Fehr Books

I originally read this book in 2003 when it first came out. I found it to be of great help in my practice. I saw it on the shelf the other day and had a few moments between patients and began reading it again. I did not realize how much I had missed in my initial reading. Like great wine it gets better and better.

Dr. Fehr never disappoints. His down-to-earth, no nonsense approach makes his knowledge and experience extremely accessible, not only to students and professionals, but for anyone with a keen interest in understanding human behavior. His honesty is as refreshing as his insights are brilliant.
What's not to recommend!!!!

I have just finished reading Dr. Scott Simon Fehr's Introduction to Group Therapy: A practical guide (2nd.Ed.)and was amazed on how much I enjoyed a text book. This book was given to me for a birthday present and even though I am a psychologist, I thought, "Why would someone give me a text book for my birthday?" After all I have been out of school for years but truly I am delighted this person did. This book was beautifully written with an engaging style that is seen in few text books and part of the engagement is due to Dr. Fehr putting himself out there and talking about his personal experiences running groups. It too is a funny book. I roar when I read his first group experience in a state psychiatric facility. Simply because I could identify and it brought back a flood of memories. Well done, Dr. Fehr

Dr. Scott Fehr has done it again! Brilliantly written and skillfully crafted, his breadth of knowledge, keen insight, and experience permeate from every page. Introduction to Group Therapy is the most comprehensive and practical guide on the subject of group therapy. A must have for aspiring and seasoned clinicians.

Every once in awhile, a book comes along in our field that sheds new light on an important topic in a clear, understandable manner without diluting the information. Dr. Fehr's practical guide to group is one such example. He has provided something for everyone, from the beginning group therapist to the experienced clinician. His real life vignettes highlight technical aspects of conducting group therapy, provide the reader with often poignant, sometimes funny, and highly illustrative examples of various group phenomena, and bring to life what too often in our field is dryly presented. Dr. Fehr's communiction style challenges us, makes us laugh, take pause, reflect, and ultimately come away feeling revitalized in our work with groups. His review of the history of group therapy is the most compelling I have ever read. A must read for graduate students and senior group therapists alike.

Dr. Fehr has woven together vast and diverse theoretical and practical threads of group approaches into a rich, evocative fabric of contemporary group psychotherapy that is nearly impossible to put down until the last page is devoured. Whereas many books on group therapy go in-depth into a particular theoretical and/or practical approach (as Dr. Fehr's Introduction to Group Therapy does), he has managed to bring both depth and breadth together into one compendium. It is akin to reading a collection of essays in literature, whereby each chapter stands on its own, and yet somehow, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. A must for any group therapist's bookshelf.

Dr. Scott Fehr, a mover and shaker in the world of Group Psychotherapy, has done it again. With unmatched brilliance and technical know how, he led a multitude of renowned group psychotherapists to collaborate and share their knowledge in one text. I am already using this book in my practice and in training my supervisees. It is chock full of actual scenarios and tools that can be utilized by a therapist in training or by a well seasoned professional. Thanks Dr. Fehr!!

I am a contributor to 101 Interventions in Group Therapy and even though I knew ahead of time what the book would "look" like, it wasn't until I received my copy and began reading the contributions of my colleagues that I discovered how valuable this work is for practitioners of all levels of experience from student to "just about to retire". It is on my bookshelf and is already a bit worn out as the interventions presented are done so in a way that makes utilizing them very simple and easy. I wish I had this book when I was in grad school learning about group therapy.

Whether you are a new psychotherapist or one with many years of experience, this book will both inform and inspire you. It is packed with a plethora of very usable techniques which can be quickly learned and used in your own practice. This book is meant to be a source of information that can be used immediately in your group therapy practice and it succeeds admirably. Whether you are an experentially-oriented therapist or an action oriented therapist, there are techniques here which will enhance your group therapy practice. Also for those who are in academia and who are looking for a supplementary text to used in an introduction to group therapy class, then this book would be outstanding. This is because it covers such a diverse range of topics and techniques that any student will walk away from reading it with not only a sound knowledge base but also with inspiration for future study. Overall, I highly recommend this book. It will be well worth your time, effort, and money.

