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  • Training for Sudden Violence

    72 Practice Drills

    by Rory Miller ...
    The speed and brutality of a predatory attack can shock even an experienced martial artist. The sudden chaos, the cascade of stress hormones―you feel as though time slows down. In reality, the assault is over in an instant. How does anyone prepare for that?As a former corrections sergeant and tactical team leader, Rory Miller is a proven survivor. He instructs police and corrections professionals ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Violence: A Writer's Guide Second Edition

    by Rory Miller ...
    This is not about writing technique. "Violence: A Writer's Guide" is an introduction to the world of violence. To the parts that people don't understand. The parts that books and movies get wrong. Not just the mechanics, but how people who live in a violent world think and feel about what they do and what they see done."Novelists need to be experts on storytelling. For everything else, we need to ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Facing Violence

    Preparing for the Unexpected

    by Rory Miller ...
    This Book Stands Alone as an Introduction to the Context of Self-Defense.There are seven elements that must be addressed to bring self-defense training to something approaching ‘complete.’ Any training that dismisses any of these areas leaves you vulnerable.We strongly recommend this book to anybody wishing to learn self-defense, or understand how to stay safe should violence rear it's ugly head ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Meditations on Violence

    A Comparison of Martial Arts Training and Real World Violence

    by Rory Miller ...
    Examining the Gap Between Martial Arts Training and Real World Violence.Experienced martial artist and veteran correction officer Sgt. Rory Miller (RET) distills what he has learned from jailhouse brawls, tactical operations and ambushes to explore the differences between martial arts and the subject martial arts were designed to deal with: Violence.Section One: The Matrix. Introduces the myths, ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Principles-Based Instruction for Self-Defense (and Maybe Life)

    by Rory Miller ...
    In "Meditations on Violence," Rory Miller explored the gap between martial arts training and real-world violence. In "Principles-Based Instruction" he strikes at the gap between traditional teaching and effective teaching. In seven sections, Rory gives you a solid foundation in the information you must have before you teach, different methods to transfer that information, the ethics of instruction ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Violence: A Writer's Guide Second Edition

    by Rory Miller ...
    This is not about writing technique. "Violence: A Writer's Guide" is an introduction to the world of violence. To the parts that people don’t understand. The parts that books and movies get wrong. Not just the mechanics, but how people who live in a violent world think and feel about what they do and what they see done.“Novelists need to be experts on storytelling. For everything else, we need to ... Read more

    $6.65 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • ChironTraining Volume 2: 2006

    by Rory Miller ...
    The second year of the Chiron Training blog, with a few additional notes. A corrections sergeant, tactical team leader, martial artist and father, Rory Miller has been doing his 'thinking out loud' at chirontraining.blogspot.com since 2005. It's reputed to be worth a read... ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Desert Kingdoms to Global Powers

    The Rise of the Arab Gulf

    by Rory Miller ...
    An expert in Arab Gulf politics offers a revealing analysis of the region's stunning rise to global power and the challenges it confronts today.Once just sleepy desert sheikdoms, the Arab Gulf states of Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait now exert unprecedented influence on international affairs—the result of their almost unimaginable riches in oil and gas. In ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Talking Them Through: Crisis Communications with the Emotionally Disturbed and Mentally Ill

    by Rory Miller ...
    Drawing on extensive experience with unstable, violent, intoxicated and mentally ill people, former Corrections Sergeant Rory Miller delivers a street-level guide to building rapport, taking command and avoiding force.An altered state of consciousness can be caused by many things-- drugs in the system, brain chemistry, or simple fear, anger or stress. In this short volume, Miller provides a ... Read more

    $6.66 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Scaling Force

    Dynamic Decision Making Under Threat of Violence

    by Rory Miller, Lawrence A. Kane ...
    Use too much force and you are going to jail.Use too little force and you're in for a world of hurt.Conflict and violence cover a broad range of behaviors, from intimidation to murder, and they require an equally broad range of responses. A kind word will not resolve all situations, nor will wristlocks, punches or even a gun.In Scaling Force the authors introduce you to the full range of options, ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD

  • ChironTraining Volume 3: 2007

    by Rory Miller ...
    In the third year of the popular Chiron Training blog, Rory leaves the jail for a temporary stint as an Internal Affairs investigator, works to take his team to an entirely new level, and thinks and writes about life, love and hand-to-hand combat. ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • ChironTraining Volume 1: 2005

    by Rory Miller ...
    Six months of writing ranging from blood exposures after a fight to calming a mentally ill criminal; from funerals for children to tactical training and raising a small family on a farm... It's all just another day at the office for sarge. ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus