Announcing: The Zombie Combat Manual
Everything you knew about undead combat is about to change.
The Zombie Combat Club is proud to announce the publication of:
If you’re a fan of the ZCC, you’re going to devour The Zombie Combat Manual. With over 300 pages and 90+ illustrations of zombie anatomy, weapons, and combat techniques, The Zombie Combat Manual is your go-to guide for fending off mobs of revenants in hand-to-hand combat. The manual expands on everything you’ve read on the site, plus much more:
- Detailed evaluations of popular and unusual zombie combat weapons
- New strategies for long-range, melee, and close-quarters combat
- Step-by-step illustrated zombie fighting techniques
- Combat exercises, fitness routines, drills, and zombie training simulations
- More first-person accounts of vicious undead combat
This is the only manual available that provides everything you need to know to prevail against the walking dead in lethal hand-to-hand combat. When your ammunition runs out and the dead remain, you’ll be glad you kept a copy in your go-bag.
Published by Berkley Books. Available at all major bookstores and online on April 6th, 2010.
Pre-order your copy today at the following online merchants:
Amazon Barnes & Noble Borders Powell’s Books-a-Million
The ZCC Twitterfeed
We swore an oath that we would never open up a Twitter feed until we were committed to actually using it on a regular basis, as there is nothing more depressing than an inactive Twit. Well, the time has come, and the feed is active:
The reason we’ve decided that now is the time to open up this channel is because plenty of new updates, news and activity will be coming down the pike over the next several months, and tweeting, however ridiculous a word, may be the best way to keep you ZCC’ers in the loop up to the minute. Plus, we’ll probably be sharing some cool things over Twitter that may not always make it back on the site.
That’s your cue - Follow the Zombie Combat Club on Twitter here.
HQ
The Shop Is Now Open
To better identify Combat Club members in public, many of you have sent messages to headquarters requesting that we create merchandise displaying the Zombie Combat Club logo. We’re pleased to announce the launch of the Zombie Combat Club Shop, which now contains the Official Combat Club T as well as a few other items.
ZCC members personally tested the Speed Motivation Wicking T at a half-marathon event last week, and are pleased with its performance as well as the attention it garnered:
We will continue to add items and will notify members as new products are released. Should you have any suggestions or item requests, please let us know.
Visit the Zombie Combat Club Shop here or on the navigation bar above.
HQ
Post Undead Combat Trauma
May 21, 2009 by HQ
Filed under Blog, Mental Preparation
Recently, a celebrity made the headlines for attacking a photographer in an airport seemingly without provocation. The celebrity’s excuse was that, as a result of his participation in a film with undead subject matter, he had mistaken the picture taker for a walking corpse.
While his excuse was summarily dismissed and mocked by the general public, said celebrity brought to the forefront an actual affliction suffered by those who experience long-term exposure to the living dead.
Zombie combat can be one of the most traumatic events an individual can experience. The greater tragedy is that it occurs not just among professional warriors, but with the civilian population as well. Combat with the living dead is also the type of conflict where only one combatant is left standing at the conclusion of an engagement – ideally the living one. For untrained citizens required to eliminate a walking corpse to survive, the emotions felt following a successful combat engagement can be overwhelming, and similar to the post-traumatic stress experienced by warriors after combat. There is also the situation of individuals who have experienced solitary isolation during an extended outbreak, their only interaction with other beings having been undead. These individuals have extreme difficulty relating to the living, and will often launch into an unprovoked attack towards any organism with whom they come into contact, living or undead. This may be what the aforementioned celebrity experienced.
A diagnosis has emerged from the medical community specifically pinpointing these unique types of civilian maladies – PUCT, or Post Undead Combat Trauma.
As much as we try to detach ourselves from the human element of our attackers, there may be times when you experience feelings of extreme remorse, regret, and unhappiness for having to eliminate an undead attacker. These feelings are completely normal, and do not imply weakness, cowardice, or lack of nerve. It is recommended that you confront these feelings honestly and allow yourself to work through them when the opportunity and safety of the situation allows. Discussing these feelings with others that have shared similar experiences, perhaps in your own combat group, can help dissipate these painful thoughts. If the mental trauma does not subside and becomes increasingly debilitating, it is advised that you seek professional help from a physician specifically trained to deal with PUCT.
HQ
Zombie Defense Lecture: NYC - March 3rd
For ZCC Members in the NYC area, the Zombie Combat Club will be giving a lecture on Zombie Hand-to-Hand Defense at Union Hall in Brooklyn, NY on March 3rd.
Details are below:
Topic: “Zombie Hand-to-Hand Combat: Effective Non-Ballistic Undead Neutralization Methods”
This presentation will cover the proper way to engage the living dead in combat without a firearm, and survive. Topics will include: anatomy, weapons, techniques, and common misconceptions of confronting a ravenous walking corpse.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 8 pm (doors at 7:30)
Union Hall in Park Slope
702 Union St. @ 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY
$5 cover
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