As one of the contributors to this terrific book, I did not have the previous opportunity to read the chapters of my Esteemed Colleagues. I now have the book in hand and am honored to be in the company of such creative and erudite individuals. It is one of the very few group therapy books that kept me motivated to see what the next chapter would bring as I was enchanted with their diversity in their interventions. Hip Hip Hooray, Dr. Fehr.

For several years now, a group of social scientists has been studying the human tendency to be socially fair rather than narrowly selfish. The editors of this volume--Herbert Gintis, Samuel Bowles, Robert Boyd, and Ernst Fehr--are among the stalwarts; others are found among the authors of the book's chapters.
The core of this long-running effort is Fehr's experiments with the ultimatum game, in which two people must share a sum of money (say, $10); Person A gets to propose a split, Person B can only accept or decline. Economists and politicians would expect every game to wind up with a $9.99/$0.01 split (or actually a 9-1 split, since bills are used), but in fact typical splits are more like 5-5 or 6-4, and in one place (Lamalera, Indonesia) people actually split something like 4-6, few A's ever claiming even half the money. This long-running set of experiments around the world adds to a vast, rapidly accumulating set of data showing that people are sociable, not "rational" in the folk-economic sense (i.e., dedicated solely to narrow material self-interest). The present book discusses the implications for economics and politics. If people are naturally concerned with fairness, narrowly economistic policies can be counterproductive; we all know cases of "crowding out," in which a material incentive actually makes people act worse, by crowding out moral incentives. If you reward people for being good, they will think it's all a cynical game, and will act worse. Punitive legislation to make people do what they do anyway (for moral reasons) is also counterproductive. Imagine what these realizations would do to American social policy.
The problem with this book is that it is too optimistic and upbeat. The downside of human sociability is confined to one page, late in the book (p. 388), where racism, honor killing, and the like get a quick mention. Alas, the morning radio brings a stream of accounts not only of such things but also of religious butchery all over the world--Christians, Muslims, Hindus, and even Buddhists (theoretically prohibited from killing but busily genocidal). This brings us back to Adam Smith's suggestion that greed may not be lovable but may be better than the noble, virtuous alternatives. I hope Gintis et al work on how to decouple fairness and interpersonal concern from the desire to exterminate everybody who is not in one's immediate social set. Until this is done, the hope purveyed in this work will remain thin.
The authors note that humans seem genetically programmed to have at least some sense of fairness and of self-sacrifice for the common good, but they wisely refrain from trying to unpack "hereditary" and "environmental" or "cultural" aspects. Heredity makes us do this, and learn it easily, and heredity gives us the ability to learn and develop cultures. No way to unpack. Still, more needs to be done on just how flexible these inborn moralities are. The range from Lamalera to certain parts of South America is pretty great. So is the range of murderousness in religious and ethnic settings. We need to know how to modify human behavior in these regards, and how much we can hope for.
That being said, this book is the best yet in the long list of books that devastate the selfish-individualist model of human behavior. People desperately want to be sociable, and be good members of their society. This may lead them to fairness and generosity, or to body-piercing, or to suicide bombing. This book offers hope for building new societies through use of innate human decency. At this point in time, any book seriously offering such hope is desirable.

Moral Sentiments and Material Interests: The Foundations of Cooperation in Economic Life (Economic Learning and Social Evolution) combinds the theory of cultural evolution ala Boyd and Richerson (and Henrich et al) and the behavioral economy by people like Gintis, Bowles and Fehr. The book works further based on the theory - develops e.g. models for a better social policy etc.

Book discusses an issue which is very central for "being a human being" - co-operation. Book is very informative, very well written even if there are many writers with heterogenous background. Also after the book you kind of get more optimistic about the prospects of humananity.

I am without any formal education in antropology, biology and economics but have read "everything" by Boyd and Richerson - my understanding on economics is based on Microeconomics by Samuel Bowles.

The book was to me a good further reading after the Bowles Microeconomics book. But the book can be read even by someone who does not know about economics even that much as me. The book is not too formal - easy to read actually.

This book is just really great. The literature on fairness and reciprocity in social science is growing fast, and this book is ideal to give you a flavour of why this is such a good thing. It is diverse, with entries ranging from biological models that attempt to explain the evolution of reciprocity, through the implications of reciprocity for the way legal sanctions work, to the political philosophy of the dark side of clan mentality.
Most readers will probably not want to read everything, and even less people will agree with everything. One needs to remember that a lot of the stuff in this book is still controversial, including the existence of (strong) reciprocity, but this is what makes it so very interesting. And if only half of what's in this book is right, it is still revolutionary.
In 10 years, this book will be terribly outdated. But for now, it is the best thing you can get if you are interested in the interplay between evolution, reciprocity and social order, and the fundamental questions of social science that it entails.

