Waking
the Tiger within--Book Summary
Violent
crime is out of control because too many people don't want to
think about it, don't prepare for it, and gamble that they won't
be one of the 14,000 victims hurt or killed in America every
day. Five out of six Americans will be victims of violent crime
during their lifetime.
Waking
The Tiger Within, (128 pages, plus 32 pages of sharp, related
illustrations), describes simply with fresh, unapologetic vigor
how to become aware, powerful, never a victim--in control on
the street, in the car, at work, on trips, at home and at school.
Scott Flint,
a 5th degree Black Belt, holds the title of Master Instructor,
has taught over 3000 students during 23 years, learned from
experience exactly what women, men, and children must know to
be safe in all environments.
Chapter-by-Chapter
Outline
Foreword
(4 pages)
The Foreword
first describes the purpose of the book: developing instinctual
fighting ability (the Tiger within), and providing simple, common-sense
techniques to ensure safety on the street, at home, at work,
in the car, on trips, and at school.
Next, the
Foreword cautions against compassion for "goblins,"
those who prey upon us, warns that we must expect to be attacked
eventually, with on one to depend on but ourselves.
The Foreword
concludes: "If you learn these principles, you will repel
violence instead of attract violence. If violence must be committed,
let it be in your defense, and not to your demise."
Chapter
1...The
Right To Defend
(6 pages)
Chapter
1 begins with the assertion: "No one ever has the right
to hurt you. The mere thought of someone doing so should make
your blood boil, and anyone who attempts to hurt you does so
at his own peril."
"Your
chances of being attacked are directly related to your level
of willingness to fight back."
The second
part of chapter 1 defines exactly what one can do to defend
oneself--under the law.
Chapter
1 concludes with the thought: Do everything you can to avoid
attack, but if it has to happen--strike hard, strike fast and
end it on your terms."
Chapter
2...Awareness
(11
pages, 1 illustration)
The chapter
opens with the thought: Awareness determines whether one will
be attacked or not.
Victim’s
state: "I couldn't believe it was really happening, it
was unreal, I was frozen, I couldn't think."
Readers
of chapter 2, Awareness, will be able to say instead: "It
might happen to me. It might happen today. I know what to do.
And I'm going to do it!"
Copy the
Tiger, be aware. The rest of Chapter 2 tells simply, directly,
how always to be aware: practice the "Color Code."
White--unaware.
90% of people are in white most of their lives. White attracts
assailants.
Yellow--general
alertness. Potential attackers are repelled by alertness.
Orange--specific
alert. In orange you make your battle plan. "If he steps
one more step toward me, I'll drive my finger into his eye."
Red--is
the fight mode. You are a machine, your decision and action
are automatic, your assailant is surprised, then terrorized.
The "Color
Code" saves lives, makes the assailant the victim.
Chapter
3...The
Tiger (12
pages)
"Everyone
is born with a tiger within," begins Chapter 3. But society
buries our Tiger deep within us.
When we
convert fear to rage, Chapter 3 continues, with the accompanying
adrenaline surge, our Tiger surfaces powerfully to save us.
Always,
Chapter 3 concludes, we must fight back, surprising the predator,
converting our fear to rage, making our entire essence as frightening
to the assailant as a wild, ferocious Tiger.
Chapter
4...The
"Stop Button"
(18 pages, 33 photos)
"Don't
fight fair, fight to win."
How well
we defend ourselves is 90% mental, 10% physical, Chapter 4 stresses
in the first section.
The rest
of the chapter uses 33 illustrations and crisp, simple instructions
to teach powerfully effective techniques to end the fight within
one second.
Chapter
5...Home Defense (18 pages, 14 photos)
"Your
home is an extension of yourself--an attack on it should infuriate
you as much as a direct attack on yourself."
Prevention
is the key, Chapter 5 continues. The remainder of the chapter
describes 12 specific measures to protect the home.
Chapter
6...Group
Attack
(4 pages)
After you
learn to defeat a single attacker, you can defeat many attackers
by using the same technique. "As long as you are fast and
brutal in you technique, and escape a soon as you are able,
you will survive."
Chapter
6 continues with specific techniques to survive a mass attack,
and explains how to quickly stop an armed assailant.
The chapter
concludes with this advice: "remember your advantages and
be happy that your assailants are unconfident, distracted fools
as you attack their attack.
Chapter
7...Travel
Safe
(28 pages, 18 photos)
Chapter
7 tells clearly, simply, with illustrations, how to remain safe
while walking,driving (road-rage, car jackings), staying at
hotels or motels, in a restaurant, in an elevator; and how to
be a secure tourist.
Chapter
8...Growing Up Prepared
(20 pages, 9 photos)
"300,000
children in the United States are abducted each year, 46,000
never to be found again."
To keep
your child totally safe, Chapter 8 continues, you must assume
your child will be attacked, and that it will happen sooner
or later.
Actual
kidnappings are described in the chapter--those which ended
in tragedy, and those rare ones where the child knew what to
do, survived.
The chapter
continues with 14 specific rules and techniques every parent
must teach their child to ensure the child's survival.
Chapter
8 ends: "If enough children start fighting back against
the evils of kidnap and child molestation, the whole business
of these perverts hurting children will stop."
Chapter
9...Putting An End To Bullies (6
pages)
Chapter
9 begins by describing the harm done to children by bullies.
And then it tells the parent how to detect signs that the child
is being bullied.
The middle
part of Chapter 9 warns that, unchecked, bullying always escalates,
especially when child and/or parent is in denial.
The chapter
concludes with the mandate that a child must be taught never
to let a bully get away with anything. The child must fight
back, over-react to the threat of the bully, and the parent
must always support the child's actions 100%.
Afterword
(2 pages)
Crime is
increasing.
Waking
The Tiger Within teaches our children and us how to be safe.
Never submit,
comply or follow the commands of an attacker. Always we must
fight.
We must
plant firmly in our mind that, yes, if we are attacked, regardless
of the odds, we will fight back. When we do this, we are strong,
at peace. We have awakened the Tiger within.
