Ahhh… the Perfect Weapon! If you are like me, the 1991 martial arts, action film starring Jeff Speakman should come to mind. “No gun. No knife. No equal.” was the film’s tagline implying that he WAS the perfect weapon. LOL.
For self-defense though, is there a “perfect weapon?” In short no. True self-defense is a chaotic, messy confrontation. It’s full throttle and in-your-face. Whatever you can grab and use as a weapon can be the perfect weapon. The idea here is that I need to be able to turn anything I grab into a weapon and then use it to its best extent possible. That could be a knife, handgun, pepper spray, taser, frying pan, umbrella, cell phone, brick etc.
So whatever I have, I need to immediately know how to use it to my best possible advantage. But how do get good at doing this? Well, practice. You have to practice with mainstream weapons (handgun, kubotan, mace, knife, stick, etc.). Practice with more exotic weapons (sword, machete, axe, staff, etc.). And finally practice with non-weapons or improvised weapons (frying pan, water bottle, cell phone, sharpie., etc.) Eventually you start understanding the mechanics and attributes of things that can be used to protect yourself - no matter what that thing is.
So what is the perfect weapon? Well, if you trained correctly, physically/mentally/emotionally…it actually is YOU! Jeff Speakman was right all along…
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