I have choosen to write a review of the book I edited because I truly feel that the interested reader will find various topics and orientations related to the specialty of group psychotherapy. The included authors are leading professionals in their specialties who have generously given their time to making this book an interesting and worthwhile edition to the library of the serious and erudite group therapy practitioner. As you are aware, very few people live in total isolation but interact with the society in which they live. Group therapy is a microcosm of that society and thus elicits for the therapist and patient/client the opportunity to analyze the nature of those interactions creating an awareness for the possibility of change in ones interpersonal relationships. After reading the galleys of this book, I walked away feeling most satisfied and respectful of the efforts of my colleagues.

This is a concise but excellent review of how and why clergy burn-out and the ways in which to keep them (us) spiritually healthy. Some hands-on suggestions follow the summary of the psychological factors. Great insights!

Dr. Fehr's and Dr. Stewart's book is a great account of different dieting and exercise methods. I found this book in a used book store in New York and love it! I only wish this book was more available to the public, or that the authors would write a sequel. Thank you Dr. Fehr and Dr. Stewart!

You can quit the force, but can you get it out of your blood? Clearly not based on this excellent novel about a retired Harry Bosch seeking justice for a murdered woman. But can you at least get away from the police politics? Maybe so. Maybe not.

Why can't Harry leave a cold case alone? The dead woman's hands were "directed upward from her head, as if she were reaching out to someone, almost beseechingly, begging for something. They looked like the hands from a Renaissance painting, like the hands of the damned reaching heavenward for forgiveness. In my life I have worked almost a thousand homicides and no positioning of a fallen body ever gave me such pause."

The advantage of being retired is that you have plenty of time to work on one cold case. The disadvantage is that no one has to help you. Harry Bosch always finds a way, driven by the cruel memory of the dead Angella Benton.

One thing connects to another, and soon Harry is seeing that appearances may be deceiving . . . and intended to fool the casual observer. Then Harry steps his foot into something very delicate, the heavy feet come down on him. Harry doesn't like it, and he's more determined than ever to get to the bottom of the murder.

Opportunity, motive, and alibi all turn out to be important to solving the crime.

But Harry also notices some things that don't add up . . . but doesn't draw the right conclusions until the end of the book where you and he are in for a big surprise.

This is one of the better Harry Bosch stories, and it marks new ground for the series.

As I work my way back through some of Connelly's previous works, I recently had an opportunity to read Lost Light, one of the Harry Bosch stories. With Bosch, Connelly has a great character around whom to build a great story. In Lost Light, Bosch, a recently-retired police detective from Los Angeles, is drawn back to an unsolved murder case from his active duty days. Connelly presents a compelling story, demonstrating the sharp wit and keen analytical insight of the Bosch character , while simultaneously providing solid insights into Bosch's underlying motivations and emotions. As the story unfolds, Connelly pulls the reader forward with twists and turns in the plot as Bosch solves the mystery. Lost Light is a without question a page turner from start to finish.

I received my book within the alloted time given to me and it was and is in excellent condition. I am very satisfied.

Connelly found his man in Harry Bosch, and Lost Light is one of the best. At age 52, Bosch has "pulled the pin" and turned in his badge. Less than a year into retirement, he gets pulled into a four year old murder mystery. He is compelled to follow it through to the end despite the fact that he goes up against the FBI and LAPD in turf wars. As only a Private Detective now, Bosch doesn't have the legitimate authority he once had, but he has all of instincts, boldness and grit. There are several surprises in this one and some relationship issues for Bosch. Definitely a page turner for Bosch, Connelly or mystery fans.

"Old policemen never die, they just cop out." Well, Harry Bosch is retired, but he's not about to cop out or fade into the dying light of the next sunset. Melancholy, apparently by nature, he is always restless, motivated by a drive to right wrongs, as far as that is possible. Out of the force for less than a year, he has been haunted by memories of a murdered young woman whose killer was never found. "High jingo" (interference from the powers that be) seems to have dogged Harry throughout his career, and it dogs him now in his attempt to bring that unknown murderer to justice.

