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Verbal Judo:
Redirecting Behavior with Words
by George J. Thompson, Ph.D.

Originally developed to help police officers gain compliance without resorting to physical force, this book sets forth principles that can be applied by anyone who works with people, whether avoidance of the need to use force is an issue or not.

The principles parallel those on which judo is based. The book reveals these, and illustrates them ingeniously with descriptions of selected throws in judo, as the story - a trip through the Southwest of the USA - unfolds.

The book teaches the art of guidance, motivation, persuasion, supervision, negotiation, reassurance, enforcement and punishment. As an ancillary benefit-perhaps not consciously intended by Dr. Thompson - the book provides perhaps one of the best introductions to the core strengths of Japanese culture to ever appear in print.

The following chapters are included:

• The Limits of Force
• The Language of Guidance
• The Language of Motivation
• The Language of Persuasion
• The Language of Supervision
• The Language of Negotiation
• The Language of Reassurance
• The Language of Enforcement
• The Language of Punishment
• The Gentle Way of Words

George J. Thompson, Ph.D., is founder and president of the Verbal Judo Institute in Westcliffe, Colorado. Following a ten-year career as an English professor, he spent five years on the streets as a police officer. A holder of black belts in judo and Taekwondo as well as a certified Kubotan instructor, Dr. Thompson has reinterpreted the principles of judo to create a verbal art of persuasion that he calls Verbal Judo.

Specifications: 140 pages; 5¼”x8¼”; perfect bound; Publisher: IPTM (March 1994)

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