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ShaolinWolf
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Well, I thought we needed a section on the kubotan. A few people have been asking about it, and so I thought we needed a section just devoted to this little weapon.
I helped out in a women's self-defense class a few weeks ago and we worked with Kubotans. I'm no pro, but I learned some interesting ways of use for the kubotan. It's so hard you can practically do anything with the little sucker. Let me warn you ahead of time, these things hurt when training and I don't see how they are not effective when used the right way, if anyone has ever said it.
We did exercises where one guy would go up and hold a lady a certain way and she had to apply the kubotan in the way taught. One way was a bear hug from the back. Well to get out of that, an easy way is to take the end of the kubotan and jam it into the top hand of the attack while he's hold you in a bear hug. The pressure applied will not only make him let go, but also leave a nice mark on his hand, making him think twice about doing that again.
Anything thing is if a man grabs the blouse of a women and attempts to take it off, pick her up by the shirt, etc. you can take the kubotan horizontally ------ and lay it on back of the attacker's hand(should be facing upward), placing your thumbs of both hands on the underside, palm of the attacker's hand, so as to apply pressure leverage and grab the two ends of the kubotan so that both thumbs are on the palm and the other fingers are on the kubotan on the back of the hand. Then with the kubotan on back the attacker's hand, roll the kudotan toward attacker across the top of the hand and pull toward to apply pressure at the same time. Trust me, the guy will want to let go in a heart beat. The small bones of the back of the hand are very sensitive, so it really hurts.
Another one that is very similar is the wrist locks and such. Do the same thing to the wrist. place kubotan on top of attacks wrist(bottom could work, but never tried it) and hold kubotan from the bottom of wrist, applying pressure to bottom of wrist with the thumbs of both hands. Also, I forgot to mention this. When you are holding the kubotan on the wrist, just use your two thumbs under the wrist and use the rest of your fingers to hold the kubotan on top. Then press down on the wrist and roll it with alot of pressue. My instructor just moved the kubotan slightly with pressure and I winced alot. He went even further and I went to the ground due to way my wrist was bent and the uncomfortable pressure.
The kubotan can be used as a club, a leverage lock, or a poking or stabbing tool for pressure points. You can use it practically for any pressure point. Also, if someone tries to choke you or hold you by the shoulders, you can just poke them real hard with the end of the kubotan in the jugular notch. They can't breath, so they will probably let go. And there is the radial nerve strike. Strike down on the radial nerve. I got hit a little hard in the class on that one and it hurt. LOL. Alot.
And they have books if you are interested in buying any. I haven't read any, but I know amazon and other places have them.
Another self defense weapon is the heart attack. Have you ever used it before? The picture below explains it all. I imagine you can use it for other things too, just haven't really looked into it.
http://www.protectionselfdefense.com/heartattack.htm
Anyways, If I can think of any other stuff, I'll post it. Hope this helps. Later
Ryan
I helped out in a women's self-defense class a few weeks ago and we worked with Kubotans. I'm no pro, but I learned some interesting ways of use for the kubotan. It's so hard you can practically do anything with the little sucker. Let me warn you ahead of time, these things hurt when training and I don't see how they are not effective when used the right way, if anyone has ever said it.
We did exercises where one guy would go up and hold a lady a certain way and she had to apply the kubotan in the way taught. One way was a bear hug from the back. Well to get out of that, an easy way is to take the end of the kubotan and jam it into the top hand of the attack while he's hold you in a bear hug. The pressure applied will not only make him let go, but also leave a nice mark on his hand, making him think twice about doing that again.
Anything thing is if a man grabs the blouse of a women and attempts to take it off, pick her up by the shirt, etc. you can take the kubotan horizontally ------ and lay it on back of the attacker's hand(should be facing upward), placing your thumbs of both hands on the underside, palm of the attacker's hand, so as to apply pressure leverage and grab the two ends of the kubotan so that both thumbs are on the palm and the other fingers are on the kubotan on the back of the hand. Then with the kubotan on back the attacker's hand, roll the kudotan toward attacker across the top of the hand and pull toward to apply pressure at the same time. Trust me, the guy will want to let go in a heart beat. The small bones of the back of the hand are very sensitive, so it really hurts.
Another one that is very similar is the wrist locks and such. Do the same thing to the wrist. place kubotan on top of attacks wrist(bottom could work, but never tried it) and hold kubotan from the bottom of wrist, applying pressure to bottom of wrist with the thumbs of both hands. Also, I forgot to mention this. When you are holding the kubotan on the wrist, just use your two thumbs under the wrist and use the rest of your fingers to hold the kubotan on top. Then press down on the wrist and roll it with alot of pressue. My instructor just moved the kubotan slightly with pressure and I winced alot. He went even further and I went to the ground due to way my wrist was bent and the uncomfortable pressure.
The kubotan can be used as a club, a leverage lock, or a poking or stabbing tool for pressure points. You can use it practically for any pressure point. Also, if someone tries to choke you or hold you by the shoulders, you can just poke them real hard with the end of the kubotan in the jugular notch. They can't breath, so they will probably let go. And there is the radial nerve strike. Strike down on the radial nerve. I got hit a little hard in the class on that one and it hurt. LOL. Alot.
And they have books if you are interested in buying any. I haven't read any, but I know amazon and other places have them.
Another self defense weapon is the heart attack. Have you ever used it before? The picture below explains it all. I imagine you can use it for other things too, just haven't really looked into it.
http://www.protectionselfdefense.com/heartattack.htm
Anyways, If I can think of any other stuff, I'll post it. Hope this helps. Later
Ryan
