Make your finger jab a weapon powerful and safe for your fingers A finger jab can be your decisive weapon — if it doesn’t break your fingers. Few people have fingers strong enough to jab with them without hurting themselves. But there is an easy way to make your finger jab powerful and safe for […]
Self-Defense Tip 110 Finger Jab Read More »
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
Self-Defense Tip 104 Cut-Resistant Fabrics and Knife Attacks Read More »
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
Self-Defense Tip 101 Defense Against Knife Attack: Empty Hands Read More »
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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A very educational video of a real knife fight It is amazing it was not over much sooner. . . . The video shows how difficult it is to defend oneself without an “arm extender.” It also shows that although the defender was brave, he lacked the common sense to take off his backpack when
Self-Defense Tip 88 Empty Hands vs. Knife Read More »
The most effective methods of knocking out or incapacitating enemies This tip is my comment on an article on knockouts in violent encounters, written by James LaFond and published in Black Belt magazine. First, two lists of various methods of knocking out or otherwise incapacitating an opponent, based on James LaFond’s analysis of 1,675 acts
Self-Defense Tip 65 Knocking Out or Otherwise Incapacitating Assailants Read More »
