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Self-Defense Is Liminal

Self-Defense Is Liminal

You can say the realm of martial arts is divided between three camps — hobbyists who just like doing cool moves, combat athletes who compete, and salty “self-defense experts” who look down on the other two. I’d like to call out the last category of being bad at explaining what they do and why they hate sports and fun. I find that self-defense gurus tend to take themselves too seriously, making them easy to troll and criticize. However, in this blog post, I’d like to help give new ideas in better explaining the concept of self-defense. (more…)

Theorycrafting on DIY Pepper Spray

Pepper Spray

This took me time to write, but I thought I had to say something about do-it-yourself self-defense solutions like this. Commercial solutions tend to be expensive and specialized, so it’s more of a chore to carry them around and replacing them when they’re no longer fresh, whether it’s stun guns or pepper spray. In this post, let’s talk about the latter, specifically a DIY version of it. (more…)