Close Encounters: The Arresting Art of Taiho-Jutsu Book by Takayuki Kubota (Preowned)

Takayuki Kubota has during his thirty year career, put to good use the techniques he developed as an undercover operative and special tactics instructor to the Kamata police department in Tokyo, Japan.

Internationally renowned as the inventor of the side handle police baton, and "kubotan keychain", he has regularly taught the FBI, DEA, and covert operatives, as well as law-enforcement instructors from numerous countries around the world.

This book is a compilation of the latest, best, and most useful techniques that the author has developed both for professional police officers, and private citizens who are exposed to special risks. With such an arsenal, you need fear no man!

Heavily illustrated instructional book of 162 pages printed on high-quality paper and notch-bound for strength & durability in the 6” x 9” format. Includes sections on nerve holds, the straight baton, angled (police) baton, Kubotan Keychain, unarmed techniques, civil disobedience, the armed assailant, special techniques, multiple assailants, handcuffing, finger printing.

The inclusion of police photos from the 19th and early 20th century, including a number dealing with the Jack the Ripper murders and the 1915 “Siege of Sidney Street,” makes the introductory section on “Yesterday’s Crime” especially fascinating.

162 pages

Publication date: 1988