So , basically give me something to work on , till I get rich and move out to a better place where I can get some nice training .
Full Question: How can i bring someone on the ground or lock them on the ground without throwing punches for example when my friend is mad and wants to attack me? Or maybe different techniques?
I'm genuinely scared and don't feel safe where I live and including school, and I am working on getting a license to carry pepper spray or something like that, but can I? I have a past history of mental health and I'm pretty sure our president made it so if you have any kind of past history you can't have one, and I'm scared to even apply because of that, I'm also under 18 and my parents are saying that I can get a license, also can I carry pepper spray to school while I go so I don't get in trouble for having it because I won't get into details but people there have shown me how bad it is at my school, sorry I'm rambling but the question I'm trying to ask is Can I even get a license with past history of mental health and can I bring it to school without trouble (even if it's just to carry on the way then bring it to the office)?
I’ve never been in a serious fight with someone other than a sibling. Besides some wrestling and kickboxing when I was a bit younger, I’ve got no fight experience and feel unequipped. Where do I begin to learn to defend myself
I’m 17, not small by any nature, 6’0 and 210 pounds. I’m athletic and have a muscular build from weight training, however I know fuck all about a being thrust into a fistfight. To clarify, I am quite unassuming and don’t find myself upsetting others /getting upset easily.
Given I don’t want to spend a boat load or have to much time consumed, what is the best method for me?
Where should I protect the most and what is the safest (obviously it’s not safe) but like what area on the body will be least harmful?
Again I know no area on the body is safe to be stabbed but you know what I mean right?
One of my clients is looking for software to manage her self-defense school, including student tracking, follow-up, seminars, camps, etc. and I would love to hear your suggestions.
Of course, I will do an online search as well (my VA is working on this) but I often find my network of people knows of gems that don't always show up in a search.
Once I create a list of software options, I will test each one to see which ones closest meet her needs.
Thanks!
7 months ago, I got into a scuffle because one asshole said mean things to my mum. He said all of that right on her face. So, on hearing those acerbic words, I retaliated not by hands even then, but by words. After that he let out a stream of invectives which fell like molten glass on my ears. Upon hearing the clamour, his friends came out to egg on him(those assholes are my upstairs neighbours).
When they turned up, he started pushing me and got ready for an altercation. It was then when I threw dukes and during the commotion his friends joined in and started beating me. I suffered a TBI, which hurts up to this day, and a night at the police station.
Was there any other way to handle this situation in a better manner? All of you who are men of street smarts, kindly help me through this.
I shouldn't try it on myself i guess 😅
Hey yall, I’ve been looking for a piece of smart jewelry that has a panic button + location services + notifies your emergency contacts.
I came across maitri & invisawear, but didn’t really like the style. Also didn’t see any rings (which is my preference)
Any suggestions for jewelry are appreciated!
I have a situation where my ex-wife’s current boyfriend is spiteful and vengeful from whatever poison it is that she whispers into his ear (rough and messy divorce from this past year). He works at my workplace (large enough building where we can go days without seeing each other), and there has been at least one altercation at work in which he got suspended for his actions. However, Last month he followed me home after work and tried to side swipe me with his vehicle and then later on brake check me. I have a dash cam and filed a peace order against him, but unfortunately we couldn’t prove that he was the one actually driving the vehicle. He knows where I live. I keep my distance at work. I carry pepper spray in my pocket when outside. I’m extremely vigilant while walking to my car and while driving home now. I have a camera on the front of my house facing out. I’ve considered moving to a new house, and even transferring to another location at work. But I’d rather not have to uproot my entire life because of one individual. I’m not sure what else I need to do or what other precautions I need to consider. Any help would be appreciated.
None of us want to get caught with our pants down. I have several Stopboxes and live in a 2 story house. I stash them around the house (loaded) for quick access.
Do you guys stash multiple guns around your home or do you keep them at a primary location?
