ok don't get me wrong, Im not going to walk around with weapons but Im just curious. Wich martial art-related weapons do you think would fit for a street fight? Nunchackas or what?
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ok don't get me wrong, Im not going to walk around with weapons but Im just curious. Wich martial art-related weapons do you think would fit for a street fight? Nunchackas or what?
Scenario:
"Old man is attacked on the subway by two knife welding punks. Old man pulls out a Wakishasi sword of his sleeves. (he got big sleeves)."
Scenario over.
post what you think....
Hey Kriz,
I like that scenario. It's very true. "I speak softly, but I carry a big stick." I like Theo Roosevelt's thinking.
In reality, there is a weapon that Century has just put out--it's a small stick made of aluminum that folds in on itself and extracts very quickly. Seems like it would be easy enough and light enough to hide anywhere. Personally, I prefer blunt objects to sharp ones. That way, I can't cut myself [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img].
robin i think i know the weapon you're talking about, but i'm not sure. one of my friends has this weapon that is a retractable thin metal rod (kinda like an antenna). it's made of this really strong kinda steel alloy or something, and when he flicks it it extends out. the thing is REALLY strong too, he broke some 2 by 4's with it. as for weapons that you can use in the street, i use keys, or pens. who'd see that coming?
clint
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"Where choice is set between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence...... I prefer to use arms in defense of honor rather than remain the vile witness of dishonor"
Mohandas Gandhi
In Texas, as well as many other states, the weapon you are talking about would be considered a club, and therefore an illegal weapon.
Even if you used it in a self defense situtation you would be charged, and possibly convicted of assault and battery.
Texas Penal Code Title 2, Subchapter C section 9.31, subsection 24
According to this you don't even have to use the weapon. You must simply be in possession of it.
So if a guy tries to mug you and you have this extendable batton in your pocket, but decide to kick out his knee and punch him instead, just because you had the weapon on you, you could be found guilty of assault and battery.
There are VERY few weapons that are legal. With a permit, you can carry a handgun. Without a permit, you are limited to mace, stun guns, some chains and pocket knives. I prefer the pocket knife or the chain.
Check out the post "Hey JWT" from Ignorant Mantis on the Kung Fu forum. The Texas law is similar to many other states.
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If you pr!ck us, do we not bleed? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that the villany you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction. MOV
Thanks for the reminder about laws, JWT.
In Massachusetts, even mace is illegal. Don't know about the club, though. I'll have to check. Maybe if you carry The Club (the one you put in your car), that wouldn't be illegal [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img].
My fiance has one of those on her car. More than once I've thought, "Hell yeah" when picking it up.
I used to do alot of street racing for some pretty serious money. After a night of racing I have a few hundred bucks in your pocket. When people realized that I had allot of their money, sometimes they wanted it back. I always brought a friend along with me, so did everyone else. Sometimes people would try to scare you with baseball bats and stuff but my friend topped them all.
He kept an 8 cylinder camshaft sitting in an oil pan behind the seat. (For those of you non mechanically inclined, a camshaft is a 3 foot solid long metal rod with oblong lobes running at all angles along it's length, with a gear at the end of it.) If any trouble started he whip that thing out from behind the seat, that end gear spinning and dripping with oil. It was the meanest looking thing I've ever seen. It was instant intimidation. Ever since those days I've thought of the camshaft as one of the few legal, highly effective street weapons.
JWT
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If you pr!ck us, do we not bleed? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that the villany you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction. MOV
I'm reminded of a guy that's on "The Warrior Within" documentary, he's a Fu Jow Pai stylist. He talks about how he once used chop sticks to defend himself against an attacker after leaving a Chinese food restaurant. This stuck with me. What better hidden weapons could there be? If you're stopped by the police then you could just say that you use them to eat with. I've even seen reference to the use of chop sticks as weapons in old China. Unless I'm mistaken doesn't Pa Kua have a weapon called "iron chop sticks"? http://www.kungfuonline.com/forum/roundtable/cool.gif
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Stickfighter
Steeled-toe boots.
Man, try getting k i c k e d in the cojales with those (OK, so I have something for that word)
My best friend also has a pretty interesting w e a p o n. He took some fingerless biking gloves, and sowed in some pieces of metal.
There you have it, brass (Well, steel) Knuckles.
For me, I sometimes carry those expandable b a t o n s. I carried those practicly every day for a few weeks after the Taber
S h o o t i n g s (For you people who don't know what the h e l l I'm talking about, it was another school shooting that took place a few days after Columbine. My school got nearly 3 threats of shootings and ings, so I was kinda antsy) Anyways, back to the
baton, those things are pretty cool, and useful.
weapons for a street fight...try your keys.
put a key in your hand like you're going to unlock a door. now use it to unlock your attackers face, eyes, neck, groin.
don't pack a keychain into your fist with a key sticking out between your knuckles. too easy to damage your hand.
A tightly rolled up magazine provides you with both a defensive and offensive weapon
Um, Procker, how?
Getting s m a c k e d by a rolled-up doesn't hurt very badly, niether does getting poked in the end by a rolled-up .
happypuppy you don't think getting stabbed in the face with a rolled up magazine hurts? it can certainly break a person's nose if done right, and at the very least will distract the person long enough to for you to continue attacking.
Clint
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"Where choice is set between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence...... I prefer to use arms in defense of honor rather than remain the vile witness of dishonor"
Mohandas Gandhi
Loosely rolled up and its as effective as whupping someone with a wet noodle, but tightly rolled up (with the spine on the outside) and you're talking a serious weapon. One good poke to the throat area and you better walk away quick cause that sucker is gonna be gasping for breath, and like klint said,its distracting enough to put you back in control, or dislodge whatever weapon your attacker might have. As with all weapons, training and practice are what make it effective
Uhh, chop sticks? We ARE talking about the things chinese people eat with right? How the hell do you fight with that? And why would you carry that on you anyway? : )