The book is Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six, she goes blind, and her father builds her a model of their neighborhood, every house, every manhole, so she can memorize it with her fingers and navigate the real streets with her feet and cane. When the Germans occupy Paris, father and daughter flee to Saint-Malo on the Brittany coast, where Marie-Laure's agoraphobic great uncle lives in a tall, narrow house by the sea wall...
The book covers the following topics: Understanding kata and bunkai (applications) The role of grappling in self defence Close range strikes Throws and takedowns Ground fighting Chokes and strangles Arm bars Leg and ankle locks Neck wrenches Finger locks Wrist locks Fighting dirty Combinations Live grappling drills
