Combat Kick Boxing is the first book to bring Kick Boxing techniques to the attention of the serious student of self-defence. Kick Boxing, long regarded as the most realistic of the martial sports, offers the skills and techniques that could save your life when you are under attack. Covering awareness, pre-emptive strikes, defence against armed and unarmed assailants, gang attacks, street conditioning and much more Combat Kick Boxing delivers hard-hitting and practical advice. The follow-up to Pat O’Keeffe’s best-selling Kick Boxing - A Framework for Success, this book explains how to use the techniques of the ring when the ropes and referee have been removed.