Guns, knives, and clubs

The world of self defense is violent by nature; no sport art here. If somebody is attacking you and you must protect your self then is's not some game. Your life might hang in the outcome of precisely what you will accomplish to dispatch your aggressor. To that conclusion, numerous martial arts never train with weapons or weapons disarms. If ever you are actually in among these arts you may perhaps want to get some outside help to obtain the abilities in order to defend yourself from basic weapons which may possibly be used against you on the street. These enter into 3 kinds, usually they are: guns, edged weapons, and sticks (clubs or baseball bats). The following is simply the short list of strategy for each.

Guns: one must close the distance so that the reaction time from attack to pull the trigger is actually in your favor. You see, for the attacker to pull the trigger he or she: 1st must recognize he or she is actually under attack. 2nd this individual must pinpoint where you are going (path). 3rd this individual must realize exactly where he or she is; that is, where the firearm is pointed as well as his or her physical position. Next he must pinpoint exactly what program to set in to play. Here is where he/she might conclude they must rotate left, raise the firearm a lot higher, and fire. Last of all he/she has to carry out the program. This all takes mental time and thru closing the distance you have actually reduced their successful response period down and also into your favor.


Knives and sticks ... you want to open the gap from your assaulter. You want them to make a long distance and also committed attack toward you. This sets you in a favorable position as they must move a long way to get you. You possess the time to see the attack, choose what to do and execute the plan. You also reduce their counteraction time down as you close in to disarm or attack. Much like in the gun scenario you have indeed reduced their perception and also counteraction time.


Also key in self defence that you do not mess around. You must disable your aggressor so they can not come back to damage you. What I mean here is you don't want them coming back up off the ground and being rather psychotic at you. You must ensure they do not want to continue the attack.


If you learn to disarm weapons you should also study ways to make use of that weapon if needed. You might just learn how to shoot or at least exactly how you might actually use that gun to your advantage. There is a weapon called a defender (self defense weapon) which is a small plastic, strangely shaped, weapon that is actually used on pressure points. You can see this at PDWS. biz. You are able to utilize most anything you pick up like| a defender and that includes a gun. A firearm can be employed on pressure points about the body or even against boney locations of the human body, just like a defender or even a Kubotan.


In conclusion, you are the weapon and anything that gets into your hands you need to understand how to utilize it. Firearm, edged weapons or clubs ... you must know how to use them for your own protection or the protection of your loved ones. There are great videos to had on these subjects, all found on the web. So I encourage my fellow artists to broaden their skill sets in martial arts and turn them into self defense skill sets too!



Master Peter Brusso