Street Stoppers: The Martial Arts Most Devastating Trips, Sweeps, and Throws for Real Fighting Book by Mike Mireles & Loren Christenson (Preowned)

Street Stoppers is your guide to the martial arts most devastating trips, sweeps and throws. Mark Mireles has combined his knowledge of wrestling and jujitsu with his many years of experience as a member of the LAPD to put together this collection of street effective takedowns that will stop an attacker cold.

Together with verteran cop, author and martial artist Loren W. Christensen, Mark takes you step by step through each technique and shows you exactly how to apply it when your life depends on it. Mark kicks off your crash course in Street Stoppers with the basics of positioning and targets. From there, jump directly into the trips, sweeps and throws - over 50 solid techniques demonstrated in realistic fighting situations. Mark and Loren also include 15 combination techniques so you ll always have a Plan B to fall back on.

Troughout the book you ll get inside tips on choosing the right technique, gaining the upper hand over your assailant, avoiding injuries and ending a fight quickly. Because this book is written by 2 expert martial artists who have decades of experience subduing criminals on some of America s meanest streets, you can rest assured that you re getting proven techniques that work.

About the Authors:

MARK MIRELES has been training in the martial arts since 1977, with black belts in judo and Brazilian jiu jitsu and is currently is a professional mixed martial arts coach/trainer. As an amateur wrestler, he earned All American honors. Mark is a veteran officer with the Los Angeles Police department where, besides his regular duties, he is a certified law enforcement defensive tactics instructor and arrest and control expert as well as a two-time recipient of the Medal of Valor, the highest award for bravery given by the LAPD. 

Loren Christensen's service as a military policeman in Saigon during the Vietnam War, his 25 years as a veteran street cop in Portland, Oregon, and his training in the martial arts since 1965 have provided him with real-world perspective on truly functional self-defense techniques. No streetfighting education is complete without the arsenal of nasty tricks he provides in The Brutal Art of Ripping, Poking, and Pressing Vital Targets