cover image Elite Forces Handbook

Elite Forces Handbook

Ron Shillingford. St. Martin's Griffin, $24.95 (192pp) ISBN 978-0-312-26436-9

""Because the nose protrudes from the face, it is an obvious target."" Though The Elite Forces Handbook of Unarmed Combat may state the obvious, it is no less deadly for it. London journalist and Boxing Writer's Club member Ron Shillingford has scoured the globe's elite forces from Monaco's carabiniers and Egyptian army commandos to the Russian and U.S. armies for their hand-to-hand techniques, and here provides step-by-step instructions for mental training, punching and kicking, and disarming a machine-gun-toting sentry. Focus pads (""great for kicking and punching practice"") and makiwara (oak plank used as a striking surface in the Far East) not included.