If you are concerned about the safety of children or want to improve your own self-defense and awareness skills, then this book is for you. The Crandall System is a complete program for educators, community leaders, parents, and personal use that will increase your awareness and safety in your daily life. It presents information about vulnerabilities, potentially dangerous situations and assaults, and provides effective solutions for these situations. The four levels of the Crandall System are: Children's Self-Defense and Awareness, Teenager's Self-Defense and Awareness, Women's Self-Defense and Assault Prevention, and Senior Citizen's Self-Defense. All levels include detailed pictures for self-defense techniques. Some of these areas include defense against grabs, punches, knives, and guns. Self-defense with a cane is also covered. Through well-founded educational principles let the Crandall System help you become more in control of your safety in the world that surrounds you.
American Eagle Style is a traditional empty-hand martial art style founded by Grandmaster Clifford C. Crandall, Jr., head of the American Martial Arts Institute. Whether you are an instructor of the martial arts, a new student, a family member of a martial artist or just generally interested in the concepts of solid, effective martial arts training, this book is a must. This book documents one of the only world recognized American styles of martial arts, and at the same time teaches much of the uniqueness associated with a traditional style. This book, in its third edition, has put an American style of martial arts into libraries, schools, and the hands of interested individuals around the world. Some of the areas covered in this textbook include: effective self-defense moves for escape, control and take-down counters against empty hand, gun and knife attacks; Basic Katas 1, 2 and 3; the eight Pal-Gwes and the three Chulgis; 38 BLACK BELT empty-hand forms such as Se Jong Hyung, Old and New Koryo, Hookiyu 1, Chip Jang, Pyongwon, Cheon Kwon, Gekisai 1, Hwa-Rang Hyung, Sil Lum, American Eagle, Eye of the Eagle, the five Heians, Sipjin, Tong Il Hyung, So San Hyung and many more; the five hanza escape techniques and the 10 Ippon Kumites; this style's 36 basic forms; Women's self-defense techniques and safety tips; Seated self-defense and circular self-defense along with One-Step-Sparring; stances and exactly how to position your feet for an effective foundation. Be proud to be involved in the martial arts and increase your awareness of its growing facets. Be excited to be an American and realize that your country has taken its place in the world of quality and professional martial arts training. About the Author: Grandmaster Clifford C. Crandall Jr. is the founder of the American Eagle Style. He holds the title of Headmaster in Takenouchi-Hangan-Ryu-Matsuno-Crandall Iaido style. He holds Master Instructor status in two styles, and he is a retired superintendent of schools in New York State. A practitioner of the martial arts for over 45 years, he retired from public education in 1982 and has since devoted his life to the martial arts. He has authored numerous videotapes and DVDs as well as five books. As the host of the Martial Arts Today TV show and the Safety and Awareness Today TV show, he has traveled throughout the world representing the martial arts and the positive impact it can have on people of all ages. The textbook contains hundreds of full color, step-by-step photographs.
The American Eagle Style's Red Top Program has been teaching young adults how to recognize the qualities of a strong leader for more than 15 years. As a traditional school, the American Martial Arts Institute believes that martial artists have a responsibility to make a positive difference in their communities. Students accepted into the Red Top program learns about important leadership concepts such as goal-setting, clear expectations, time management, communication, motivation, accountability, delegation, prioritization, empathy, technical skills, collaboration, conformity, vision, and much more. Leadership Piece by Piece makes some of this program's core concepts and methods available to those looking to develop their own leadership programs, for those American Eagle Style students interested in applying to the program, and to its participants. These ideas are not new. On the contrary, they are the “old ways” linked to traditions, many which are being forgotten or replaced in a rapidly changing world of technology. This program is built on a strong foundation of professional, educational and martial arts experience.The American Martial Arts Institute and American Eagle Style were founded by Grandmaster Clifford C. Crandall, Jr., a 10th Degree Black Belt and retired superintendent of schools, high school and elementary school principal, and classroom teacher. With over 50 years of martial arts experience, he has taught seminars for people of all ages and abilities produced public service announcements, instructional books and DVDs, created websites, and authored educational articles published internationally. His program for active seniors has been featured on MSNBCs TodayShow.Com. He is the founder of the Red Top program.
