Fighting Dirty With Loren W Christensen – DVD Review
Real fights have no rules. Real fights don’t have referees to stop the battle when one person has the upper hand. Real fights are not something you want to lose, when losing means you are seriously injured or killed. Real fights, if you can’t avoid them, are times when you need to take down your attacker as hard and as fast as you can. You don’t fight fair, you do what you must to get home safely. That’s where this DVD comes in.
Loren Christensen has over 20 years of law enforcement experience and has been fighting for more than twice as much. He knows a lot about martial arts and fighting, and in this Paladin Press production of “Fighting Dirty: A ‘No Sweat’ Guide to Hardcore Self-Defense Training,” teaches the dirty tricks necessary to win a real fight.
Paladin’s Scene Index makes it easy to find the chapter you want to study. Christensen divided his instruction into eight main parts with an introduction and a conclusion as punchlines. In this 108-minute DVD, Christensen provides instructions on how to block, punch, kick, take down, guard break, grab, pinch and tear, use your environment, and how to put it all together.
Make no mistake, although Christensen has decades of martial arts training under his multiple black belts, this DVD focuses on fighting dirty. You won’t find many fancy moves here, just dirty basics. Palm heels, bottom punches, and slaps are the types of punches you find here, not traditional martial arts punches. For kicks, you’ll find nose kicks, shin scrapes, shovel kicks, stomps, and knee strikes; All easy, quick and dirty.
Paladin’s production value is top notch. The sound is good, they use a well-lit studio, and the camera angles clearly show what Christensen is teaching. And show what he does. I like that Paladin produces DVDs where instructors teach on camera. It’s like having Christensen right there to guide you through his dirty techniques. If you and your training partner follow the DVD, you will be able to learn them and incorporate them into your own training.
If you’re looking for a DVD of practical self-defense techniques, this will be a great addition to your video library. I highly recommend incorporating Christensen’s “Fighting Dirty” techniques into your self defense arsenal.