{"id":77567,"date":"2024-08-24T11:30:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T17:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/?p=77567"},"modified":"2024-08-24T07:26:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T13:26:37","slug":"the-martial-library-martial-arts-self-defense-and-a-whole-lot-more-80-essential-books-for-self-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/24\/the-martial-library-martial-arts-self-defense-and-a-whole-lot-more-80-essential-books-for-self-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"The Martial Library: Martial Arts, Self Defense and a Whole Lot More.  80 Essential Books for Self-Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71397 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Books33.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Books33.jpg 626w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Books33-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"site-description\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wimsblog.com\/2024\/08\/80-essential-books-for-self-defense\/\">80 Essential Books for Self-Defense<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-sidebar-wrap\">\n<h2 class=\"post-9212 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-books category-martial-arts category-self-defense tag-books tag-martial-arts tag-self-defense entry\" aria-label=\"80 Essential Books for Self-Defense\">One of my Patrons suggested I do a list of recommended books for self-defense practitioners. It took a while but the result is what you can find here below. I\u2019ll keep it up to date when new books become available and I consider them a good addition to the list. But feel free to leave suggestions in the comments, and I\u2019ll take a look at them.<\/h2>\n<h2>I created categories for the books so the list is easier to navigate. That said, there is some overlap as many books touch upon more than just one aspect of self-defense. So don\u2019t view the categories as absolute, but instead more as a general guideline.<\/h2>\n<h2>When creating this essential reading list for self-defense, my goal was to cover as many aspects as possible by including a variety of authors and points of view. That doesn\u2019t mean every book listed here is the ultimate or only reference work on the topic. So to be clear:<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\n<h2>Some books I agree with almost 100%, others so not so much. And anything else in between these extremes.<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>Some books are relatively new, others have been around for a long time. New doesn\u2019t automatically mean better. Old doesn\u2019t automatically mean obsolete. Some information is timeless; other information is more relevant thanks to it being up to date.<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>Some books are filled to the brim with gems of knowledge relevant to self-defense. Others have some fluff or are also focused on other aspects than why I included them in the list. But each one still has information I think you can use.<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>Some books cover basics and are an excellent introduction for beginners. Others are in-depth and go into detail on advanced concepts. Both are good.<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>Some of these authors are close friends of mine, some I know in passing, others I don\u2019t know at all. I try to be objective in all instances when I add a book to this list, but full disclosure is always best.<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keep all this in mind when you go over this book. I believe the best way to view these books is as a buffet to choose from. Some you will like, others may not be for you. That\u2019s only to be expected as I cannot know what you, the reader, have in training and experience in self-defense. So I chose to include as many as possible in the hope there is enough for everybody to find useful.<\/h2>\n<h2>For your information: these are affiliate links and I get a small commission through them, at\u00a0<em>no additional cost to you<\/em>.<\/h2>\n<h2>All that said, let\u2019s dig in.<\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/wimsblog.com\/2024\/08\/80-essential-books-for-self-defense\/\">RTWT<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>80 Essential Books for Self-Defense &nbsp; One of my Patrons suggested I do a list of recommended books for self-defense practitioners. It took a while but the result is what you can find here below. I\u2019ll keep it up to date when new books become available and I consider them a good addition to the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[932,1427,483,484,1489,17417,402,15551],"tags":[8220,15836,659,17262,6656,17873],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77567"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77567"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77569,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77567\/revisions\/77569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}