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Forum: Unarmed Personal Defense

While most here would prefer to always be armed, there are circumstances when being armed is either difficult or not permitted. Whether we carry OC spray or mace, a knife or striking instrument, or rely on martial arts and other hand to hand skills we can discuss it here.

  1. What is the best martial art for self defense?

    Started by Security Adviser, June 5th, 2019 02:23 PM
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    1 2
    assailant, attacker, attacks, attempts, awareness, barrel, beats, belt, black, car, college, confrontation, dangerous, defense, defensive, disarm, draw, driving, edge, emp, engage, escalation, female, force, forced, forum, gear, god, hand, history, home, instructor, judo, law, lot, martial, martial arts, mma, open, opinion, pepper spray, punch, range, retention, robber, running, scenarios, self defense, self-defense, shoot, situational, situational awareness, survival, tac, targets, technique, threat, trained, training, unarmed, victim, weapon 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 18
    • Views: 309
    nlyric
    nlyric
    June 15th, 2019, 06:23 PM Go to last post

  2. Smile One Way to Use Martial Arts for Defense

    Started by GRCarry, January 8th, 2019 10:02 AM
    ar, arms, awareness, beating, business, carry, case, combat, criminal, defense, disarmed, hand, Karate, Kidnapping, martial, martial arts, opinion, prosecuted, running, safe, situational, situational awareness, tac, threatening, victim, violent, woman
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 328
    Security Adviser
    Security Adviser
    June 4th, 2019, 01:12 PM Go to last post

  3. Spring breakers fight off would-be robbers and take their gun

    Started by Siam, March 30th, 2019 08:30 AM
    arm, attempted, broward, bullet, criminal, defense, emp, encounter, environment, fire, guard, gunman, jacket, law, loaded, murder, ops, pocket, require, robber, robbers, robbery, self-defense, sheriff, shoot, shot, shoulder, spring, survive, tac, target, threatened, threats, trigger, watch
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 316
    RightsEroding
    RightsEroding
    April 23rd, 2019, 08:25 AM Go to last post

  4. Edge of Hand

    Started by 1MoreGoodGuy, February 8th, 2019 04:06 PM
    army, attacked, bear, combat, edge, favorite, force, hand, instructor, open, punch, small, target, targets, technique, trained, training, watch, weapons, wwi
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 482
    DefenderRing
    DefenderRing
    March 27th, 2019, 08:14 AM Go to last post

  5. Learning Self Defense Barefoot?

    Started by D_Fr, November 4th, 2018 05:30 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    accuracy, defense, environment, home, instructor, jury, lot, maintenance, martial, martial arts, mma, open, personal, personal defense, prevent, private, protection, restricted, review, self defense, self-defense, small, speed, tac, train, training, unarmed
    • Replies: 18
    • Views: 1,017
    welder516
    welder516
    January 3rd, 2019, 05:05 PM Go to last post

  6. My Current EDC

    Started by Mike1956, July 7th, 2018 10:49 AM
    black, carrying, defensive, emp, environment, force, hand, products, reaction, security, weapon 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 959
    Mike1956
    Mike1956
    October 1st, 2018, 05:24 PM Go to last post

  7. Looking for training partner in NC

    Started by Isaiah90, April 19th, 2018 07:18 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    ar, car, defense, forum, group, hand, long, martial arts, self defense, self defense training, shooting, training, watch, wildlife 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 22
    • Views: 1,946
    OldVet
    OldVet
    May 20th, 2018, 08:53 AM Go to last post

