Skybird
04-20-16, 05:16 AM
A former trainee recommended me these. Got it myself, very expensive, but very good quality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO8G5zsQohg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH7SRnQy0PY
Do not be mistaken: the hits are really heavy and serious, this is a well-concealed combat stick and weapon. If you swing the handle, you can crack open skulls and break ribs or arm and leg bones easily.
Of course it helps me that I have trained with combat sticks for long time. But even if you are just swinging it like a club - you do not want to get hit by it, promised.
But I would always recommend to get yourself familiar with basic handling of sticks like this. Some essential basics, really, don't go without such minimum basic training. You are not already protected just because you own a weapon of any kind. Minimum familiarity with what you have is inevitable, no matter what kind of weapon you have. Even if it is a firearm. Consider a scenario where you as an untrained with such a stick gets attacked by a once trained guy like me: stick or not, your chances look grim. A trained attacker would know how to deal with you - while you as an untrained person would not know how to even just maintain possession of your stick.
Against "ordinary" attackers not implementing any technical skills of their own, you have the upper hand with a stick like this, and if you do not suck completely: easily so.
The charm of self-defence weapons like these are that there are no legal limitations, you can carry them anywhere, and they look completely innocent and unsuspicious for the casual eye. Also, the untrained defender can keep his distance to an attacker, which is something important. I would never recommend knifes, kubotans or anything like that for untrained people or people who are weak in muscle strength. Keep your distance to the attcker.
The long umbrella cna be used as a spear as well, the tip is reinforced with metal, the telescopic one has a metal glass-breaker with some very nasty tips and teeth.
Second best - if you have no gun license, of course, and want no possible conflict with your country's laws -, is pepper-spray, preferrably a brand with good reputation like Mean Green or something like that. I n many European countries, the use and carry is regulated by lasws, however, be careful. Some countries seem to have banned it completely. Naked and defenceless any citizen should be - from the state'S POV. Do not mistake pepper spray with CS spray or anything like that. Go for streams, not cone fogs. In windy conditions, and inside rooms, fog can backfire against you. Effective strweam distance shgould offer you a minimum range of 2m, better more - clearly outside the attacker'S armlength. Note that it takes some seconds until the spray takes effect even if you hit the eyes, these intial seconds oyu have to "survive" somehow. Once the effect sets in in strength, he is effectively out of action. But mind the delay, always!!! Do not believe what you see in crime movies on TV! Delay can be anything from 2-10 seconds, something in that range. Never show the spray as a warning, the surprise must be part of your concept, else he can protect himself from it while still attack you. If you unveil it, use it immediately, without further hesitation. Pull and shoot.
In Germany: do not trust in "tazers" over here. Even if they have 500,000 volts, in Germany they have been limited a couple of years ago technically, they now do some minor pain to the skin and make your mucle vibrate a bit, but do not have any other significant effect anymore that would stop an attacker, stun him - chances are that yiu even enrage him to charge in revenge.German tazers with the legally demanded "Prüfzeichen", are completely worthless kits now. German tazers - or better: e-shockers - available for private users have NOTHING in common with what you see on American police videos, nothing. I tested a 200,000 V device last year on myself, it was a bit more than grabbing into an electric wire at the fence around a horse meadow, not more. Stopping value zero, absolutely zero. Its fraud.
BTW, the umbrellas do not get messed up in windy and stormy conditions, different to the popular telescopic mini-umbrellas that so many people use.
In europe and Germany not easy to get, and expensive. Don't know the prices for America. The item originally is made in an American family company. Europe produces limited quantities in license.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO8G5zsQohg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH7SRnQy0PY
Do not be mistaken: the hits are really heavy and serious, this is a well-concealed combat stick and weapon. If you swing the handle, you can crack open skulls and break ribs or arm and leg bones easily.
Of course it helps me that I have trained with combat sticks for long time. But even if you are just swinging it like a club - you do not want to get hit by it, promised.
But I would always recommend to get yourself familiar with basic handling of sticks like this. Some essential basics, really, don't go without such minimum basic training. You are not already protected just because you own a weapon of any kind. Minimum familiarity with what you have is inevitable, no matter what kind of weapon you have. Even if it is a firearm. Consider a scenario where you as an untrained with such a stick gets attacked by a once trained guy like me: stick or not, your chances look grim. A trained attacker would know how to deal with you - while you as an untrained person would not know how to even just maintain possession of your stick.
Against "ordinary" attackers not implementing any technical skills of their own, you have the upper hand with a stick like this, and if you do not suck completely: easily so.
The charm of self-defence weapons like these are that there are no legal limitations, you can carry them anywhere, and they look completely innocent and unsuspicious for the casual eye. Also, the untrained defender can keep his distance to an attacker, which is something important. I would never recommend knifes, kubotans or anything like that for untrained people or people who are weak in muscle strength. Keep your distance to the attcker.
The long umbrella cna be used as a spear as well, the tip is reinforced with metal, the telescopic one has a metal glass-breaker with some very nasty tips and teeth.
Second best - if you have no gun license, of course, and want no possible conflict with your country's laws -, is pepper-spray, preferrably a brand with good reputation like Mean Green or something like that. I n many European countries, the use and carry is regulated by lasws, however, be careful. Some countries seem to have banned it completely. Naked and defenceless any citizen should be - from the state'S POV. Do not mistake pepper spray with CS spray or anything like that. Go for streams, not cone fogs. In windy conditions, and inside rooms, fog can backfire against you. Effective strweam distance shgould offer you a minimum range of 2m, better more - clearly outside the attacker'S armlength. Note that it takes some seconds until the spray takes effect even if you hit the eyes, these intial seconds oyu have to "survive" somehow. Once the effect sets in in strength, he is effectively out of action. But mind the delay, always!!! Do not believe what you see in crime movies on TV! Delay can be anything from 2-10 seconds, something in that range. Never show the spray as a warning, the surprise must be part of your concept, else he can protect himself from it while still attack you. If you unveil it, use it immediately, without further hesitation. Pull and shoot.
In Germany: do not trust in "tazers" over here. Even if they have 500,000 volts, in Germany they have been limited a couple of years ago technically, they now do some minor pain to the skin and make your mucle vibrate a bit, but do not have any other significant effect anymore that would stop an attacker, stun him - chances are that yiu even enrage him to charge in revenge.German tazers with the legally demanded "Prüfzeichen", are completely worthless kits now. German tazers - or better: e-shockers - available for private users have NOTHING in common with what you see on American police videos, nothing. I tested a 200,000 V device last year on myself, it was a bit more than grabbing into an electric wire at the fence around a horse meadow, not more. Stopping value zero, absolutely zero. Its fraud.
BTW, the umbrellas do not get messed up in windy and stormy conditions, different to the popular telescopic mini-umbrellas that so many people use.
In europe and Germany not easy to get, and expensive. Don't know the prices for America. The item originally is made in an American family company. Europe produces limited quantities in license.