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Although I would definitely advise against carrying a knife around with you just in case you need it to defend yourself there are nevertheless times when you are in a very dangerous situation and need a weapon to defend yourself, and often at these times a knife is the best choice.

If you do pick up a blade then there are two things which need to be at the forefront of your mind. Firstly you should remember that once a weapon is brought into a situation you are in danger from it as well as anyone else. Many, many people end up getting seriously hurt by their own weapon. Secondly, once you decide to arm yourself you are taking on a greater responsibility for what happens. If you a scared and lash out with a knife and end up killing someone who was perhaps just pushing you around a bit and hadn’t tried to seriously hurt you then you could easily find yourself in prison for manslaughter.

My best tip for combating both of these problems is to use a reverse grip. This basically means that instead of holding it with the blade poining upwards or outwards, you hold it so that the blade runs down the outside of your forearm, pointing towards your elbow. This makes it very difficult for anyone to grab hold of either the knife itself or your wrist, which obviously makes it much harder for them to wrestle the knife off you and use it against you. With this reverse grip it is also easier for you to use the handle of the knife to strike with what is almost an ordinary punch. This is more damaging and painful than an ordinary punch and may well be enough to show an attacker that you mean business and stop them in their tracks, but stops short of causing a potentially lethal injury.

For more advanced techniques check out my earlier post on special forces knife training

If you want to learn about knife fighting and knife defense from the top experts in the world then take a look at this ebook available to downolad now: Knife Combat by Alexander Popov. It presents the complete system developed and  used by the old Soviet special forces and sabotage units who specialized in this area of warfare, giving you the techniques themselves and the correct training methods. And if you want to get a sneek preview before you get the full version there is a free trial download.

For some people no amount of knowledge and training will make them feel truly safe - and in some parts of the world no amount of training is enough to keep you safe from attackers.

That’s why there is such a huge market in self-defense products, from pepper spray to stun guns and everything else. If you are interested you can get stun guns from ninjacops or view recommendations of the best self defense products from Amazon and the latest auction on ebay here. But if you do opt for carrying one of these products around with you then it is absolutely vital that you know what you are doing with it. So here is a video tutorial from an expert in the field on how to use a stun gun for self-defense: