Self-Defense Tip 85 Using Flexible Weapons: Garrote

Garrote: How to make this flexible weapon

As you know from the preceding self-defense tip, most flexible weapons are blunt, but the garrote is a flexible weapon that cuts like an edged weapon. It is easy to make in either the common version, with piano wire and metal handles, or the nonmagnetic version, with synthetic-fiber line and plastic handles weighted with lead.

Garrote: A versatile flexible weapon

The following clip from Marathon Man shows well the capability of the garrote as a tool of assassination.

There is more to the garrote than garroting — striking and catching limbs is also possible. Below is a brief video showing this weapon’s potential for self-defense:

The thicker the wire (or monofilament line), the stiffer and thus more controllable the garrote, making it more suitable for striking. On the other hand, the thinner the line the easier it is to conceal. It cuts easier, too. . . .

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Self-defense tip from Thomas Kurz, co-author of Basic Instincts of Self-Defense and author of Science of Sports Training, Stretching Scientifically, and Flexibility Express.

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