Once, while being interviewed about street fighting based self defense, I totally shocked the interviewer by stating a simple fact that shook his belief system from the very foundation.

His question was: “What would you recommend or what do you personally teach women in terms of self defense?”

My answer was: “There is no such thing as women’s self defense.”

Now that doesn’t mean at all that women cannot Read the rest of this entry »

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Which should I take for self-defense between these two martial arts?!?

I am trying to decide between taking two type of martial arts and I am stuck as to which to take. Here's the 2 choices I have come down to out of 23 schools in my city.
- Aikido
$25 USA/month. No contracts.
2 x 's/week. For 2 hours a class.
2 instructors. One a 1st degree black belt. The other a 4th degree black belt. Read the rest of this entry »

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Best Self-defense Handgun

Handguns can simply be defined as small and compact weapons for self-defense purposes. Handguns for sale have seen a tremendous rise in the past few years. They can be held and fired from the same hand and are small as far as size is concerned. The best handgun for self defense is scientifically designed as a weapon for self-protection, which can be easily carried Read the rest of this entry »

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Hoyer: Israel acting in self-defense – Yahoo! News

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer has joined Nancy Pelosi in defending Israel's actions in Gaza.

“Israel is acting in clear self-defense in response to heinous rocket attacks from Hamas-controlled Gaza,” Hoyer said in a statement issued by his office this afternoon. “As a sovereign nation, Israel has an unequivocal Read the rest of this entry »

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