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Terminology

There are a few words and phrases in this book that might require definition.
Many of these phrases are used because we try to avoid terms like “right” and
“left.” “Right” and “left” become confusing for people fighting in a left-handed
stance, and they sometimes stop the mind from being able to switch sides.

We’ve surrendered to common usage, of course, and we DO use “right hand”
and “left hand,” often for the sake of clarity, but we also use some of the terms
below.

Live side: the side of the body from which you can easily launch more attacks.
Stand in a fighting stance with your left foot forward and your hands up: Your
right side is your live side.

Coauthor Darren Levine (right) bursts forward with his feet to the rifleman’s
“dead side” to grab the weapon.

Dead side: the side of the body from which you cannot easily launch as many