Imagine this scenario: You walk into a room and someone is about to jump out of the window. You realise you have stumbled across a potential suicide situation. What would you say to this person? Or imagine this scenario: You wake up in the middle of the night and someone is holding a gun to your head. What would you say? What would you do? In his groundbreaking new book, Ryan Blumenthal teaches us a new technique to positively influence and control high emotion situations. He draws on the tools of neurolinguistic programming and the theory of mentalism to create the fourteen principles of Mentalist Martial Arts. These principles, he argues, will not only enable us to defend ourselves, but will help us to positively influence and protect other people during an acute emotional storm. Blumenthal believes that the fourteen principles of MMA could save lives. Please read on to find out more. RYAN BLUMENTHAL is a forensic pathologist based in South Africa.