Clinch in hand-to-hand combat and self-defense In hand-to-hand combat clinches happen. If you don’t know what to do in a clinch you may end up like the casualties in the video below. Your browser does not support JavaScript! JavaScript is needed to display this video player! For useful lessons from this fight see Self-Defense Tip […]
Self-Defense Tip 118 Clinch Read More »
What Krav Maga is lacking … but not only Krav Maga First watch a great demo of effective self-defense techniques by Krav Maga instructors from Defense Lab: Now, what is lacking in the above demo and why…. Krav Maga is a military-style self-defense system based on Imre Lichtenfeld’s 1930’s and 1940’s street-fighting and military hand-to-hand
Self-Defense Tip 113 What Krav Maga Is Lacking…. Read More »
Don’t lose the opportunity to stop a sucker punch attack — with a crippling evasion Opportunity lost The assault began with a clothes grab, which was not used by the victim to end the assault. As soon as an attacker gets a grip of your clothes, the attacker should have a fully dislocated shoulder and
Self-Defense Tip 111 Sucker Punch: What Not to Do Read More »
Street fight: Long stick vs. knife and machete A long stick gives you reach but you better time you swing well, otherwise this will happen: Your browser does not support JavaScript! JavaScript is needed to display this video player! Recommended instruction: Self-Defense Tip #97 — Using Staff Weapons: Cane, Umbrella, Walking Stick Self-Defense Tip #105
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Can you thrust and poke with the Unbreakable® Telescopic Umbrella like with a police baton Now and then we get a question like this one: “Does your [Unbreakable®] telescopic umbrella lock in the extended position or is it a friction hold like an ASP baton? I am curious about whether you can thrust with it.”
Self-Defense Tip 108 Thrusting and Poking and the Unbreakable® Telescopic Umbrella Read More »
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
Self-Defense Tip 107 Self-Defense with the Unbreakable® Telescopic Umbrella Read More »
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
Self-Defense Tip 106 The Use of Flashlights in Self-Defense Read More »
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
Self-Defense Tip 105 Training for Self-Defense with an Umbrella, a Stick, or a Cane Read More »
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
Self-Defense Tip 103 Defense Against Knife Attack: Unbreakable® Umbrella 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
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