self-defense

With over 650 helpful suggestions and 130 illustrations to incorporate into everyday life, this is the girl's answer on how to be safe in today's world. Advocating incident prevention first and foremost, sometimes things happen anyway and therefore teaches self-defense techniques that are direct and highly effective. The illustrations show how to defend yourself and how to stop an attacker in his tracks. While appropriate for women of all ages, teenage girls will find the information particularly useful. Covers both physical and psychological abuse.

Explains the history and philosophy of Japan's samurai warriors and describes basic self-defense techniques, which include jujitsu, judo, and kendo.

Provides information on what makes bullies and teasers tick, how to handle bullies, how to deal with prejudice, and how to defend oneself when being teased or insulted.

Explains why some people use words that hurt others, how one can avoid insulting others, and how to productively respond to insult.

Through objective discussion, numerous direct quotes, this title examines "Do Americans have a constitutional right to own guns?", "Should there be more restrictions on who can purchase and carry guns?", "Should certain types of guns and ammunition be banned?" and "Can stronger gun control measures prevent mass shootings?".