The skilled, nuanced narration of this novel by Len Cariou brings the persona of Harry to vivid life, as he grapples with the conflicting emotions that this case raises within him. To complicate matters, he has reached the stage where he is ready to admit that he still loves, wants, and needs his ex, Eleanor. The book's final scenes play out in a labyrinthine quarry setting, an apt metaphor for its plot. Is there light at the end of these tunnels? Well, maybe.......

Highly recommended. If you can give the audio version a listen, do so - it's a treat.

Heard the taped version of QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY by Ted Allen et al. . . . I must admit to not being a big favorite of the TV show (of the same name); however, that said,
this was an engaging program with lots of useful advice about food and wine, grooming, decorating, fashion, and culture.

For example, I liked the suggestion to have two bottle openers in case one disappears at a party--as it usually does.

Also, I took note of such other ideas as:
* On how to button jackets, remember: sometimes, always, never. If a three button jacket, that's how to button it; if a two button jacket, skip the first word (sometimes).

* Jeans should fit you as you leave the store. Don't buy them too short or long, as they are now most often preshrunk.

* Give more compliments. They strengthen relationships and show you care.

* At a party, hire somebody to help.

* If you get a cellphone call, say, "Hi, I'm with someone. Can I call you back later?"

* Don't take a call while dining!

* Read COSMOPOLITAN to learn about relationships.

Fun format, visually appealing (of course!), useful information in all subjects, even some really delicious, simple-to-cook but impressive-to-serve recipes, and take it from a girl: what these guys say about what appeals to women (or turns us off) is absolutely true. Best of all, it's never about changing who or what the reader is, but about bringing out the best that's already in him.

Now first off, I have to get something off my chest. I am not a homophobe - I had a homosexual roommate sophomore year of college and we got along fine - but I get tired of people (most commonly women) who either drool at anything or anyone homosexual or having this belief that homosexuals are inherently good at anything involving home decor or style. I hate to break it to you, but homosexuals are like you and me, and not all are like the Fab Five. Remember my homosexual roommate? His side of the room was the messiest I have ever seen a human being make. The Fab Five would have had collective heart attacks upon seeing the state of it. By the logic of the homofangirls, I was the homosexual. Not to mention that half the things said in this book I have also read in "straight" men's magazines including "Men's Health" or the alternate "Men's Fitness." I'm sorry folks, but there's no Cult of Gays out there in brown robes meeting in caves and passing down tablets written by God that tell you what brand of shaving cream to use. The reason the Fab Five are so good at what they do is because they have had the training or education and DO know what they are talking about. For example, Thom Filicia founded an interior design company, and Kyan Douglas has had experience in professional and commercial salons.

Now that I've gotten that off my chest, let me talk about the book itself. Like the show, it offers some great insight into better living and hygiene. A lot of it is just resourceful, showing you different types of styles or ideas to open up what you might be comfortable with. There's also some pretty decent advice here, from what grooming products to use and not use, how to treat your hosts at a party, (and more importantly, what to bring as a gift) some all-important social tips, (and boy do I know a few people who need some of those) right down to what to think about arranging your furniture and eating out. It's entertaining and well written, making it at easy read that's good if you want something to just sit down with and glance through for a few minutes or so.

Well worth the money. I wish I could have given it to my sophomore roommate, maybe then I could have gotten from my bed to the door.

I bought this book having seen only 20 minutes of one episode -- you don't need to be a fan of the TV show. It helped that I have a few gay male friends who have taste, so it was not a tremendous step to take advice from five gay men. The easiset chapters to put into practice are on grooming, clothes, and culture. Who knew that plucking eyebrows (gently) and caring for one's face twice a day would have people notice? The chapter on clothes is helping to get me out of a predictable clothing rut, and the chapter on culture has some really action-provoking suggestions on going out, even if it's just you by yourself. The point of the book is to gently nudge you into a different direction. The first step is being open to new things. You'll find your confidence increasing and that you secretly covet other men's clothing and hair styles. Check out the music CD, also -- you can dance around while you get ready to go out.

