I want to share this excellent resource with you. Especially ladies who are on the fence about self defense issues and don’t mind spending 15 minutes garnering some great information. The name is AWARE..cool name too!

Arming Women Against Rape & Endangerment

I have to encapsulate for you readers, that “brain and “mindset” are discussed right away. Martial arts are discussed, (and links) with more resources. Also, other deterrents like a dog, or a personal alarm such as a defense whistle, and even a stun gun may not be the answer. They are relegated to the 2nd level of self defense: “you should not count on it as your primary, or only, method of defense”.

You have to read the part about the cops who trained shooting targets while being shocked by 50,000 volt stun guns and returning all “center hits”. I wish I could have been there with a Stun Monster 625,000 volt stun gun while they were firing. Just kidding, but someone would have got shot and not many center hits! Why’d they do this anyway, you have to ask yourself?

They seemed to like the possibilities of OC pepper spray but it went the way of the whistle and stunner. The simple, crude, kubotan, a devastating little tool when fighting for your life, got kudos, and links to more on that as well. Check out our friends at AWARE!