In self-defense, weapons can make a big difference.

But what happens when you’re not the one with the self defense weapon?

What happens when your opponent has, say, a club, a bat, or a tire iron, and he holds his “self defense” weapon in both hands to push you off as if he were some sort of riot cop?

At best, you may take a few inconsequential blows, but the club in front of your opponent serves like the bumper of a car, moving you back without hurting him.

It also forms a barrier through which you can’t fight, and that’s why he’s using it.

If you’re not careful, you could take a brutal blow to the face from the length of the club.

There IS something you can do, however… (more…)