  8. General Martial Arts Training Thread

    Started by DingBat, June 27th, 2016 12:03 PM
    5 Pages •
    1 2 3 ... 5
    .45, altercation, ambushed, america, ar, arms, artist, attack, attacked, attackers, awareness, beat, beating, belt, black, brawl, breakdown, carrier, case, challenge, choked, combat, competition, contest, dangerous, debate, defense, defensive, definition, disease, edged, encounters, enforcement, environment, force, forced, forge, forum, fun, gear, guard, hand, history, hot, hybrid, instructor, instructors, judge, judo, law, law enforcement, legal, long, lot, martial, martial arts, military, mma, mugging, neighborhood, officer, officers, open, opinion, pistol, police, politics, protect, punch, punched, punching, rage, research, riot, robot, rounds, running, safe, self defense, self defense training, self-defense, semi, sessions, shooting, shot, shoulder, situational, situational awareness, small, speed, stabbed, stabbing, stainless, survival, survived, swat, sword, tac, tactical, takedown, target, technique, test, train, trained, training, unarmed, upper, upper body, violence, war, wars, watch, weapons, woman 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 63
    • Views: 5,587
    hackberry
    hackberry
    April 9th, 2018, 05:43 AM Go to last post

  9. Everything Works Sometimes, Nothing Works Sometimes

    Started by Mike1956, September 8th, 2017 03:13 PM
    007, ar, artist, attacker, attacks, attempted, beat, beaten, belts, black, blades, college, dangerous, defense, emp, encounter, female, forum, guns, instructor, instructors, korea, liberal, lot, marines, martial, martial arts, mexico, murder, reading, robbers, scenarios, self defense, self-defense, shot, technique, texas, trained, trainers, training, white 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 1,200
    jmf552
    jmf552
    April 3rd, 2018, 09:06 PM Go to last post

  10. What's your home gym like?

    Started by CDRGlock, April 3rd, 2017 08:39 AM
    5 Pages •
    1 2 3 ... 5
    always carry, ar, archery, arm, attempt, bail, belt, bench, business, camp, carry, dangerous, defense, emp, equipment, folder, fun, gold, hand, home, hot, iron, leather, lever, lot, machine, maintain, maintenance, minimal, mma, open, property, punching, rack, range, running, safe, safety, self defense, sheep, shoot, shot, small, speed, sword, targets, train, training, upper, upper body, weapons, workouts 17 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 71
    • Views: 4,434
    Siam
    Siam
    March 21st, 2018, 12:32 PM Go to last post

  11. What do I need to learn?

    Started by Fallsrider, June 15th, 2017 10:29 AM
    3 Pages •
    1 2 3
    2nd amendment, agent, amendment, assault, attacked, attacker, awareness, beat, belt, black, blade, business, carry, case, combat, competition, cop, crime, criminals, defense, disarm, disarmed, draw, drawing, encounter, federal, flashlight, glocks, government, gunman, hand, handgun, hot, judo, ken, law, legal, long, lot, mag, map, martial, martial arts, military, military combat, officer, opinion, personal, personal defense, pistol, police, range, references, research, retention, russia, russian, security, self defense, self defense training, self-defense, shoot, shooting, shtf, situational, situational awareness, survive, suspect, swat, tac, tactical, texas, trainers, training, unarmed, va, violent, weapon, weapons 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 31
    • Views: 2,440
    jmf552
    jmf552
    March 16th, 2018, 11:04 PM Go to last post

  12. Self-Defense from antifa?

    Started by TexMex, September 28th, 2017 03:35 AM
    3 Pages •
    1 2 3
    442, amendment, ammunition, ar, artist, assault, attack, attacked, attacker, attackers, attacking, beaten, belt, brass, brawl, buck, carry, carrying, combat, defense, domestic terrorists, editorial, emp, engage, favorite, fed, forced, group, hammer, hand, hollywood, improvised, ken, korea, legal, long, lot, martial, martial arts, military, mob, opinion, pepper spray, police, products, protests, rifle, rights, riot, rioters, riots, safe, safety, scenario, scenarios, self-defense, shots, sight, surviving, target, targets, tent, terrorists, texas, trained, training, unarmed, war, watch, weapon, weapons
    • Replies: 33
    • Views: 3,302
    Hammer1270
    Hammer1270
    March 8th, 2018, 03:04 PM Go to last post

