Safe and alive: How to protect yourself, your family, and your property against violence [Jan 01, 1981] Dobson, Terry

Safe and alive: How to protect yourself, your family, and your property against violence

Dobson, Terry

distributed by Houghton Mifflin

The book covers the life and times of Terry Dobson . . . As the drummer of chart topping band Black Lace, Terry toured extensively throughout the UK, Europe and the former Iron Curtain countries during 1969-1980.UK TV appearances include, Top of the Pops Juke box Jury, Noel Edmonds Swap Shop, the BBC's Nationwide news program and the making of the bands first pop video as prequel to the 1979 Eurovision song contest . . . Terry has appeared in numerous TV pop shows throughout Europe. Spain, Bulgaria, France, Denmark, Poland, East & West Germany and the Shetland Isles. Terry talks about his early school days, life on a large council estate, playing drums in working mens clubs and summer seasons in Skegness and Filey 1976 & 1977 . . . also performances with the stars of the day during his semi professional and professional career . . . and the effect playing in a band had on his family. Love, lust and the meeting and divorce of 3 wives . . . his lovely children, Helen, Kerry, Warren, and Ashley . . . the sad death of his partner, the raising of his youngest son Liam, now aged 7 . . . but just a few days away from his 4th birthday when his mummy, Tricia, tragically died as a result of an asthma attack on one of the hottest days in July 2006 aged just 47.The good and bad times, the happy and the sad . . . The success of Black Lace the band and phenomenal success of the Black Lace duo. Terry's time playing the drums in other semi and professional bands, the sad deaths of Alan Barton (Black Lace & Smokie).Mick Brassington (Method & Stormer) Richard Chappell (former Wakefield theatre club lighting man), and roadie for all the bands Terry has worked with. Also with very little information to hand Terry records the events leading up to a very long and frustrating search for his biological father.

And then came Agadoo: Black Lace

Humor & Entertainment

AuthorHouse

This is a recall of events from the author’s very early childhood to reaching pensionable age—stories that, at times, appear far-fetched and, as incredible as they are, remain honest throughout this work. Another Day Another Time is the amalgamation of all those happenings and the thoughts, dreams, and aspirations of a boy who became a man. It is apt that at times such as these that we do reflect, look back, and spend time to reminisce. And you never know, you may truly like what comes to mind. This was written to bring about a conclusion, although not necessarily an end, to the successful autobiographical accounts to be found in And Then Came Agadoo and Abri—My Oasis. Relish the voyage through many twists, turns, and difficulties, finally coming to a time of fulfillment, a voyage full of surprises, a journey, and a life worthy of a mention.

Another Day Another Time

Biographies & Memoirs

AuthorHouseUK

Conflict is an unavoidable aspect of living. The late renowned aikido master Terry Dobson, together with Victor Miller, present aikido as a basis for conflict resolution. "Attack-tics" is a system of conflict resolution based on the principles of aikido, the non-violent martial art Morihei Ueshiba created after World War II. Not all conflicts are contests, say Dobson and Miller, and not all conflicts are equally threatening.

Aikido in Everyday Life: Giving in to Get Your Way

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Miller, Victor

Exercise & Fitness

North Atlantic Books

Based on the life of unconventional aikido master Terry Dobson, this novel by his partner Riki Moss is the story of two souls meeting at a mutually calamitous turning point in their lives. Fatherless and pushed by his tyrannical mother to the edge of violence, Dobson turns to aikido to save his life. Twenty-five years later, he returns to the wreckage of his ancestral summer home on Lake Champlain feeling too tainted to train, too blocked to write, and too dispirited to deal with his declining health. He seriously considers disappearing into the icy waters, but instead drives through an ice storm and hits a cow in a cornfield where an artist is chasing her dog . . . Told through two interwoven timelines—one following his life through Park Avenue and the Bowery, Vermont, Japan, and California; the other tracking his relationship with the artist—this profoundly entertaining novel features a memorable assortment of seekers and gurus (real and fictional), spiritual dogs, performance artists, psychic plumbers, New Age healers, suicidal parents, old lovers; Ronald Reagan, Robert Bly, Leonard Cohen, Ram Dass; and the land itself, as compelling as any character.

An Obese White Gentleman in No Apparent Distress

Literature & Fiction

Moss, Riki

United States

Blue Snake Books

The text combines with the great photos to create an incredible reading experience. Anyone interested in getting more out of the martial arts than physical technique should read this book.

It's a Lot Like Dancing: An Aikido Journey

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

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