SELF-DEFENSE; SUB-PRINCIPLE: Weapons

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First and foremost, kobudo weaponry from Okinawa are not adequate for self-defense or even fighting. They are excellent in teaching physiokinetic aspects of martial arts such as structure and posture along with providing aspects of movement that involves the connection between two hands but it is not self-defense. Kobudo weapons can teach us how to recognize environmentally available weapons if needed and that is beneficial. 

Weapons in self-defense are those things, often chosen from an environment for self-defense, you find in the environment that can be used to defend such as a table that can be used as an obstacle providing more time, distance and a barrier that the adversary has to overcome; unless he uses a type of weapon like a firearm, etc.

Weapons are also some enhancing devices that provide your body the extra ability to stop the attack quickly and decisively. Like all things self-defense many factors are required as to levels of force and threat assessment. It is best to train and remember that even those enhancing devices can be viewed in a way that may result in prosecution and that is relevant toward many other aspects of self-defense, defense. 

Remember that in a street self-defense situation you will not be barefoot. The shod foot is a weapon and requires you practice with the shoes you wear most of the time along with your street clothing. You won't be attacked wearing your martial art uniform nor barefoot unless you are at the beach practicing your art and so on.

Clothing itself makes it easier to grab an adversary simply because you will be that close if he attacks on the street, the street is like that. 

Weapons in the mind of martial arts include the empty hands. The use of hands is discussed elsewhere in this book. 

Remember, with everything in self-defense it comes down to effectiveness while being judged by perceptions as to level of force and aggressiveness, etc. It is about stopping the attack but also about preventing the aftermath from legal sources. 

Your absolute best weapons, of course, are those strategies and tactics that allow avoidance, deescalation and escape and evasion. Don’t allow your monkey brain to get you so far you have to resort to weaponry that results in self-defense, defense. 

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