Stun Guns: Effectiveness And Lethality

Stun guns are definitely powerful but they are also claimed to be non-lethal, despite a few high-profile cases involving their use. The theory is that the electrical charge temporarily disables the target, causing only non-damaging though painful muscular disruptions. Thus the pattern of deaths arising from electroshock weapons, often employed by police officers whose departments [...]

Where Should I Strike An Attacker?

Whenever I do a conduct a seminar with a group of women and I ask them where the best place to strike a man would be, they almost always agree to strike him in the groin! Don’t get me wrong, the groin is a great place to strike but you don’t always get to choose. [...]

Should A Woman Go To The Ground If Being Attacked?

It is amazing to me how some self defense instructors try to make their course different in hopes of attracting attention.  Different can work, but when it is obviously going to cause more harm for the victim, maybe they should think twice. I have read some instructors material in which they say the logic for [...]

Importance of Protecting Yourself with Self Defense Equipment!

My head would be wabbling back and forth looking in every direction hoping I was alone out there and no one was lurking awaiting an attack on me.  What a feeling to have and for so many years.  I couldn’t help but feel this way as I had the misfortune of being attacked some years ago and still haven’t fully recovered from [...]

Workplace Violence – Staying Focused On What’s Important For Self Defense

In the realm of workplace violence and policy development, there is a problem that is both preventing companies and their employees from being safe, causing policy and procedures to miss the mark, and resulting in damage, financial loss, and even the loss of life. What I mean is that, managers and administrators focus most of [...]

Protection is Priceless

Most of us never imagine ourselves in a dangerous circumstance being attacked by someone who wants to rob us. However, with crime on the rise – even in small, quiet towns that are known for very low crime rates – personal attacks are becoming more and more common. If you think you might ever [...]

A Little More Pepper

With the high number of individuals that are being assaulted these days we are hearing a lot about pepper spray as an alternative to carrying a weapon for self-defense. The police are using it, private citizens are using it, and whether you are a man or a woman, there are many options regarding to the [...]

Personal Alarms for Your Safety

Individuals that spend most of their time walking around alone are prone to muggers especially at night. Muggers usually seek for helpless and defenseless victims that are more often the children, women and the elderly. Such individuals must carry something to protect them or something that will give warning to the people around them that [...]

Test Of Your Self-Defense

You might have read plenty of articles over the internet about self defense. But no matter how much you learn from the articles or books, you’re never 100% sure how much fit and alert you are for your self defense unless and until you are faced by a real criminal. So we decided to write [...]

Self Defense And Tradtional Martial Arts

There is a lot of focus on which martial art is the best one these days. Especially with the increased popularity of mixed martial arts everyone seems to be focusing on “traditional martial arts are no good, if they were they would succeed in the octagon”. I tend to somewhat agree with this statement but [...]

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