thanks, master Greg. HOW ABOUT SOME _HOW-TO EXERCISES_??
This is just total filler. What you're left with is a couple of photographs with some generic self-defense scenarios that can be found better in any book on Kenpo Karate.
What a waste.
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Summary: your Tiger and Dragon within
Comment: Imagine the explosive power of a predatory beast! A lioness, say, or a cheetah or wolf. It has to swiftly take down its prey, often larger than itself, usually on the run. It instinctively knows its prey's vulnerable points and just where and how to strike them. Kung Fu San Soo is a predatory fighting system with no sporting application. There are no tournaments or "sparring", just devastating self-defense. It won't turn you into a predator, but it can give you the the instinctive reactions and capabilities of one! Like the tiger, the San Soo fighter takes down and destroys his opponant in three to seven seconds. I've had Master Jones' book for a long time, and enjoy reading it for his witty writing and sound technique. But a recent event compels me to share it with others: several months ago, while home alone, I experienced a "home invasion". The young tweeker smashed through our security screen-door, yelling and cursing in an attempt to intimidate his victim. Boy, did he ever choose the wrong one! Two principles of San Soo, as instructed by Master Jones, are never let an opponant intimidate you or get his hands on you. Never be the prey! Become the Predator! In an instant, I had lunged off the couch and attacked him, roaring like a lioness. How dare he break into my living room and terrorize my cats! He screamed and fled in a panic. I chased him out of the house and to the end of the driveway, roaring so loudly I tore my vocal chords. My invader probably never realized his pursuer was a 50-year-old woman; what he perceived was a TIGER coming at him! This is how San Soo can unleash your own Inner Beast when you most need protection. In many cases, as in this one, you may not even have to fight; your predatory ferocity might be enough. But do understand that the fighting techniques are brutal, and wreak swift "carnivorous" carnage. As Master Jones writes: better to him than to you! This was not the only time San Soo has prevented me from being hurt -- maybe this time it even saved my life! Obviously no book can provide the skill obtained by practice. But "The Inner Beast of San Soo" might convince you to give predator training a "fighting chance"!
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Summary: I HAVEN'T READ DA BOOK, IS IT GOOD?? ?? ? ?
Comment: I HAVE NOT READ THE BOOK YET, IS THIS BOOK WORTH IT? CAN IT HELP YOU TO FIGHT? WILL IT HELP ME ON STREETFIGHTING TOO? WILL IT HELP ME IN OTHER SPORTS LIKE FOOTBALL AND AGGRESSIVE SPORTS WHICH REQUIRE AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR??
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