I’ve put together some ordinary items that you can find around your house, your vacation spot, or that you can carry in your bag or on your person that you can use as a weapon to defend yourself against an attacker. Before we start talking about these common weapon items, I’ll walk you through a basic stance and block. For the pose, spread your legs about hip-width apart and bend your legs for better balance. Tuck your tailbone under you, rolling the bottoms of your hips and pelvic bone forward. That way he won’t be able to take you down so easily. A block is when you parry someone’s punch or strike. Any time you grasp an object with one hand, with your other arm and fist, you will hold your arm and fist protectively covering your head and face. When you punch, you will keep your hand and fist up. Your arm is straight and not bent.

There are several reasons to keep a protective locking arm. The first is psychological. An attacker is looking to intimidate you fast. He also looks for an easy target, to get what he wants quickly. When you are in a defensive posture, he will immediately think twice because you do not seem like an easy and defenseless target. The second reason is that you are actually covering your face and head from their view. You are blocking his view of where to hit you first. But you can see it under your arm. You have an advantage. The other more critical reason is that he could attack first with everything he has. A block will divert much of the power of the blow. It is better to insult your arm than your head or your face. A locking arm can also be used to push it back.

If you hit him hard enough in a vulnerable spot, he could fall forward and crash into you with his head or body. It is better that he makes contact with your blocking arm and not with your head, and he will not be able to catch you as he falls. The other reason, if he has a weapon, he will attack you head first, because he thinks that is the quickest way to intimidate you and gain control. If he hits you in the head with something hard, you’ll be stunned. Use your arm to block early on and you’ll have a better chance of defending yourself. Lastly, a blocking arm can immediately turn into a punch.

Here are some common items that can be used as a weapon: A purse or bag which could include a backpackPrayed Messenger bag, cell phone, hairbrushaerosol spray bottle, pencilsmall parasol, heel of your shoe, Newspaper Prayed magazine that will roll up

We are going to go through all of these items to teach you how to use these common items to your advantage against an attacker. I would also like you to point out that one important weapon is missing, and it is deliberately missing, and that is KNIVES. The reason for this is very simple. It’s about a obvious dangerous weapon that your attacker will definitely use against you given the chance. So I want to show you how to use common items that your attacker won’t suspect as weapons and can hurt you. A knife or any weapon is absolutely the last resort of defense!

You don’t want to give your attacker any deadly ideas or weapons that could turn against you. Bringing a knife to any confrontation escalates the confrontation into a potentially lethal fight. Frankly, you don’t want to survive a horrific attempted sexual assault or violent attack and then have a harrowing legal battle to defend your choice to use a knife. If you killed a man with a knife, the court may not consider it self-defense. If you knocked out a man with a bowl from your cabinet, they definitely see it as self-defense.

I know it sounds a little crazy, but this is how the legal system might view the use of a deadly weapon like a knife or gun. It is the last resort.

So let’s start now. A heavy purse or bag will be a very effective weapon. The area you are going to hit with a bag is the snout or nose. Push or hit the bag right between her legs. If you can do it multiple times, do it as hard as you can. If you have long straps, you should hold the bag very close to the bag, as the straps can break and then lose the bag or bag and all its contents. If it’s a heavy bag, it can be a bit unwieldy. You will maneuver the bag between you and him, in a defense block. This is what I would do to start.

If you have the bag crossed, if you have it hanging from one shoulder, it would maneuver in front of you, don’t waste time taking it cross-shoulder. If he is trying to hit you, you can grab the bag and hit him hard in the nose, this is a great block. Also, if he comes at you with a more lethal weapon, which could pierce your skin or stab you, you can put your bag between him and your body to protect yourself from the weapon. It’s better for a knife or sharp weapon to hit your bag than to pierce a vital organ or cause serious damage. You can do this with a few different types of bags, purses, or backpacks.

A cell phone. Obviously, one of the best things a phone can do for you is your ability to call for help. However, you should be aware that you can actually use it as an effective weapon. It is hard, durable and compact. You have it at home, and usually on your person, or in your bag. You are going to take it in your hand as if you were holding a bottle of water and you are going to hit hard in the nose of the attacker, right between his legs.

Move forcefully towards his snout. If you can hit it multiple times, aim for the muzzle, over and over again. Hey guess what, you can always get a new phone! If he attacks from behind, swing the phone down and towards his muzzle. Even though he can attack you from behind, you’ll still have your arm raised in a defensive block. One moment he can be attacking from the back and a moment later he is attacking you from the front so keep your blocking arm still up and ready. If you need a follow-up hit, your blocking arm is ready to attack.

