Verbal attacks can cause injuries the same way physical attacks do, only without visible scars. Many of us are so dumbstruck when verbal attacks occur that we do not even find words to express our emotions. Only significantly later, when the attacker has already moved on to other, equally unsuspecting and vulnerable prey, can we recompose ourselves and find some of the words we could have or should have said. Others of us retaliate immediately thus entering the classic viscous spiral of escalating the conflict possibly even to the level of physical conflict.
As a student of Aikido (the classic non-resistant martial art) and other martial arts, I can fully appreciate what this little book can do for people who want to be better prepared in such situations. In this unassuming book (180 pages with minimalistic illustrations), Barbara Berckhan presents 12 basic tactics one can use in our everyday life when we find ourselves in a verbal attack situation. The book promises the reader to acquire self defense techniques to intelligently recognize the best way to stay out of a potentially escalating conflict, deflect and diffuse an obviously malevolent attack, or to stop a behaviour that if unchecked can resurface in increasingly hostile forms.
Even though the book will probably never earn its author the fame of being the most refined writer of the century (lots of vague statements and repetitions of trivialities), I still recommend it for those wishing to icrease their self confidence when attacked verbally. Some techniques may be a bit difficult to apply due to oversimplification.
As a student of Aikido (the classic non-resistant martial art) and other martial arts, I can fully appreciate what this little book can do for people who want to be better prepared in such situations. In this unassuming book (180 pages with minimalistic illustrations), Barbara Berckhan presents 12 basic tactics one can use in our everyday life when we find ourselves in a verbal attack situation. The book promises the reader to acquire self defense techniques to intelligently recognize the best way to stay out of a potentially escalating conflict, deflect and diffuse an obviously malevolent attack, or to stop a behaviour that if unchecked can resurface in increasingly hostile forms.
Even though the book will probably never earn its author the fame of being the most refined writer of the century (lots of vague statements and repetitions of trivialities), I still recommend it for those wishing to icrease their self confidence when attacked verbally. Some techniques may be a bit difficult to apply due to oversimplification.
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