EIGHT BASIC ELEMENTS IN THE ART OF FIGHTING: A down-to-earth introduction to self-defence and martial arts.

The reader is introduced to eight aspects to consider when practicing self-defence and martial arts. These are:

1) SPEED
2) FORCE
3) TECHNICQUE
4) STAMINA
5) JUDGEMENT
6) CREATIVITY
7) DETACHMENT / KEEPING COOL &
8) IDEOLOGY (IDEAS OF WHY AND WHEN TO FIGHT)

The aspects are presented in relation to the one time the writer himself had to stop an attacker, and then chose to use what he had learned after just one year of karate-training.

The primary objective of this crash course is to create interest, and not to show the reader to a certain style or method.