Also, if it’s in front of you, and it’s too tight, and you don’t have room to swing it, hold the phone with both hands by the ends if you can, and slam the phone right into its nose. Hit him multiple times if you can handle it. Hit him hard in the eardrum. If you hold the phone with one hand, the other arm is raised as a lock arm. As a last resort, take a direct shot to the side of his head in the (temple area). That will hurt. If you still have your phone after all that and it still works, keep it while you run and call for help.

my next article is a hairbrush. Brushes come in many sizes and shapes, some with handles and some without. If you can grip a brush without too much difficulty, the brush would make a great weapon, one with a handle can be easy to grip. You can hit him in the snout, nose, kneecap, or side of the head (temple area) or eardrum. For discussion, suppose we are punching or punching at some of the body’s vulnerable spots, the groin, the nose, the ears, the eyes, the side of the head, and the kneecaps.

When you hit the muzzle with a hairbrush, it’s either a direct hit to the muzzle, or back and down, or up into his scrotum. You can use the back or side of the bristles to twist up, like you’re swinging a paddle. You can either crash it into his nose or slice it down his nose. You can do a direct shot to the temple or to the ear. Another vulnerable point is your kneecap. You would swing it firmly down like you were swinging a ping pong paddle, down onto your knee with the back of the brush. It may break, but that’s ok, let’s go to the next one. How hard can you hit with a brush? See for yourself. Take your brush and slam the back against a hard surface like a chair, imagine if this was the attacker’s kneecap.

Now that I’ve mentioned the hairbrush, I also wanted to mention the hair comb or embellished sticks that which can hold the hair. You will use it in a stabbing motion. That goes into the eye or the snout.

Spray bottle or can. Very simple. Spray it in her eyes. She would also use the spray can as the hairbrush and swing it up or down on her snout. You have to be very careful with an aerosol can, because under pressure it could explode.

A pen or pencil. Use a pen or pencil in a stabbing motion. You can target the eyes, the snout, or the side of the neck this way. Keep the lockout arm up and ready.

small umbrella This is a small, compact and lightweight “club”. The muzzle is the best target for this. Turn up or down on the muzzle; use the end and make a straight line on his snout

You can also open your umbrella in his face and, with his view momentarily blocked, kick or knee him in the snout. When he finally gets the umbrella out of his face, you can punch him in the nose. I’m pretty sure you won’t expect that. Another effective way to use an umbrella is to block an intended punch or strike. You can use the closed umbrella to hit his wrist if he lunges at you with a weapon. Keep your blocking arm ready and up.

heel of your shoe Step on the top of his foot. Kick his heel back into his snout if he’s trying to grab you from behind. Front kick to its snout or kneecap. If you are on the ground and can reach his face, kick him in the face. If your heel is broken in the fight, or you have a broken heel, from a previous party, stab down like you did with the feather. Snout, or eye if you can reach. If you don’t have the shoe but the shoe and heel are still inside, take the shoe in your hand and cut down with the high heel exposed.

With a good solid heel, whether high heeled or not, or a good solid walking shoe; a good kick to the shin, kneecap, or groin is a very painful and effective blow. If you have teenagers or young children, teach them about shoes. The school uniform usually comes equipped with a matching sturdy dress shoe.

Newspaper or magazine. Both the newspaper and the magazine look very ordinary. It is not like this? Here we have O magazine and The New York Times newspaper. If you use them correctly, they can also be a surprisingly effective weapon. By rolling up the newspaper or magazine, you now have a light and sturdy club. You can use this as a club just like you did with the umbrella. Vulnerable points are the muzzle and nose. A forceful slap or punching motion to the nose and a thrusting motion with the rolled up magazine or newspaper to the groin. You can use this to block a punch or bring it down hard on your wrist while moving out of the way. Hold the newspaper or rolled up magazine with one or both hands and put it in the mouth. Hit him hard on his wrist like a block.

These common items you probably have in your purse or have once carried your favorite magazine. Knowing that you can make weapons out of common items gives you an advantage. If you are being attacked, you have resources. Common items like the ones I’ve described above won’t be seen as a weapon by your attacker. Now you will have the element of surprise. I hope that none of those who read are attacked. But be prepared, and things will go better if it happens. Good luck.