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I am 15 (guy) and in high school, I’m already a big dude, 6 foot, I am very strong much stronger than everyone I know. Just to clarify I have never instigated a fight in my life, every fight I have been in was self defence and I always won. Someone I know is lying to somebody at my school and telling them things from like 3 years ago and twisting the words, the person he’s telling this to I have known for a long time, never close with him but I know him and he has a massive temper issue. He fighted the principal when I was in middle school and knocked a dudes tooth out. Then today he was in the hallway and he gave me this serious stare down from a distance, being taught de-escalation from my dad I tried to nod at him and wave a little to show him I don’t have a problem with him and he just walked away pissed. Now I need some advice because this guy if he decides to fight its gonna be real, when I fight in high school I never wanna hurt the other person over some non sense but if this guy comes for me because of his ego I am gonna fucking hurt him.
Hi, I live in NYC and am concerned that homeless people might try to touch me or that bulldogs/animals could bite. I want to know which self-defense tools are the best. Can you tell me what they are and if I can buy them online? But I can't accept anything that looks like a pistol.
Specifically talking about if they grip your hair, but ig in general would also be useful
I want to learn how to develop a knockout(or really uncomfortable) punch/slap/elbow sequence. I'm fairly street smart, I don't drink and I'm highly unlikely to be in a fight against people around my age/older - I can talk my way out, or they are gonna have weapons (so gg anyway). This is really for some wannabe teenage punk (14-17 YO) that doesn't know what they are doing.
I want to practice semi regularly - it can be a single strike to the jaw, or it can be a sequence like hitting them in the throat/solar plexus, follow by something else. I'd appreciate any guide/youtube video that I can practice on my own.
... and my fiance and I used the water practice canister this morning. It shot a steady stream for maybe 2 seconds and then it sputtered and stopped. That can't be normal. How can I trust the mace canister will work? Lol. Serious question though! Can you keep the mace canister in the gun at all times? Also, if use a spray or two of it, do you need to replace the Mace canister canister or just keep it loaded for rhe next use? I thought these had like 13 seconds of spray? The directions offer little help. Thanks!
I keep trying to post this on mma and kickboxing but I guess the question is too absurd and gets taken down. If two people just get gloves and headgear and shin guards and are well read and do alot of research and spar alot, is thay not enough to get good at fighting? I would think sparring comes first.
I've heard a lot that kicks aren't recommended on street situations, it's obvious that if you are empty-handed, fists are your best weapons, but if you carry some tool (pepper spray, taser, etc) isn't kicking the best option since your hands would be occupied?
Or is it too short and heavy for practical use?
Hello I am a woman around 5’8” and in my late 20s. I just wanted to get some advice and what kind of martial arts might be best for self defense. I have only taken a women’s only self defense class that met once a week for a month and I think it mainly used Krav Maga as a base. I think I benefited from the class but I think I might be more open from another perspective or method. Are there certain institutions that cater more to adults?
Question - What do the majority of you think matters more when it comes to people messing with you, being aggressive, trying to rob you, etc, is it more about size or demeanor? For example, I know a guy who is ex military, he's a little bit tall but skinny and has a messed up back but by his demeanor you can tell he's not one to f*ck with, whereas i know a tall muscular guy who doesn't really have much presence and demeanor from his personality and isn't much of a fighter himself. However, I do know that size matters a good amount, so I'm not completely sure which one dictates more, to make it fair lets say in a scenario where the person sort of knows you, either a sibling, neighbor, or someone you see around at school.
Hi i suffer from chronic pain, slipped disc, even hurts to sit most of the time. I go to the pool every day for aqua therapy. I pissed off a violent nutjob by having boundaries and he knows i go there and when and where i live.
Ive got cctv and an outside light, and a walking stick to help me to my car in the way of equipment lol. I live in the uk if that helps.
