A Spray a Day Keeps the Attackers

With all the attention on personal attacks and crime these days, it is important to find effective protection. There are many ways to protect yourself, whether someone breaks into your home or whether you are jogging in the part. There are also numerous brands of self-protection products available. The Oklahoman newspaper ran an article [...]

Spray Them Away

With all the attention on personal attacks and crime these days, it is important to find effective protection. There are many ways to protect yourself, whether someone breaks into your home or whether you are jogging in the part. There are also numerous brands of self-protection products available. The Oklahoman newspaper ran an article [...]

Compact Pepper Spray Still Packs a Big Punch

You are walking to your car in the evening after a long, difficult day at the office. You get off the elevator in the parking structure at the third floor, but your car is not in sight. Just as you remember that you parked on the fifth floor, you catch sight of a person coming [...]

Four Great Self Defense Tools You Will Hopefully Never Need

Walking alone at night through a parking lot to your darkened car that hides underneath a street light can be a harrowing experience. And even though the worst things that you expect to happen rarely ever do, you still hear stories everyday about “the last time [fill in the blank] was seen alive.” No one [...]

Stun Guns for Women?

It is a true sign of the increasing crime in most areas that there has been a sharp rise in stun guns for women. It used to be that when we thought of stun guns, we would think of something that police or military used, not women. More recently, we have heard of some private [...]

Self Defense: Why Most Adults Drop Out Of Martial Arts Classes

The most surprising statistic that most karate and martial arts teachers discover is the one that tells them “why most of their adult students quit shortly after enrolling.” In fact, the greatest percentage of adult dropouts from martial arts classes occurs within the first 100 days! This has sparked some groups to investigate the reasons [...]

Rules of Safety for Women That Travel

 Greetings everyone, this is your Minister of Defense, Xavier Smith, with a note on safety. This is more specifically for women who happen to travel either for work or pleasure. In my line of work, I come across many people with varied thoughts and habits related to personal safety, and I have to say that [...]

Personally Alarming

Lately in the news, there are more and more stories of people being accosted or attacked. These attacks don’t just take place in areas known for high crime; they are happening more and more in areas that are considered low crime, quiet neighborhoods. Many people worry about how to protect themselves from attack. [...]

Domestic Violence Victims Security Expert Outlines Domestic Violence Help Tips

Historically many married domestic violence DV victims have suffered in silence as most law enforcement agencies maintained a hands-off approach to intervening in marital affairs. Thankfully most of today’s law enforcement agencies have revised their policies and now adopt a more pro-active response when faced with DV victims. Most of these law enforcement agencies [...]

Personal Protection is on the Rise

These days there is more and more attention being paid to personal attacks. It seems as though even in areas that have had very low crime rates, the number or crimes is rising, and often, the seriousness and viciousness of the crimes is rising, too. Something else is rising, too. The number of [...]

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