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Self-Defense Tip 107 Self-Defense with the Unbreakable® Telescopic Umbrella

2 Comments / Self-Defense Tips / Thomas Kurz

Simple system of self-defense with an Unbreakable® Telescopic Umbrella In a previous self-defense tip you learned about a system of self-defense with a walking-stick umbrella or a cane. The essence of that system applies just as well to self-defense use of a telescopic or collapsible Unbreakable® Umbrella. Even so, a reader asked, “How about tips […]

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Self-Defense Tip 106 The Use of Flashlights in Self-Defense

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How to use a flashlight in self-defense The primary self-defense function of a flashlight is blinding an attacker. The secondary function is amplifying impacts of strikes. See demos and explanations below. A flashlight that will serve you well in self-defense: is bright enough to temporarily blind the attacker — in a very dark place 80

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Self-Defense Tip 105 Training for Self-Defense with an Umbrella, a Stick, or a Cane

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Simple system of self-defense with a walking-stick umbrella, a stick, or a cane Below are two examples of questions about a system of learning and training to use the Unbreakable® Umbrella in self-defense: “I would like to know what self-defense system would be best for learning how to use the umbrella. I have never had

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Self-Defense Tip 104 Cut-Resistant Fabrics and Knife Attacks

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Empty-hand defenses against knife attacks Most terrorist vehicle attacks are followed by knife attacks, because stabbing and slashing disarmed and shocked people with a knife is easy. Empty hands stand no chance against the knife of a determined attacker. To knock out the knife-wielding attacker, the defender’s limbs need to enter the knife’s cutting zone

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Self-Defense Tip 103 Defense Against Knife Attack: Unbreakable® Umbrella

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Stupid opinions on Unbreakable® Umbrella in defense against knife attack Now and then, on some forum, someone writes a post about using the Unbreakable® Umbrella for self-defense, for example, against a knife attack. If the post includes a link to unbreakableumbrella.com I find out about it because my web-stat app tells me where traffic to

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Self-Defense Tip 102 Improvised Weapons: Keys

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Improvised weapons vs. weapons of opportunity Google “improvised weapons” and you will find instructions on how to use ordinary keys in self-defense, so this is why I titled this tip the way I did. Nevertheless, to me a bunch of keys is not an improvised weapon but rather a weapon of opportunity. To me keys

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Self-Defense Tip 101 Defense Against Knife Attack: Empty Hands

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Unarmed, or worse, disarmed against the blade What would you do against a blade-wielding attacker in a sterile environment, no equalizers around you, and you can’t run away? This is a question asked by a reader of Self-Defense Tip #98 — Defense Against Knife Attack: Table. Below is the entire exchange between the reader and

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Self-Defense Tip 100 Empty-Hand Defenses and Deniability

3 Comments / Self-Defense Tips / Thomas Kurz

Effectiveness and deniability of self-defense techniques Self-defense techniques must be reliably effective, but they should also be deniable. Deniability is important in self-defense, whether you are armed with everyday objects or empty-handed. I have explained why in Self-Defense Tip #99, which applies to everyday objects you may use for personal protection. This tip though deals

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Self-Defense Tip 99 Good Advice on Deniability

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Deniability in self-defense: How to talk safely to police and others Deniability on an example of a book and an umbrella Modern states, that is police states, have laws to keep their citizens powerless and dependent on the state. They want people to be fearful of exercising their natural rights — such as the right

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Self-Defense Tip 98 Defense Against Knife Attack: Table

1 Comment / Self-Defense Tips / Thomas Kurz

Table, a weapon of opportunity against a knife Always be ready to use all available weapons. . . This video is a comment on one of clips from the video Surviving Edged Weapons posted in Self-Defense Tip #11 — Knife Attacks. The video shows using a table as an obstacle, to slow down the attacker,

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