Any advice much appreciated Thanks
I’m a 15-year-old (5'5) 9th grader and I’m tired of being bullied by my classmates. They constantly make fun of my looks, take my food, and even demand money from me. If I refuse, they hit me. It’s gotten to the point where I sometimes skip school just to avoid them. I don’t feel safe, and I don’t feel like I can talk to anyone about it.
I don’t understand why they do this. I’ve never done anything to them—I just want to go to school and learn like everyone else. But instead of focusing on my studies, I spend every day worrying about what they’re going to do to me next. And the worst part? No one seems to care. I feel completely unheard.
People always say that school is a place where young people are educated, where we prepare for our future. But how can we learn when bullying like this is so common, and no one does anything about it? It feels like a joke. These same people who don’t want to be bullied themselves have no problem picking on others. It’s so hypocritical.
At this point, I feel like I need to learn how to defend myself. I don’t want to start fights, but I also don’t want to just sit there and let them hurt me. Does anyone have advice on basic self-defense? Something I can use if they try to hit me again? I just want to be able to protect myself.
If anyone has been in a similar situation, how did you handle it? Any advice would mean a lot. I just feel really alone in this.
Hi! I'm 13 years old and I walk home from school everyday, which is about a 35 minute walk. I don't live in "the ghetto", or anywhere unsafe, but there is a lot of homeless people around where I live because there is a public library at the end of my street; where they usually stay. Nothing unpleasant has happened to me and I don't plan on it, but I just want to know any tips that I could use so no one approaches me. Today when I was walking home, I saw a group of three men that were smoking and walking down the street and they looked at me and I got kind of scared. That's all! Any tips I could use as a kid to avoid trouble would help.
Recently I was playing football with friends and every time we play there is this guy who you wouldn;t think knows a move or 2. After playing I was walking back tripped on a rock (this sounds so fake but its real) I grab his hat and fell, i got up and he hit my hand. I'm like what? This guy is weak and all, you could easy beat his ass, many people have done so but when i offered it back (I didn't want no smoke) he grabbed my hand and did some weird move where he brought it to his chest and its like one of those moves where it causes pain to your elbow or wrist like twisting it and I want to know how to get out of these locks and learn them so I can defend myself. Aside from this I want to learn how while doing it how I can retaliate like when someone tries to push you and you push their arms away and push them back, but I don't want to learn like a full fight typa thing because don't want to be in fights
I’ve been reading about the junko furata case, and that freaked me out, so I want to learn self defense but I don’t know which martial art to do to defend against larger, stronger and multiple opponents. I heard wing chun, krav maga and muay thai may be decent
Basically this Muslim guy was stealing bc my stuff in school so I slapped him but he called his best friend who has attacked me in the past and she is now hunting me down when she sees me she is gonna do me in she said so how can I defend my self against her because she is strong and since last time is now doing boxing
I was dropping my girlfriend off at her house last night. Her brother was waiting on the side of the house, I opened the car door for her and we walked to the house. He then ran out and charged at us, and I feel as though I froze up before I realized it was him. There was nothing I could have done in that situation if it was real. Maybe it was because I let my guard down around her house, but I still feel like I should have reacted differently. Is there a way to train to not freeze up in those situations? I have experience with muay thai and boxing but I still was not able to react to him in time.
I'm not saying they don't make great weapons, they obviously do but I'm saying they're kinda trash for self defense
The things they're good at ,range and lethality. shouldn't really be factors in self defense
Range: human interaction distance is only a couple of feet so you don't even have that range, and if range is a factor they probably already have their gun out and so you're at a massive disadvantage anyway
Lethality: holes are difficult to stitch up , but they don't have a lot of stopping power beyond hitting vitals which still might not stop in that instance.
The one thing guns are good at and is useful is intimidation . They're great ways to intimidate someone into getting away from you or staying back , and they're really loud so they can stun and daze someone into a phycological stop even if you missed all their vitals that would have physically stopped them
Them being loud is a negative because you don't wanna go deaf on top of an already shitty situation
Now here's the thing they don't do, make you look larger, disable an attacker , block/shield you , crowd control, be a useful tool outside of self defense.
