Simple Self Defence.

Thanks for the tip. I had never thought of that before. My father taught me some moves to protect myself but I had never thought of carrying a thing of pepper. Thank you for sharing this. I hope that it will help others also.

I have also seen on a show that even a simple ballpen can be a great weapon in self defense. The important thing too is not to panic. I experienced myself to have been "hold-up" on my way back home from school. And definitely, if I had a paper spray in my bag. He wouldn't had robbed my rent money. So sad...But now, I'm more careful and alert and thank you Lilaclady for this discussion. It reminded me to buy my pepper spray soon. Have a great day! (^^,)

Lilaclady,i have always said that every girl shoudl have self defence classes,it should be compulsory in school like swimming lessons.If men knew all women could protect themselves they may not be as ready to attack.When my daughter was going to school her teacher told her that she was attacked and the man atempted to rape her,she was so frightened that she wet her pants the guy was disgusted that he left her.She has since told all girls that if you are going to be raped wet your pants as it may just help.I always carry my car keys with the key ready to stab hopefully it would give me enough time to get away.

The best form of self defence is not to get into a situation where you can be attacked - I know it sounds like stating the obvious but simple precautions such as not going somewhere alone wherever possible can prevent a situation from ever occurring. Mental attitude is the next most important thing - people who attack other people can sense weakness or fear so acting with confidence can protect you. This is the main purpose of self defense classes - the kicking/thumb locks etc. are all secondary. With the right mental attitude your chance of being attacked is greatly reduced. I would recommend an attack alarm for defence - hold it to your attacker's ear (it will hurt a lot), it may also draw help to you but don't count on that. Things such as pepper or CS spray/gas are effective on many people but some people are almost immune to them - if a pepper bomb was your only form of defence and it didn't work; you would be in trouble without some other defence. Personally I have experienced tear gas and even though it was extremely unpleasant I was still able to complete a number of tasks and once clear of the gas I made a quick recovery - an attacker may well be able to hold on to you until the effects have eased off. Use as many of the above defensive tools as possible and you are likely to be ok - don't ever rely on just one. (just a note - I'm not qualified as any kind of self defence instructor what I've said above is just my opinion based on military unarmed combat training and some martial arts study)

Hello Lilaclady I think you are right, as a woman we had to get something for our self defence, today a lot of criminals around us, and the mostly victim is woman. Thank you for your information God bless you http://money-athome.blogspot.com http://beautycosmetictips.blogspot.com

Wow with a small canister like that you can be armed and dangerous. But I would still say that basic self defence training is important to girls, I taught my little sister Taekwondo and she uses it. This helped her knock out a pervert in the street when he tried to grab one of her classmates.

Thanks lilaclady, that's interesting. I have been thinking of getting one for myself, even though I'm not a woman, just in case something happened when I was walking at night or something.

I was almost killed years ago and I wouldn't be able to use it....sad to say...usually you can have just less than one second for self defense and to flip that lid...it would take longer than second... I would agree that it is much better to have any self defense...but I would prefer self defense classes now...in fact I was taking Aikido classes as self defense course...

My husband and I were just talking about getting me and my girls pepper spray. I think they are great to have. I was in Wal-mart one day when a sales girl hit the button accidently on her pepper spray thing and I tell you me and everyone around the area started coughing like crazy...and our eyes were burning. Most of us had to go outside to get away from it! So it must really work good cause I wasn't really that close to her and I couldn't stay there.

Offense is the best defense. There are lots of ways, where women can attack without any special weapons. for example, you can use god given weapons that come along with your body,...your nails and teeth. Make a knuckle and jab at his eyes, Make a fist and punch the middle of his nose, it will bleed If you have keys or pencil knives, jab at the backside of the attacker's hands,...slash his wrists and so on. And Cry out FIRE, more than Help, people are more likely to respond to fire, even the cowardly ones may come to rescue you, rather than involving themselves in probability of harm. Go for his vital parts, knee him and you can make him go under. These are some tips, to use when you are unarmed, and have little or no time at all. Above everything, a calm and unruffled mind can aid perfectly in getting out of any awkward situation. One last thought : The best armour is to stay out of range. yours friendly Heartwalker

i always carry an alarm with me, a very, very loud one yet it is small. thank God nothing happened yet, but i think it will ward off whoever wants to attack. it's not a bad idea carrying a pepper bomb as well, as your title says, it's simply self defense. and lots of prayers as well.

I think it's a great idea, as long as we can get to the powder. A mixture of pepper & cayanne would probably burn as well. Power to us all. I'm not sure if I'd be able to act so quick. That is if I remember to take it with me. And it is so sad to have to do this. What has our world come to, is anyone's guess.