Wagner's Reality-Based Personal Protection system covers the complete tactical spectrum of pre-conflict, conflict and post-conflict techniques and training methods for a wide variety of worst-case scenarios. Mastering these tactics will educate you on the dangers of the modern world and how to survive them. This must-have manual covers: - knowledge domain and conflict rehearsal, - defensive tactics using strikes, threat zones and stopping power, - using the ground to your advantage, - surviving a knife attack and countering effectively, - military techniques and training methods for handgun proficiency, - how to protect yourself and others in criminal-assault scenarios, - preparing for and surviving terrorist attacks, - a special section for women's self-defense tactics - and MORE! In this highly-anticipated book, Wagner shares more than three decades of martial arts, police, military and special-agent training through highly detailed conceptual explanations, charts and captioned photo sequences. Coupled with his personal experience in the field and at some of the world's most prestigious training facilities, the techniques and tactics of Reality-Based Personal Protection form the basis for the ultimate modern self-defense system. A former soldier, jailer, street cop, SWAT officer, diplomatic bodyguard and counterterrorist agent for the U.S. government, Sgt. Jim Wagner is one of the world's top police and military defensive-tactics instructors.

He has trained elite units such as the U.S. Marshals, FBI SWAT, German GSG9, Israeli Special Forces, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Navy, Brazilian GATE, U.S.

Marines and many organizations around the world. In addition to teaching Reality-BasedPersonal Protection worldwide, Sgt. Wagner is a reserve police officer currently assigned as a defensive-tactics instructor, a firearms instructor and a tactical-team member.