Looking larger is mostly for animals when you're unprepared for dealing with animals
Disabling is stoping power, because you don't need to kill someone you just need to stop what they're doing, flash lights and pepper spray are great at this because first you can't hit what you can't see then you're in pain and can't see , breaking the hand of someone with a knife also works
Blocking is preventing them from hitting you , a stick is better against someone throwing stuff at you than a gun is because a gun won't stop that thrown object a stick might
Crowd control , you can only aim your gun at one person at a time leaving you open to others closing distance, you want something with sweep if you piss off a group to keep them away from you
Being used as a tool, so you're gonna carry around this 2lbs piece of steel and never use it outside of the worst situations, knives aren't much better at other stuff but at least you'll use it as a tool and get lots of natural practice deploying it
What do I carry, a 12ft piece of dyneema rope with a carabiner on one end and a 8oz steel weight on the other , I've used it as a hammer, to pull boxes and pallets around, used to rope to haul a buddies truck outa the mud, had to defend myself from feral dogs on a regular basis, and use it to carry my water bottle on my hip, really handy tool I could already crack someone's open with if all my other skills failed to deescalate
I also carry a flash light too
Hello, I need some advice on what I should do if I am ever in this position again. I don’t want to be a victim but I had a group of guys actively try to swing at me tonight at the gym after I called a foul in basketball. Words were exchanged and one of the four men tried to hit me. Any advice will help. I’m not looking to be a tough guy and I’m usually quiet but these guys always try to bully me and it’s gone too far . The threatened to follow me to my car . I can’t be a victim. Please help.
A bought a month or so ago I was at a concert minding my business when some random dude I’ve never met got in my face and started threatening to punch me. I have absolutely no idea why he was mad at me as I’d never met him and wasn’t even from the area. He was clearly drunk and reeked of booze. I don’t drink so I I was completely sober. I kind of just stared at him and continued minding my business. He called me a bitch and kept saying he was going to punch me. I remained calm but at the time I had a lot going through my head. Should I punch him first? Should I just walk away or stand my ground?
I was also scared of making a move. Even though I’ve trained a bit in boxing I’ve never been in any kind of sparring match, just bag work. I was scared that if I hit him it wouldn’t be effective, the mental hurdle of striking an actual person was too much to get over. I also thought that I won’t be aggressive unless he hits me first. He didn’t, he ultimately was all talk and I just kind of stared at him before walking away and pointing him out to a disinterested cop.
I guess the point of this is it got me thinking about self defense and how I don’t want to be a victim. I’m a pretty skinny and not physically intimidating guy. Even though I avoided conflict I still feel like a coward for not standing my ground and letting this guy yell at me for no reason. I can’t help now but fantasize about busting his jaw open and saying “who’s the bitch now?” even though I logically know that would have been the wrong and stupid choice. I guess I’m just pissed at myself for letting someone talk down to me and not standing up for myself.
This has spurred me into wanting to get back into martial arts and boxing. I’m interested in training Judo because it looks like a good technique and also looks fun to do. I’ve also been watching videos of self defense techniques like throat strikes. I guess I’m wondering if anyone has any input or experience with a similar situation. I know that getting cursed at by an idiot drunk is not some life or death situation (in this case) but it got me thinking about my own safety and how easy it would be for me to become a victim. What bothers me most is how unconfident I was, and how the police didn’t even seem to care when I told them. I also just want to know why this dickhead wanted to start shit in the first place, just pisses me off that he would target me for no reason. Any advice for if I should have handled this differently, or what to do to feel more prepared in a self defense situation?
My tweens are not athletic, nor have they ever been inclined to be. They are more artsy or STEM interested. We've never pushed athletics on either of them beyond basic safety measures (swimming lessons). They are wholly social, often on their own terms, and can stand up for themselves. That said....