  13. Kentucky road crew just wants to return home safe!!!!

    Started by nlyric, September 28th, 2017 12:19 PM
    altercation, ar, arm, arrested, assailant, assault, battery, card, home, investigation, ken, long, officer, safe, trooper, wave
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 439
    GRCarry
    GRCarry
    September 29th, 2017, 06:14 PM Go to last post

  14. How and when to introduce children to martial arts.

    Started by Buku Ringo, September 14th, 2017 11:21 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    america, american, ar, arm, arrested, attempt, awareness, belt, belts, black, children, combat, dangerous, defense, emp, forced, forge, forum, fun, group, guard, hammer, home, illegal, instructor, instructors, judgement, judo, korea, law, long, lot, mag, martial, martial arts, music, national, negligent, neighborhood, open, personal, prepare, prepared, prevent, private, progressive, protect, rent, research, running, safe, safety, self defense, self-defense, shoulder, situational, situational awareness, small, tac, technique, train, training, unarmed, veteran, watch, white, wwii
    • Replies: 24
    • Views: 1,559
    eagleks
    eagleks
    September 27th, 2017, 02:53 AM Go to last post

  15. Good One

    Started by SatCong, September 24th, 2017 02:19 PM
    aggravated assault, ar, arrested, assault, attempted, attempted murder, battery, car, court, crime, emp, invader, invasion, jury, law, lawfully, long, murder, news, suspect, tent 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 417
    welder516
    welder516
    September 24th, 2017, 07:35 PM Go to last post

  16. Can we find a way to bring this semi-comatose sub-forum back to life?

    Started by Hopyard, September 2nd, 2017 09:50 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    ar, arm, arms, assailant, attack, attacker, attempt, barrel, beaten, buck, college, defender, defense, disarm, drawing, edged, emp, engage, female, force, forum, fun, guard, gunpoint, hand, mma, protect, require, required, rifle, rob, scenario, semi, shoot, shooter, shoulder, slide, small, suspect, sword, terrorist, texas, train, trained, unarmed, upper, vehicle, watch, weapon, weapons
    • Replies: 28
    • Views: 1,747
    Hopyard
    Hopyard
    September 6th, 2017, 02:36 PM Go to last post

  17. ABC 7 Chicago: How To Beat An Active Shooter

    Started by Kennydale, June 17th, 2017 04:17 PM
    ar, attempt, attempting, beat, carry, carrying, concealed, concealed carry, concealed carry permit, emp, hand, home, instructor, ken, law, martial, martial arts, permit, pistol, policy, protection, required, safe, safety, scenario, shooter, shooters, shot, tac, terrorist, training, unarmed, victim, war, watch, weapon
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 1,424
    RightsEroding
    RightsEroding
    August 3rd, 2017, 06:20 AM Go to last post

  18. Traveling with body armor

    Started by CDRGlock, July 7th, 2017 12:02 PM
    armor, hand, iv, united
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 495
    Kennydale
    Kennydale
    July 7th, 2017, 05:21 PM Go to last post

  19. Lightbulb Using Inanimate Objects For Defense

    Started by Wasp, May 30th, 2017 02:35 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    airplane, always carry, ammo, arm, arms, auto, backpack, belt, blade, blades, blasted, bullet, camper, car, carry, case, concealed carry signs, consequences, defense, defensive, edge, fire, firearms, flashlight, forced, forge, fun, guns, hand, home, improvised, inanimate objects as weapons, instructor, law, legal, loaded, long, lot, magazine, military, ops, pocket, police, powder, prepared, scenario, self defense, sharp, sharpener, small, tac, tactical, tactical pen, training, unarmed, Unarmed Defense, war, watch, weapon, weapons, what do I do when I can't carry, white
    • Replies: 25
    • Views: 1,831
    LimaCharlie
    LimaCharlie
    June 18th, 2017, 02:45 PM Go to last post

