Please check out this interesting selection of reference materials. We will continue to add to this page as we find new and appropriate materials, so please come back and visit us again

Beauty Bites Beast : Awakening the Warrior Within Women and Girls
by Ellen Snortland
This is not a "How  To" book -- It is a "Get Up and Go-For-It" book.
An incredible, funny, tough and smart guide to women's self-defense. According to author Ellen Snortland, women have been conditioned by society to believe that they are helpless in the face of attack. In chapter after chapter, Ms. Snortland systematically unravels and deconstructs myths, stereotypes and misguided beliefs which contribute to violence against women.

Total Awareness: A Woman's Safety Book
by Beth Laur, Darren
Darren and Beth Laur have produced a very comprehensive book on woman's safety. This is not just another book of pictures showing self-defense techniques, they have assembled an array of tactics, strategies and techniques that enable women to use their most potent weapon: their intelligence .  In depth discussions of potential dangers that women of the millennium are faced with such as: sexual assault drugs, home invasions, car jackings, and tactics employed by predators, provided women with an action plan on how they can prepare and survive if they find themselves in any of these

Real World Self-Defense : A Guide to Staying Alive in Dangerous Times
by Jerry Vancook
This work is a provocative and unconventional treatment of self-defense that has much to offer even to an expert. Real World Self-Defense covers mental preparation, legal issues,  all types of weapons from firearms down to OC spray, unarmed combat and training considerations. The Author's conclusions in all these areas take into account the findings of recent in depth research about the body's natural ability in severe stress situations of having to fight for survival.

When Seconds Count : Everyone's Guide to Self-Defense
by Sammy Franco
"When Seconds Count" is a step-by-step approach that explain in detail the various aspects of self-defense. The Author paints a graphic picture of  the evils that  human beings are capable of committing. Also covered are the preliminary aspects of self-defense: awareness, assessment and de-escalation. Demonstrating that increasing our skills in these three key areas, it is possible to avoid completely the need to fight back. However,  Mr. Franco also provides the tools to fight back if necessary as well as explaining the various Force Options.  He  also explains, in detail, the advantages/disadvantages of using guns and knives and other weapons.  The presentation of the material  is such to help the reader understand their responsibility of Self--Defense.