Lately, I've realized maybe we were remiss in preparing them for physical confrontation. My husband has never had a fight in his adult life; he's from New Jersey, US (aka, lots of rough talk) and his personality goes a looong way. But they are NOT him. We both agree that we should get them involved in ... something. He's leaning towards jiu jitsu, I am think some basic boxing. This isn't about belts or competition, we just want them to be confident in defending themselves from bullies or on the subway, etc. (YES, we are teaching them basic safety awareness but that's mitigation, not action.)
Despite their bravado, they often shy away from the spotlight, so I am OK with budgeting for private lessons. But where? With who? What am I looking for???? WHO am I looking for?
(We are Americans living in the United Kingdom.)
I need to tell you what I ended up getting into before anything, and I also need to tell you I'm in my 1st year of high school in Brazil , which means I'm 15. Basically a friend of mine (my age) dated this one guy for a bit more than a month, and he was super sweet and caring and did anything for her, but very early on she noticed that, despite her liking what the guy did for her, she didn't really like him at all, so she broke up with him. Very quick relationship, no attachments, no big deal. Well at least that's what she thought, cuz the guy ended up getting super upset and used his "I know a guy" powers to make up a group of I'm guessing 4 people that are like 3 to 4 years older than us to threaten her. They constantly sent her messages saying that they would hunt her down, and it was ignorable to an extent because even though they knew where she lives, it's a massive building, so she has enough protection. They even wanted to schedule a fight which is pretty stupid imo. She wasn't worried until yesterday when they said they knew where we studied and would go to our school to beat her up and ruin her life. That's when she got really scared. Now she's absolutely terrified of leaving school because she has to wait for her mom, and now I'm staying with her until my bus gets there.
Now, we're pretty big girls, at least for our country. I'm 5'5 and she's 5'7, which is a lot taller than the average teenage girl in Brazil. Plus, I have a considerably stronger built than the average grown woman, but that doesn't really apply to her. She's not really skinny, but she's a bit weaker than it would be expected of her for her size. Despite me being pretty strong, none of us have any actual fighting experience. I have thrown a punch here or some cursing there, but not an actual fight. We're talking about a group of people 4 years older than us featuring an 18 year old girl that has been arrested 3 TIMES already. I have a bit of an advantage because they have never seen me, but I might end up getting involved because she needs someone to be around her. She doesn't want to be alone, and I understand that but, despite me hating fights and being actually pretty good with words, I'm a lot more fiery than I look and I'm afraid that, if I end up seeing them, I might say or do something that I'm gonna regret because I have no idea how to protect myself, only how to hurt others and get me fucked up.
Her mom has already called the police about this but I'm not sure if anything has come out of it yet, if it ever will.
I don't want to give any more details, but does anyone have any self defense tips that both of us could use? Anything will be more than welcome. I'm not sure this is gonna get as serious as I'm worried it will, but it's better to be safe than sorry. Life is not an action movie. We know nothing and we need help.
Edit: I do want to add that we do have 3 more friends that know about this and we're never alone, but they also have no fighting skills. The only one that does have experience is way too egocentric to actually notice that he's, in fact, not John Wick, and that would probably get him knocked out in less than a minute. I heard someone say that a person with fighting skills never wants to actually fight, and I kept that in mind since.
i need it for a book im writing
Looking for advice on how to better detect, and how to train myself to detect, possible threats when I’m out and about. I’ve been watching ASP, but I know there’s gotta be more to it. I turned 21 last year, have already been training with and carrying my pew, so I feel now that’s one of the last few things I need to do. It’ll be greatly appreciated.
hi there, i’m traveling in south america and i got robbed.
i would like to have some kind of low-key emergency SOS device where i for example double click a button and it sends SOS to local police with my location, and to emergency contacts like the guard in my bullding.
I know apple watch works for this, but I just feel like it would be kinda obvious as I would need to hold the button for over 5 seconds with my 2nd hand.
Thanks!
