Don’t guess in self-defense, not about your weapon, not about your skill Below is an example of a guess. View it and then read the rest of this self-defense tip. Review of the Unbreakable® Walking-Stick Umbrella with a Rubber Tip and a Guess on Self-Defense (Coconuts Were Harmed) What nonsense, this taking the rubber tip […]
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Reviews with good advice from owners of Unbreakable® Umbrellas (one for any model of a walking-stick umbrella and one for any model of a telescopic umbrella) “This is a great alternative for when you are restricted from carrying. You can take this anyplace. Plus, it doubles as a really good umbrella. One thing I would
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Ray Floro’s Dos Manos System for long blunt-impact weapons For self-defense with a cane or an Unbreakable® Walking-Stick Umbrella I recommend Ray Floro’s video course on his Dos Manos System or Two-Handed System for blunt impact weapons (see its video trailer). The course teaches the use of the Unbreakable® Walking-Stick Umbrella and a walking cane
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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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Staff weapons for personal protection better be solid Speak softly, keep your distance, and carry a big stick — but make sure it is a solid one. View this video: Your browser does not support JavaScript! JavaScript is needed to display this video player! Now you see why the stick (or umbrella) you carry better
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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
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Now a word about flexible weapons. Most flexible weapons are blunt — I know, there are flexible swords and composite weapons consisting of chain and a blade, but the likelihood of encountering one of those is slim. (Then there are piano-wire garrotes, but that’s a topic for another day.) As with nonflexible blunt weapons, flexible
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Blunt weapons in self-defense: How to and how not to use them In this tip I talk about using blunt weapons in self-defense. I will write about other kinds of weapons at another time. Whenever you strike an assailant in self-defense, your strike cannot merely anger the assailant, or worse, amuse him. If you use
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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
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Unbreakable® Umbrella — personal protection weapon legal everywhere During my recent trip to Poland, for the purpose of supervising a video recording, I took with me my Unbreakable® Umbrella (I always do). I flew to Warsaw through Amsterdam Schiphol airport and then back to the U.S.A. through Amsterdam. At the boarding gate in Amsterdam (after
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