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Whip It, Whip It Good: The Benefits of Compound Torque
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The Inner Circle: Make Defense Less Difficult
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Sweep The Leg!
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Blocking Weapons and More
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Breakfalls: How to avoid getting beat up by the ground
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Joint Locks
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Basic Defense Concepts
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Damage: Dealing It, Avoiding It
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Striking Structure (with pictures!)
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