Having become a Fab Five Family Fan Club, we had to have this book. I'm a wife and mother living in an otherwise male household. These fantastic guys offer advice for the betterment of all of us..from the inside-out. The truly wonderful thing about this book, and about these men, is that they are just that, men..who happen to 'get it.' They aren't afraid to pass along hints which simply elude many people. They gently encourage us to make the attempts to broaden and enrich our lives. This isn't just about men, either. Face it, girls, we don't understand men any better than they understand us. This book has cleared up many a confusion for me. In fact, I've learned a little more about all five areas these charming men discuss. This book is on our family reference shelf, and has served us all well. Thanks, Fab Five, for putting into the simplest terms, and with the most well-placed humor, all the little things we need to know to raise the bar. Hats off to the boys! Cheers!

The book promised a positive story, but I ended up not being able to go past the first few chapters because I found her hospital stories so disturbing. I was middle of my first pregnancy and was so terrified after some torturous stories about doctors and healthy moms I went to bed shaking. I can't reccomend this book to a pregnant mother, it's too horrific. I LOVED Ina May's Guide to Childbirth. It gave the good with the bad in a loving and gentle way. It made me happy and excited to be pregnant rather then trembling in my skin about being harmed by my doctors. I had already planned on birthing with a midwife, but the images this book put into my head still scared me. The story around the "horror hospital" stuff I found interesting.

I've been a doula for the last seven years and I've had the wonderful opportunity to witness 150+ births. I quickly devour books on childbirth and midwifery, but this one was different entirely.

Characters and events were introduced with quite a lead, but either lead nowhere or lost steam in her recollection. The imagery is not as captivating as other books (such as Baby Catcher, by Peggy Vincent). The only reason why I finished the book was because I was hoping her last birth in the book would wrap up the story. I was greatly disappointed when it did not. While the topic is fascinating for those who aspire to be midwives and the women who admire them, this book left a dry taste in my mouth. Almost as dry as the reading from what should be a captivating subject.

Juliana has written an excellent book on the midwifery situation in US from the 80s to today. Quite sad shape the medical profession is in the States. Thankfully I live in Canada! However, I don't really know how our situation compares concerning pre-natal care. Though, I do know we are definitely further along in our acceptace of midwives. I had a midwife and truly loved the experience.
This is a great book for every aspiring midwife. And, of course, every pregnant woman wanting to control her own birthing destiny.

This book fascinated me. I am really amazed at Juliana Van Olphen-Fehr's seemingly neverending strength and energy in becoming a mid-wife in the first place, and afterward all she has done to help mothers and their babies and give them the best care possible. I was shocked at what hurdles she had to take when it came to physicians, who not only didn't support her but evened threatened her existence as a midwife. There is definitely a lot wrong with healthcare in America. Money is what counts, and not really the people's needs. I think this is pretty scary! How refreshing it was to read Mrs. Fehr's story, whose love for the mothers and babies she cared for show between each line!

I will be going to a midwife for our first pregnacy and wanted to read more about the profession.

This book is VERY dry, with little structure to engage the reader... I stopped about 1/2 way thru and skimmed the rest. The book starts with horror stories of hospital births, then skims thru her midwife education years, then gives clinical descriptions of the interesting births that she has attended and trouble that she ran into with the people (doctors) who saw her as a threat.

Very little descriptive language- and I had a really hard time "bonding" with the main character. I'm sure she is very loving, but it didn't come thru in her writing AT ALL.

So, I put this down and picked up "Babycatcher" and it is a really fun read! So far, it is light on the scary horror stories and heavy on the emotion and feelings of the moments.

I think other reviewers give this book such high marks since they agree with the subject matter... so they want to "vote" for it. A boring book is a boring book.

My mom is a patient of Dr. Blau. He treats her for her rheumatoid arthritis, and is a wonderful diagnostician and doctor. A year ago, he mentioned his book to her, but she was not interested in reading it, because she had never been in the hospital. Five months later, she was hospitalized with a heart attack. While recuperating, she asked me to purchase this book so she could read it. She did read it, and three months later, she was diagnosed with lung cancer. She is in the same hospital as Dr. Blau was, and as she now recuperates, she leaves his book on her bedside table. My mom has become a lot more savvy thanks to her rheumatologist. As her daughter, I have embraced my role as health care advocate with increased vigilance. So thank you, Dr. Blau, for a fine book that may help to save lives, or at the very least,to prevent needless pain and suffering!

While this book addresses some very serious dangers that we probably all ought to be aware of, and know how to avoid, it also stresses some very rare problems, which may result in over-paranoia for some readers.