  20. Canes and Walking Sticks

    Started by Arejay, July 6th, 2016 12:26 PM
    4 Pages •
    1 2 3 ... 4
    ar, arm, assailant, attack, beat, black, carried, carry, carrying, college, competition, conceal, defender, defense, defensive, draw, drawing, eco, emp, environment, favorite, firearms, force, forced, forge, forum, fourth, gear, god, hammer, hand, hiking, home, instructor, judge, legal, long, lot, mag, martial, martial arts, opinion, outdoors, parking, pdf, pepper spray, perp, personal, personaldefenseforum, pistol, pockets, price, priced, prices, protecting, retirement, self defense, self-defense, semi, sharp, shoulder, sight, small, sword, tac, tactical, takedown, targets, tdi, technique, trained, training, tsa, united, va, watch, weapon, weapons, wheel, white 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 48
    • Views: 3,140
    TRX
    TRX
    May 31st, 2017, 02:52 PM Go to last post

  21. New heavy bag gloves

    Started by Subhuman, January 23rd, 2017 06:33 PM
    ar, arm, assault, beat, beating, beats, bob, force, hand, home, jacket, lot, martial, open, opinion, price, protect, protecting, protection, punch, punching, training
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 848
    luvmy40
    luvmy40
    March 31st, 2017, 08:18 AM Go to last post

  22. Basic Theory and Practice of Knife Handling: Vol. 1

    Started by Wasp, July 18th, 2016 10:12 AM
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    1 2
    007, attack, attacked, attacker, attacks, blade, carry, case, clip, concealing, dagger, defense, defensive, disarmed, drawing, edge, edged, emp, favorite, firearms, folder, folders, forum, gunfight, guns, hand, handgun, home, instructor, knife attack, lot, mark, martial, martial arts, open, personal, personal defense, range, retention, running, safe, scales, scenarios, self defense, shoot, shot, shots, small, stabbed, sword, tent, texas, trained, training, unarmed, usmc, watch, weapon, weapons
    • Replies: 26
    • Views: 2,389
    Stetson
    Stetson
    March 8th, 2017, 06:25 PM Go to last post

  23. Martial arts student slapped with a felony for knocking guy's teeth out.

    Started by Photon Guy, October 15th, 2016 06:30 PM
    15 Pages •
    1 2 3 ... 15
    arms, artist, assailant, assault, attempt, attempting, authorities, ban, beat, bob, business, car, carries, carry class, case, children, combat, concealed, confront, confrontation, consequences, constitutional carry, court, courts, dangerous, deaths, defense, definition, driving, emp, encounter, firearms, flag, force, forum, gun laws, guns, hand, history, home, hot, innocent until proven guilty, internet, judge, judgement, jury, law, law enforcement, legal, license, logic, looting, lot, martial, martial arts, mexico, news, parking, pepper spray, permit, perp, pistol, police, property, prosecutor, protection, punch, rage, range, reading, research, rights, rkba, road rage, running, safe, safety, security, self defense, self-defense, shoot, shooting, shot, states, suspect, target, tent, test, threat, trained, training, unarmed, use of force, vehicle, victim, watch, weapon, weapons, woman
    • Replies: 220
    • Views: 7,956
    Wasp
    Wasp
    March 7th, 2017, 05:04 PM Go to last post

  24. Severe overestimations about one's capabilities

    Started by Betty, February 12th, 2017 08:26 AM
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    1 2
    attack, beat, carry, carrying, combat, defense, female, firearms, hand, long, lot, mark, minimal, mma, punch, range, running, self-defense, tac, train, training, watch, weapons 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 28
    • Views: 2,098
    1MoreGoodGuy
    1MoreGoodGuy
    February 16th, 2017, 08:01 PM Go to last post

  25. American Combatives

    Started by molleur, December 13th, 2016 06:31 PM
    america, american, attacking, blade, debate, defense, forces, forged, guard, instructors, law, mossad, ops, reading, self-defense, soldier, special, sword, train, training, unarmed
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 1,439
    Hammer1270
    Hammer1270
    January 18th, 2017, 11:01 AM Go to last post
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