subject: Urban Weapons: Three Quick And Easy Martial Arts Examples [print this page] Urban Weapons make one think of assault rifles, water cannons, tear gas, SWAT officers in full body armor. The simple truth, however, is that those items are not generally available to the public. Try sauntering along the avenue in full body armor with an M50 hanging from a shoulder...you'll get more than a few stares.
The fact that you are trying to survive mob rule, stay alive during riots, and that sort of thing, is not going to make any difference with the authorities. Let me say it so there is no mistake about it...today's police are no longer here just to protect and serve. Todays police are being slanted towards military actions, and gathering taxes.
While you're thinking about that last statement, let's talk about some simple devices for self defense and home protection. I've got three doozies that you might want to think about. The thing that is nice is that you can make these yourself.
Before I continue with this bit of writing, however, I want to put forth a disclaimer. I do not recommend violence, nor the building of illegal weapons. What I describe here is for a time society has broken down and you are forced to fight for your very survival.
The first urban weapon that is fun to have is a Kubotan. These are cool, little keychains linked to a small bar of hard plastic. You can construct them with wood dowels (space some nails along the sides at finger intervals) and they can be used to stab, slash, bash, and even practice a jointlock or four.
My second urban martial arts style weapon is great for older folk, but can be used by anybody. Take a cane, drill a hole in the bottom, insert a nail, put a hose clamp on the end, place a cork on it. This is for keeping legs away and stabbing feet when they get too close.
My third martial arts style urban weapon is the belt. If you wear tight pants (don't want them falling down) you can whip that sucker out and use it for a flail, or a whip, or a basher of indiscriminate nature. If you sharpen a heavy buckle, or have some projecting points on it, you have got a first class, medieval weapon.
Now, I have built these weapons, for cheap and quick, and I even practice with them occasionally. I sure hope the world comes to its senses, I hope the idiots in charge of governments come to an understanding that war destroys society, it doesn't help it. But, when the food is scarce on the shelf and mobs of hungry people are roaming about, robbing and stealing for a crumb, the smart people will have quick and sneaky urban weapons of the type I have mentioned here.