I think it's vital to know what the actual risks are that we might need to face, but I think creating a "dangerous environment" is not at all helpful, and perhaps this author, in his attempts to help, has done a bit too much of that in this book.

For instance, he writes that adverse drug reactions result in 140,000 deaths per year. Pretty intense. He discusses ways to prevent this from happening to oneself or one's loved ones. Very good information.

The five pages he devotes to infant abductions, however, is a bit extreme, I think. In From 1983 to 1996, 89 infant abductions occurred in hospitals. Which, of course, is way too many, but I think that the prioritizing of the issues in this book leaves something to be desired.

After reading just a little of it, I began thinking that hospitals were horribly dangerous places to be, and I had to really look at the facts presented in order to see that the presentation of the facts was more horrifying than they needed to be.

I really like the advices for how to protect oneself in a hospital, but I think it could have been presented better.

As a long term patient of Dr. Blau's it has become apparent that he gained a depth and insight into what it means to be a patient thru his pre and post hospital experience. Insightful, and spoken from a heartfelt and practical perspective.

Despite this sensationalist title, Blau and Shimberg have written an excellent resource for anyone contemplating surgery or a hospital stay of any duration. Most enlightening (and frightening) was the chapter dedicated to infection control issues - it's amazing how often overworked hospital staff ignore basic hygiene and universal precautions in an effort to get all their work done. The authors give examples of lots of good questions to ask (and direct you to the risk management department of the hospital - not the public relations office). The book also breaks down the hospital bureaucracy so I came away with an excellent understanding of how all the parts of this large "machine" interact with one another. Blau and Shimberg have devoted a good amount of space to the issues of patient rights and insurance concerns which will probably affect anyone having to deal with the paperwork aftermath of a hospital stay. Peppered with anecdotes (some funny, some scary), this book is an excellent resource and should be recommended reading for anyone evaluating such a facility.

...Sheldon Blau's introduction confirms your worst fears - firstly, that things can and do go wrong, and secondly, that it is reasonably easy to fix it - if you know what is wrong. I read this book after having to fight medical personal for four days to take notice when we said there was something seriously wrong with our son, who was bleeding internally. When we finally got to hospital, I had a fair idea what was wrong with him, and tried to negotiate a way to sort it out. But there was one big difference between me and Sheldon Blau. I was just a mother. In the end, I was proven right, but not before a whole raft of "situations" became majors, with me having to step in twice, saying over my dead body. The things that really struck me about Sheldon Blau's comments was that he could not address the one thing he did not feel, which was intimidation, and resultant fear of authority, because as a doctor he had "authority". The major hurdle for parents was not one he had to face. As parents, when you believe you are right, and doctors are wrong, the first thing that hits you is fear. And sure enough, the first question you will be asked, when you question authority, is "What medical school did you go to?". Then the tactics start, to attempt to have you removed from the hospital, and subtle things to make your "life" while you try to protect your child hell. Intimidation in a big scale. None of these things Sheldon Blau experienced, because it was not done to him. They wouldn't dare. I rated the book five, because on the mechanical things that you need to do, this book is the best I've read. But what happens when you switch on a tape-recorder in hospital? It might be tolerated (barely) if you are a medical person - but as a parent it is interpreted as a threat, and instantly, the way you are treated and viewed changes. In some cases, management then becomes "aggressive".

So when I titled my review "This is just the beginning" , I meant that I would like Elain Shimberg and Sheldon Blau to follow up by writing a book about coping strategies for parents to survive all the things which are never done to medical patients. It is so desperately needed.

Another issue unresolved is that most people who do fight, are educated and articulate. We were. We won - and we probably saved our son's life by preventing dangerous treatment he didn't need, and stopping them giving a drug intravenously when it should have been given orally. But I couldn't help thinking as I looked around the ward at all the other mothers who had no assertiveness, no knowledge, no realisation that the medical library was just 200 yards down the corridor - that for their children, if anything went wrong and their child died, the standard answer would be "we did our best" when in fact far from being heroes, the medical people had silently buried their mistakes.

This book is fantastic for educated assertive people - and possibly useful for others. There is still a crying need however, to address the plight of the average Ewen Mee who hasn't a clue how to fight, because they deserve a lot better than they are dished up with at the moment.