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self defense

Common Sense, the Nike Defence and Pepper Spray

May 27th, 2009

Image courtesy of Randy Son of Robert, on Flickr A recent post on a forum I frequent generated some interesting discussion. One of the guys from the US reconted the following anecdote A fellow I met in a bookstore in the martial arts section said this to me during a brief conversation. He had some [...]

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Doing something stupid?

November 9th, 2008

I have Google alerts set up for a wide range of subjects, but one of the main is Bartitsu. This wonderful Edwardian Martial Art is passion of mine, and I look after another blog on it, on behalf of the Bartitsu Society. Via this alert I today came across this article focusing, as many do, [...]

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Decide now, not then.

June 26th, 2008

According to Guido, the Spectator today has this little tale from Tory speechwriter Danny Kruger My wife and I were coming out of a house in Camden where we had been viewing a flat to rent. Standing on the steps with us, the owner of the flat suddenly saw the retreating rear of his moped, [...]

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The tool is not the solution.

May 9th, 2008

The key to self defense is to walk softly and carry a powerful tool. So says Rob on the WorthProtectionSecurity blog. He could not be more wrong. Don’t get me wrong, Rob has products to sell and a living to make, and he makes it from helping people feel safe. This a noble enterprise. However, [...]

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