A Guide to Violence and Self-Defense.
Shermer and Thornton discuss: aggression: passive, proactive, reactive, relational \u2022 moralistic punishment and the game theory analysis of the logic of violence \u2022 gun violence (homicide, suicide, accidents) \u2022 violence against women/children \u2022 male-on-male violence \u2022 alcohol, drugs, infidelity \u2022 race \u2022 self-control \u2022 training soldiers \u2022 male role models \u2022 Rodney King, Michael Brown, George Floyd \u2022 police violence \u2022 bullying \u2022 fatherless homes \u2022 rape and sexual violence \u2022 self-defense.
Matt Thornton has been teaching functional martial arts for more than thirty years and holds a 5th degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. His organization, Straight Blast Gym, has more than seventy locations worldwide and has produced champion MMA fighters as well as world-class self-defense and law enforcement instructors. He lives with his wife Salome and their five children in Portland, Oregon. His new book is The Gift of Violence: Practical Knowledge for Surviving and Thriving in a Dangerous World.