Every Tool Is a Weapon If You Hold It Right. Yes, every tool is a weapon if you hold it right, but if you hold it wrong, it is a liability. To hold it right, you have to draw it right, and to draw it right, you have to carry it right. How to Carry […]
Self-Defense Tip 135 How to Carry and Draw the Weapons You Carry Read More »
This self-defense tip expands the subject I wrote about in Self-Defense Tip 102 — Improvised Weapons: Keys. It is about weapons of opportunity, improvised weapons, and homemade weapons, and shows video demos of using two ingenious homemade weapons. It is good to know how to make and use these common weapons, the better to guard
Self-Defense Tip 134 Homemade Weapons, Improvised Weapons, and Weapons of Opportunity Read More »
The best expandable batons and how to use them Pros and cons of four different expandable batons from three best brands (ASP, ESP, Peacekeeper Products International), and how best to use each baton — all in one video by Burton Richardson, the president of Jeet Kune Do Unlimited/MMA For The Street. Watch it, it is
Do you know that with the GPS switched off, your smartphone’s location still can be tracked? Usually, every few minutes a cell phone pings cell towers, which are used to triangulate the phone’s location. Do you know that the data on your smartphone may be remotely changed (think planted evidence)? Your phone, with access to
Self-Defense Tip 132 Your Phone, Their Spy Read More »
Why not “tactical,” or “security,” or “self-defense”? None of our products was or is named “Tactical” this or “Tactical” that, or “Security” this or that. Our umbrellas are named “Unbreakable® Umbrella,” our blinding and disorienting flashlight was named “The NTOI® Key Ring Flashlight,” not “Tactical Key Ring Flashlight.” Such names are to give you something
Self-Defense Tip 131 Why Not “Tactical”? Read More »
Real-life examples of use of force in self-defense Watch the two below videos of real-life examples of self-defense, from surveillance cameras. Defenders in both assaults did the right thing, but … it is not just what they did, but how. So, watch and then think, which defender’s lawyer will have a more difficult job? Las
Self-Defense Tip 130 Must-Knows for Use of Force in Self-Defense Read More »
Kicking vs. knife Watch and learn: Kicks vs. Knife — Officers of Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) stab a man to death Ah, the stupidity of kicking without a good tactical setup, and on slippery ground too…. You see, a good tactical setup for your attack (which could be a defense), is such that your
Self-Defense Tip 129 Kicks vs. Knife Attacks Read More »
Raymond “Ray” Floro instructs the U.S. Special Forces, Korean Special Forces, SWAT teams, Australian Police, New Zealand Police, and various Tactical Response Groups. You will learn from Ray a versatile and complete method of effective defense against edged weapons, blunt weapons, and empty-hand attacks. Recently Ray Floro released a new course, Dos Manos System –
Self-Defense Tip 128 Review of Ray Floro’s Essential Umbrella Cane System Read More »
What videos will teach me how to defend myself and disarm attackers with weapons, such as knives A customer’s question: What videos will teach me how to defend myself using the short telescopic umbrella? I mean, including disarming attackers with weapons, such as knives. My answer: For teachable people, watching the video Self-Defense Tools of
Self-Defense Tip 127 What Videos Teach to Stop Knife Attacks Using a Telescopic Umbrella Read More »
Man, monitored constantly by up to 30 police officers, stabbed seven people The man, who stabbed seven people in a New Zealand supermarket, was being monitored constantly by up to 30 officers who tracked his every move in the weeks leading up to the attack. He was followed by police officers to the supermarket, and
Self-Defense Tip 126 When Seconds Count: Tactical Preparedness Read More »