Kendo for Fun" is exactly what the title states. In 1994, 1995 and 1996 I was studying kendo and training in it regularly; however, my commitment to my empty hand American Eagle Style and the growth of my students within that style took precedence. But I did not stop promoting kendo and the beauty and power that it teaches to my instructors and black belt students. Over the years we have had workout classes and seminars in kendo and its history. My number one student in this area has been Master Nicholas Chuff, one of my empty hand instructors. He was the overseer and instructor for my school's kendo workouts and over the past two years has encouraged this book to be written for our workout class participants. Kendo is truly a unique area of the traditions of the sword. We are not a traditional kendo school and our style of kendo is called "Americanized Eagle Kendo." It has come about to meet the needs of my instructors and students in my empty hand and Iaido styles. Some of these individuals have serious knee challenges or lower back limitations, leaving them unable to execute some of the ceremonial traditions and demands of traditional kendo. Existing on the outside of the circle of traditional kendo, our style allows them to participate and enjoy this magnificent discipline. This book includes traditional and slightly altered stances, body postures, basic strikes, basic blocks, four kumi tachi, two three point sparring exercises, and the kendo kata "Falcon Stoop." The book also presents the kendo armor, how to put it on and take it off as well as maintenance. Reading this book also prepares individuals to participate in our classes, understand our stretching, and provides information on where to look for a traditional kendo school if they desire. The martial arts is all about enjoying life and taking in as much as possible. We have fun practicing kendo, which in turn gives us a terrific workout as it improves our balance, strength and focus.--Stances--Philosophy--Stretching--Class Structure--Postures--Basic Blocks--Basic Strikes--Bogu (Armor): Maintenance, Putting On, Removing, Storing--Kumi Tachi --Partner Drill Sequences--Glossary--ResourcesAND Much More
If you are concerned about the safety of children or want to improve your own self-defense and awareness skills, then this book is for you. The Crandall System is a complete program for educators, community leaders, parents, and personal use that will increase your awareness and safety in your daily life. It presents information about vulnerabilities, potentially dangerous situations and assaults, and provides effective solutions for these situations. The four levels of the Crandall System are: Children's Self-Defense and Awareness, Teenager's Self-Defense and Awareness, Women's Self-Defense and Assault Prevention, and Senior Citizen's Self-Defense. All levels include detailed pictures for self-defense techniques. Some of these areas include defense against grabs, punches, knives, and guns. Self-defense with a cane is also covered. Through well-founded educational principles let the Crandall System help you become more in control of your safety in the world that surrounds you.
Not many Americans think of the legal profession as a monopoly, but it is. Abraham Lincoln, who practiced law for nearly twenty-five years, would likely not have been allowed to practice today. Without a law degree from an American Bar Association–sanctioned institution, a would-be lawyer is allowed to practice law in only a few states. ABA regulations also prevent even licensed lawyers who work for firms that are not owned and managed by lawyers from providing legal services. At the same time, a slate of government policies has increased the demand for lawyers' services. Basic economics suggests that those entry barriers and restrictions combined with government-induced demand for lawyers will continue to drive the price of legal services even higher. Clifford Winston, Robert Crandall, and Vikram Maheshri argue that these increased costs cannot be economically justified. They create significant social costs, hamper innovation, misallocate the nation's labor resources, and create socially perverse incentives. In the end, attorneys support inefficient policies that preserve and enhance their own wealth, to the detriment of the general population. To fix this situation, the authors propose a novel solution: deregulation of the legal profession. Lowering the barriers to entry will force lawyers to compete more intensely with each other and to face competition from nonlawyers and firms that are not owned and managed by lawyers. The book provides a much-needed analysis of why legal costs are so high and how they can be reduced without sacrificing the quality of legal services.
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