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 […]
Self-Defense Tip 109 You Better Time It Well Read More »
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
Self-Defense Tip 102 Improvised Weapons: Keys Read More »
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,
Self-Defense Tip 98 Defense Against Knife Attack: Table Read More »
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
Self-Defense Tip 97 Using Staff Weapons: Cane, Umbrella, Walking Stick Read More »
Knife fighting technique in hand-to-hand combat on the ground Don’t you think there is something wrong with this book cover? Considering that in addition to the point, the knife has a sharp edge or even two, which can cut forward and backward with little pressure, why use it as if it were a dull stake
Self-Defense Tip 89 Knife in Ground Fighting Read More »
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 »
Edged weapons often used in street attacks: Straight razors and sharpened bicycle spokes This tip continues the topic of edged weapons most often used in street attacks. Today, straight razors and sharpened bicycle spokes. Straight razor: This weapon slashes and is obviously not suitable for stabbing. In skilled hands, a straight razor can disable a
Self-Defense Tip 87 Using Edged Weapons: Straight Razor and Bicycle Spoke Read More »
This tip and the forthcoming one are about general principles of using edged weapons, whether for attack or for self-defense. Unlike blunt weapons, edged weapons require very little force to do great damage. With well-sharpened blades, a touch and press is usually all it takes to leave an unforgettable impression. I write here only about
Self-Defense Tip 86 Using Edged Weapons: Knife and Machete Read More »
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
Self-Defense Tip 85 Using Flexible Weapons: Garrote Read More »
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
Self-Defense Tip 84 Using Flexible Weapons: Nunchaku Read More »
