Geoff Thompson's writing delves into the raw realities of life on the fringes, drawing heavily from his experiences as a nightclub bouncer. His work explores themes of fear, courage, and self-mastery, offering readers profound insights into overcoming personal challenges. Thompson's direct and engaging style makes his motivational books resonate deeply, empowering individuals to confront their anxieties and harness their innate talents. He guides readers toward taking control of their fears and unlocking their potential.
Guy Ritchie once said that Geoff Thompson is 'a spiritual trouble maker' because he has taken his practice outside the safety of theology, and tested it in the practical crucible of the competitive world. This is a rare book for the spiritual pragmatist.
Notes From A Factory Floor is the long-awaited sequel to Geoff Thompson's first memoir, Watch My Back, a biographical, blow-by-blow account of how he took myself from clinical depression in quiet suburbia, to the heady and violent world of nightclub bouncing, and on to BAFTA-award winning success.
Most fighters' worst nightmare is being pinned on their back. This book deals with defences and attacks from that position and shows that it can often be a favourable position when you have the knowledge. It shows you how to escape and finish with strikes, chokes, broken strangles, bars and butts. schovat popis
Geoff Thompson addresses multiple questions concerning Christian doctrine in an engaging narrative, beginning with an in-depth discussion of the origins of doctrine in the various catechetical, polemical and apologetic pressures that the church encountered as it sought to articulate and teach its confession of faith in Jesus Christ. In providing an overview of some of the classic and historically influential doctrinal projects, Thompson employs ten case studies that illustrate the overlapping influences of tradition and contexts-both ecclesial and cultural-on doctrinal discourse. Thompson takes the reader from those historical and paradigmatic case studies into some of the great contemporary debates about doctrine, including those which have been shaped by the critique of doctrine associated with the European Enlightenment as well as the challenges and contributions of theologians of the majority world. He pays particular attention to the influence that these diverse cultural, ecclesial, and academic contexts have had upon the shape and content of particular doctrines. This leads into an engagement with George Lindbeck's seminal The Nature of Doctrine, as well as the more recent proposals of Kevin Vanhoozer and Christine Helmer. This guide concludes by developing the idea of a Christian social imaginary as the framework for holding together doctrine, practice, truth, diversity, and context.
Learn to pack a powerful punch with this illustrated manual that includes all the necessary moves and techniques to become competent in the punching arts.
This handbook explores the secrets of controlling stress and using it to your advantage. Topics covered include: the causes of stress, who is prone to stress, how to use stress as an energy force, and how to find relief from stress.
The majority of attacks/fights last less than three seconds and are preceded by aggressive or disarming behaviour. This book trains you to read the body language and ritual of attack and 'stop' your attacker in his tracks by using a physical and psychological 'fence' or a cripple-shooting attack. The book also covers 'ambush attacks' and 'match fighting'.
In this second volume of thought-provoking, life lessons we find further enlightenment in Geoff Thompson’s no-nonsense, pragmatic philosophy. Geoff encourages us to follow our own maps, lose our fear by hunting our demons, and escape our `Yezidi circles’.
Teaching a wide variety of fighting skills, this guide covers the use of head, knees and elbows in self-defence and combat.