Forget what you've seen in movies and on television--a knife attack is usually fast, furious, and often fatal. When it comes to increasing your chances of surviving, even the best martial arts schools are no match for the hard lessons learned in brutal institutions like Folsom Prison. Folsom alum Don Pentecost's no-nonsense guide cuts through the Hollywood myths and covers valuable information like:*Defending yourself against an attack*Going on the offensive*Training methods to maximize your chances of survivalIf it's true that, as a poet once said, "prison is like high school with knives," then facilities like Folsom are the Ivy League of violence. Serving a sentence at Folsom is like earning a PhD in staying alive. Don Pentecost has done the time so you don't have to. d

Written by the Original 1988 Author, Don Pentecost This Revision Edition 1 of Put 'Em Down, Take 'Em Out, Knife Fighting Techniques From Folsom Prison. ( useful information for Practical Knife-Defense, whether it is for Home, Street, Military, or...Any Prison ! You have to know Offense of a Knife Attack, or how will you know how to identify a Practical Knife Defense ? Most Traditional Martial Arts offer some great solutions for problems that seldom exist. My motivation is to give you, male or female, a Foundation for Practical Training

As a bouncer in a biker bar and a participant in dozens of fights, Peyton Quinn knows the difference between fighting fact and fantasy. The result is a unique guide to self-defense that can save your ass in places where brawling is quick, dirty and very violent.

A collection of Jackson's letters from prison, "Soledad Brother" is an outspoken condemnation of the racism of white America and a powerful appraisal of the prison system that failed to break his spirit but eventually took his life. Jackson's letters make palpable the intense feelings of anger and rebellion that filled black men in America's prisons in the 1960s. But even removed from the social and political firestorms of the 1960s, Jackson's story still resonates for its portrait of a man taking a stand even while locked down.

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THE prison autobiography from the man who never stopped fighting.