This book focuses on the growing need for self-protection by modern women, answers common questions on self-protection, points ways to avoid potentially dangerous situations and shows how to deal with an attack when it cannot be avoided. Techniques used in the course are drawn from a variety of sources including ju-jutsu, judo, karate, kempo, kung-fu, ninjutsu and western self-protection techniques. The course describes a variety of common attack situations and offers practical self-defense techniques that are effective in each situation. Readers will learn combinations of fighting techniques that include blocks, punches and kicks that are useful defenses against a variety of attacks. The book teaches ways of escaping from and defending against common attacks whether occurring at home, in a public place, or on the street.

    What about an Italian cassone or coffer, or an ornate 19th-century pipe rack? This book will show you how to make these and many other projects. The book combines practical instruction with numerous photographic illustrations and working diagrams. The summation of years of research and practical work, this volume is the definitive work in English on the craft of traditional wood carving.For the serious-minded beginner, the instructional content is well-organized, easy-to-follow, and very precise. The authors begin with the basics: what tools and appliances are necessary, what woods to use, instruction in the actual cutting of wood. There are chapters on how to translate your ideas into wood, how to design, trace or outline your project. The various methods of practical carving are described; incised, pierced, and chip carving; carving in the round; Gothic carving; styles of carved ornament; etc. Many specific projects are offered: from the simplest — small boxes, bread platters, chests, chairs and stools — to the more complex — tables, cupboards and cabinets, beds, sideboards, even staircases, or for that matter, almost any item you can imagine in wood.Authoritative, complete, and profusely illustrated with 1,146 working drawings and photographic examples, it contains a wealth of encyclopedic information. There is much here you could find nowhere else.