Reviews for Family Emergency Manual

The average rating for Family Emergency Manual based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-08-21 00:00:00 Eric Rever This is a fantastic book, but I do have to say it is NOT the book you probably think it is when you pick it up. If book titles were completely straightforward, this one would be called "Feminism 101 & Self-Defense, With Applications to Martial Arts." This is the book I would give someone who wanted (or needed) to gain a basic understanding of modern feminism whose into the martial arts. Basically, it uses martial arts, particularly self-defense, as a vehicle for explaining the basic tenets of modern feminism. Who should read it? * Any man, woman, boy, or girl in the martial arts without a solid foundation in modern feminism, regardless of their position, but particularly instructors of women, particularly instructors who are men * Any person who doesn't "get" feminism, or thinks feminism means something it does not (man-hating, being "unfeminine," women ruling the world, turning all women lesbian, etc.) * Anyone who teaches self-defense for women, or is considering it * Could also see it being useful for a woman who is considering getting into the martial arts, as a guide to what the potential sexism issues are in the martial arts in order to avoid them & find a women-friendly teacher / school I have been extremely fortunate to have trained at friendly, equitable dojos where I've encountered very very little sexism (the vast majority of it having come from one person at one dojo), so I did find it enlightening & useful to read about the myriad of ways that it still does abound in a sport that remains pretty traditional & slow to change in many ways.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-05-03 00:00:00 Trevor Smith So, I checked this book out of the library on a whim, because I occasionally teach karate, and some of the people I teach are women. The central thesis of this book seems to be that self-defense courses for women should take into account that women are more likely to be attacked by some one they know, rather than a stranger. Thus, a self defense course should incorporate lessons on boundary setting and other social-psychological techniques, etc. And, if part of the purpose of martial arts is self defense, then martial arts courses should incorporate those techniques as well. The central thesis seems to make sense, but there is not much evidence offered to support it (like, do the techniques the advocate the teaching of actually work?), and I'm not exactly even sure what the techniques they are referring to are, yet a lone how to teach them. Of course, Lawler suggests I can't actually teach them any way, due to being male. It also comes off as vaguely paranoid often, which I suppose is a common flaw in books about self defense.