Comment on A 19-year old cis lesbian woman was beaten unconscious and robbed after she tried to use the women's restroom at a McDonald's in Carpentersville, Illinois

• ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Shattering your knuckles sounds like a bad idea, especially if your initial defense does not incapacitate your attacker, as it may render you unable to continue to fight back.

  As Despoticun mentioned, a ‘tactical’ style flashlight or pen would be better options.

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• despoticruin@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  If you go this route then hammer, don’t punch. I hear that those small steel flashlights with the castellated heads are perfect for exactly that kind of swing.

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  • Geetnerd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    My Tae Kwon Do instructor told us to strike the hard stuff (knife hand/hammer the head,) and punch the soft stuff (body.)

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    • despoticruin@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      You can put a bit more force into a punch from a standing position because you can use your legs, but using a weapon that adds mass to your hands can very easily cause permanent damage if you punch. Using strikes takes advantage of the weapon itself to take the majority of the recoil. The combination of the added mass usually makes the weaponed strike hit harder than an unassisted punch either way.

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      • Geetnerd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I’m aware. I had a friend who was being bullied, and he brought a D battery to school, put that in his hand, and broke 3 of his fingers. And also the bully’s nose. So yeah, that’s why you save the punches for the body, and palm/edge/hammer strikes for the head. Or a good elbow or knee.

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• dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Fitspacks are always a bad idea. If you want something legal to carry, start keeping your keys on a locking carbiner rated for rock climbing. If it has a kilonewton (kN) rating stamped in it, it is suitable. This won’t collapse on your hand and no amount of force any human is capable of generating will break it, but anyone whose nose you drive it into at maximum effort is likely to remember the experience. This should also be legal to carry anywhere.

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• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Definitely not a bad way to go in a pinch.

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