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DWx
Black Belt
Joined: 17 Jan 2007
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Location: UK
Styles: Tae Kwon Do & Yang family Tai Chi
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| BoothJ9 wrote: |
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| A walking cane comes to mind. |
A wooden one with some weight to it could certainly cause some damage. |
Likewise one of the full size umbrellas
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 30188
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, GRACIE, Police Krav Maga, SPEAR
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| Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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| DWx wrote: |
| BoothJ9 wrote: |
| bushido_man96 wrote: |
| A walking cane comes to mind. |
A wooden one with some weight to it could certainly cause some damage. |
Likewise one of the full size umbrellas |
Agreed. I think an umbrella might not be as sturdy as a cane, but the training could translate, especially if they have that hook for the grip.
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
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Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, GRACIE, Police Krav Maga, SPEAR
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I've always wondered with the belt... How are you going to get it off fast enough? And I feel like then my trousers would fall down making it even harder to run away  |
Humor aside, this is a pretty good point to consider. When the adrenaline dumps, fine motor skills go out the window, which could leave one fumbling with their belt buckle for too long, instead of actively trying to defend with both hands.
I would say that if someone is even considering using their belt as an improvised weapon, then much like with carrying a handgun concealed, one needs to practice actually deploying the weapon in order to become efficient at it. Just having it isn't actually enough.
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Montana
Pre-Black Belt
Joined: 18 Apr 2007
Posts: 883
Location: Formerly Kalispell, Montana, now Spokane, WA
Styles: Shorin Ryu Matsumura Kenpo & Kobudo
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Basically, and literally, just about ANYTHING can be used as a self-defense weapon.
When I was teaching, a couple of times a year we'd do a street clothes class walking out about town. We walk the main street, alleys, parks and empty lots.
I'd talk as we walked about "what ifs this or that", stop and ask my students what they see that they might be able to use if they were in a fight.
The obvious would be sticks and stones, but I wanted them to expand their thoughts.
For example, a telephone/light pole.
WHAT???
You can put that between you and your opponent and make them come around it to get to you, thus giving you an advantage as you're waiting and ready for it.
Sitting at a table and the person across from you gets aggressive and reaches out. You have salt/pepper shakers that make good weapons, toss napkins in their face, squirt mustard/ketchup/TABASCO in their eyes, etc.
The possibilities are really endless if you just open your eyes and teach your mind to think differently.
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sensei8
KF Sensei
Joined: 23 Feb 2008
Posts: 16427
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Styles: Shindokan Saitou-ryu [Shuri-te/Okinawa-te based]
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How about anything I can find in my cars trunk?? Oh wait, how about anything found in my trucks bed; always goodies there abound. Sure, the cars trunk has to be close and already opened, whereas the truck just needs to be close.
I do really like Montana's post about the telephone/light pole suggestion because it has a lot of effectiveness about it.
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Montana
Pre-Black Belt
Joined: 18 Apr 2007
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Location: Formerly Kalispell, Montana, now Spokane, WA
Styles: Shorin Ryu Matsumura Kenpo & Kobudo
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Suggestion: The next time you're sitting at your computer, look around you. What could you use to defend yourself?
At a restaurant?
Gym?
Bar/pub?
Walking down the street or in a store?
Literally anywhere, take a moment and get your mindset into defending yourself if you had to. What could you use?
As I sit at my computer typing this there is a lamp over the desk, ceramic cup, couple of AA batteries, printer, pens/pencils, books, backpack, reams of paper, framed pictures on the wall, VHS/CD on the shelf, chairs, etc. It's all about mindset and adapting your way of thinking and looking at things.
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