The Little Black Book of Violence

Lawrence Kane is the author of Surviving Armed Assaults and Martial Arts Instruction, as well as co-author (with Kris Wilder) of The Way of Kata and The Way to Black Belt. He has also published numerous articles about teaching, martial arts, self-defense, and related topics, contributed to other author’s books, and acts as a forum moderator at www.iainabernethy.com , a website devoted to traditional martial arts and self-protection.

Since 1970, he has participated in a broad range of martial arts, from traditional Asian sports such as judo, arnis, kobudo, and karate to recreating medieval European combat with real armor and rattan (wood) weapons. He has taught medieval weapons forms since 1994 and Goju Ryu karate since 2002. He has also completed seminars in modern gun safety, marksmanship, handgun retention and knife combat techniques, and he has participated in slow-fire pistol and pin shooting competitions.

Since 1985, Lawrence has supervised employees who provide security and oversee fan safety during college and professional football games at a Pac-10 stadium. This part-time job has given him a unique opportunity to appreciate violence in a myriad of forms. Along with his crew, he has witnessed, interceded in, and stopped or prevented hundreds of fights, experiencing all manner of aggressive behaviors as well as the escalation process that invariably precedes them. He has also worked closely with the campus police and state patrol officers who are assigned to the stadium and has had ample opportunities to examine their crowd control tactics and procedures.

To pay the bills he does IT sourcing strategy and benchmarking work for an aerospace company in Seattle where he gets to play with billions of dollars of other people’s money and make really important decisions. Lawrence lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife Julie and his son Joey. He can be contacted via e-mail at [email protected].

BOOKS FROM YMAA

6 HEALING MOVEMENTS B906

101 REFLECTIONS ON TAI CHI CHUAN B868

108 INSIGHTS INTO TAI CHI CHUAN—A STRING OF PEARLS B582

A WOMAN’S QIGONG GUIDE B833

ADVANCING IN TAE KWON DO B072X

ANCIENT CHINESE WEAPONS B671

ANALYSIS OF SHAOLIN CHIN NA 2ND ED. B0002

ARTHRITIS RELIEF—CHINESE QIGONG FOR HEALING & PREVENTION, 3RD ED. B0339

BACK PAIN RELIEF—CHINESE QIGONG FOR HEALING & PREVENTION, 2ND ED. B0258

BAGUAZHANG 2ND ED. B1132

CARDIO KICKBOXING ELITE B922

CHIN NA IN GROUND FIGHTING B663

CHINESE FAST WRESTLING—THE ART OF SAN SHOU KUAI JIAO B493

CHINESE FITNESS—A MIND/BODY APPROACH B37X

CHINESE TUI NA MASSAGE B043

COMPLETE CARDIOKICKBOXING B809

COMPREHENSIVE APPLICATIONS OF SHAOLIN CHIN NA B36X

CROCODILE AND THE CRANE B0876

CUTTING SEASON (HARD COVER) B0821

CUTTING SEASON (PAPER BACK) B1309

DR. WU’S HEAD MASSAGE—ANTI-AGING AND HOLISTIC HEALING THERAPY B0576

EIGHT SIMPLE QIGONG EXERCISES FOR HEALTH, 2ND ED. B523

ESSENCE OF SHAOLIN WHITE CRANE B353

ESSENCE OF TAIJI QIGONG, 2ND ED. B639

EXPLORING TAI CHI B424

FIGHTING ARTS B213

INSIDE TAI CHI B108

KATA AND THE TRANSMISSION OF KNOWLEDGE B0266

THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK OF VIOLENCE B1293

LIUHEBAFA FIVE CHARACTER SECRETS B728

MARTIAL ARTS ATHLETE B655

MARTIAL ARTS INSTRUCTION B024X

MARTIAL WAY AND ITS VIRTUES B698

MEDITATIONS ON VIOLENCE B1187

MIND/BODY FITNESS—A MIND / BODY APPROACH B876

MUGAI RYU—THE CLASSICAL SAMURAI ART OF DRAWING THE SWORD B183

NATURAL HEALING WITH QIGONG—THERAPEUTIC QIGONG B0010

NORTHERN SHAOLIN SWORD, 2ND ED. B85X

OKINAWA’S COMPLETE KARATE SYSTEM—ISSHIN RYU B914

POWER BODY B760

PRINCIPLES OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE B99X

QIGONG FOR HEALTH & MARTIAL ARTS, 2ND ED. B574

QIGONG FOR LIVING B116

QIGONG FOR TREATING COMMON AILMENTS B701

QIGONG MASSAGE—FUND. TECHNIQUES FOR HEALTH AND RELAXATION, 2ND ED. B0487

QIGONG MEDITATION—EMBRYONIC BREATHING B736

QIGONG MEDITATION—SMALL CIRCULATION B0673

QIGONG, THE SECRET OF YOUTH B841

QUIET TEACHER — HARD COVER B1170

QUIET TEACHER — PAPER BACK B1262

ROOT OF CHINESE QIGONG, 2ND ED. B507

SHIHAN TE—THE BUNKAI OF KATA B884

SIMPLE CHINESE MEDICINE B1248

SUNRISE TAI CHI B0838

SURVIVING ARMED ASSAULTS B0711

TAEKWONDO—ANCIENT WISDOM FOR THE MODERN WARRIOR B930

TAE KWON DO—THE KOREAN MARTIAL ART B0869

TAEKWONDO—SPIRIT AND PRACTICE B221

TAO OF BIOENERGETICS B289

TAI CHI BOOK B647

TAI CHI CHUAN—24 &48 POSTURES B337

TAI CHI CHUAN MARTIAL APPLICATIONS, 2ND ED. B442

TAI CHI CONNECTIONS B0320

TAI CHI DYNAMICS B1163

TAICHI SECRETS OF THE ANCIENT MASTERS B71X

TAI CHI SECRETS OF THE WU & LI STYLES B981

TAI CHI SECRETS OF THE WU STYLE B175

TASI CHI SECRETS OF THE YANG STYLE B094

TAI CHI THEORY & MARTIAL POWER, 2ND ED. B434

TAI CHI WALKING B23X