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This may sound a tad crazed, but in Johannesburg, South Africa, where I live, it's pretty important to know how to defend yourself. Joburg is the home of the car hijacking. The discipline was invented here.
Whenever chat turns to self-defence (and, uh, it does that quite often here), I ask people if they know how to use a key to hurt someone.
They invariably show me the key-in-the-fist position illustrated in step four of my picture. And this is just plain awful. It's the worst thing to do with a key. If you want a dozen stitches and a hand that won't ever function again, feel free to use the wrong way.
If you'd like to walk away and still be able to type on a computer keyboard, try the way I've illustrated. I don't THINK I invented this method. I seem to remember someone telling me the principle. But I'm damned if I can recall who or when.
Blue skies
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Roy
The text reads:
PEACE IN SOUTH AFRICA
Be alert. Be prepared. Defend yourself....
Whenever chat turns to self-defence (and, uh, it does that quite often here), I ask people if they know how to use a key to hurt someone.
They invariably show me the key-in-the-fist position illustrated in step four of my picture. And this is just plain awful. It's the worst thing to do with a key. If you want a dozen stitches and a hand that won't ever function again, feel free to use the wrong way.
If you'd like to walk away and still be able to type on a computer keyboard, try the way I've illustrated. I don't THINK I invented this method. I seem to remember someone telling me the principle. But I'm damned if I can recall who or when.
Blue skies
love
Roy
The text reads:
PEACE IN SOUTH AFRICA
Be alert. Be prepared. Defend yourself....
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the tool is made for inserting the "plug" into the suspected tire's hole.
fits in the back pocket and is barely noticeable in a fight until its too late.
the above should only be used as a means of self defense.
car locksmith
i used to use this idea but with 3 smaller keys that i had, but the way i held them was perfectly fitted into my palm so that the keys poked through my fingers similar to how your diagram says not to, but my way was somehow totally secured from ripping back into my hand -i tested it-. i think it was the way the keys were arranged on different rings that spaced them perfectly between my fingers and fitted tightly against my palm.
i live in england and have been mugged myself and now i know to be prepared when i'm out and i agree that if a mugger or whoever is confronted by you with this makeshift defense weapon, he's gonna think twice about coming near you which probably cuts the odds sufficiently enough.
i and some of my family and friends now carry a legal spray can called 'farb gel spray' which is very mild compared to 'mace' or 'pepper spray' or any other illegal self defensive thing over here, but, it gives you a feeling of being prepared and having a bit of security if confronted. it is a powerful burst of a weird textured gel dye which if sprayed at an attacker would get in they're eyes and give you a chance to get away, but also dyes them a distinct colour, for a few days so that they would easily be identified by police.
being prepared in itself is a deterrant to criminals like you have said below. i have avoided several confrontations and mugging just by having my wits about me even when i was really drunk, because i live in a rough area so its happened a fair few times. if they see that you're wise to what they're upto and/or are prepared to defend yourself, they usaully don't attempt anything probably because most are cowards in the first place.
wow sorry for writing a whole book nearly, but i hope the advice helps people be prepared. my next legal self defense is an instructible
mini-bombs
simply using party poppers and pepper and flour.
enjoy, peace out